February 1 2120

"Thief! Thief!" I run as fast as I could to escape the vendor of this thing I stole, a time machine.

I turn to every hallway I can turn and stopped when there are only few people. I hide in the corner as I pants heavily. I must move quickly before they can caught me. The CCTV cameras are shifting their directions at me even though I'm already hiding. "Oh sht, I'm dead."

My eyes searched around for possible escape and I see a window not so high from where I'm hiding. I placed the time machine safely in my bag and secure my mask so that it will not reveal my face.

When I'm ready, I decided to run again. I jump from stall to stall to reach the window. I noticed people gathered as they watched me and some even take a video of me. Oh no, the number of people in this area began to increase. I must escape as fast as I can.

I was about to jump out the window but I failed. People screamed when they thought I'm about to fall but I'm just hanging. I'm holding the window frame with my one hand and eventually escape this place. Or I thought?

Right after I jump out the window, guns are already pointed at me. I was caught by the policemen.

"Mask off and put your bag down."

I surrendered and raised both of my arms as a sign of defeat.

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"My gosh, Kryxian! Are you out of your mind?" Yzavyl exclaimed at me while we're walking of the police station "Thanks goodness father already talked to the police. Or else you're dead."

"That's better." I answered emotionlessly as we are about to ride a taxi which is already waiting for us outside

"Hey! What's you're problem, again? I'm here for you. You know, I already treat you as my real brother." she said as she opened the door of the taxi for me

"I'm tired, Yzavyl. Your dad will always say that I have a sense of gratitude to him because she bought and saved me from the child market and blah blah blah. He could've just let me die."

"Shut up, Kryxian! You're talking nonsense. He's also your father."

"Foster father."

"But we treat you like our family."

"But I never felt that from your father."

"Am I not enough to make you feel that you're our family?"

"Whatever."

Yzavyl sighed "Anyways, I don't know what's running in your mind and why'd you have to steal a time machine but I just bought it for you." She said as she handed a paper bag with a time machine inside

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Her father, Mr. Roberts, welcomed us with a sermon as we entered the main gate. "Fck it, Kryxian! How many more headaches will you give me? I'm freakin' tired of you!"

"D-dad. Stop." Yzavyl immediately stopped her father from hitting me

I just continue walking to my room like I haven't heard anything.

"Hey moron! Get back here. I'm not yet finished talking to you."

I entered my room and locked it so I can't hear any bullshits from that man.

I opened the paper bag that Yzavyl gave me. The manual said that it's a time machine that can only travel in the past. I unbox the wrapper of the time machine. It's just a small but heavy black box with a red button in front. Under the button are words engraved saying "Chronosen 1.0".

I wonder what does this button do.

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January 8 2104

I got a bit dizzy when I clicked the button and the surroundings suddenly become different. I'm sitting in the backseat of a car. Did I really time travel or just teleported? This is cool.

"Stop the car." a lady from the front seat said. W-wait, is that Mrs. Roberts?

"Wait, what?" And Mr. Roberts? He was sitting in the driver's seat.

"Just stop it." Yes, they are Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, my foster parents but they looked younger this time. I guess I really did time travel.

Mr. Roberts stopped the car and Mrs. Roberts looked around. She even looked at me! But I guess they don't see me. They don't noticed me. Maybe I'm in invisible mode. I've read that feature of the time machine in the manual.

"Can you hear that?" Mrs. Roberts asked

"What? I don't hear anything." Mr. Roberts replied. I also don't hear anything.

"Shh. Listen carefully. It's like a crying baby." Mrs. Roberts seemed worried and that's when I hear a crying baby. "I'll just check it outside."

"Hey don't- argh!" Mr. Roberts was about to stopped Mrs. Roberts but she was quick, she also got off the car. Mr. Robert have no choice but to follow his wife.

I also got off the car, sill they doesn't notice me.

"What are you doing in the garbage? Get up- is that a baby?" Mr. Roberts

Mrs. Roberts is now carrying a baby, "Yes, isn't he cute? Ghad! Who the hell thew this baby in the garbage? They're heartless!"

"O-okay? We need to go to the police station to report it and hand that baby to them."

"What? No! Yzavyl will be happy once she knew she'll have a baby brother."

"What? Don't tell me-"

"We'll be the parents of this baby."

And I'm the baby.

"Let's name him 'Kryxian'."

I hope Mrs. Roberts didn't die early. She seemed to be nice. I haven't had the chance to grew up with her by my side.

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January 7 2104

So I'm not really bought from the child market. Hence, I was thrown in the garbage. They lied to me.

I travelled a day before so I can know who threw me in the garbage. I just waited at the same spot waiting for someone to passed by.

