The finale

" John Stewart, the famous collector, travels to history to complete his crazy collection on a historic journey"!

The headline of this morning's news was this, we are in a century where humans can travel to the past, but there are limits and laws, 1. Except for a specific number, no one is allowed to travel, 2. A lot of money has to be paid, 3. You have to have the permission of the government, 4. You must not kill anyone in the past, 5. You cannot bring things with you to the present.

- So, Mr. Stewart, how will you bring things and put them in your collection when you are not allowed to do so?

- I promise I will do this without breaking the rules and make a historical collection. I cannot manipulate the past because my life, family, and many others will be destroyed, so just wait for me.

- Alright, please be sure to comply because I don't want to be dead when you come back, or I wasn't born at all, or another performer like David White will perform in my place.

- Be sure, Mike, I know what I'm doing

In an interview on a live television program, he promised to do his work following the rules, but how? No one knows.

John Stewart wanted to travel to some notable eras to bring his desired things for his collection.

He has always been ambitious and risk-taking, and the collections he made are unique in the world; one of his collections was the teeth of various animals. For this collection, he traveled to Africa and the Amazon Gangs and pulled out the teeth of animals with various tricks and added to his collection, or the collection of rings of high-ranking government officials, which included presidents, so hearing this decision by him was strange and exciting, but it wasn't unlikely, we should wait for this crazy historical journey.

To travel to the past, you need a particular machine, a square-shaped box, and some bottles inside it, which each of them have some soil that is mixed with other substances to make a uniform substance. On any bottle, the desired historical time and era are written. Scientists have taken these soils from the past layers of the earth, each of which is related to a specific era and accumulated over time; for example, some soil was taken from the Egyptian pyramids, which is connected to its era, and you have to use it to travel to ancient Egypt. There is a lever in this box that you have to turn three times counterclockwise. Now you need to pour the substance related to the desired era into the small compartment on the box. Then press the yellow button on the box; the soil should be mixed inside the compartment for 7 seconds, then the substance will be thrown into the air from a sprayer and bang! You traveled in time. Yes, maybe this is the strangest and most ridiculous way to travel in time. Still, seven genius scientists achieved this invention or maybe discovered it during years of research. This invention required a lot of thought, experiments, accuracy, and energy. Each of its scientists after this invention suffered from a bad mental and physical condition; one of them suffered from the illusion of multiple times; he thought that he was living several times at the same time! And one also got depressed, one of them named Mr. Graham, the head of the research, mysteriously disappeared, and no one knew about him. However, they presented this invention to humanity, and through it, they obtained important information and inventions in the present age.

Now that John Stewart has obtained the time machine and substance bottles, he wants to make his journey to time historic!

So far, only two journeys to time have been made. The journey of two scientists thst was for scientific research. Four years have passed since the last journey to the past, and now the excitement of this journey has been raised again.

Journalists worldwide, high-ranking officials, and people gathered to cover and observe John Stewart's journey; the small machine was delivered to Mr. Stewart in a bag, the substance bottles were checked, and everything was prepared for the journey. Looking at the crowd, John Stewart felt a particular passion in his heart. He was crazy about the collection and would do anything for this. He thought that this would be the most humorous collection, with a proud state as he looked at the crowd and took the lever in his hand. He turned it in the direction of the clock when suddenly he was faced with the warning of the crowd and the officials pointing to the lever, and his proud face broke down; he looked at the lever with a look of surprise and confusion. When he saw that he had turned it wrong, he smiled and turned and shook his head in a way that he realized what had happened and said under his breath: Oh very good, yes, it should be in the opposite direction. This time he deliberately turned the lever one degree clockwise and quickly turned it in the opposite direction in a desperate manner and turned it right, which was accompanied by the laughter of the crowd; he took out a bottle of the substance and poured it into the small box. When the substances were mixed, the crowd asked what time he chose to enter. He said: My friends, this is a secret; the same famous phrase and the sound of the crowd rose; Stewart gave an evil laugh and disappeared with a respectful bow like the show's actors do on the stage after the end of the show.

Wild West: 1877

John Stewart entered the Wild West with the time box!

His first historical entry into the Wild West and the era of outlaw and wanted cowboys was a risk-taking choice. John appeared inside a horse stable, put the box in a bag, and left the stable. A little boy who was playing near the farm was nailed to his place by seeing John and looked at him with surprise and a little fear. He took two steps back and then quickly ran towards the house. John didn't care and continued on his way. As he was leaving, he heard a gunshot behind him. The smell of the first trouble filled the space; John turned his face and saw that a big man was pointing at him. He was the owner of the farm and the house, and the little boy was standing next to him. John now realized that the little boy thought he was a thief and he intended to steal their horses. So he shouted at the man that he didn't intend to steal, but the big man didn't pay attention and asked John to stay where he was to inform the sheriff; otherwise, he would shoot; John couldn't take such a risk. So he quickly ran away and went away to a more secluded place outside the city. He found a small garden in the middle of which was a big old apple tree. He decided to bury the bag there so that whenever he finished his work in this historical era, he would come to it and so that no damage would be done to it. John spent the night in the same vicinity, behind a big rock.

The following day, he changed his clothes and dressed like a cowboy; John had thought about everything, a long brown coat, high boots, and a brimmed hat, he was very fond of western movies, and this is probably the reason why he chose his first journey to this era. After changing his clothes, John proceeded towards the city. He is looking for Jesse James's golden gun. There are many legends and stories about this gun, in which initials of the name and last name of Jesse James are engraved on it, and Jesse James made it for his own And he only kills certain people with it. Historians believe that there was no such gun, and Jesse James only used a silver gun, but John Stewart fully believes in the existence of this gun and definitely wants to add it to his collection.

John entered the city with pride, and he knew that in order to achieve his goal, he had to behave in a balanced and self-confident manner; he should not let anyone suspect; as he was advancing into the city, he saw a saloon and went towards it to find out about the whereabouts of Jesse James. As soon as he got to the door of the saloon, his eyes fell on a poster on the wall:« a strange man with medium height, white skin, about 35 years old with dark hair, was trying to steal Mr. Fisher's horses; if you see him, report to the sheriff, get a reward.«John said to himself that it couldn't get any worse than this; the trouble had already started, and now he was like other wanted criminals; however, he left himself in the hands of chance; he gave the possibility that they did not recognize him, because it seems that the little boy only saw the general features and could not describe him completely. Therefore, his photo was not on the wall either, and John entered the saloon with this possibility; all the people in the saloon became silent when they saw john entered ; they turned their heads towards him; John slowly walked towards an empty chair, only the sound of his footsteps could be heard inside the saloon. It was as if the path leading to the chair was miles away, and John was praying to reach it faster and get rid of the annoying and savage gazes of the cowboys faster, but he could not increase his speed all at once; otherwise, a suspicious scene would be created. He remembered the movie "Green Mile" He said to himself that this path would either lead to his death like John Coffey, or he would get a cup of coffee!. Finally, he reached the chair that was associated such as a safe zone, he took a deep breath and turned his back to the chair to sit on it, and suddenly he fell hard on the ground, the laughter of the crowd was loud, and a deep shock came to John, he was creating the scene of his sitting in his mind, and he did not expect anything like this. He looked behind himself, saw someone's legs, raised his head, and saw a teenage boy standing above him and looking at him mockingly. "Hey, Billy, leave him alone, kid; look after your own work, or I will throw you out, the saloon."the manager said. Billy looked at the saloon manager, raised his hands to his shoulders as a sign of surrender, and said: OK, OK, Joe, don't be angry; I just wanted to welcome our guests.» The audience's laughter rose again, and Billy returned to his seat, the saloon manager, who was a fat man, asked John to sit down and not look for trouble.

