THE ZILLIONAIRES VI

"No! I’m going back in time. Ahhhhh...!" the thing said.

"Too bad Keith, my turn." Ryan said.

"O.K. so I’m not good at these things, who cares?" Keith said.

"You just don’t like to have as much fun as me. You stay in your lab to long."

They were playing "Time Terror II: Return of the Evil Time Machine." Ryan invented it. (He invented all sorts of games.)

"Have you ever thought what it would be like to go back in time, Keith?" Ryan said

"No, I don’t believe in things like that." Keith replied.

"You just don’t have an imagination. You should get out more."

"You do what you do, and I’ll do what I do." Then Keith walked out of the room.

"What I wouldn’t give to have a normal brother. I wish I could go back in time and make him have imagination instead of working all day." Ryan mumbled under his breath.

The next day Keith went out shopping. In three days it would be Ryan’s birthday. He had to get him something good. He searched for two and a half hours. He couldn’t find anything. Then he went into an computer shop called "Computers’R’Us." A young man that looked about 20 years old came up to Keith and said "May I help you in some way sir?"

"I’m looking for a birthday present for my brother Ryan Carter." Keith said

"Ryan Carter?! The Ryan Carter?!" the man asked.

"Yes."

"Hmm. I think I know what you could get him, follow me."

"Thanks."

The guy led Keith over to a selection of very old computers.

"This on will do." Keith said, pointing to one.

"Oh no, that one has a flaw in it."

"What is it?"

"How about this one?" the guy said, pointing to an old computer made in 2003.

The man seamed to be trying to distract Keith’s attention from the computer he was looking at.

"No, I want this one."

"O.K. but don’t say I didn’t warn you."

Then Keith bought the computer, took it home, and hid it in his lab.

The next day went by slowly. Keith couldn’t wait till Ryan’s birthday. He wanted the day to go by faster, so he asked Ryan to play "Time Terror I" with him. Ryan was shocked, but he did play with him. This time Keith tried his hardest to make the game last a long time. In the end Keith won for the first time ever. They started playing around 3:30, and the game ended about five o’clock. After that the day went by fast. Keith could barely get to sleep that night. He was so much looking forward to the next day.

Finally it was Ryan’s birthday. Keith had talked to their families. They arranged to have a surprise party in the den. When Ryan walked into the den, everyone yelled "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" There was also a banner hanging from the ceiling. It said "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" Ryan was so shocked.

The first thing that Ryan did was blow out the candles on the cake. He wished to have a time machine. Little did he know he would have a time machine. But it wouldn’t be what he expected.

Then he opened the presents. His son gave him dual-barrel shotgun, his daughter gave him a laser gun, his wife, something Ryan couldn’t identify, (his wife always gave him stuff he couldn’t identify, but the things always turn out to be something really cool.) Then Keith gave him his present. He said it was from all of them. Ryan opened the card. It said:

To my very special brother,

I know that we had to have the same mother,

You might not like the present,

But I’m not a peasant,

But it’s the thought that counts.

From,

Keith, Allison, Eric, and Sarah.

"Thanks guys." Ryan said. Then he opened the present.

He was so shocked!

It was an antique computer!

"Where did you get this Keith?" Ryan asked.

"At "Computers’R’Us". You know, the one near our office."

"Thanks."

Finally the party was over. When it was Keith said to Ryan "The guy I bought it from said it had a flaw, but I couldn’t find it."

"So what? I think it’s kinda neat."

The next day Ryan was using his computer when Keith walked in.

"Ryan, I want to talk to you about the other day when I said I didn’t believe in going to the past or future." Keith said

"Yea, what about it?"

"Well, I’ve been thinking. It might be cool to be able to back in time."

"Yea, too bad it’s not possible."

"Bye Ry."

"Bye Keith."

Then Keith walked out of the room.

That night Ryan went downstairs to look us his computer. It was 12:29 p.m. He got on the Internet and the homepage was some page he had never seen before. It didn’t have a URL!

"That’s weird." Ryan thought. He explored it some more and came to a page with some weird graphics on it. He clicked on it and it instantly downloaded a program. He logged off the Net and opened the program. The computer screen started swirling with colors and millions of pixels and then all of a sudden it shut itself down. Ryan couldn’t get it back up again. He decided to fix it the next day. Then he went back upstairs. That night he dreamed about going back in time. Although this was a nightmare! He dreamed he kept going back in time farther and farther and he couldn’t stop it. When he woke up, it was daylight. He looked at his Radio Watch. It was 7:30 a.m. He got up, went downstairs and screamed!

"Where am I!?" he screamed. Then a man came running through the door.

"What happened Ryan?" the guy asked.

"I- I- wh- who are you? Wh- Where am I?" Ryan managed to choke out.

"I’m your dad, and you’re here at home."

Ryan wondered. If this was his dad, then he was a teenager again!

"B- But how is this possible?"

"Are you sick or something?"

"I don’t know. Maybe I am."

"You want to go to the doctor?"

"No thanks, I’ll just take a walk outside." Ryan was heading towards the door, but he turned around and said "By the way, what day is it?"