Hours passed by. It's already dark I saw a girl carrying a baby, which is me, walking to this area. She looks like a 17-year-old. She's so young. I guess I understand why she have to threw me away.

She looked around to see if know one's in this area. I noticed her crying. "I-I'm sorry baby. I have to do this. I don't know what kind of life will I give to you. Your mother don't even know how to take care of herself. I hope you understand."

She kneeled near the garbage area and hugged for the last time. "I love you but I can't take you with me. Goodbye." she kissed my forehead and laid me in the floor as I started crying.

She immediately stand up, wiped her tears, and run away. I looked at my younger self with pity, what a life. My hatred towards her that I keep all throughout my life just vanished. "Goodbye, mother."

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April 2103

"Clarkson, I'm pregnant." my mother said to- I guess he's my father. They seemed like they have a big age gap. My father looks like a 30-year-old man.

"What?" my father said

"I said I'm pregnant!"

"Are you serious, Krztyn?" I guess that's my mother's name

"Does it look like I'm joking?"

"But I'm married." What the fuck?

"I know!" What?

"What do you want me to do?"

"I-I don't know. Leave your wife?"

"What the-? Abort it or sell it to the child market?"

"No way! Wait, 'it'? Di you just called our baby 'it'? Gosh, he's not just a thing to sell!"

"So what? What will I do?"

"Live with me."

Clarkson just laughed.

"What's funny? I thought you love me."

"You really think that I love you? Look at yourself. You're so young. You're just pretty but nah. Handle your problem yourself." and he leaves

Fuck that man. I want to punch him in the face so hard.

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2075

I'm in an office. Margarelle Millicents, The Millicents Hospital. It was written at the table. There was a pregnant woman sitting in front of the table. Suddenly, the door opened and it showed a middle aged lady.

"Jossey?" she called "My gosh, where did you go? I was finding you. Why are you here in my office?" I guess she's Margarelle.

"I heard the news. The guy who raped me is now on jail. Is that right?" that girl Jossey said bitterly

"Yes. So please don't do any harm to your child. I'm here to help you. I'm your mother. In fact, I already have a list of names to name your baby."

Jossey just cried. Margarelle hugged her daughter. "Shhh, it doesn't matter who is the father of that child. We will take care of the baby."

"Krztyn."

"What?"

"I don't know but I want to name my baby, Krztyn."

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2055

I'm inside a church. It looks like there is a wedding. Everyone here was wearing a formal attire. I roamed around and eavesdropped on someone's conversation.

"I can't believe this. My Margarelle will be married!" a woman exclaimed. Margarelle? Is she the mother of my grandmother?

"Yeah, time flies so fast." the woman beside her said

"Indeed, my granddaughter will be no longer be a baby." the man said. So these people are the grandmother of my grandmother and the parents of the grandmother of my grandmother. Confusing.

I was about to leave the church when I bump into someone.

"Sorry." we both said in unison

"W-wait, can you see me?" she asked in shock

"I- well, I was about to ask the same question."

I looked at her from head to toe. She's wearing a casual clothes same with mine.

"Are you a time traveller too?" she stared at me for a moment after I asked a question "Uhm, hello?" she was back into her senses when I waved at her

"O-uh, yes? I-I don't know? I'm a time traveller? I guess?" she looks confused

I looked at what she's holding and I noticed that she's also holding a black box with a red button same as mine but the words engraved in it is "Chronorus 0.1".

"Well, you have a time machine. So you're a time traveller, right?" I asked

"I don't know." she shrugged "It was an accident. I didn't mean to do time travel. Now, I don't know my way back."

"Wait, I don't follow. You mean, you're from the past?"

She nodded.

"Cool."

"Wait, what year are you from?"

"2120. How about you?"

"Wow, we're hundred years apart. I'm from 2020."

"By the way, I'm Kryxian." I said as I offers a handshake

"Catarina." she answered as she accepted my hands

The wedding ceremony was about to start so we left the church. We sit on a bench not far from the church and continued our conversation. I learned that we are the same age, though she's a hundred years older. She said that she was just curious about what can a time machine do because during her time, time machine is not really a thing. It was just experimental from her father's laboratory. She can only travel to the future because it's the only scope of her time machine. While I can only travel in the past. We talked a lot and we didn't noticed the time. We just noticed that the people from the church are leaving one by one.

"The wedding is already finished?" I asked "Wow, we didn't noticed the time."

"Yeah, we talked a lot. It was nice talking to you." she commented

"Same, it was nice meeting you." I smiled and she smiled back "Unfortunately, it's our first and last meeting." my voice suddenly became sad

"Can't we meet again tomorrow?"