John ordered a bottle of wine, and the rest of the people slowly removed their gaze. John asked the bar manager who that boy was. The man said: He's Billy, the kid, he always causes trouble. He thinks he's a bigot and a gangster and try to act like them» . John had guessed correctly that was Billy one of the villains of the western world, the one who had a whole story and history about himself, who mocked him now. This could be a dream, but it was true. The people inside the saloon were still looking at John more and more and chattering. As if they were looking for evidence to prove that he was the wanted criminal in order to get that reward, but they had to be sure. The saloon manager asked John if he had recently come to this city. He doesn't look familiar, and doesn't belong here. John was a little surprised and said: Umm, yeah, I'm here for work. Do you know where can I find Jesse James?.» The saloon manager was surprised as if he had heard the name of Grim Reaper; although hearing his name was not as scary as hearing the jesse james name,his eyes bulged out of his sockets; he took the glass of John's wine and said with confusion: Please leave here; we are not selling you anything, I don't know anything, and I don't know what you are talking about.» John asked him to be calm and told him that he is not looking for trouble. One of the people in the saloon who had heard their words got up and said: what do you want from him, haa? We don't even mention his name, you have to be very brave that you want to see him.» The chattering of people rose; meanwhile, a big man entered the saloon; it was the same farmer in whose stable John had appeared. He had come with his son. John quickly turned his face away from him and lowered his hat along with his head so that the little boy wouldn't recognize him, but he didn't spend enough speed in doing this because in the first moment the little boy and his father saw him. the big man sat next to John. Now the danger is closer to him than anything. John looked at him narrowly, and his heartbeat increased; he remembered that this is not modern times, they kill people quickly, and any wrong move would give him his death, so he tried to keep his control. The little boy whispered in his father's ear something. The big man furrowed his full eyebrows and looked at John. John pretended not to notice the man's serious look. The big man quickly pulled out his gun and pointed it at John from the side of his pants pocket, "Don't move, bastard; I found you. You are the thief who stole from me.."the big man said angrily. The attention of all the people in the saloon was drawn to them, and they all pulled out their guns and pointed at John. John looked at the man. Then he looked around at the people inside the saloon, all the guns were staring at him like hungry creatures, and he will feed them quickly with a simple movement "You are wrong sir, I have business here, and I did not steal anything from you."John said fearfully.

_If you didn't want to steal anything, then what were you doing in my stable? And why did you run away when I told you to wait?

John, who couldn't say that I landed there with a time machine, was looking for a better excuse, said: I was just looking at the horses, sir; I wanted to buy from you, that you shot at me.

"Nonsense! Nonsense! You should have come to me instead of running away. You are lying like a dog. I have to hand you over to the sheriff." , the man grinned and said in his thick sound. Suddenly Billy the kid, came in the middle and said: Hey, Mr. Fisher, I found him first and so he is my prisoner; I have to hand him over and get his reward.

Mr. Fisher looked angrily at Billy, got up, and walked slowly and majestically toward Billy, and as he walked towards him, Billy swallowed hard so that you could see the trail down his throat. When Fisher approached Billy, he raised his heavy and thick hand and slapped Billy so that Billy fell to the ground and was thrown towards the chairs. This was not his strongest slap, but it was enough to throw Billy to that side, and Mr. Fisher did not bother himself much. The crowd roared in surprise; Billy's soul was full of fear and anger, his whole body trembled, and he looked at the big man with trembled lips, and while he put his hand on his slapped cheek, he tried hard not to let his tears flow But in the end, a drop of tears fell from his eyes, no one expected this move, until now, Billy's pride had not been so broken in front of everyone before , he got up with anger, so as not to be a source of ridicule from the crowd, he said to Mr. Fisher: You'll pay for it, I'll make you apologize, asshole. Mr. Fisher took a few steps towards him, and Billy quickly ran away and left the saloon; the crowd's laughter rose again.

- Does anyone else have anything to say, gentlemen?

Among all the people, some of them shouted : all yours man!

Everyone got busy with their work; Mr. Fisher was the city's bully, and no one dared to go around him. People remembered that he once choked a man with his food!

John, who was watching this show, thought to himself that this person is very brutal and he should be careful.

"Well, now it's your turn. Come with me; otherwise, I will send your corpse for the sheriff" Mr. Fisher turned to John and said.

John did not get up and hesitated a little, and the big man shouted: DIDN'T YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? GET UP, OR I WILL SEND YOUR GODDAMN CORPS FOR THE SHERIFF!!

John said: But I am innocent, sir. Please let me go!

The big man pulled out his gun and pointed it at John, and said: What now? I count to 3, and if you don't get up, I will pull the trigger, 1, 2, … John quickly got up and said: all right , all right, man just don't shoot.!

John saw that he had no choice and with any wrong move, he might spoil the whole history; he got up and went to Mr. Fisher to go to the police station. All the men in the saloon looked at John with pity and regret as if they were sending him to the gallows. John now understood how John Coffey felt; as soon as they were a meter away, there was the sound of the door opening, a large shadow appeared on the floor of the saloon, and silence swept over everyone. John raised his head and saw a man who looked very much like the person he was looking for. Yes, he is Jesse James; Mr. Fisher was surprised and lost his balance a little. But he quickly straightened himself up, he didn't expect to see Jesse James, speak of the devil, and the devil himself appeared at the moment, Billy the kid with grandeur and pride and a smile as if cold water had been poured on the fire while he had both hands on his belt showed himself from behind Jesse James. Now that mr. Fisher realized what happened and why Jesse James was suddenly apeared here,he gave Billy a threatening and usurping look.

"You are very welcome, Mr. James. Would you like anything."? The saloon manager said flatteringly.

Jesse James didn't pay attention; he looked straight into John Stewart's eyes and said: I heard you want to see me, stranger?

John swallowed and braced himself, and he thought to himself that this was a good opportunity to save himself from the sheriff and maybe if he is not proven innocent, save him from execution; he said: Yes, I came to this city for finding you, but the people of the city, especially Mr. Fisher, had a misunderstanding. I didn't come to steal; I just lost my way and went to Mr. Fisher's farm and stable.

Jesse James, who was curious about what this strange man was doing with him, and had the courage to reach out to him, shook his head as a sign of confirmation and turned to Mr. Fisher and said: This man wanted to meet me, so he is coming to my house with me. Then he turned to John and said: You were lucky that I had come to the city; it's better worth it because I don't give anyone the time an a chance to meet me and enter my house, stranger.

John moved slowly from Mr. Fisher's side and went towards Jesse James the anger inside Mr. Fisher, who was following John's movement with his eyes was like a bomb that he was trying to prevent from exploding; he said in a hesitant sound: But Mr. James, I found this man, and he was planning to steal from me, and his innocence has not been proven yet, so he is now a criminal and should go to the police station.

Jesse James said to Mr. Fisher: Did he steal something from you? Mr. Fisher said: No, but it must be proven whether he intended to steal or not. "It didn't matter anymore." Said jesse. and turned his face to leave, but Mr. Fisher, who was jealous that Jesse could do whatever he wanted so easily, shouted: YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, HE IS MINE! Jesse James quickly turned his face and pointed his gun at Mr. Fisher. Mr. Fisher was scared and pulled his head back and raised his hand. Jesse's eyes fell on Mr. Fisher's son, who was looking at Jesse James with fear and horror. Jesse lowered his gun while connecting his eyes with the little boy's eyes and left the saloon. John walked behind him, and Billy and two of Jesse James' companions also walked after him.

Jesse and his two companions, Peter and Thomas, who were twins, got on the horse; John and Billy were walking beside them on foot. On the way, Jesse, without looking behind himself and moving, said to Billy, where are you coming for, kid?

"Me? Sir, please let me work for you. I am skilled in shooting, and I can serve you as one of your people" Billy stopped and said in a broken sound.

"Very well, you will be my informant. You will bring me the news and important events in the city. Do you understand this"? Jesse said.

Billy, who didn't expect such a mundane position, paused a bit, and the excitement and taste in his sound disappeared, he said slowly: Yes, sir, I understand; he lowered his head and continued on his way. When Billy was eight years old, he went to the lake with his parents, his mother suddenly fell into the water, and his father jumped into the water to save her, but they both never came out and drowned. After that, he lived with his violent grandfather and, for a while, with his bad-tempered aunt. Billy's family and relatives did not have good moral and mental health, that's why Billy didn't stay with them anymore and ran out of the house and sought his destiny until he found it among the criminals and since then, he tried to prove himself with Killing and committing crime. But he has never had the opportunity to kill, and he has been in the police station several times just because of fighting with others. John thought to himself that Billy had never worked with Jesse James and that his arrival in time made him the informant of Jesse James; he hoped to himself that this was not a big deal and it was not going to ruin the history, although John was more selfish and ambitious to care about this, he only cared about his collection. Anyway, he continued on his way behind Jesse James. John did not know what he was going to say to Jesse James And how can he save himself from this predicament? Jesse James may have shown a good face to him, but he was more like a prisoner for him, and Jesse James's companions, who had even chosen their horses exactly the same, were looking at john like wardens So he couldn't even think of running away, he continued walking, they were leaving the city little by little and entering a dirt road without any inhabitants. The air was hot, and the dirt was rising from the ground. Jesse James, the twins, and Billy raised their neckerchiefs and covered their mouths with them. John looked at them and imitated them. Billy was looking at John in a special way, he was checking his clothes, and he was surprised by the newness and cleanliness of their sewing. John noticed his look and looked at Billy under his eyes and acted as if he didn't care.

