Tick! Tick! Tick!

The clock was ticking and showing half past 7. The food was ready and already served on the table. There were six chair but only 5 people in the mansion. The ladies were dressing the table and awaiting for the arrival of the head. The young boy was already made to sit for the breakfast. And the cook was busy cleaning the kitchen.

Unexpectedly the door slid open and a tall figure rushed inside taking heavy breaths. One lady dressed in silk walked towards the door to see who was there

" hurry! Take the child and leave the house from the back door." The voice commanded.

The lady didn't got any chance to think as she knew this voice. It was her husband's voice. How could she forget the deep voice of her husband.

" What happened outside? Why are we in a rush?" She asked diligently.

The man didn't answer and waited for the time and peeked at the clock which was hanging. The clock showed 35 minutes past 7.

she remembered all the memories they have spent together in the past 11 years. He was always so gentle with her. So kind and considerate. It is like he was born to protect her from harm. But now something terrible has happen to him. The last thing they saw each other were their beautiful smile and sparkling eyes before everything went dark. She couldn't bear losing him like that. He was her entire world. Without his presence she had nothing left and nothing to live for. They both are married since they were 19. They've been together for 11 years. They've lived together in this mansion since they were 20. The place was filled with memories of love and laughter.

She was sure there wasn't anyone better than him. No one else can compare him to him. Her heart ached when she thought about him. She missed him terribly. Her soul felt as if it has disappeared along with him. It feels as if her heart would shatter into pieces anytime soon. She needed to be by his side more than anything else, so she decided to move forward to be with him in death. But how? How can she leave her family behind? It was hard enough for her. She doesn't want to go alone.

" Please hurry, the army must be nearby. Take the servants along with you and exit from the back. Dont wait for me, I am going to the factory." He assured.

His wife marked his words and followed his orders.

"Everyone, please follow me. We must leave fast" she commanded both the maid and the cook and took the boy by his hands and rushed towards the back door.

The man after looking at the clock once more took his leave from the house and hurried his way back to the factory.

He took big steps knowing that if he didn't reach there on time, a big disaster may occur. The fate of the whole family along with the community was in his hands. He didn't wanted the enemy soldiers to steal their big project. After reaching the factory he looked for the enemy soldiers nearby but it was too late for him. The enemies have already circled them. The army general entered one of the room where some people wearing lab coat were working.

"Surrender yourself or else we would seize fire on you all" the commander angered.

The 2 men who were working on some sort of device hurried up and pressed a button.

One of them yelled " do not try to halt our progress this device is one of its own kind and after it is successfully initiated you all will perish on the land."

The commander ordered the soldier to fire on the device. And soon a rain of bullets pierced the screen and some parts were short circuit.

" Sir the machine is out of control we must do something." One of them said.

The surgent captured both of them and took them out of the factory. "Surgent we have captured most of them. What sould we do to them now." One of the soldier asked.

"Take all of them as hostages. We need them to spit out the information that they posses." The captain replied.

Assuring that his family must be safe by now the tall man entered the factory with caution to prevent being seen. He rushed towards elevator to reach the underground floors where the 2 people in lab coats were working. After seeing the machine broken he knew that they had only a few minutes before the machine self distruct itself.

A small group of soldiers were waiting for him there with a few more armed guards on top.

" You must surrender sir. You will be taken to prison for 10 days. If you refuse then we'll shoot you." One of the soldiers said.

The captain remained silent. It was clear that he was a military person. The guards surrounded the tall man who was still standing motionless. A couple of soldiers grabbed a hold of him and forcefully tried to take him out of the facility. he grabbed one of the soldier and pushed him aside. he took the gun from another soldier who held him and aimed the gun towards the soldier.

He quickly pulled the trigger. The soldiers surrounding him dropped down dead on the floor, one after another. He stepped back, reloaded and shot again. He did it three times more until all of his weapons were empty. He sighed and took one final glance at the bodies on the ground. His heart tightened seeing that every single body was still breathing and alive. A tear rolled down his cheek. But he was determined not to shed a tear in front of his family or anybody else for that matter. This is how he survived these 3 years. Not caring about his own life and his family. It is because he had no choice.

He tried to repair the machine, but it was of no use. The disaster had already begun.

He knew this will happen. He knows that he is now at the end of his life. He just wants to rest at ease while holding his beloved one in his arms. He will give his life to save them from what awaits them after death. He knew they will forgive him for leaving them to live on without him.

They were so happy and loved him more than anything else. It was his job to protect them at all costs, even if it meant his own life. He never wanted to disappoint his family ever again. Even though he might die he was glad because he has found happiness with his beloved one again. He couldn't imagine what life would be like if they weren't together. So he will make sure that he won't be forgotten or forgotten in this life either.

He is so sorry for putting his family into danger. But he was confident that they'll understand when they find his lifeless body in this basement, next to the bodies of his comrades.

He couldn't afford to let himself fall apart in front of them. Not again. So he wiped off his tears with the sleeve of his shirt and took a deep breath and turned towards the door leading outside. He slowly opened the door and went through without turning around. The second door leads to a stair case.

As he descended it a sudden loud noise echoed through the building. He stopped and listened carefully. He heard footsteps coming closer and closer. He quickly ran towards the stairs and climbed them. He reached the first floor and hid behind a wall. He peeped through the crack between the wall and the wall. He saw two soldiers running towards the staircase.