"I can only travel in the past, remember?"

She frowned "Can't we just wait for tomorrow?"

"Sorry, but I automatically travel when a day is over." I smile sadly

"That's so sad for us."

"Really sad."

"Let's just enjoy the remaining time we have left. It's just 2 in the afternoon."

We went to different places. We commented about how the place changes from her time, to this present, and to my time. But time really flies fast. The last time we looked into the clock it's already 11pm. We just don't mind the time and just live the last moment we're together instead of counting down the remaining time. As of now, we're laying down in the grass at a park while stargazing. The moment I'm with him gives me a kind of euphoria I haven't feel before.

"That was fun." I said, still looking at the stars

"Yeah, a day with you was fun." I saw her glimpse at me then gazed again at the stars "I hope this happened again."

"I hope too. But what happen to us is just another tragic love story."

"Love story?"

"You know what, I love you." she looked at me after I said that to her

I looked back at her and said, "I know it sounds crazy. We just met and we'll never meet again but I just don't want to regret not saying this. Time is really gold. I just feel it and I'm sure about what I feel. I can no longer said that I love you again because-"

"I love you too." she said making me cut off my sentence

We stared at each other for a moment and smiled at each other.

I leaned closer and give her soft kiss. The next thing I knew is that I slowly disappears making my heart slowly breaks into pieces.

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May 2026

I saw myself in the park. There are kids playing in the playground. I just stroll around, having no care at all. Time traveling for me is no longer fun anymore. I just wanna go back to the last time I time travelled - to the time I met Catarina.

"Margarelle!" I heard someone called. Margarelle? The mother of my grandmother?

"Yes, mommy?" a child suddenly stopped from playing in the swing, I guess she's my mother of my grandmother

"Come on, baby! We are about to eat." And this woman is the grandmother of my grandmother

"Okay mommy!" Margarelle followed her mother

I saw them sit down a picnic mat together with the grandmother of my grandmother's parents eating happily. That sounds confusing. A smile formed in my face as I watched them. They are still my family so it's nice to see them having a happy life.

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February 29 2020

I saw the family I saw earlier in the funeral. They're standing in front of a coffin. Inside the coffin lies the dead body of Catarina. How? She's dead?

I can't believe this. I can't look inside the coffin. My body is trembling. I'm scared. Did she really die? Why am did I met her in the years after this incident? Did I just met her soul? I don't know what to do. A tear left my eye.

"I-I'm sorry mom, dad. It's my fault why Catarina's dead." she was the grandmother of my grandmother. Wait, why is it her fault? I'm puzzled.

"Shh. Don't be sorry. We are the one who should feel sorry. It's our fault. If we didn't scold at you and make you leave the house, she wouldn't follow you and got hit by the car." her mother said as she hugged her, she is also crying

"No time for regrets. It already happened. I'm sorry, Jorgina. Please go back to our house. We'll help you." his father said as the three of them hugged each other. So Jorgina is the name of the grandmother of my grandmother.

I'm also crying beside them. I'm still confused. Catarina is dead? How? Why?

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February 15 2020

I'm inside a living room. I'm not familiar in this place until I saw Jorgina crying as her parents followed her.

"Gosh, Jorgina! You're such an embarrassment to our family!" her mother exclaimed. What's happening?

"Get out of my house! From now own, we don't have a daughter named Jorgina." her father shouted

"I-I'm sorry." Jorgina cried as she left the house by herself. I was about to follow her when I heard someone stopped her.

"D-don't leave!" Wait, it's Catarina! She's following Jorgina. Why is she here? I suddenly feels nervous and still confused.

"Catarina, don't follow that bitch!" But Catarina doesn't listen to to Jorgina's parents and still follows her. I also followed them.

Jorgina is already far from the house.

"Jorgina, stop! Don't run!" Catarina runs towards Jorgina as I also run towards them

Catarina was about to get to Jorgina when suddenly "Watch out Jorgina, a car!" Catarina exclaimed as she take over the car and got hit.

I stopped running when I saw Catarina got hit by a car and was thrown few feet away.

"Catarina!" Jorgina exclaimed as she ran towards Catarina

I got so shocked while watching the scene. I'm trembling in shock and fear. The driver of the car helped Jorgina carry Catarina. I can't help but just watch the scene. Is this the reason why she died? Did she really died?

"Help me! Bring her to the hospital! Please save my sister!" Sister? Did Jorgina just say that Catarina is her sister?

"I-I'm sorry. Y-yes, I will bring her to the hospital." the driver said as she placed Catarina in the backseat together with Jorgina

Catarina is Jorgina's sister? Catarina is the sister of the grandmother of my grandmother? She's my ancestor? I'm dumbfounded.

