n the control panel read the directions, 1 item, 45 seconds. So on the dash I pushed 45, then of course START. A light came on, which I thought was sort of neat. The next thing I knew, the inside of the detractor started to spark, and the unit started to bulge. This is a very, crude way of doing things, I thought. Then the canister burst, and a black liquid shot out. The so-called Microwave was now sparking like mad! I attempted to shut the unit down. I placed my hand over the stop button and I noticed a bolt of the energy spring towards my hand and then……….“George, get back!” I screamed. I had almost forgotten that my co-pilot was with me through all of this. We both ducked at the same time. The EPS relay didn’t do anything. We crouched there for a few more seconds until we suddenly got a signal from another ship in the vicinity. “Captain Jumper”, a voice said out loud. “ We have had reports of this new nebula giving ships strange readings. We have concluded that it is a temporal time anomaly. We highly suggest that you back away and leave the area.”“Thanks patrol ship. We’ll do that”, I retorted.“Hey, George pack it up, we’re heading out.” I yelled.“Hey, Captain, don’t you think it would really be strange if we were sent back in time?” George remarked. “ What if we were sent all the way back to the 20th century?”Suddenly I realized that George had not experienced the happening as I had and I said to him, “You know, George, some day, some how, I would like to do that. I think it would be fascinating to see how people lived their lives in that time warp. For now, though, let’s get out of here!”...
