Post by mrkite23 on Mar 17, 2019 2:05:51 GMT 12
"I have an Idea" . Said Sabrina
"We`ll go into the town near Stonehenge tomorrow and go in the Police station and see if can find out about the four hippies , if they have turned up and I guess we will have to go back to The Stones "
"Great Idea , it`s very good of you to help us out Sabrina " said Albert
"Not a problem , now I need to get some sleep as I`ve a hell of a long day and a close encounter of a mouse I need forget
There is food in the fridge and you`ll have to toss a coin for the Couch and I`ll see you in the morning , Goodnight "
And off she went upstairs
"That was`nt to bad was it , lets get some sleep and hope we can find the four hippies and get the Shed back as I`m not to keen on staying around in this decade , the food is terrible it seems to guarantee very high cholesterol and only three T.V. Channels "
"Goodnight then " said Albert diving on the couch and pulling his Afghan over his head .
"Goodnight " Said Eric and he turned back into a Mouse
The Sun burst through the leaded window and awoke Albert from his reoccurring dream of him being a slave in ancient Egypt for a great king and chasing Goats around a yard "
He shielded his eyes from the Sun and he slowly opened his eyes
A Mouse was sat on his chest eating a piece of mouldy cheese
Morning Albert . Said the voice in his head
"Yes , good morning Eric , I see your a Mouse again "
I feel much more comfortable and life seems so much less complicated
"I really need to ask you a question "
"Go ahead , I`m all mouse ears" and with the cheese eaten he rubbed his whiskers
"How did you master the art of changing into a ...Mouse ?"
Have you got a couple of hours ?
OK , lets put it layman`s terms
You have heard about Reincarnation , well after a few thousand years or so we on Talos IV learned the Art of Metephsychosis
As rain turns to snow an Acorn turns into a tree as rivers turn into a sea as when we die we turn to dust...
We are all made from the same cosmic dust , we are everything and we are not .
"That`s silly "
"Fair enough " said Eric and twirled his tail round his head
Albert carefully picked up Eric and put him in his Afghan pocket and headed for the fridge
Sabrina came down stairs and she seemed in a much better frame of mind and she smiled at Albert
"Is Eric ?.."
"A Mouse again , yes he is " said Albert
"Shame, I`d really like to know how it`s possible for him to do that "
"I really think you best not going down that road as you`d end up with more questions than answers,
" No she has`nt got a couple of hours " Said Albert to the voice in his head
"Couple of hours ?"
"Oh, yeh , sorry , I hav`nt mentioned that I can hear Eric in my head , he knows the art of Telepathy "
"So why can`t I hear him ?"
"I would`nt be to concerned about that , it really can be a bit unnerving "
"Ah, well . The first thing after breakfast we must sort you out some clothes "
They both sat down for breakfast and Albert thought a bit of small talk would help him get to know Sabrina a bit more
"So how did your mother end up working for the not so famous genius Telsa ?" not that much small talk as in about the weather small talk thought Albert
"My mother is from Germany and she studied at the University in Berlin where she met a then young Albert Einstein where they both studied Modern Psychics and later she moved to London with the help of Einstein got the job working with Telsa while he was working in London and that is where my mother met my father who also was working on a project with Telsa
The Philidelphia Experiment began in Telsa labotory in London
Telsa is my Godfather "
"I see " said Albert
"And I`m now also studying at the University of London "
"Like mother , like daughter " smiled Albert
"As for Telsa I think the U.S. Government was not to keen on the experiments he was doing and if they got into the wrong hands and to think of it the machine that predicts the future would be a great worry "
"Indeed" said Albert.
Sabrina went up stairs while Albert finally figured out how to use the Record player and put on an Album
He then started to wash the breakfast pots and after he finished he sat back down closed his eyes and then the Music that poured from the Record player made Albert open them again as the singer with a nasal voice sang about Being The Benefit Of Mr Kite .
Cosmic! Said Eric
Sabrina came down the stairs carrying a bundle of clothes
"Try these on Albert I think they should fit
"What ! , I`ve grown very fond of this coat "
"It`s a suit , a Victorian suit maybe but a lot less conspicuous than an old man with an Afghan coat with a space suit underneath " Sabrina said in a firm tone .
