Amber
April 16th 2136, that was the date. A day that will go down in the history books if Amber's mission is successful. She had been assigned to attempt to travel through time for the first time in human history. Well, at least the first time there was a good chance it would work. As she made her way down the clean white halls of headquarters, she reflected on what they had done to get here. Countless hours had been spent researching, theorizing, and building. Not to mention the amount of money that had been put into this project. She estimated that over seventy billion dollars had been invested into this project. And of course, the time with family that the scientists had sacrificed in order to get to this point. And now, it was time to see if it had all paid off.
There was of course the chance that it wouldn't work. Honestly, they had no idea what would happen. Amber had been told that either it would work and she would be sent through time, or she would not go anywhere, or she would disappear completely. She had also been told that it was a possibility that she would be completely erased from time, never being born. She had to admit, she was feeling a little uneasy, but she wasn't backing out. All her life, she had wanted to do something worth while with her life. When she was five, she wanted to be a doctor. When she was ten, she wanted to travel through space and help colonize other planets. When she was twenty, she was drafted into a program to train her and a few other cadets to be able to travel through time. She had graduated at the top of her class, so of course she was chosen to be the first to go on this mission. She had been training for this moment for six years, and she wasn't about to back out now. The scientists had her stand on a small platform as they explained everything once again.
"Okay, you're going to be going forward in time about a hundred years. We'll be keeping in constant contact with you throughout the entire mission, don't worry. If you for some reason need to come back in an emergency, the watch you're wearing has been equipped with the technology to bring you back. All set?" One of them asked her.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Amber replied.
He nodded and pushed a button, and that's when Amber blacked out.
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Amber groaned as she woke up, squinting at the harsh sunlight that assaulted her eyes. Why did she pass out? Was that supposed to happen? She let out a noise of discomfort as she felt her head pounding. Apparently, time travel causes headaches. She looked around her, and was slightly confused as she found herself in a forest.
A forest? I thought all the forests had been cut down ages ago. . . There were no signs of technology, or people. What on earth was going on? That was what she realized that no one was talking to her. Had her communication relay been damaged?
"Hello?" She said hoping someone from headquarters would answer, but there was only silence on the other end. "Great. . ." she muttered with a sigh as she attempted to stand up, having to brace herself on a tree as dizziness came upon her.