"It’s Tuesday."

"No, I mean the year."

His dad told him the date and year.

"Oh-no!" Ryan exclaimed, realizing what day this was. This was the day his dad had been shot! Wh- what time is it?"

"It’s 10:59 a.m."

Then Ryan saw a guy with a gun through the window behind his dad. "DUCK!!!" he screamed.

His dad ducked just in time, but Ryan didn’t. He got shot in the arm. "Ugh!" Ryan managed, then fell down on the floor unconscious.

"RYAN!" his dad screamed, "Somebody call the paramedics!!"

His mom went to the phone and called the paramedics.

His dad grabbed a gun and went out, found the man, and shot the man in the head. A few minutes later he came back carrying a dead body in his arms.

"The paramedics are here." His mom said, running outside.

"What’s the matter ma’am?"

"My son has been shot, hurry, come inside, quick!" his mom said, starting to cry.

By the time they got Ryan to the hospital, he was wide awake.

During the ride he asked his dad, "Did you find out who shot me?"

"Yes, I’m sad to say, but it was your best friend. He wanted to kill us and steal all our money."

Finally they got to hospital. Ryan was rushed into the operating room.

The doctor looked at his watch and exclaimed, "Oh no, we have got to work quick!"

"Is he going to die?!" Ryan’s mom said.

"No, but I’m on my lunch break."

"Mom, what are they doing? Wh- where am I?" Ryan stammered.

"You’re in the hospital, and they are going to operate on your arm." His mom said.

"Am I going to have to sniff that gas again?"

"Yes, unless you would rather feel the pain."

"O.K. I’ll sniff the gas."

"Bye Ryan." His parents said to him.

"Bye." He replied.

The time went by slowly. Ryan was put to sleep for a few hours. When he woke up he was in his own bed, not in the hospital.

He got up and looked in the mirror.

"AHHHHHHH!!" He screamed.

His mom came rushing into the room.

"What’s the matter?" she asked.

Soon his dad came in.

"What happened?" he cried.

Ryan took a long look at his parents, then he looked in the mirror again.

"H- Wh-?" a million questions ran through Ryan’s mind. "Where am I? How old am I? "

"You’re here at home and your 11 years old." His dad said.

"11 YEARS OLD!!" Then he fainted.

When he woke up, it was 3:30 p.m. He went downstairs to find something to eat.

What he found was his parents crying in the kitchen.

When they saw him, they stopped quickly and his dad said, "Well, that truly was a sad movie."

"Yes," his mom said, "a very sad movie. Ryan, why did you come in here."

"I was hungry." He replied, going over to the refrigerator to get something to eat.

When he found something, he went to the table and ate it.

"How is this happening to me?" He thought.

When he was done, he went outside. He remembered this place. He had a girlfriend that lived in the house across the street. Her name was Andrea. Keith was probably over at his girlfriend’s house, talking about what he’s doing in his lab. (If he didn’t tell her his occupation, she would never marry him in the future.)

When he got there, he rang the doorbell. Her house was two stories high. She had a large porch.

Finally someone came to the door. It was Andrea’s mom.

She said, "Hi Ryan."

"Hi, is Andrea home?"

"Yes, she’s home, come on in." Her mom said, then led him into the dining room. The dining room had a large dining room table, Three candles on it, and six chairs.

"Wait right here, I’ll get Andrea."

So Ryan waited. He observed the room, thinking of how rich he would be in the future, and thinking of the type of dining room he’d have.

When Andrea came in the dining room she said sort of shyly (Ryan could tell, because she kept looking down at her feet,) "Hi."

"Hi, can we go up to your room? I need to talk to you about something very important."

"Sure."

Then they went to Andrea’s room. Her room was on the second floor, third door to the right.

When they got in Andrea shut the door and Ryan said, "Andrea, this might be hard for you to understand, but I’m going through a time warp, and I need to get somewhere quick."

This made Andrea laugh and she said, "Where do you need to go, ‘Time Machines are Us’?"

"Don’t get smart with me Andrea!" he practically yelled.

"Fine, if you want to scream at me then get out!"

"Look, I- I’m sorry. I’m just not myself today. Actually I need to get to a place called "Computers’R’Us," a store near my office."

"You don’t have an office. Hello, is anyone home? You’re eleven years old. Eleven year old’s don’t have offices." She said.

"Oh yea, well then I thinks it’s like, a block past 5^th Avenue."

"O.K. I’ll ask my mom."

Now Ryan waited again. When she came back, she said her mom couldn’t take them, because she had too much to do.

"Look’s like we’re going to have to walk."

"Well, first let me comb my hair."

Ryan hadn’t noticed how her hair looked. To be honest, it looked like she just got out of bed. It was not what anyone would call "neat".

When she was done, she said, "O.K. Let’s go."

Just before they got to the front door, Andrea’s mom came up and said "Where are you going?"

"We’re going to an computer shop to look at some computers."

"O.K. But you have to be back in less than three hours.

"But mom-"

"No but’s about it, either three hours, or no time at all."

"Oh, all right."

Finally they left.

"Okay, so where do we go now?" Andrea asked.

