The Traveler: part 2

  "Dr. Nemoy, you're needed!" The Traveler exclaimed.  The computer hummed to life and made a few beeping noises.  "Sorry, I've tried to get him to stop with the cussing, but he just can't, so I put in beeps as a cencor." The Traveler joked just before the computer woke up completely.  "Seriously?" Rod asked.  "Wow, I can't believe you'd actually believe that.  I thought people from the future would be SMART." The Traveler replied.  "Huh?"  "FYI, I'm from 1984." The Traveler said.  "And YOU invented all this?" Rod asked.  "Yup yup yup yup!  Yup yup!" The Traveler exclaimed.  The computer yawned and then said, "Ah, good morning, Traveler.  Who are your friends?" "Dr. Nemoy, this is Rod and his mother.  Rod and Rod's mother, this is Dr. Nemoy." The Traveler introduced the 3.  "It's a pleasure to meet you!" Rod's mother said.  Rod's jaw dropped to the floor.  "What?" The Traveler asked.  "She's never this nice!" Rod exclaimed.  "It's the Hypno-Pill." The Traveler explained.  "The pleasure is all mine, mrs... ?" Dr. Nemoy said.  "Nimrod.  Mrs. Nimrod." She answered.  It was all the Traveler could do to not laugh.  "What?" Rod asked, seeing his amusement.  "Nothing, nothing at all!" The Traveler exclaimed.  Rod muttered something particularly rude about the Traveler's mother.  Then a whisper in his ear said, "This is Dr. Nemoy speaking.  I just thought you should know that The Traveler's mother, along with everyone else he's ever cared for, is dead."  Needless to say, Rod felt pretty bad. 

  "Dr. Nemoy, we are in the middle of a time bug invasion.  Is the pesticide ready?" The Traveler asked.  "Well, I've loaded it all into the tanks and hair spray cans, but as you well know, it's never been tested before.  It still only works in Theory." Dr. Nemoy answered.  "Well, there's a first time for everything!  We ARE sure that it isn't fatal to humans or any other life forms other than time bugs, right?" The Traveler asked.  "Of course.  THAT has all ready been tested by yours truly." Dr. Nemoy replied.  "Good, then hook up about 3 tanks of Time Bug Pesticide to the cities pipe network and sewer system in the city.  I want it coming out of every sprinkler, every manhole, every fire hydrent, every sink, and every shower head." The Traveler instructed.  "How dense should the gas be?" Dr. Nemoy asked.  "Initially set it to equal the density of water vapor in the air and increase by .5 moles per cubic meter every 5 seconds until the Time Bugs start dieing." The Traveler answered.  "Very well.  Anything else?"  Dr. Nemoy asked.  "Could you put some streets on the monitor so we can see when the time bugs start dieing?" The Traveler requested. "Of course." Dr. Nemoy replied.  "Good.  That will be all." The Traveler said.   An image of a street overrun with time bugs appeared on the monitor.

  After 2 minutes, the time bugs died.  "Okay, Dr. nemoy, stop!  The Pesticide works!" The Traveler exclaimed.  He jumped once and clapped for a second.  "Yay!  I never expected it to actually work!" He exclaimed.  "You're REALLY weird." Rod said rudely.  "Why, thank you!" The Traveler replied.  Not an ounce of sarcasm was in his voice.  "Okay, let's see... 5 goes into 60 12 times... 12 times 2 is 24, so we increased density by .5 moles per cubic meter 24 times... 24 divided by 2 is 12, so the lethal level is 12 moles per cubic meter greater than that of current humidity.  You got that, Dr. Nemoy?" The Traveler asked.  "Yes, Traveler." Dr. Nemoy answered.  "The lethal level is 12 moles per cubic meter." He said.  "No, it's 12 moles per cubic meter greater than that of current humidity." The Traveler corrected.  "There's no notacible difference between the 2 in this city." Dr. Nemoy retorted.  "I didn't think it was THAT dry outside." Rod said.  "Well, I've got to go get a time bug!  Anyone want to join me?" The Traveler asked.  "Nah, I'll hang here for a bit." Rod answered.  "I would accompany you, Traveler, but I'm merely a computer bolted to the wall." Dr. Nemoy said.  "Mom, you'll stay here, right?" Rod asked.  Of course, she obeyed thanks to the Hypno pill.  "Oh, okay.  I see.  I can tell when no one wants to be anywhere near me." The Traveler said and left the lab, slamming the door behind him.  "How old is he again?" Rod asked.  "16, but he likes to think of himself as a 5 year old at heart." Dr. Nemoy answered.  "That explains it." Rod said and ran after the Traveler.  