John, who was tired, said: "Do you treat your guests like this, Mr. James? Do I have to walk all the way"? Billy gave John a surprised look, and the twins on either side of Jesse James turned their heads to John at the same time. The looks were like meteorites that fell on John and loosened his body. He had forgotten that this was not modern times, and this was Jesse James, whom everyone was afraid of. John lowered his head when the sound of a sudden gunshot shook him and Billy out of their states. And they both raised their heads to see what was going on, Jesse James shot a bird from a long distance with his gun in the sky, and the bird fell to the ground. Jesse asked Billy to bring the bird, this show of authority of Jesse James was enough for John to understand that he should not mess with Jesse James. It was like the villain character introduction scenes in the movies. John thought he was going to play the leading role, but now he was in the shadow of Jesse James, and it bothered him that he was quickly captured by Jesse James without a bit of adventure and show off!

_Did you just say something, stranger? Jesse turned to John and said.

_"Ah... nothing"John nodded and said.

- OK, then we will continue on our way.

- John

- What?

- My name is John, sir, don't call me a stranger.

- But I didn't ask your name, stranger!

- That's right, sir; I said you might never ask, so I told you myself.

Everyone, even Jesse James, remain silent and didn't say anything, it's like telling a ridiculous joke or saying something in a crowd that would annoy the people in there, and they tell you that with the language of silence.

Finally, a house appeared from a distance like a mirage; little by little, as they got closer, two big apple trees in a beautiful garden on both sides of the house, like the same garden and the tree where John had hidden his belongings, were next to Jesse James' house. The similarity between the two trees could be a coincidence, and there were four horses in the stable; Jesse James's house had beautiful architecture as if it was designed in a modern way; there was also a windmill behind Jesse's house, slightly to the west. Billy, who saw Jesse James's house for the first time, looked at the house with surprise, and passion and enthusiasm were clearly seen in his existence. Jesse James and his companions got off their horses. First, Jesse, then John entered the house. Billy wanted to enter the house, but the twins stopped him, telling him that he do not have the authority to enter the house of Jesse James. Billy told them that he was the one who found the stranger, and now the stranger was allowed to enter but not himself. Thomas put his hand on Billy's chest and pushed him to the side. Billy felt incompetent again; his facial muscles loosened, he lowered his shoulders and sat down on a rock on the side, and frowned at the twins, who grinned at him, and they entered the house.

Jesse James's wife and daughter came to welcome him. Jesse James kissed them and lifted his daughter from the ground, and hugged her. He joked with her a little and tickled her. The sound of his daughter's laughter filled the air. The twins looked at Jesse's play with his daughter and smiled. John was thrilled by these paternal feelings of Jesse James, and he was surprisingly thinking that jesse knew about these family things too!. Jesse's wife came with tea and biscuits and placed them on the table. Jesse gave his daughter to his wife and asked her to leave, then asked John to sit down and help himself; John slowly took a few steps forward, looking at the twins and Jessie with hesitation and caution, and sat on the chair. Jesse was looking at him as if he was reading John's mind. Without saying anything, he pointed to the tea and complimented it. John hesitated at first, then he slowly and cautiously reached for the tea and took it, and brought it to his mouth, but he didn't drink it. He wasn't sure what he was doing or what he should do. He looked at the twins, and they both nodded their heads in confirmation. John then looked at Jesse, and Jesse nodded his head with the same message as the twins; an interesting scene had been created; three people were waiting for another person to drink tea; John felt that he wanted to drink his death drink, anyway he took a sip of it and then put it down. Jessie complimented John's biscuit. Now that John was sure that there was no death in the tea, he was relieved and had just remembered how hungry he was, so he confidently reached for the biscuits to take one when Jesse James plunged his knife into John's hand with lightning speed, and nailed it to the table. Because of the speed and suddenness of this move by Jesse James, John's brain did not know to what reactions hould shows to ; John's eyes were bulging out of the socket, his mouth was half open, his face was pale, and his head was shaking. After looking at Jesse James and the twins, he looked back at his hand and just realized what happened and how he should react at this moment, so when he saw the blood and his pierced hand, he let out a loud scream that lasted for 10 seconds. Billy, who was sitting outside and was scamping with his knife, got up when he heard John's scream and looked towards the house with horror. He created different scenarios in his mind and didn't know which one was true, that what happened in there that John screamed like that?! For a moment, he felt better not going in, Jesse was known to be unpredictable, and no one could guess what fate he would find next to him.

John was scared and terrified; nothing like this had ever happened to him; he had always lived in prosperity and having fun, and what was his situation now? He had been stabbed by the famous criminal Jesse James a few hundred years ago, and it was natural for him to have that reaction.

Jesse, who was leaning on the back of the chair and waiting for John's reactions to finish, pulled himself forward towards the table, locked his hands together, and said: Well, John, you were saying, what did you want with me?

John swallowed hard and looked at his hand with fear, then he looked at Jesse James and said in a trembling sound: I... I... I just …

_What, John? just what? Speak quickly; otherwise, I will let you talk in a different way!

John took a deep breath and looked at the twins with fear, then his eyes turned to Jesse and said with fear and haste: I am an author; I wanted to write your biography. I value and respect you very much, that's all.

Hearing this, Jesse James smirked, then turned to the twins and then started laughing. The twins started laughing along with him. Jesse James's laughter stopped, and this time he looked at John with a mocking smile. He got up and went toward John. John panicked and saw that death itself was coming towards him. Jesse approached John and squeezed John's throat, and said in a heavy and thick sound:" YoU ArE OnE Of ThEm; you thought I didn't know? , from the beginning, it was clear from your face; I don't know why I always find you people in the middle of your troubles"!

_ What? No, I don't understand what you are talking about; please let me go; I promise not to write your biography!!" John said while his sound was changed due to the pressure of Jesse James's hand. He started to cough as if something was stuck in his throat; Jesse cleared his throat and returned to his place, and said:" OK then, I have to treat you in a different way so that you tell the truth".

With Jesse James's hint, the twins went to John, grabbed his shoulders, and asked him to get up. John looked at his hand in horror, which was still nailed on the table, . Jesse pulled his knife out of his hand, and John screamed in pain again. The twins took John to the other side of the house, and then they opened a small door on the floor; there was the basement of Jesse James's house, where he hid his secrets, no one except Jesse James had the right to enter there; the twins knew that too. So they just pushed John into the basement, closed the door and locked it, then turned to Jesse. Jesse was watching them the whole time. When the twins returned, Jesse dismiss them. They went outside the house. As soon as they stepped outside, Billy approached them and said: what happened? Why was John screaming? What's the matter? Is he dead?

Thomas, who was 48 seconds older than his twin brother Peter, said: What are you saying, kid? don't disturb us; you're just an errand boy; these issues are non of your business, go away.

_"You can't talk to me like that; you work for Jesse too"! , Billy got angry and said.

_"But our work is more critical and severe than yours" Peter said.

Then the twin brothers both laughed.

And they left Billy's side, humiliation after humiliation; this day for Billy was like a separate cloud moving only above Billy's head and humiliation raining from it just at him.

The twins used to be bounty hunters from another city and were never empty-handed. They always delivered their hunts dead, so every criminal who fell into their hands quickly surrendered and begged for his life. But they enjoyed killing, and in fact, their main goal of being a bounty hunters was the experience of killing without punishment, and that was more valuable to them than the bounty, so they always sent their victims to the world of the dead without hesitation or pity.

Their last victim was a blad and middle-aged man who the sheriff wanted. When they were going to kill him, Jesse James stopped them; he offered them to work for him and told them that in his business , they would get what they were looking for, instead, don't kill their prey, they hesitated at first, but after realizing the fame and grandeur of Jesse James, they accepted and have been working for him ever since.

_What do you think is hiding in that basement? Why doesn't he tell us? In this way, we are no different from Billy. Peter said to Thomas.

Thomas took a breath, took an apple out of his pocket, rubbed it on his clothes, bit it, and said: "who knows, it doesn't matter; finally, it will be clear one day, at least I get fresh and free apples every day" and he bit the apple again.

_What do you mean? Where did you get this apple? Peter said.

_I grabbed it from the fruit basket inside Jesse's house when he was not paying attention, and we were standing behind him". Thomas said with his mouth full.

Surprised, Peter slowly turned his head towards Thomas, stared at Thomas, and Thomas looked at him while biting his apple. Peter started to laugh, and Thomas laughed with him.

