Chapter 2
"Something must have happened that we missed, we can still travel back and correct it" He's words gave everyone hope except one person, who seemed to have seen through the other chiefs intentions. Like they already expected something similar to happen.
"I don't accept this…turn that thing off…!" Slivia scolded.
"If you don't support us to bring back our loved ones, at least don't intervene, Everyone knows you have nothing to lose"
These words astonished her as, it was the same astronaut that spoke back at her the last time.
"Fine I'll only watch as you all destroy the last remnant of human existence". Saying this in a rude tone, she left the room stumping her flat shoes on the floor.
Two months later
The crying of a child was heard throughout the space station.
Slivia received congratulatory words from everyone after the birth of her newborn son, whom she has yet to name. As she watched the sleeping baby with undisguised love in her eyes the joy and contentment was unhidden.
One year after the baby's birth, a strange phenomenon occurs as the one year old baby, crawling angrily pulls on the wire connecting The main power source to the Spaceship as it begins to glitch, almost clashing the systems. Everyone was surprised by the baby's strength which was unnaturally, but not unexpected, considering the condition the baby was born and the fact he has unintentionally been exposed to some unhealthy chemicals, during treatment. Everyone understood the danger there was in and tried to please the one year old baby. Slivia understood how dangerous her situation was, one more mistake and her child would not be spared having worked with the higher ups. As a mother, she could not leave her only child to the hyenas and wolves to devour. Knowing how unnaturally strong the child had become. Knowing there were different timelines and loops, she planned to secretly escape with her child once she found an opportunity. At the same time understanding that they would not let her go due to her role, even after childbirth they gave her no moment of rest, how much more if she wanted to leave.
During the mission to turn back time, they came across many time loops, some taking years to destroy. Repeating some events over and over, after finding the source of the loop, it can be reactivated at will when necessary.
When leaving the space station, Silvia finally decided to stop waiting and run away with her child, because it was only a matter of time before her child became a test subject like the rest, who died in the name of 'A better future for the human race'. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't understand how killing innocent people helps the human race, they believe there is still a timeline that earth exists which is true. And their method of revealing harsh unknown substances from different planets into the human body for the purpose of experimentation is simply crazy, all in the name of returning with new discoveries.
Taking her child into a spaceship, She intended to travel back in time before the time travel revolution, maybe she can change her and her son's future from the past. By destroying their research, that way in her timeline, she never went to space.
She took two time travel devices from the station.
A Temporal Pods, this is a Compact, user-friendly device that allows agents to traverse time but come with strict guidelines to prevent misuse. Each pod has a built-in safety feature that returns agents to the present if they stray too far from their mission.
And Quantum Locks, These devices act as safeguards to prevent agents from making irreversible changes to timelines. If an agent attempts to alter a significant event, the lock activates, reversing their actions.
Though she had no intention of using the Quantum locks.
The Temporal Pods was in case of an unsuccessful attempt to return her to the present immediately.
After boarding the ship she selected the year 2133 activating the portal, any day or month beyond year 2133 within two minutes will return her to the present. Activating the machine and passing through time, when suddenly, the baby begins to cry loudly, stretching out of his mother's arms trying to free himself from the tight belt, when the belt suddenly snapped, making the baby accidentally fall from his mother's arms.
"No…!" Slivia screamed loudly, trying to catch her child, as the machine finally stopped in the selected era but her child was nowhere to be found.
Trying to recall the year the baby fell, she traveled through different timelines with the limited time of two minutes to search, but to no avail it was all futile, unwilling to return back empty handed, She placed herself in a time loop, where she could keep searching for her child without aging not willing to give up no matter how long.