Albert never really one for arguing about fashion did as he was told and wandered off in the Kitchen to get dressed
When he came back Sabrina tried not to laugh ,for the all black suit was a couple of inches short in the sleeves and in the trousers
"put these on " And passed Albert a pair of almost clown like black shoes
He put them on with a lot of mumbling about how suits were only worn by people he did`nt trust
"Right, lets go !" shouted Sabrina " And don`t forget Eric "
Albert turned back and picked up Eric from the table who was in mid chewing on the letter
The three of them got outside and walked to the car
"What the.. !!" gasped Sabrina
Her Car had looked like it had finished last in a demolition Derby
"We hit a couple of trees and fences on the way until we found the Headlights " said an apologetic Albert .
They got in the car and set off back to Salisbury
Albert came up with an idea
"Why don`t we go to the local police station there and tell a little lie that one of the Hippies was a relation and had there been any sightings of them "
"We could try " said Sabrina
A couple of hours later they arrived at the small village , parked up outside the Police Station .
They went in and walked up to the counter and rang the bell
A large Sergeant came out from the back room and what came into his view was woman completely dressed in black and an old man with a suit that had come from a Charles dickens novel and that barely fitted him
"Yes... Can I help you, or have you come to report a missing hearse " he said trying not to sound to sarcastic
"I`m sorry " said Sabrina and then Albert stepped up to the counter
"We were wondering if there where any news on the four missing youths from the other night at Stonehenge as my nephew has`nt been home "
"And..What`s his name ?" said the Sergeant
"You tell us the names of the missing youths and we`ll tell you if he`s one of them " said Albert
Eric groaned in Albert`s head
The Policeman looked at Albert and then he walked to a cabinet and pulled upon a draw and took out a folder
He flicked a few pages and looked down at the folder and cleared his throat
"There names are John , Paul , George and Ringo and they have been missing for three years , and now you two can clear off !"
The pair looked at each other shrugged and left the building
"It`s Stonehenge then" said Sabrina
They got in the car and set off to the scene of the Cosmic crime .
So .said Albert
How do you think the Machine of Telsa`s ended up in the North Of England ?
"Well , when Telsa moved back to the U.S.A. and the War had started.
Me , Mother and Father moved out of the City of London and moved up North where my Father knew the Physicist and Radio Astronomer Bernard Lovell and helped him build The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire
Did you know that the Telescope picked up the landing of the Apollo 11 on the moon and some say that it also picked up a small UFO as well
"Well fancy that ! " Albert then got a strange feeling that it was something to do with him .
My parents had to go back to London to help Telsa with another experiment , but I had my husband there who was in the British Army and we lived in a small town called Hyde and we had a son
We called him John .
But tragedy struck us as my husband died while serving in Aden up rising only twelve months after our son was born .
I was only twenty three , a single mother with no job and times were indeed hard
But I got an opportunity to go to London with the connections I had had there thanks to my parents and I did the most stupidest and heart braking thing I have ever done I gave my son up for adoption and also the house we had and with the money I moved to London .
Sabrina wiped a tear from her cheek
And I also remember another day that now has seemed to be significant now .
With my husband on duty and my son was only a few Months old I use to take him in the pram to the park and one particular day I was sat at my usual bench when a middle aged man came and sat down beside me
I had that strange sensation as though I knew this man and the weird thing was he was dressed all in Denim , which was not really fashionable until at least another five years and then he opened up a book and started to read it .
I could`nt not help to see the title
The Time Machine by H.G. Welles , I could`nt resist but talk to him
I asked him what was his thoughts on the book
He smiled and said
"A good read and Who`s to say that Time travel is not impossible and who would have thought that his book The First Man On The Moon would turn from Science fiction to fact ."
"Would it ?" I replied .
"Well not to far away into the future "
He asked me the name of my baby and how old he was and then he got up put the book in his pocket and said take care .
I said "Goodbye Mr. ?"
"Kite " He said .
Albert just for once was speechless .
They finally arrived at the Stonehenge and got out of the car and walked up to the stones
There was no sign of the Shed , no sign of four young Hippies , but their was a sign that said
Keep Off The Grass
It was slowly sinking in now that the two Travelers where not going home anytime soon
And as the Sun slowly set behind the Stones and after a long silence Albert turned to Sabrina
"Well , my dear friend I think you have done all you can for us and I think the longer you stay with us I think things are only going to get more complicated , the best thing we could do is head North and as it seems that Kite may now be the sole owner of the Time Machine "
They said there goodbyes and Sabrina headed back to London and Albert headed North and walked across the grass .
Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to Months and and summer turned to winter
And that`s when Albert found it tough on the road and he one day came across an empty Cottage in the middle of the countryside that had seem to had been forgotten in time with an old fire stove and wood burner and there he decided he would stay for awhile and live off the land until the weather got better and the cottage now fixed up and Albert turned the earth and started to grow his own vegetables
Years now passed and Albert had been to comfortable in his new home and a easy life where he was off the grid , no taxes to pay , no complications of time travel and best of all he was now a gardener with all the land he could hope for in growing plants and watching the seasons change in all their splendor .
The task that he had set off to do , was now just a faded memory
And Albert now started to have strange dreams about passed lives and even that he seemed to have had a life in Ancient Eygpt
Maybe now that the disconnection from The Shed and the passing of time that his other life had slowly just faded into a distant memory , just another dream he once had
He started to become almost another person
As for Eric , his simple life as a mouse had also brought him peace after the many years of his Ancient reign of watching his back with unbelievers and assassins and being scared to death of eating out in case he had raised the taxes to much that the restaurant owners thought to take it into their own hands to rid of the country of the greedy Tyrant
And for some reason everyone wanted to shoot the Alien.
As for a mouse , who had any qualms with a mouse ?
And all Eric had to do was worry about where his next piece of Cheese would come from and that was`nt a problem as his large owner had found himself a Goat and learned how to make Goat Cheese .
He was in heaven .
But as in everything in the universe , nothing stays the same
The countryside became smaller
And as someone once sang
They`ve paved Paradise and put up a parking lot .
In Albert`s case though it was a shopping center and ironically also a Garden center
He was driven out of his home by bulldozers and men in suits with documents and told that this land was sold to the highest bidder and he was on private property .
As the new century was welcomed in Albert once again was on the road and the road was to a small town in the North west of England and all it seemed to do was rain . A lot
Albert was so tired and drenched to the bone and even Eric was learning how to paddle in Albert`s pocket
Albert looked for a dry place and up ahead was a large red rectangular box , he got inside and slowly dropped off
And then he was rudely awoken by a foot in his back
He looked up and a man was leaning over
"Excuse me sir " he said
"What`s your game ?" said Albert .
"We`ll go into the town near Stonehenge tomorrow and go in the Police station and see if can find out about the four hippies , if they have turned up and I guess we will have to go back to The Stones "
"Great Idea , it`s very good of you to help us out Sabrina " said Albert
"Not a problem , now I need to get some sleep as I`ve a hell of a long day and a close encounter of a mouse I need forget
There is food in the fridge and you`ll have to toss a coin for the Couch and I`ll see you in the morning , Goodnight "
And off she went upstairs
"That was`nt to bad was it , lets get some sleep and hope we can find the four hippies and get the Shed back as I`m not to keen on staying around in this decade , the food is terrible it seems to guarantee very high cholesterol and only three T.V. Channels "
"Goodnight then " said Albert diving on the couch and pulling his Afghan over his head .
"Goodnight " Said Eric and he turned back into a Mouse
The Sun burst through the leaded window and awoke Albert from his reoccurring dream of him being a slave in ancient Egypt for a great king and chasing Goats around a yard "
He shielded his eyes from the Sun and he slowly opened his eyes
A Mouse was sat on his chest eating a piece of mouldy cheese
Morning Albert . Said the voice in his head
"Yes , good morning Eric , I see your a Mouse again "
I feel much more comfortable and life seems so much less complicated
"I really need to ask you a question "
"Go ahead , I`m all mouse ears" and with the cheese eaten he rubbed his whiskers
"How did you master the art of changing into a ...Mouse ?"
Have you got a couple of hours ?
OK , lets put it layman`s terms
You have heard about Reincarnation , well after a few thousand years or so we on Talos IV learned the Art of Metephsychosis
As rain turns to snow an Acorn turns into a tree as rivers turn into a sea as when we die we turn to dust...
We are all made from the same cosmic dust , we are everything and we are not .
"That`s silly "
"Fair enough " said Eric and twirled his tail round his head
Albert carefully picked up Eric and put him in his Afghan pocket and headed for the fridge
Sabrina came down stairs and she seemed in a much better frame of mind and she smiled at Albert
"Is Eric ?.."