"First let’s go over to Allison’s house because I need to talk to Keith."

When they got to Allison’s house Ryan rang the doorbell. About a minute later Allison answered the door.

"Hi Ryan." she said.

"Hi. Is Keith here?"

"Sure, come on in." She led them into the den and then said, "Wait here, I’ll get him."

Ryan and Andrea sat down on the couch. A few minutes later Keith came into the den.

"What do you want?" he said. (He sounded like he was mad.)

"I need to borrow one of your inventions."

"Yeah, which one?"

"Your "Flying Car" one."

"Fine. Go get it." he said.

When Ryan opened the door Keith said, "Don’t come back unless you have to!"

"Thanks Keith," Ryan replied. "See you later."

When they got to Keith’s lab, Ryan said, "O.K. I think I remember what the password is."

He tried a password and it worked.

"It works." He said.

"Great. Now let’s get the car and get out of here. They walked through a corridor for some time. Finally they got to the inner door.

"Another pass-code? Aww, man!" Ryan said.

So he tried the same one he tried on the outer door. Believe it or not it worked.

So they went in and Ryan got the "Flying Car" and opened the secret underground garage door.

"Let’s go!" Ryan said when they got the car out of the lab.

So they went to the computer store.

When they got there, there was a sign on the door that said:

Gone On Vacation.

Will Be Back In One Month After August 21.

"NOOOO!" Ryan screamed, "This can’t happen to me!! This has to be a dream!!"

It was 9 o’clock when they left. Now it was 9:45.

"SHUT-UP DOWN THERE!" someone yelled.

"SHUT-UP YOURSELF, YOU STINKING, UGLY, IGNORANT, FAT BABOON MORON! "

In a house near by he heard someone say, "No Larry, don’t go kill them! They’re just kids!"

"I don’t care if they’re babies, I’m gonna kill them!" Larry said.

About two minutes later Ryan heard someone come out of a house and cock a gun.

"Uh-Oh. That sounds like a dual-barrel shotgun." Ryan whispered.

They hid in Keith’s car. Ryan cranked it up. They flew away. They heard bullets behind them. Finally they got home.

"Night Ryan. I had a great time." Andrea said, laughing.

"Ha-Ha. It’s so funny. You see me laughing my eyes out don’t you. Oh ha-ha." Then Ryan left.

That night Ryan had a nightmare about going back till he was just a baby then he disappeared for ever.

When he woke up it was morning.

"Wow. What a bad dream. I wonder how old I am now."

He looked around the room. Then he looked at himself in he mirror. He looked six years old now!

"Oh-no." He sighed sadly. "I hope the place is still in business."

A few minutes later his mom came in his room and said,"How is my little boy today?"

"Oh no. Uh mom. How old am I?"

"Your six years old." she replied, "Come on, get dressed, it’s almost time to go to school."

"Oh brother. Mom, I think I feel a fever coming on."

"It’s not going to work this time. Your going to school."

When he got to school his mom walked him to his classroom.

"Hello Ryan." the teacher said. (Ryan could tell by her voice she didn’t care if he was there or not.) He sat down and listened to the teacher.

"Tomorrow we are going to have a spelling test. Study for it tonight."

When recess finally came, Ryan went over to Keith and said, "Keith, is there a way we can get to your lab before recess is over?"

"What lab? I don’t have a lab. And what is a lab anyway?"

"Oh yeah. Keith, do something for me O.K.?"

"Okay. What is it?"

"If the teacher asks, tell her I went home."

"Why are you going home? You’re not sick are you?"

"No, I’m not sick or anything. I just need to get somewhere really fast."

"Bye." Keith said as Ryan ran out of the school yard.

"Bye." Ryan replied, then disappeared behind the trees.

It took Ryan half an hour to get to the store. His legs wouldn’t take him very fast because he was so young and didn’t have the skills yet.

"Finally I’m here." He exclaimed when he got there.

He looked at the door and then went in.

"Hello little guy. Can I help you in some way?" a guy at the front desk asked.

"Yes. I’m looking for a very old computer that might have a flaw in it." Ryan replied.

"Okay. Come this way."

He led Ryan over to the clocks and then said, "I think this is the one your looking for."

"Thanks." Ryan said excitedly.

The guy stayed around until Ryan finally said, "I’m gonna be here for some time, so you can go back to the front desk."

Then the guy left.

"Also, thanks for your help." Ryan said before the guy wen to the desk.

"Now to turn delete the program, turn the date dial to the right date, and go back to my normal life." Ryan thought happily.

Then he got online and destroyed the website with a program he wrote right then and there. Then he set the date dial to the right time.

"Time to take me home." Ryan said to the computer.

That night Ryan went to bed at 9 o’ clock, but he was so excited he got to sleep at 10:30 p.m.

The next day he got up and looked around his room, then went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.

He was back to his right age now!

"Thank you God!" Ryan said, looking out at the sky.

Then he went and destroyed the computer with a sledge hammer.

He said to Keith he was sorry, but it had to be done. He told him it almost ruined his entire life.

Keith forgave him.

Then they hugged each other, and never talked about the computer again.