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Marcus in 2040 (Part 2)

"You can't leave me here forever!"Marcus growled to the older Marcus. It has been 2 days since Marcus had been trapped in the future. He was devastated when he saw Aaria and her husband destroy the blue pill. "Of course not, dear boy," the older Marcus said, "you'll stay only until we find a way to get to the present. Then everybody in the world will be replaced by us." Marcus was shocked. He hadn't expected the monsters to be this  ruthless. He had to do something about it. Quickly! One evening, when Marcus was walking on the streets, he went to an electronic shop and asked if they had any of his parents' inventions. "Oh, we have many," the shopkeeper said."We have the Watch Shield, the Dress-up Machine, th- "Do you have the time machine?"Marcus asked impatiently. The shopkeeper was surprised. "The time machine is in the house, abandoned ten years ago when Mr and Mrs Raven died." "Where is this house...

Marcus in 2040 (Part 1)

Marcus was an intelligent grade 5 kid with two brilliant inventors for parents. His parents, Mr and Mrs Raven, were the people who invented the machine which could take people either to the past or future. On the last day of school, in class- "Attention, everyone. You should all write an essay about how you think the world will be in 2040 as this summer's homework," the Teacher said. "Yes, mam." "Mommy! Mommy!" Marcus called after he came home. He barged into the kitchen to find his mother making tea." Our Teacher told us to write an essay about life in 2040," he explained breathlessly." Can I use the time machine for this?" "No ", his mother said sternly, "There was a message in the group about it. It said what you think  the world will be like in 2040, different from  how  it'll be. So there's no need for you to go in the time machine." "But mom! I've been waiting to go in it. This is  the perf...