John entered the basement; one meter from the basement door, there was another door, and in fact, the entrance area was nothing, a small room with only one door inside and only one candle hanging next to the door, which did not provide much light. John didn't know what kind of place this was and if Jesse wanted to imprison him, so what does this door do here, and what can be inside? John could not get the answers to his questions from anyone, so he had to do it himself, and he stepped forward while holding the wound of his hand with his othet hand; he went to the door, took the handle and opened it and faced a strange scene, his mouth was open, his eyes were shining, but not out of shock or surprise, but because of the bright light inside the room, a narrow corridor with light hanging on both sides, and guess what kind of light it was that made people wonder? The light of the city lamp! But how? How did Jesse James achieve this light In this era? they didn't have lamps, and their source of light was only candles. Is Jesse James really a magician? Was he the one who achieved this invention ? John went forward as he asked one question after another in his mind. He went to one of the lamps and moved his healthy hand, which was a little bloody, towards that light to touch it and make sure that it was not a dream and it is real!

"No, no, don't touch it;I have hardly kept it there ; everything might fall apart"!

Hearing this sound, John was surprised and quickly pulled back his hand and looked around to find the source of the sound.

- Here, from this side!

The source of the sound comes from the end of the corridor, and John walks towards the end of the corridor; when he arrives, he sees a bald man sitting on a chair doing something.

_Who are you? What are you doing down here? What's the matter? John asked in surprise.

"I am Professor Graham, and I work for Jesse James; I make and invent things for him You are probably here because Jesse James wanted you to say the truth; umm, you are not the first one, he sent me here for a while to tell him the truth too,but MY truth made me stay here forever" the bald man said.

"Professor Robert Graham"? John asked surprisingly.

When the professor heard this name, he stopped his work, raised his head, looked at John, and said in a trembling sound: You. . . How do you know my full name? Did Jesse tell you about me? Why should he do this? You came to kill me??!

- No, no, no … Don't worry, he doesn't want to kill you, as you said He sent me here to say the truth, but the truth is that I am also in the same era as you; I came from the future, you have been missing for five years, and no one knew about you, let me see what happened to you?». Mr. Graham stood up:

- Oh my God, oh my God, is it true? Is it been five years? I didn't count anymore.

I left myself in the hands of fate, and I was sure that I had no way back. Did they send you to find me? Yeah? Is my family okay? To be honest, I was testing our own invention; I shouldn't have taken that risk, I went to the basement of the house, and the thought didn't leave my head, I don't want to praise myself but I was the best of all, after making a few samples of the time travel machine I had the original sample. I stared at it for hours, and I couldn't resist the temptation. We researched and struggled for years. I wanted to see the result of our work, so without thinking about bringing the substances of the present time with me and bringing some equipment in general, I pressed the button and randomly chose a bottle. And then I appeared in the basement of Jesse James. It's funny, isn't it? It's like I was transferred from a modern basement to an old basement, then I ran away. Jesse James saw me and followed me. I lost him for a few days and hid. Finally, I got hungry and stole food, and was WANTED by the sheriff Two twin brothers found me and wanted to kill me, but Jesse James arrived and saved me. I became his prisoner and his debtor, and the two of them became his hunters». When Mr. Graham remembered all these events and incidents that he had gone through, he sat on a chair and put his hand on his forehead, and sighed.

_ From that time, Jesse realized that I came from the future; that is, I explained to him I had to, he couldn't believe it, and he tried to kill me several times until I proved it to him, and since then, I have been making modern things for him, from all the information I have, medicine, electricity, even I helped him build his house, and I designed it for him».

John was upset after hearing the professor's disturbing words and what happened to him, and now he remembered what Jesse James meant.

"Honestly, Mr. Graham, I did not come to save you. No one knew where you disappeared. The police looked for you everywhere, but there was no trace of you. You had disappeared. I do not know about your family. I am sorry for what happened to you" John said in a calm and slow sound.

Mr. Graham rested his forehead on his hands and shook his head:

" I wish I didn't do that". Mr. Graham raised his head and asked with a curious face: Wait a minute, if you didn't come for me, then what did you come for?

John told him his story.

" so That's how you use the machine nowadays, for fun eh?! Let me know which golden gun. All the time I was with Jesse James, I did not hear or see any trace of such a gun"?! Mr. Graham said.

As if cold air had hit his body, John felt despair for a moment after hearing this, and he told himself that what if it was all a myth and that there really was no gun and that he had bothered himself in vain; his heart beat a little faster than he shook his head to get those negative thoughts out of his head. He said: I don't know, he must not have shown it in front of you, anyway, everyone said that it is very valuable to him and he kills special people with it.

When Mr. Graham found out about John's time machine that he hid somewhere, he was happy, and the light of hope shone in his eyes, he told John that he could come to the future with it and save himself. They built the time machine in such a way that two people could travel together, and they just had to find a way to escape from Jesse James and get themselves to that garden.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Graham, but I'm not going anywhere without that gun; there's a lot of people waiting for me, and I can't go back disappointed and defeated"John said.

"What?? Are you really serious? Are you ready to die here but don't let your pride be damaged? After all this, do you think you can easily travel to other times and gather collections? What did you think when you came up with this stupid idea? Is your family not important to you? In addition, you can't take a tool from the past because time will breaks! Mr. Graham said in anger.

"This is not important to me; I was born to be a collector; this is my destiny; I always did dangerous things to collect my collections, and I always succeeded, this is like the rest of them, and by the way, I don't have a family, it was my choice to be alone. Family is a distraction. I thought about the tools, you don't have to be worry,"John said in pride.

Mr. Graham couldn't believe it; he looked at John with surprise and shook his head as a sign of regret and disappointment.

It turned out that John was more ambitious and selfish than he seemed, and he did not care about the destruction of the world; that is, even if everyone was destroyed, as soon as he gathered his collection, his gathering collection disease would heal, he was like an addict and had a strange temptation to this work.

Mr. Graham agreed to help John find the gun in exchange for them going house later, and John agreed. Then he tied John's wounded hand with a cloth for him

Also, Mr. Graham explained to John that he gets electricity through the windmill behind Jesse's house and that he has spent a lot of effort in this way.

The next morning, there was the sound of the basement door opening; John and Mr. Graham looked towards the door; Jesse James entered the basement, came towards them, and said: Well, I see that you two have met each other; then he turned to John: it's time for me to meet you too!

"Well, yes, you are right; I came from the future, so what? What do you have to do with me? I am not a scientist like Mr. Graham to make different things for you, so let me go!" John got himself up and said.

" So why did you come to my time?" Jesse James gave a sarcastic smile and said.

- I came to write your damn biography». John said in a funny face!.

Jesse James went to John quickly, pushed him against the wall , grabbed his collar, and brought his face close to John, his eyes that were emitting rays of anger like the sun, stared into John's eyes; it was hard for John to look into his eyes as if there was a spell in Jesse's eyes. While he was pressing him against the wall, he took out a knife from his pocket, the blade of the knife was very shiny, and the handle was golden and shiny too; he put it near John's neck and said angrily: No one can make fun of me, did you think that because you have been coming from a time that I am a historical figure for many years, you have the right not to be afraid of me? Anyway, I see that my fame has not been destroyed for years and you wrote a lot of things about me. I have never left anyone alive except Graham. Now either you will tell me the truth, or I will kill you. Let's see if anyone knows anything about you; does your fame will remain like mine for years after I killed you??!

John saw his own reflection in Jesse's blade and looked at Jesse James with fear and trembling then at the knife that was cutting his throat like an apple every moment. He should not try to be funny for jesse james. Mr. Graham was also clinging to the wall out of fear and looking at them, and then when John's eyes met him, he shook his head as a sign of regret that he should not underestimate Jesse James.

"All right, all right, I came to save Mr. Graham, he was a prominent scientist in our country, and he has not returned for five years now, that's why I was sent to look for him". John closed his eyes slowly, took a deep breath and said.

Jesse's eyes were looking to the left and right of John's eyes as if Jesse had a lie detector in his eyes and was trying to understand the truth; then he slowly took his hand from John's chest and rubbed his knife on his clothes to clean the drop of blood that fell from the small cut on John's neck. He put it in his pocket, and while John was tightly clinging to the wall and his breathing was shaking, he slowly loosened himself and rubbed his neck with his hand.

- There is a possibility that you are telling the truth, but there is also a possibility that you are lying , but my eyes have not lied to me so far, so I accept this, but unfortunately, I have to say that Mr. Graham cannot go anywhere and he will be with me forever and you cannot save him because he owes me». Jesse turned his face towards the exit of the basement and was ready to leave. When Mr. Graham heard these words, his breathing became as if he was throwing out the anger and frustration inside him while his emotions were awakened and covered his whole body. Mr. Graham said in a spiteful sound: No, you can't do that, I have a life and a wife and children as you have here, and I can't stay with you forever; it's not fair». Mr. Graham knelt on the ground and begged Jesse James, with tears in his eyes, to let him go.

