RE 6

Short Story by Jim Blow
A Time Traveller original idea from the author that brought you Heroes in odd Places.
Wylock Roger and Leo

The Reoccurring.

Part I

Chapter iiiii

2008

"...2058, 2057, 2056, 2055, 2054, 2053, 2050, 2049--"
A white light flashed and the time travellers were suddenly in the year 2049.
"2049. So some time this year everything goes wrong and time is blocked. I wonder why that--" Wylock started.
"I think I found out." Roger mumbled, staring in awe at the scene around them.
Wylock looked around.
Chaos.
Fires. Burning. Smoke.
Chaos.
Running. Savages. Confusion.
Chaos. Chaos. Chaos.
"What happened?" Roger asked. People were running. Being chased by each other. Fires were everywhere. Civilization was...gone.
"Clearly to find out what happened here, we need to go back in time another year or so." Wylock muttered, twisting the dial on his Time Jumper to 2048.
Nothing happened.
Roger frowned. "What does that mean?"
"It would appear," Wylock stared. "That we are stuck in this time period for some unkown amount of time."
Roger pulled out his gun. "We start over then."
Wylock grabbed the gun away. "No! We aren't in a Loop, thus, we can't ride the Loop back to 2008 like normal. We're going to have to wait for another Loop and breaking of Physics."
"Or wait for Leo to find us and kill us." Roger said, sitting down.
"We need to focus on the now. Solve this crisis. What happened here!?"
Roger shrugged.
Suddenly another version of Wylock stepped up to them. "I've been waiting here for you for 20 years!" he said. "For sake of keeping things less confusing...call me Whitelock."
Roger rolled his eyes. "That's helpful."
"Whitelock," Wylock said, staring as if at a mirror. "What am I--I mean you doing here?"
"When I was stuck with my version of Roger here, we tried drastic measures to get away. Roger's dead now, and I'm stranded. Do Not Use The Time Jumpers To Go Back. Okay?"
Wylock just nodded. Apparently his other self tried to get away...and it didn't work so well for him.
The people around Wylock and Roger suddenly turned to them, and started chasing.