"A Mouse again , yes he is " said Albert
"Shame, I`d really like to know how it`s possible for him to do that "
"I really think you best not going down that road as you`d end up with more questions than answers,
" No she has`nt got a couple of hours " Said Albert to the voice in his head
"Couple of hours ?"
"Oh, yeh , sorry , I hav`nt mentioned that I can hear Eric in my head , he knows the art of Telepathy "
"So why can`t I hear him ?"
"I would`nt be to concerned about that , it really can be a bit unnerving "
"Ah, well . The first thing after breakfast we must sort you out some clothes "
They both sat down for breakfast and Albert thought a bit of small talk would help him get to know Sabrina a bit more
"So how did your mother end up working for the not so famous genius Telsa ?" not that much small talk as in about the weather small talk thought Albert
"My mother is from Germany and she studied at the University in Berlin where she met a then young Albert Einstein where they both studied Modern Psychics and later she moved to London with the help of Einstein got the job working with Telsa while he was working in London and that is where my mother met my father who also was working on a project with Telsa
The Philidelphia Experiment began in Telsa labotory in London
Telsa is my Godfather "
"I see " said Albert
"And I`m now also studying at the University of London "
"Like mother , like daughter " smiled Albert
"As for Telsa I think the U.S. Government was not to keen on the experiments he was doing and if they got into the wrong hands and to think of it the machine that predicts the future would be a great worry "
"Indeed" said Albert.
Sabrina went up stairs while Albert finally figured out how to use the Record player and put on an Album
He then started to wash the breakfast pots and after he finished he sat back down closed his eyes and then the Music that poured from the Record player made Albert open them again as the singer with a nasal voice sang about Being The Benefit Of Mr Kite .
Cosmic! Said Eric
Sabrina came down the stairs carrying a bundle of clothes
"Try these on Albert I think they should fit
"What ! , I`ve grown very fond of this coat "
"It`s a suit , a Victorian suit maybe but a lot less conspicuous than an old man with an Afghan coat with a space suit underneath " Sabrina said in a firm tone .
Albert never really one for arguing about fashion did as he was told and wandered off in the Kitchen to get dressed
When he came back Sabrina tried not to laugh ,for the all black suit was a couple of inches short in the sleeves and in the trousers
"put these on " And passed Albert a pair of almost clown like black shoes
He put them on with a lot of mumbling about how suits were only worn by people he did`nt trust
"Right, lets go !" shouted Sabrina " And don`t forget Eric "
Albert turned back and picked up Eric from the table who was in mid chewing on the letter
The three of them got outside and walked to the car
"What the.. !!" gasped Sabrina
Her Car had looked like it had finished last in a demolition Derby
"We hit a couple of trees and fences on the way until we found the Headlights " said an apologetic Albert .
They got in the car and set off back to Salisbury
Albert came up with an idea
"Why don`t we go to the local police station there and tell a little lie that one of the Hippies was a relation and had there been any sightings of them "
"We could try " said Sabrina
A couple of hours later they arrived at the small village , parked up outside the Police Station .
They went in and walked up to the counter and rang the bell
A large Sergeant came out from the back room and what came into his view was woman completely dressed in black and an old man with a suit that had come from a Charles dickens novel and that barely fitted him
"Yes... Can I help you, or have you come to report a missing hearse " he said trying not to sound to sarcastic
"I`m sorry " said Sabrina and then Albert stepped up to the counter
"We were wondering if there where any news on the four missing youths from the other night at Stonehenge as my nephew has`nt been home "
"And..What`s his name ?" said the Sergeant
"You tell us the names of the missing youths and we`ll tell you if he`s one of them " said Albert
Eric groaned in Albert`s head
The Policeman looked at Albert and then he walked to a cabinet and pulled upon a draw and took out a folder
He flicked a few pages and looked down at the folder and cleared his throat
"There names are John , Paul , George and Ringo and they have been missing for three years , and now you two can clear off !"
The pair looked at each other shrugged and left the building
"It`s Stonehenge then" said Sabrina
They got in the car and set off to the scene of the Cosmic crime .
So .said Albert
How do you think the Machine of Telsa`s ended up in the North Of England ?
"Well , when Telsa moved back to the U.S.A. and the War had started.
Me , Mother and Father moved out of the City of London and moved up North where my Father knew the Physicist and Radio Astronomer Bernard Lovell and helped him build The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank in Cheshire
Did you know that the Telescope picked up the landing of the Apollo 11 on the moon and some say that it also picked up a small UFO as well
"Well fancy that ! " Albert then got a strange feeling that it was something to do with him .