Jesse James was amazed by the power and beauty of electricity, he always stared closely at Mr. Graham's lamps, and as if they were casting a spell on him, he reached a special calm and comfort, so he could not imagine losing it. The fact that Jesse was afraid of darkness has a strong connection to his interst in light. However, Mr. Graham had done so many things for Jesse and not just providing light.

- I'm sorry, Mr. Graham, your fate is tied to me».Jesse turned to John and said:

«I will decide for you later». Then he went to the door and left.

John sat on a chair and said to Mr. Graham: Did you see what I saw? I mean the knife, that's what I was looking for, it wasn't a golden gun, but a golden knife, I have to get it somehow». While Mr. Graham was sitting on the floor depressed and sad, he turned angrily and, while his eyes were turned red said: Did you really say this?! seriously?! Are you still thinking about yourself? With all the things that Jesse said, are you still thinking about your damn collection? My God, what kind of animal are you?

John realized that he shouldn't have said that in this situation and He remained silent .

Billy reached the door of Jesse's house while running fast and knocked it. The twins stopped him. Billy told them that he has important news for Jesse, but the brothers didn't let him in, and told him that they would deliver the news themselves; Billy resisted, believing that this was his news and he should bring it to Jesse; there was a discussion between them; meanwhile Jesse arrived and put an end to their discussion and asked Billy to tell his news.

Billy said that Jack Wesley entered the city and created terror everywhere; he beat a woman while he was drunk and said that he did not intend to leave the city, and the sheriff was also hiding out of fear and he was not doing anything; Jesse James got angry when he heard this news, he put his hat on his head. He got on his horse and rode towards the city.

Jack Wesley was a famous gangster-like Jesse, but he was never equal to Jesse's power. He was Jesse's rival. Four years ago, Jesse had a duel with him in this city, and the loser had to leave the city forever; Jesse had defeated him. But he didn't kill him and deliberately shot him in the leg. Jack Wesley, who was disappointed, promised Jesse that he would improve himself and come back again so that next time he would definitely defeat Jesse, Jesse, who is confident in himself and has never lost a duel. told him for his entertainment that he would give him four years to come back once a year and prove himself. During this time, Jesse would not kill him, but he should expect his death in the fourth year, which is the last.

The next year, for the second time, he returned to the city as he said, Jesse dueled with him again, and this time he shot him in the thigh of the same leg that had hit his leg before; the third year, John Wesley returned to the city with a lame leg and dueled with Jesse again, and this time, Jesse James shot in such a way that the bullet went past his temple and on the surface of the head, and the heat of the bullet burned the hair there to the end, and from then on, the hair there did not grow, and a long line remained on his head.

Billy, Thomas, and Peter walked toward the city with Jesse James.

In the meantime, Mr. Graham and John were planning to escape; Mr. Graham told John that Jesse is afraid of the dark, that's why he is fascinated by light and electricity, so they will wait until night, and when Jesse enters the basement, turn off all the lamps and and escape. According to John, this plan is a bit risky, but it is probably the only way, and he agreed.

Jesse arrived in the city and got off his horse. The people who were terrified and gathered around Jack Wesley looked at him when Jesse came, and they all fell silent. According to the tradition of every year, they knew what was going to happen, so they quickly ran into their houses, and they closed the doors, and sat watching through the windows of the house. The excitement could be clearly seen in their eyes as if the last and continuing part of a four-part series had finally arrived after a year, and as a result, they sat waiting to see the finale.

Jesse walked towards Jack Wesley with slow and long steps while hanging the thumbs of both hands inside his belt; on the way, he looked out the window of the police station and saw the sheriff, who was hidden in fear like the others. Jesse smirked at him and continued on his way. The sheriff felt a sense of inadequacy and indifference at Jesse's smirk. An old man, who wore big and awful glasses on his eyes, was sitting on the chair next to the bar and didn't run into the houses like the others, he preferred to witness the incident up close. Because in the past three years, every time he looked from inside and behind the window, he was unable to see properly, and every time, he lost the duel. Wesley, who was sitting on a chair next to the bar, looked at Jesse James, who was coming towards him. The town was quiet and empty. As if no one had been in this place for years and it had been abandoned for a long time, Wesley's heart began to beat at the sight of Jesse James, who was approaching every moment; he gathered his senses and got up from the chair, raised his chest and pushed his hat back a little to get a better view. He bowed his head slightly upwards with pride, then put his hands on his belt like Jesse, which was the gesture of every gangster cowboy, and in fact, this movement strangely added to their confidence. Then Wesley stood in front of Jesse so that Jesse could reach him.

Billy and the twins were standing on the side and watching the show.

Jesse reached within two steps of Wesley and stood there, and according to his usual habit in duels when facing his enemies, he looked at Wesley with his big and ghostly eyes as if Jesse was injecting fear into Wesley by his eyes. Wesley, who had understood Jesse's trick in the past three years, tried not to look into Jesse's eyes. But finally, he couldn't help it, and Jesse James's eyes drew Wesley's towards them like a magnet. Wesley also fell into the trap of Jesse James's scary looks, as if Jesse's injection had worked and Wesley felt the signs of fear in himself; he swallowed hard and blinked faster; Wesley was trying to look away from Jesse James's eyes to get rid of the magic of Jesse James's eyes. Jesse's main gun before his real one was his eyes, like a snake; he first bites and weakens his prey, then eats it!

Wesley took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, and then he looked at the big city clock behind himself. It was showing 5:45, and they should have waited until 6. Jesse turned his face and walked to get into his position for the duel. Wesley was surprised at how easily Jesse turned his face and walked, he thought that if it was himself, he would have walked backward and vice versa so that he wouldn't be shot from behind, but Jesse was faster and trickier than that, and he seemed to have eyes behind himself.

It was 5:55; during this time, Jesse was carefree and relaxed as if he wanted to do his actual routine works like every day, but Wesley was anxious, and the sweat on his head was like spring dew; anyway, he was getting to the last seconds of his life, and he had the right to be anxious. For a moment, the wind blew along with the dust. Wesley, who was in the direction of the wind, the wind threw off his hat, and the scar on his head that Jesse James had left for him was visible. Wesley was embarrassed. Jesse James gave him a mocking smile. The wind blew Wesley's hat far away, and Wesley did not go after it. Because the time of death and life was getting closer every moment, it was 5:58, Both of them put their hands on their guns and got ready as if the whole world had become silent at that moment and even the universe stoped for a moment to watch this duel. The old man in the took off his glasses to clean them a little bit and not to miss this time, but the glasses fell out of his hand; the old man threw himself on the ground and tried to find his glasses by touching the floor with his hands, the alarm clock rang wich meaning 6:00. Jesse pulled his gun, but his gun unexpectedly did not come out. The barrel of his gun was stuck inside his small leather bag. Wesley pulled his gun a few seconds later than Jesse. he quickly wanted to shoot at Jesse, but the old man got in the way and was blindly looking for his glasses. Wesley yelled angrily at him to get out of the way; the old man then sat down again and began to look for the glasses. As soon as he sat down, Wesley shot at Jesse, he saw that Jesse had his gun ready, and he shot at him at the same time; the old man was nailed to his place, he sat down on the floor in despair and stopped looking, he put his hand on his head, and he found his glasses on top of his head, he realized that he had put it on top of his head when he was cleaning it, but he thought that it had fallen on the floor, so he put it on his eyes with anger to see what happened. He saw the crowd gathered around a corpse and went towards it. He pushed aside the crowd to see who it was, and it was Wesley. The bullet had lodged right in the middle of his eyes. Some people had fallen on his belongings like scavengers; they took his shoes, his gun, his leather coat, and so on. In the last moments of his life, destiny had given him a chance, but luck was not on his side. The old man looked to the other side and saw that some people, including Billy and the twins, had gathered around Jesse. While he was getting to that side, he thought to himself, does it mean that both of them killed each other and he has missed such a historical scene? He reached the crowd around Jesse, pushed them aside, and saw that Jesse was alive; only his left ear was bleeding. It turned out that Jesse was a second faster, and his bullet had hit Wesley earlier, and that's why Wesley was falling to the ground when he was shot by Jesse; instead of hitting Jesse's head, his bullet had deflected and passed in the next of his ear. Luck had defeated fate. The doctor treated Jesse's ear. A small edge of his ear was cut by the bullet, and it created a small curve. The hearing of his left ear was also weakekned. This was Jesse's first injury in his duels. Finally, after four times, Wesley had the right to present a souvenir to Jesse. Jesse returned house; his pride was worn along with his ear, but he was still Jesse James, and nothing could change that. Jesse entered his house and asked Billy to come in and clean the dried blood near his ear. The twins looked at Billy with a hostile looks. Billy was not happy that Jesse asked him to do such a thing because he felt like a servant, but as soon as he was allowed to enter Jesse James's house, he felt that he got a privilege; he also gave a proud look at the twins and entered the house with them. As soon as Jesse entered the house, he immediately took out his small leather bag that kept his gun inside and threw it into the fireplace to burn in the fire. Jesse burns aminous things.