  "Traveler, wait up!" Rod exclaimed.  "Yay!  You came!" The Traveler exclaimed.  "Dude, what are you, gay?" Rod asked.  "HOW DARE YOU!?!  BLASPHEMY!!!  SACRILADGE!!!" The Traveler shouted.  "Okay, okay, I get it, you're straight.  But the way you said that was REALLY gay." Rod said.  "Sorry.  Life could be a bit rough when your only companion is a computer bolted to a wall."  "Oh, okay." Rod said, remembering what Dr. Nemoy had told him.  "So, what happened to them?" Rod asked.  "Who?" the Traveler asked.  "Your family." Rod answered.  "What about 'em?" The Traveler asked.  "What happened?" Rod asked.  "To whom?" The Traveler asked.  "What happened to your family?" Rod asked.  "W-w-w-what?  What g-gave you the id-d-dea that s-s-something h-h-happened to them?!?  N-nothing happened!  I'm j-j-just t-too busy to see them!" The Traveler exclaimed nervously.  "Well, it's just that..."  Rod began to say.  The Traveler grabbed Rod's collar and shouted, "NOTHING HAPPENED!!!"  He got ready to punch Rod in the nose.  "Okay!  Okay!  Nothing happened!" Rod said frantically.  "Good." The Traveler said, releasing Rod's collar. 

  "Hey!  There's one!" The Traveler exclaimed, pointing to a pile of meat.  The 2 of them ran to it and started digging through it.  "Ugh, if I knew we had to dig through RAW meat, I would've stayed at the lab." Rod said.  "But you didn't, cuz we're pals!" The Traveler exclaimed.  "How old are you again?" Rod asked.  "16.  Why?" The Traveler asked.  "Just wondering." Rod answered. 

  "Ah, found one." The Traveler said as he pulled a small bug out of the pile of slimy, decomposing, smelly, sticky meat.  It's legs were still twitching.  "Let's get back to the Lab!" The Traveler exclaimed.  The 2 ran back to the tree.  "Dr. Nemoy!  We found one!" The Traveler exclaimed.  "Ah, good.  May I see it?" Dr. Nemoy asked.  "Suuuuure!" The Traveler replied.  He pulled out the Time Bug and pressed a button on Dr. Nemoy's key board.  A blender like thing slid out of the ground and The Traveler placed the Bug inside.  "This could take a few hours." Dr. Nemoy said.  "Okay, we'll wait!  After this, we'll have ALL the time in the universe!" The Traveler exclaimed. 

  "I've got it!" Dr. Nemoy announced after a few days.  "I thought you said HOURS!!!" Rod exclaimed.  "Did I say HOW MANY hours?" Dr. Nemoy asked.  "No..." Mrs. Nimrod said.  "But seriously!  I would've grabbed a sleeping bag before I came if I'd known it would take for freakin ever!" Rod exclaimed.  "Hey, it's time travel we're dealing with.  You can expect immediate results.  Lay off of him." The Traveler said.  "Thank you, Traveler." Dr. Nemoy said.  "Don't mention it, buddy!" The Traveler exclaimed.  "So, what was your big break through?"  Rod asked.  "Simple.  To go into the future, you need to make a positively charged Tachyon, and the opposite holds true for going into the past.  To control how far you go, you need to control how many Tachyons are formed.  1 Tachyon=1 year.  Before, the Ytachon was creating random numbers of Tachyons with random charges, which is why it took us to random times.  I'm sure you can fix that, right?" Dr. Nemoy asked.  "Of course I can!  Just give me a few hours!" The Traveler exclaimed.  "I'll get the sleeping bags." Rod offered.  "No need!" The Traveler exclaimed.  He pulled out the blue box and asked for 3 sleeping bags.

  Several days later, The Traveler announced that the Ytachon was now fully functional.  "About time." Rod said.  "Isn't this awesome?!?  The world is my playground, now!  I can do whatever the heck I want!" The Traveler exclaimed.  "Including cheating at gambling?" Rod asked.  The Traveler smiled, rolled his eyes and said, "Maaaaaaybe." "Well then, guess I'd better get going!  C'mon, Mom." Rod said as he headed for the door of the lab/tree.  After they were gone, The Traveler said to Dr. Nemoy, "Wow, Rod's mom must be a REAL nag." "What gives you that idea?  She was kind throughout the entire time she was here!" Dr. Nemoy exclaimed.  "Yes, but I designed the Hypno Pill so that the time it lasted increased as the naggy level of the person did.  The naggier, the longer it lasts.  That thing lasted for 2 weeks.  Normally, they only last a day or 2!" The Traveler exclaimed.  "Ah, I see." Dr. Nemoy said.  "Well, let's go!" The Traveler exclaimed.  He pulled the Ytachon out of his pocket and punched in a date.  He pressed go, and he and the lab vanished. 

  About a week later, Rod was playing video games in his room.  FYI, his mom was still being effected by the Hypno Pill.  Suddenly, there was a bright light of red, yellow, and orange.  Wind blasted from the source of light, blowing around papers, books, the bed, etc.  "WHAT NOW?!?" Rod shouted.  Suddenly, the chaos ceased.  "Did I mention it can carry multiple people?" The Traveler asked.

                                    To be continued...