My parents had to go back to London to help Telsa with another experiment , but I had my husband there who was in the British Army and we lived in a small town called Hyde and we had a son
We called him John .
But tragedy struck us as my husband died while serving in Aden up rising only twelve months after our son was born .
I was only twenty three , a single mother with no job and times were indeed hard
But I got an opportunity to go to London with the connections I had had there thanks to my parents and I did the most stupidest and heart braking thing I have ever done I gave my son up for adoption and also the house we had and with the money I moved to London .
Sabrina wiped a tear from her cheek
And I also remember another day that now has seemed to be significant now .
With my husband on duty and my son was only a few Months old I use to take him in the pram to the park and one particular day I was sat at my usual bench when a middle aged man came and sat down beside me
I had that strange sensation as though I knew this man and the weird thing was he was dressed all in Denim , which was not really fashionable until at least another five years and then he opened up a book and started to read it .
I could`nt not help to see the title
The Time Machine by H.G. Welles , I could`nt resist but talk to him
I asked him what was his thoughts on the book
He smiled and said
"A good read and Who`s to say that Time travel is not impossible and who would have thought that his book The First Man On The Moon would turn from Science fiction to fact ."
"Would it ?" I replied .
"Well not to far away into the future "
He asked me the name of my baby and how old he was and then he got up put the book in his pocket and said take care .
I said "Goodbye Mr. ?"
"Kite " He said .
Albert just for once was speechless .
They finally arrived at the Stonehenge and got out of the car and walked up to the stones
There was no sign of the Shed , no sign of four young Hippies , but their was a sign that said
Keep Off The Grass
It was slowly sinking in now that the two Travelers where not going home anytime soon
And as the Sun slowly set behind the Stones and after a long silence Albert turned to Sabrina
"Well , my dear friend I think you have done all you can for us and I think the longer you stay with us I think things are only going to get more complicated , the best thing we could do is head North and as it seems that Kite may now be the sole owner of the Time Machine "
They said there goodbyes and Sabrina headed back to London and Albert headed North and walked across the grass .
Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to Months and and summer turned to winter
And that`s when Albert found it tough on the road and he one day came across an empty Cottage in the middle of the countryside that had seem to had been forgotten in time with an old fire stove and wood burner and there he decided he would stay for awhile and live off the land until the weather got better and the cottage now fixed up and Albert turned the earth and started to grow his own vegetables
Years now passed and Albert had been to comfortable in his new home and a easy life where he was off the grid , no taxes to pay , no complications of time travel and best of all he was now a gardener with all the land he could hope for in growing plants and watching the seasons change in all their splendor .
The task that he had set off to do , was now just a faded memory
And Albert now started to have strange dreams about passed lives and even that he seemed to have had a life in Ancient Eygpt
Maybe now that the disconnection from The Shed and the passing of time that his other life had slowly just faded into a distant memory , just another dream he once had
He started to become almost another person
As for Eric , his simple life as a mouse had also brought him peace after the many years of his Ancient reign of watching his back with unbelievers and assassins and being scared to death of eating out in case he had raised the taxes to much that the restaurant owners thought to take it into their own hands to rid of the country of the greedy Tyrant
And for some reason everyone wanted to shoot the Alien.
As for a mouse , who had any qualms with a mouse ?
And all Eric had to do was worry about where his next piece of Cheese would come from and that was`nt a problem as his large owner had found himself a Goat and learned how to make Goat Cheese .
He was in heaven .
But as in everything in the universe , nothing stays the same
The countryside became smaller
And as someone once sang
They`ve paved Paradise and put up a parking lot .
In Albert`s case though it was a shopping center and ironically also a Garden center
He was driven out of his home by bulldozers and men in suits with documents and told that this land was sold to the highest bidder and he was on private property .
As the new century was welcomed in Albert once again was on the road and the road was to a small town in the North west of England and all it seemed to do was rain . A lot
Albert was so tired and drenched to the bone and even Eric was learning how to paddle in Albert`s pocket
Albert looked for a dry place and up ahead was a large red rectangular box , he got inside and slowly dropped off
And then he was rudely awoken by a foot in his back
He looked up and a man was leaning over
"Excuse me sir " he said
"What`s your game ?" said Albert .