He returned to the chair and sat on it. Billy went to the kitchen, filled a bowl with water, took a cloth, and started to wipe Jesse's ear. There was a lot of blood in his ear. Billy put the cloth in the water and squeeze it to remove the blood and replace it with clean water. Just as he was cleaning Jesse James's ear, he also cleaned Jesse James's curved wound. Jesse James pulled his eyebrows together. It was obvious that he felt a little pain, but he didn't want to show it, and he locked it inside himself; that's why his forehead emitted drops of sweat to remove some heat from his body and let him cool down. Billy found out about it,so put the cloth in the water, and put it on Jesse's forehead. Jesse looked at Billy, and Billy, who felt that he had made a mistake, turned his gaze away from Jesse and busied himself with work.

The twins were standing behind Jesse like bodyguards. Thomas looked at Peter and pointed to the basket of apples next to Peter with his head. Peter rolled his eyes and shook his head in the negative. Thomas shook his head as a sign of regret for Peter and asked him to change places together, they slowly changed their places, and now Thomas was next to the fruit basket, he picked two apples. He gave one to Peter and kept one for himself and put it in his pocket. Peter also concealed his own apple.

There was no sign of Jesse's wife and daughter. They knew they shouldn't be with Jesse at work, no matter how bad the situation was. Jesse didn't want them to see him in a bad situation and in a gangster's face, so they stayed in the room upstairs.

It was 9 o'clock. Three hours had passed since the duel . Jesse dismissed Billy and the twins. They all went out. When the twins left Jesse's house, they took out their apples and started biting them with laughter.

"Jesse is not like before anymore ; how did he become like that!" Peter said.

Thomas took a bite of his apple and said: Hmm, he's slowly turning into a stupid old man, an old man with one ear!.» They both laughed.

Billy heard them and was surprised that they dared to steal apples from Jesse's house and eat them happily.

Jesse looked at the basement door; he remembered that he had two prisoners there that he had to take care of. He took the food that his wife left in the kitchen and went to the basement. He opened the door and went in. He first entered the small room. Then he went to the main door and opened it, and entered the corridor. The lamps were on as always, and Jesse felt alive by looking at them. Just as he was reaching the end of the corridor, suddenly, the lamps behind him turned off. Jesse James turned his face and looked at them and saw that the lamps were going out one by one, and the darkness was coming towards him like a scary monster . Jesse James was terrified and reached the end of the corridor. He saw Mr. Graham, who was turning off the lamps. Jesse James shouted angrily: What are you doing??!

"I'm sorry, but I have to go back to my family". Graham said this and turned off the last lamp above their heads. Everything went dark; Jessie sat down on the ground with fear and terror, he started to say strange and incomprehensible sentences as if he was reciting a prayer or a spell. John located Jesse by his sound and looked for the keys to the basement in Jesse's pockets. Jesse's sound became more anxious, and his prayer became faster as if he was paralyzed without light.

"Did you find the key"? Graham said.

"Yes, yes, wait, I'll take the knife as well" John said.

- For God sake , John, we don't have time for this; we have to go quickly.

John smiled happily when he realized that his hand had touched the knife and had taken it.

- Very well, we can go now, Mr. Graham.

Graham took a lamp with him and went to the exit with John.

"You will pay for this, be sure that I will catch you and scalp you, you did a very bad thing, Graham"! Jesse said these words to them as they were running away. After hearing these words from Jesse, Graham became anxious and turned to look at Jesse in the dark. He could not see anything, but he could recognize Jesse James's frightened and fearful eyes, which were looking at him, and fear gripped Graham.

- What are you doing? Are you coming, or are you just going to stare into the darkness?john said.

Graham regained his composure and hurried to the door.

They locked the door. Then they went out of the small door, but there they stood for a sudden ; Jesse's wife was standing scared and looking at them; she understood from their eyes that they have used Jesse's only weakness against him. Graham and John looked at each other and went to the exit door of Jesse James's house and took the room keys with them. Jesse James's wife quickly picked up a lantern and went to the basement, but the room was locked, but they had a spare key for it, so she quickly went upstairs to get it.

John and Graham were running as fast as they could away from Jesse James's house. Graham asked John to wait so that he could rest a bit. He had never run so far, and now his body could not handle it. John agreed; it was dark everywhere, the only lamp that Graham had with him was on, and it was not clear where they were; Jesse's house was far from the city and far away from the time machine; they sat there behind a rock to catch their breath.

When they were running away, John emptied Jesse's basket of apples into his bag. It had been a long time since they had eaten anything. He took out two apples and gave one to Graham. As if the appearance of Jesse's apples was very seductive, everyone around them rushed toward them. Speaking of apples, Graham asked John if he was sure about the location of that tree and if he could find it. John pondered and said he is not sure, but he remembered it was a few steps after passing the city.

Jesse was freed from the basement by his wife, sitting angrily on a chair and looking at his empty fruit basket.

- Do you want to follow them now? His wife told him.

- I can go with a lantern, right!?

- Yeah, you can, but it is better to chase them in the morning; they have no place to run away.»

Jesse, who was waiting to hear such a thing, easily accepted to chasing them in the morning ; only his wife, Zerelda was knowing about his weakness, she had no problem with Jesse's business , and she was always supportive. Also, Jesse was always kind and gentle with her. Jesse could not sleep; he was only thinking about what Graham and John did to him and was angry inside .

Graham and John continued on their way in the darkness of the night, and they reached the vicinity of the city from a distance; they could see bright lanterns inside the city, hiding in a corner to see the situation and if the situation was favorable, they could pass from inside the city, inside and outside the police station was bright, and a tall, armed man guarded, they could not easily pass by him. They had to look for a solution. They waited there and watched him until there might be a change in the situation, and they could pass, but the guard was still on his feet. Sometimes he would sit for a while, but then he would stand up again. A cold wind began to blow, and some soil went through Graham'nose and he sneezed. The guard was scared by his sneeze and took out his gun and aimed at the direction where the sneeze came from.

-who is there?! Put your hands above your head and come out slowly».

No one came out; the guard took a lantern with him and slowly moved to the sound; Graham turned off his lamp. Everywhere was dark, and when the guard got closer, he did not find anything; suddenly, the guard fell to the ground by a hit from behind his head, and his body was pulled to a corner by four hands! . Graham and John reviewed the situation again; now another guard noticed his absence; they had to hurry; they quickly but quietly entered the city and continued to move. The hissing sound of their shoes was still heard on the sand. Graham's attention attracted to the corpse of Wesley, who is still there. He said in his heart, "so they finally finished it".

They were slowly reaching the end of the city. At the same time, the second guard came out and followed another, and he saw the shadow of Graham and John leaving the city; he felt that he had seen a ghost and did not follow them.

It was at 3 am that Graham and John were looking for an old tree, the same tree where John had hidden the time machine on his first arrival in the wild West world.

Jesse stared at the ceiling of the room and waited for the dark monster to go away quickly to seek the two men who mocked him and stole his family inheritance which was inherited from his father. Jesse pushed the blanket and hurried downstairs; Zerelda raised her head and looked at him, then returned to her sleep and pulled the blanket on herself . She was waiting for this to happen because she knew that Jesse was not a patient person and that he would not sleep until he finished his half-finished work.

Jesse picked up his largest lanterns to be his assistant in the dark of night, wearing his clothes, and took his gun and put it in a new leather bag. As he was about to leave the house, he stopped, and then he went back into the house and went toward the large suitcase inside the kitchen, took out his key from his coat, and opened it. There was a small box inside it which was also locked, and the key was inside the same suitcase. He opened it and took a cloth that had something hidden inside it, he opened the cloth slowly, and he took out a silver gun. That gun was polished so much that Jesse's image was reflected inside it; the initials of Jesse James' name and family were engraved on it. That is two words (J), a gun that he only kills certain people with it. The same old legend that was wrongly told, and it was called gold instead of silver, this gun was given to him by his paternal uncle. His father and paternal uncle were gold and silver miners . Jesse was not interested in their work and wealth because he had everything he wanted from his own ways, and he didn't need jewelry. From his mother, that she was a gardener he was inherited two apple seeds , and he had planted both seedlings next to his house. And his mother had planted one away from the city when Jesse was born, wich no one had the right to eat or disrespect it, it was dearer to him than everything, the same tree that John hides the time machine under it. Jesse opened his house door. And the only thing that he saw was the darkness; he lingered a little; he had to push himself in the darkness; he took the lantern higher and went out, and he got on his horse and rode. With a lantern in his hand, it was like a comet that cut the dark sky of the night.

