Now that he is dead, Freddy must returned to his own present time. Freddy looked around the apartment trying to find and eliminate any evidence that he was ever there. As he thought of it, what could the authorities find? Anything that was from one Freddy was the same as being from the other.
Confident that he was now free, he left the apartment and walked to the bus stop. Freddy was careful not to walk past the quick shop assuming the police were there investigating.
An unusual event occurred when Freddy arrived at the bus stop. Freddy actually said, “Good morning”, to the other person waiting on the bus, and Freddy had a smile on his face. He thought, it feels so good not having murdered those three people, this must be what happy and not worried feels like!
On the bus ride back to the campus where the lab was located, Freddy was relaxed, happy and looking forward to the future. As he mentally reviewed all that has happened of late, it occurred to him that he is not only free of worry, he also has those wonderful memories of slowly torturing and finally killing those three people! Could it get any better?
The bus stopped at the corner near the campus and Freddy got off. He walked briskly to the employee entrance where he found that his ID was missing. Without the ID he can’t get back into the building, without being seen.
He searched all his pockets but no ID. He thought for a moment then pushed the button that rang the for the security person. In just a few minutes the security man opened the door and asked. “What are you doing here on a holiday, and where is your ID card”?
Freddy replied, “I didn’t want you to be alone so I came down to keep you company”. The guard said, “thanks, now tell me the real reason you are here”.
Freddy said, “I left my ID in a book in one of the labs and I wanted to get it before someone else finds it”.
The guard has known Freddy for some time so he gave him a temporary pass and said, bring that back to me before you leave.
Freddy headed for the lab and the time machine. At the door to the lab Freddy entered his security code and the first door opened. He looked around and no one was there, the lights were off but there was enough light to see where he was going. He walked straight to the second door and again entered his code, the door opened.
There it is he thought, my ticket back to present day, and no police looking for me. He carefully opened the time machine door and crawled inside. He didn’t notice his ID laying on the floor of the time machine, he was too excited and wanted to get back to present time. He started the computer, it took a couple minutes and then he had the options, set time and date or return.
Freddy typed in return, he looked at the word to be sure it wasn’t misspelled. He placed his finger on the enter button and pressed it.
Everything went Black…………...
Some time passed since the guard has seen Freddy and since he had not returned to the guard station the security guard check the terminal and saw that Freddy had opened only two doors. Believing something must be wrong the guard called his supervisor and explained the situation. They walked together to the lab. The lights were off inside but they knew that Freddy had entered the rooms.
Carefully they entered the first lab. The scientists did not like anyone in their labs looking at their work. They could see through the windows into the other room where that machine was, but they could not see Freddy.
The security supervisor said, “Let’s go back out into the hallway so we are not accused of interfering with anything and call Dr. Stanton”. Dr. Stanton is the person in charge of this project area. They took one last quick look around, and walked out of the lab.
The security supervisor told the guard to stay at the door and allow no one in until Dr. Stanton arrives. The supervisor went to the guard’s desk, called Dr. Stanton and waited there for the Doctor.
Dr. Stanton arrived about 30 minutes later. He had been advised by phone of what little they knew. The doctor and the supervisor walked quickly to the lab. They entered the lab and turned on the lights. Everything seemed to be in place in the first room. They walked to the second door, opened it and turned on the lights. Everything was in place. They did not see any sign of Freddy, nothing seemed to be missing, and nothing was out of place.
“You say one of the cleaning crew entered these labs,” asked Dr. Stanton. “Yes, the computer shows that both doors were opened,” replied the guard”. “Why was the cleaning guy here”, ask Dr. Stanton? “He said he had left his ID in a book and wanted to get it,” replied the guard.
Dr. Stanton asked, “Do you think he found it and left the building”? “Maybe, but he was supposed to return the temporary pass to me,” said the guard.
“Gentleman”, said Dr. Stanton, “it is a holiday and I am going home. We can discuss this more on Monday.”
The lights were turned off and the doors were locked.
The security supervisor went to the computer terminal and removed Freddy’s ID number. “If he tries to go through another door it will not work. I want to see Freddy Monday as soon as he arrives at work”, said the supervisor!
To be continued
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