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February 1 2020

I went to the time when Jorgina and Catarina about how will they will hide Jorgina's pregnancy. I still can't believe the fact that Catarina is the sister of the grandmother of my grandmother - that the woman I loved is a part of my family.

I'm now standing in front of their house. I'm waiting for Jorgina. I will change the future. I deactivated the invisible mode feature of this time machine and I hope it works so that I can talk to Jorgina.

Hours passed, it's already afternoon when I saw Jorgina going out.

"Jorgina?" I called. She looked at me! "Can you see me?" I asked once again.

"Yes?" she looks confused "Do I know you?"

"I know it sounds weird but.. Uhm.." I can't believe this. I'm talking to the grandmother of my grandmother.

"Yes? What?"

I don't know how to start.

"If you're just wasting my time, excuse me." she said as she walks passed to me

"I know you're pregnant."

She looks at me in shocked "What the- I don't know what you're talking about. Who the hell are you? You're just wasting my time. Get lost!"

She was about to continue her tracks when I spoke again "Yes, I want to get lost that's why I'm here."

She furrowed her eyebrows and confusion was written in all over her face.

"I don't know if you'll believe me but I'm the grandson of your granddaughter. I came from the year 2120 with the use of this time machine." I showed her the black box I'm holding all the time.

"Please stop talking nonsense." she sarcastically chuckled

"I'm not forcing you to believe me but please do me a favor."

"What? And why will I do that?"

"It's for your own sake and your generation's sake."

"What are you talking about?"

"Abort your baby, please."

"What baby are you talking about?" she still tried to deny that she's pregnant but you can see in her face that she's scared that I know her secret

"Please don't deny that your pregnant. I told you I'm from the future! Your family is creating a time machine so why don't you believe me?!"

"Lower down your voice please. Let's not talk here." she dragged me from far away "Okay, let's just say that I believe in you. So what?" That's it! I caught her attention.

"Abort the baby. Your family wont accept you and will kick you out their lives. You will be poor. As your generation grows, they become poorer and poorer. All of your descendants will suffer. Including me. Please, I'm tired of my life. Just abort it!" I said will full of emotions. I didn't notice that tears left my eyes. I saw her showed some emotions but she just shrugged it off.

"I-I'm sorry... if you're telling the truth-"

"I'm telling the truth! Why don't you just abort your baby and live a normal teenager life!"

She remained silent. Thinking about her next move.

"Look, you don't want to be poor, right? You can't live having a poor life. You'll be an embarrassment to your family. No one will help you. Even the father of your baby. Everybody will pity you. And you will pass your unluckiness to your generation."

"..."

"J-just abort the baby..."

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Jorgina left and I just followed her. She did it. She aborted the baby. The moment she did that, I already feel that myself began to fade slowly.

I still followed Jorgina in her way home. She was about to open the gates when someone opened it from inside. It was Catarina.

"Oh? Where were you? Where are mom and dad? I missed you!" Catarina said as she hug her sister. She doesn't noticed me. I'm just standing and watching them from afar.

Jorgina doesn't hug her back. She just looked at Catarina.

"Anyways, what's with that face?" Catarina asked instead. She's facing her back at my direction so I can't see the emotion in her face but I know that she seems to be tired.

"I already aborted the baby." Jorgina answered with no emotions

"What?!" Catarina shouted "Seriously? Why the hell did you do that? You don't know the consequences of doing that. You don't know that the child of yours will bring happiness to you and our family! You don't know what- aaaaaaah! Why?" She was already crying. It breaks my heart. It's my fault. I'm sorry my love.

"What do you care? Could you just please shut up. Mom and dad will be home in a few hours so-"

"How could you just talk to me casually when you killed a child and the future child of yours?"

Jorgina walk passed by her sister leaving her in the gates.

Catarina burst in tears. Her knees are shaking due to too much emotions. She sat down in their open gates, not having care if someone saw her crying while sitting the ground.

Jorgina just killed Margarelle. She killed Jossey. She killed Krztyn. She killed me. That's why Catarina's breaking down. I'm also breaking down inside. I'm silently crying while slowly fading.

"Aaaaaa!" Catarina let another loud cry and releases too much emotion

I saw her looked at my direction. She wiped her tears and rubbed her eyes and looked at me again. "K-Kryxian?" she called "Kryxian!" she shouted as she run towards me

Mu blank face suddenly became furious when I noticed something as I shouted, "Watch out Catarina, a car!"

She stopped running and looked at her side. A car was running towards her direction. I was about to run towards her went I felt numb. That's when I noticed that more than half of my body already fades. The last thing I knew, everything just disappeared.