John and Graham were still looking for a tree, but it was darker than they could find it easily; Jesse reached the city. The air had reached its darkest limit, which announce the sunrise. Jesse's horse speed slowed, and he entered the city, he saw the sheriff and a few guards outside, and one of them was sitting on the ground. They were all surprised to see Jesse on this night. They had never seen him at night. Jesse got out of his horse and was aware of the story. He asked that guard if he know where they went. The guard said that he saw a shadow that had left the city and was not sure it was human. Jesse was now assured that they were his preys and that the guard's superstition did not doubt him, so he got on his horse and continued on his way.

John and Graham found their rescue tree, happily ran to it, and began to dig. Graham was looking forward to returning to his life, but John was a little upset that his journey was over this way. However, he had no other choice, and it wasn't easy as he thought. They continued to dig until they reached the bag. The flash in Graham's eyes was lit as stars. They found the bag and opened it to take the bottle of the substances and look for substances for their time, which suddenly everywhere becom dark with a shooting sound; both returned to the lamp and saw their lamps broken.

- are you going somewhere, gentlemen?

Jesse's face was seen with his majic eyes in the dark of the night as he aimed his silver gun to them. He got off his horse.

"Didn't you say he was afraid of the dark"?! John slowly said to Graham.

"Yeah, but don't you see he comes with a big lantern"! Graham said.

"Be sure that I will shoot if you move, and I am going to shoot at anything that moves"jesse said.

John started talking to Jesse and tried to distract him; Graham was slowly looking for the bottle of his time, everywhere was dark, and he couldn't see anything; he couldn't read the writing on them; John, with a chatter, told him to be fast. Jesse noticed their chatter, and he realized what they were doing, so he came closer; Graham, who saw taht Jesse was getting closer to them at every moment and he might shoot them, picked up a bottle randomly without knowing what the writing was on it and poured it into the compartment. Then he turned the lever three times against the clock, and now they had to wait 7 seconds, chronometer on the machine begun to count 1… 2… Jesse approached them and saw them sitting on the floor and looking at him. Then his eyes fell on the chronometer, which was counting with a small thumbnail sound 4… 5… Jesse realized that they were scapeing, 6 seconds… He threw himself to them, 7 seconds and bang, powder substances were spread in the air and time travelling was happened.

John and Graham found themselves in a dirt land and looked behind themselves. They appeared in the middle of two corps of soldiers just a few moments before the start of the war. The horses were ready to tap, and the soldiers with their hats and the spear and shields were prepared fight. When the two strangers appeared in the middle of the war, the two sides of the war were confused and surprised . Graham hit his forehead with helplessness, and If he was sure to survive Jesse, he was not sure for his life from here.

"oh, great, the Peloponnesian war, ancient Greece! From this era, I wanted to take the black chains of the Supreme Priest, saying that later became a symbol of the kings; it was a pity that everything was ruined; maybe I still could take it" ! John said desperately. Graham looked at him with shame and said: what a greedy person you are; if you die, what does this help you anymore?.

The soldiers were still waiting, and they didn't know what to do. It was as if each side was waiting for its enemy to move.

Graham told John that they had to go from there quickly, he searched for the time machine, but he didn't find it. There was no machine, John, who was stared at the soldiers ; when he heard Graham say that the machine was not there he turned to Graham:what do you mean the machine is not here?! So where is it? Shouldn't the machine come with us, didn't you make it like that?.

Graham confirmed the words John and said: yeas, yeas, but who thought it would be like this? Suddenly Graham, as if something had come to his mind, jumped and said: oh my God! John " What happened"? John said.

Jesse jumped on the machine at the last second, probably because the machine was there in his time, and because this machine has the capacity for only two people, Jesse couldn't come and the machine stayed there with him, of course, that's only probability but what could be other than this?! Graham said.

John breathed with helplessness and sat on the ground.

At the same time, two soldiers came from one of the corps toward them. John and Graham heard the sound of their equipment and armor from away, returned to those soldiers, and they continued to approach them, John and Graham looked at each other, and it was unclear what would happen as the soldier approached. One of them had a large spear, and the other had a archery that were seen from away. Finally, the soldiers approached them; the one who had a bow and arrow was tightly marked toward them, so stretched out that if he shoot at one of them it will throw them 3 meters away! But the soldier who had a spear pulled his spear on his archery to bring it down.

" Who are you? Have you come here behalf the God of War or the God of Peace?" One of the soldiers said. John and Graham looked at each other and now realized that the reason for the delay of the two corps was that they were superstitious and there were numerous legends among them in this time. Graham and John could use this for their own benefit.

John said:No, honestly, we … Graham stopped his words and said: Yes, it is right, we have come from the God of peace» . Two soldiers put their guns on the ground. They kneeled in front of them, " what are you doing? Do you want to disrupt history? They have to fight"! John whispered to graham.

Graham did not pay attention to John, and then he said to the soldiers: you can fight after we went!

The soldiers raised their heads and surprised the aechery soldier said: I get it! One of you is the representative of the God of War and the other God of Peace!.

Hearing these naive words of the soldier, John smirked from behind his closed lips. He couldn't hold himself but tried a lot, and finally, he was able to dominate his laughter with Graham's gaze.

Another soldier from the second corps wich was the Athens came up with a horse, and they all looked at him; he dismounted of his horse and bowed to them, and said: Greetings to the representatives of the Gods; our commander has invited you to visit them! Two soldiers got angry and said: they are our guests We first invited them. You cannot take them with you» The single soldier said: They are our Gods too; you can't only have them for yourself!» Then he pointed to John and Graham and said, please come with me! I will accompany you!

Two soldiers took the guard. The single soldier pulled his sword. John and Graham looked at each other. John told Graham that they should go from there; it is right now that the war begins, "But where can we go? We have no machine, at least now that we are getting stuck in this era, let's become the God for them and move our lives forward"! Graham said.

"You see, there is no way this war had to take place. it is inevitable for both!" John said.

Two soldiers in front of the rider soldier were ready to fight for the representatives of the false Gods, the archer soldier pulled his arrow tightly and wanted to release it, but another soldier from the Athens Corps came from his corps and said: Hold on, another representative has appeared. He has introduced himself as the representative of the God of Evil and has a strange thing with him. John and Graham looked at each other and said at the same time: Jesse James!?

"Didn't you say it has only a capacity of two people"? John said to Graham.

"Yeah, but the scientists probably increased it after me"! Graham said.

"Bring him to us"! John said to the soldier and All the soldiers and Graham looked at John, the silence was ruled.

- Did you not hear what I said, be quick soldier !

The Athenian soldier returned to his corps and, a few moments later, returned with the representative of God of Evil. Jesse James joined the meeting on a separate horse. He got off his horse, and while the machine was in his hand, he looked at John and Graham and said: I see that the Gods had something to do with me!.

John and Graham were surprised by the presence of Jesse, as if the sheets of the book of history had been torn and mixed. Jesse James, the famous Gangster, is now standing in the Peloponnesian War in the middle of the two corps! Graham shook his head from this confusion, and he said in his mind what a mess!

John asked all the soldiers to leave them alone so that the representatives could decide about the war; the soldiers obeyed and departed from them.

"Listen, this is a historical war, and many will be killed in it. This era is not the right era for life, so let's go back to our own time together; you can even stay here and be a God and get everything" ! John said to Jesse.

"Did you forget that I was a GOD in my own era"? Jesse said.

John was very surprised by Jesse's answer, and he said to himself that he was not wrong! Even though Jesse couldn't go back to his own time because they used his own time substance once and don't have it anymore.

"Well, what are you going to do now? Right here in the middle of the war, what will happen if we stay" ? Graham said to Jesse.

"It doesn't matter to me; what is important is the revenge that I have to take from you; I will never let my enemies escape from me" Jesse took out his silver gun and said to them.

"Don't you realize that we are not enemies here; we are on one side"! Graham said helplessly.

"I will never be on one side with my enemy, even if the situation dictates that we should be friends!" Jesse said.