He saw that they didn't notice him because their attention was completely occupied with searching for someone or something. The footsteps continued and the two soldiers finally reached the upper floor where they began walking toward the exit.

Jyun's mother, the lady in silk and all the family members had escaped from the back. She was worried about her husband but was walking as fast as her high Heels could take her.

“ Halt citizens! One more step and I'll shoot you.” A voice was heard from behind.

She didn't knew when the person arrived and how they were spotted. She tried to cover her child who was almost 7 years by now. She tried her best to protect him when she saw some disturbances in the surroundings. Something was not right. Was it the power of the machine? Or was it supernatural.

She didn't know what it was but she wasn't scared. Her son was in her arms. She was going to protect her child with everything she could. The sound of gunshots broke her train of thoughts. She turned around and saw the same man who was threatening her just a few seconds ago holding his gun pointing at her.

The flow of time was broken and the sky was covered in darkness. The space time continuum was no longer a continuum. Space began to crack due to distortion of time. Some plants just started blooming and aged. While one of the tree across the street started shrinking in size.

No it was not shrinking it was actually anti aging and turning into a plant and then sapling until it disappeared. The soldier was horrified by the scene. He couldn't believe what he had just seen right now. He started to panic the more he saw. There was a glitch in the matrix and void remained in many places. The houses began to fall apart. The soldier looked his hands he could see his hands becoming pale. It seemed he is aging. He touched his face and couldn't believe he was wrinkling.

“What have you done to me witch!" he shouted while pointing the gun towards the lady.

“Please take the child and run I would take care of him" she wispered to the maid.

The maid could not leave her mistress alone but she knew that the child's life is more important than an adult’s, so she quietly followed her instructions. She took the boy who was struggling not to leave her mother. But was taken aback by the servants.

They ran as fast as they could and left the mistress behind.

                           BOOM!!

The gun shot was heard. The mistress fell to the ground. Blood dripping from her waist. She tried to cover her waist using her hand but the blood didn't stop to flow. Soon she could no longer sense her hearing. She could only see that the soldier shot her unexpectedly. Tears fell from her eyes. She raised her hand towards the soldier as if saying

“please let me see my son and Husband alive".

Soon everything was blank and she could no longer see.

The world became dark and silent.

She was afraid. Afraid of dying alone in a place she does not know. Afraid to meet her husband in a place she doesn't recognize. She felt so helpless and helpless. She tried to open her mouth and yell but no sound came out. Everything around her looked pitch black.

The darkness became even more intense. She was scared. She was scared she might never find peace. She tried calling out to someone. She called for anyone, but nobody was there. The void was consuming her. She felt cold and weak. The darkness consumed her and soon she passed out.

Only the soldier knew how elegantly she had died.

He walked closer to her and placed his gun down. He kneeled in front of her and caressed her beautiful face and wiped away her tears.

The maid was left traumatized as she knew it was only her mistress who was shot by that evil soldier. She didnt knew that ageing made the soldier lost his mind. He didn't wanted to die old and didnt realised when he had pressed the trigger.

The poor woman was shot by his mistake. She didn't deserve any death. That woman was nothing less than a angel to everyone who met her. Even though she was only 27, she was loved by everyone in her circle. Even those who hated her before had fallen in love with her. But they were too late to save her from death. She did not deserve to die young like that. She deserves to live long. So why is there this war and so much death? She couldn't understand it.

She couldnt comprehend that the mistress was gone forever and that she was the last surviving member of her family and friends. She didn't know what to do anymore. All she knew was that she was now alone. She cried silently. The maid was afraid that someone was watching her as she wept on the ground.

“ Jyun do you see the cliffs over there and the forest. Can you please bring me the medicine from there. It can save your mother.” The maid assured the little boy and pointed towards the cliffs.

Jyun ran as fast as he could towards the forest to bring in The medecine.

The maid knew how she can save the boy. But deep within she was crying. She knew they would not be able to see him again. They could no longer meet the mistress. And soon everyone in the town would just collapse. Soon there was a huge explosion and the whole town was engulfed in flames. Everyone present there, may it the soldiers or ordinary civilians. No one could escape from the fate. When entropy of time is impished and due to diffence of speed of time at different parts of space. Such is the nature of time that space is destroyed creating a huge impact and all of the mass is converted into energy.

But this also leads to the creation of other dimensions such as dimensions between which a number of different dimensions exist. These dimensions were created because the chaos caused by the destruction of the past dimension resulted in the creation of new dimensions. The same process takes place with the expansion of dimensions and also with the birth and growth of stars in the universe. Time is only the beginning of all universes. As time passes through different dimensions time becomes unstable, and thus the dimensions expand and contract along with their dimensions. In fact they become unstable and are constantly expanding, like an inflating balloon and eventually it pops. When this happens, all of these dimensions disappear leaving nothing but debris behind.

Time is an extremely fragile concept, even in this era. The moment time begins to change is the moment that it begins to break down.

This is the reason why people fear time. Everything is always changing but time will never ever end. Every second has eternity. The infinite amount of time flows through your body with each passing second. However you cannot control it nor do you want to control it because you are aware that time will eventually pass and you might lose your life during its journey.

That was why everyone feared time. No one knows how it will affect us. We can't predict what kind of changes and destructions it will cause throughout our lives. Time itself does not want anyone to change the future. For it knows it would destroy everything. But for some unknown reasons time wants to preserve the current situation.