Jesse aimed his gun at Graham, and as soon as he tried to shoot, John, which was closer to him, Jumped toward him and threw him to the ground; a bullet was fired, but instead of Graham, it hit to Spartan archer soldier , and he fell to the ground. The other three soldiers were frightened and surprised at Jesse's gun, which was like a magical tool of the Gods in their perspective. Graham quickly jumped toward the time machine to use it. Jesse freed himself from John after grappling, and he wanted to go to Graham, but suddenly he stood in his place, the corps behind Graham were moving, then jesse heard the sound of running horses that was came from behind him; he turned his face, and saw that the other corps were move quickly as well. Both corps began the attack after the soldier was killed. The excuse that both corps were waiting for the war. Graham was quickly looking for substances, but they were not inside the bag at all. Jesse quickly took out one of the substance bottles from his long leather pocket and gave it to Graham.

" Be quick and use one of them; we don't have time"!jesse said to graham. It turned out that jesse became a friend now.

The sound of the corps and their attack was so high that Graham shouted before taking the bottle: What time is it for?

John quickly took it from Jesse and poured the bottle , and turned the lever. At that moment, it didn't matter what time it was. It was important to escape the slaughter in that war that Graham was unaware. Chronometer count 1 ... 2 ... 3 ....4… 5… 6 ... 7 ... The representatives of the Gods disappeared, and the corps fought their war.

In the middle of the luxurious room of the Pharaoh of Egypt, four strangers appeared in his halk, Jesse, Graham, John, and a Greek soldier, the soldier who came to them with a spear. This time the machine fell into the hands of that soldier, and he had appeared farther than the others. John cursed under his lips when he saw the Greek soldier. The Pharaoh of Egypt got up in anger and ordered to arrest then with a gesture of his hand and a shout. The Greek soldier attacked the Pharaoh's soldiers with his spear, and the Pharaoh himself threw the knife that was in his fruit basket at the soldier from behind and killed him. Jesse, with his gun, killed two of the Egyptian soldiers coming to them and quickly ran to the time machine. He took out one of the substances in his pocket and emptied it into the compartment, and then the same process of turning the lever and counting the chronometer. John and Graham also use this opportunity and quickly run to Jesse. Pharaoh and his soldiers rushed towards those three. Graham and John looked at the chronometer with fear and excitement and then looked at the ferocious attack of the Pharaoh, who was holding the spear of one of the soldiers and running like a wild hungry animal that wanted to hunt it's prey . Seven seconds as if it lasted 7 minutes. Finally, the seventh second appeared in the chronometer, and the substance was scratched in the air just when Pharaoh was only one meter away. They managed to extricate themselves from that crazy situation that happened very quickly and violently, like a terrible nightmare .

For many days, Aztec cannibals were looking for victims for their Gods on a remote island, and how lucky they were to reach their goal just in time. Three victims appear in front of them a few meters from the temple. As if the stone Gods were sent them, the temple officials ran toward the victims with a lot of equipment and decorations that they were hanged to themselves and wanted those victims to donate them to their Gods and to be grateful . Three unlucky victims started running among the thick and green trees and bushes of the forest in order to escape from death. The trees were so dense that the sunlight could not reach the surface of the ground, and the sound of birds and animals filled the space. The Aztecs were still running after the victims, and the victims continued to save their lives with all their power as if any moment of history was being disputed, and one or more historical persons were trying to kill you on every page.

"you thought about everything, John! You are so smart that you thought you could easily travel to history and collect a collection!" Graham said sarcastically to john in the middle of the running .

" you don't need to blame me so much now, I was aware of the dangers when I came; I was born to be a collector; this is my work; if I go back, I will do it again! John caught his breath and said.

Graham looked at him with regret and continued running. The machine was carried by Jesse James, and during that time, he didn't say anything; he probably thought he was having a nightmare and he might wake up at any moment, so he was waiting for this nightmare to finally end.

John brought out the golden spoon from his pocket and threw it at one of the Aztec's approaching. The spoon tightly fell into his eyes and stopped him. Now only two people were looking for them. Of course, one person was enough, let alone two people!

"What was that"? Graham asked.

"It was the spoon of Pharaoh. I stole it from his table before we escaped. It was one of the components of my collection, well, it was useful for me, but it's a pity that is gone now, at least I could collected two things with the Jesse James knife"John said.

Jesse angrily looked at John. John had forgotten for a moment that a historical character was running out with them!

Both sides were still running as if they had participated in a death marathon. The forest was inexhaustible, the worshipers of the temple were unstoppable, and how respectful to them was their Gods that they didn't let go the victims.

"I can't do it anymore, I'm falling on the floor from exhaustion. Hey, Jesse, turn on the machine like that, in the running. We have no other way. Just don't take us to another time; put us in the present time, read the writings on the bottles!" Graham shouted.

"No one tells me what to do. I wanted to do it myself. Besides, I don't know how to read"!! Jesse said.

" GREAT"!! John and Graham shouted at the same time.

Jesse, who had already seen how to turn on the machine, took a bottle from his pocket and opened the compartment with difficulty, turned the lever clockwise. But John and Graham pointed out his mistake. Now there were only the 7 seconds left. The machine counted, and the beach of the island could be seen from a distance. After the beach, there was only water, which meant the end of chasing and fleeing… and… DEATH!

"How many seconds are left"?! John asked.

"I told you I don't know how to read!" Jesse said.

They all went out of the forest and arrived at the low-width beach and then arrived near the sea. They stopped there with four seconds left. The Aztecs were approaching them every moment.

Jesse took off his gun and fired at them quickly, and killed them. John and Graham surprised asked Jesse why he did not do it from the beginning that they had not to ran all this way.

Finally, the chronometer was over, and they were transferred to another date that was unclear when it was and what was waiting for them.

There was silence everywhere, and there was nothing, practically nothing! The place where they appeared after escaping from the Aztecs was like this; all three of them stopped and looked around. They were looking for a sign to identify what time they were in, but they found nothing.

"Don't you know what time it is"? Graham asked John.

"As you can see, there is nothing; how should I know? It's better to check the remaining bottles and see where we are, and the only advantage is that some people didn't try to kill us here and we can easily go back to our time" John said.

John and Graham were looking for Jesse around, but he was not next to them. Suddenly Graham saw Jesse in the distance, moving to a point. John and Graham quickly ran toward him, when they reached him, they asked him, where are was he going? Jesse pointed out the front without saying a word. John and Graham looked forward. A tall and narrow tower was in front of them and at a far point. It felt better to see something in an empty world. They all moved towards that tower. When they reached it, they encountered something strange. At the top of the tower was a circular clock, but what was strange about the clock was that its hand was rotating at speed. Under the clock, the date was also written , but the date of the day, month, and year were also changing and running like a clock.

"Ok, it doesn't matter, it's true, it's a strange era, but nothing happened, it's better to go back to our time"! Graham said.

He asked Jesse to take out the remaining bottles from his pocket so that they could choose their own time this time.

Jesse took the bottles out.,and that was only one. He gave it to Graham, and Graham read the writings on it. it was written: World War I.

As if the world collapsed on Graham, his body was loosened and fell to the ground. John took it from Graham's hand and read it, and John started cursing and shouting. Jesse didn't know what had happened to them; he asked them about the problem.

John explained: I only wanted to travel to five era 1. Wild West, 2. Ancient Greece, 3. Ancient Egypt, 4, Aztecs, and 5. The World War. The sixth bottle was my era, the present era that I had brought to return.

"So what's the problem"? Jesse asked.

" This bottle that we have now, is for the World War, which means that the last time we were running away from the Aztecs, you poured the substance of our time into it, and now we are at that time, the present time"! John said.

"So why is there nothing in your time? Does that mean you used to live like this?" Jesse said.

"No, in our era, there was everything, including people, children, beautiful nature, various animals, modern civilization, tall buildings, different cars, and my family! What I feared has happened, we manipulated different times" Graham said helplessly while staring at the horizon. "Most importantly, you are a historical character who is not in your own time to finish your own story; that Greek soldier is not in his own time, and none of the Aztecs you killed could complete their story. That is why our present time has not yet been formed and is disturbed because you still exist because this damn collector took the spoon of the Pharaoh of Egypt to the Aztec era because he didn't follow the rules because... because.... because.... Long story short: history has been destroyed, and we are stuck in this barren desert forever!

For a while, they all remained stunned in complete silence to digest what had happened, just like a snake that sat still for hours to digest the large prey it ate, with the difference that they were digesting a bitter truth.

Graham asked Jesse how many bullets he had left.

"Three". Jesse said.

They all looked at each other and reviewed what Graham was thinking.

But John didn't like Graham's idea. He mentioned the last era was left. They could go to the World War era and start a new life in a new time. Although it was not an interesting era, it was better than dying. John's suggestion was accepted. They emptied the last time in the compartment, and they waited for 7 seconds. The powder scattered in the air, and they were transferred to another time; as soon as they entered the last era they had, which was World War I, all three of them were immediately killed by an armed soldiers who saw them, and this how their story ended.»

The End

Written by:fatima obeid.