Post by mrkite23 on Jul 28, 2019 7:41:00 GMT 12
A few miles down the road from Hyde was another small town which is called Stalybridge
With a town center so small if you were to drive through and sneezed you`ll probably miss it
Like those places though you may have never heard of it still had it`s moments in history of the unexplained
A song was written there that was a music hall song that was sang by the soldiers in the first great war It`s A Long Way To Tipperary
And Richard Gear called it "One Of The Worst Places He Has Ever Visited" while he filmed his second world war film there ,Yanks
And that is as much of excitement that happened in the little town as nothing ever got noticed after that terrible day
Because of that terrible day the Bridgites as they liked to be called never looked up after that terrible day
U.F.O.`s could fly over do spectacular light shows that would shame a Pink Floyd gig when they were in their pomp .
They had an unwritten law written that no one was permitted to look up ( except guide dogs )
That Terrible Day
This happened many years ago on the Annual Pigeon Racing festival which was one of the highlights of the year and many say the only highlight of the year
Three Hundred Pigeons were set free from their cages for the race from Stalybridge to Pudsey when a seven forty seven was approaching Manchester Airport from Majorca with an engine out
This meant the plane was flying at a low altitude which was unfortunate as the whole three hundred Pigeons were sucked into the other working engine and the whole flock went in one end and out the other and covering the town in a feathery red gunge that terrible day .
Washing outside was ruined, cats needed counselling and people drinking in beer gardens ended up with bloody mary`s with feathery cocktail sticks
People really thought that the place was cursed and Richard Gear was not far wrong .
But there was one man who had a different outlook to his fellow Bridgites he kept his eye on the sky and his ear to the ground
His name was Coiln Plint .
Colin had grown up with the wonderful T.V. of the late sixties and early seventies and he had watched all the Apollo missions and had a telescope in his bedroom and studied the planets through the years and then came along a T.V. Series that was a game changer for him
The X Files
He became a collector of all things X Files and he had posters of Boulder and Mulley all over his bedroom walls he had the lunch box the Truth Is Out There poster and the glow in the dark Grey Alien.
And on one particular episode our heroes went to Area 51
This now had Colin coming up with all sorts of conspiracy theories about the place and that they were hiding Alien technology that they discovered that day when a space ship crashed in Roswell
Fiction was based on fact .
When Colin got himself a Computer one x mas and he soon discovered that there was so many people like him who believed the government were hiding the truth about Aliens and Jump rooms
These jump rooms were Alien technology that would basically have you step into one room and come out on Mars
Was this a type of time travel ? Colin needed to find out and over the years he started to discover in history books that a Shed ( Jump Room ?) was appearing in all kind of strange places
And then deeper still the number 23 became a factor of all that was not well with history , it seemed to be a symbol of slight effects in history as the great Sci Fi writer Ray Bradbury had come up with the theory of The Butterfly Effect , 23 was in the same league as far as Colin was concerned .
He knew that this was a too big job for him to do alone so he sent out messages on the Conspiracy and Unexplained web sites if people wanted to form a club .
weeks went by and gradually people joined the club of Colin`s Conspiracy Club
Eventually the memberships stopped and Colin had decided that would be enough and he counted them up 22 and he counted himself in
23 .
That was uncanny but apt and they became known as The 23
Next thing was they needed to have a meeting and discuss where should they start to getting to the bottom of all the strange goings on with this Shed
He called in the White House on his way home from work and he asked the Landlord if he could have the back room on Tuesday nights for the meeting
"What is it a Racing Pigeon meeting ?" asked the landlord
" No it`s a new cult called the 23" replied Colin
" How many will be coming ?" asked the landlord who pulled out a pen and paper
"23"
"Right " The landlord`s eyes widened as he had never had 23 people in his pub ever since that terrible day and the record was on the millennium new years eve which was six people and a ferret .
He thought he `d push his luck and go for glory and told Colin it would be ten pounds for the room a week
"OK, fine " said Colin
The Landlord was so happy and ten pounds in pocket he made a poster that read
The White House welcomes The 23 . Starts 9.00.pm
.
And he even made up some Sandwiches .
That Tuesday night only four turned up
One of the four had thought it was a Racing Pigeon meeting and turned up with his prize Pigeon and when he realized it was`nt but he decided to stay as he had spotted the Sandwiches
Colin sat at the table with his lap top open and he kept checking his watch like never before .
Half an hour passed and the four the members just sat patiently
He looked at his watch again and it said 9.23.pm
"A good time as any"he said to his Mickey Mouse watch
"Thanks for coming " He said to the four men and a Pigeon .Before we start is there any questions "
The Pigeon fancier put up his hand up
When does the buffet open ?"
The landlord popped his head through the door
"Any drinks gentlemen ? , remember this is s pub "
There was a shuffle of change in pockets
Then they spoke
"A Lager !"
"A Bitter !"
"A Pendle Witch !"
"Can I have half of Mild" said the Pigeon fancier
"Right then , we shall start " Said Colin
"I guess you know why we are here tonight and I think its about time that we got to all the strange goings on and I mean even in this very town and our neighbouring town Hyde and as for Stalybridge
No one on has yet come up with the Frog in the wall explanation ..."
"Er excuse me " said the Pigeon fancier who thought that he`d gone to all this trouble to come out on a Tuesday and miss the big game thought he`d find out what he had signed up for and wanted to get into the spirit of things " What strange goings on ?"
"That`s a good question " said the Pendle Witch man ( The drinks had arrived )
" Yes, yes I will explain everything and sir I can see your a Pigeon fancier and I no doubt your will remember that terrible day of the massacre of the 300 ?"
"I do indeed remember that terrible day " he replied and he took off his flat cap and put it to his chest
"And you also may remember in was the 23rd Annual Pigeon race on the 23rd of June "
"I like Stalybridge in June how about you ?" sang the Landlord in the bar
Colin continued
" And I can tell you that the plane was coming back from Majorca to land at Manchester airport and it`s flight number was MMAN 36347 and if you add the numbers up
23"
"But could`nt that just be pure coincidence " said the Pigeon fancier who was now really getting in the mood .
" Yes it could " said Colin but it happened at 23 minutes past twelve the exact same time that Julius Caesar was murdered and he was stabbed 23 times "
" They made sure he was not getting better after that did`nt they" said a Lager man
" I can go on and then we have the strange goings on in Hyde .
I have spent many years searching for strange phenomena and it seems that seems that Hyde is the hub of all things unexplained , I hacked the Governments SETI many years ago ..."
The Pigeon fancier put his hand up
"SETI ?" he said
Colin give a little tut and carried on
" The search for extraterrestrial intelligence and I`ve been able to hack into there computers that pick up the locations of Gamma ray bursts that they think are connected to alien life forms and UFO sightings and the first Gamma burst that was reported in the North of England came from a small town called Hyde in the early 1980`s "
"Wow !" said a Bitter man
"And for many years I`ve been through the internet and history books and everything to do with strange sites and perculiar episodes in our history and I came up with a man and a name
His name is Mr Kite "
"As in For being the Benefit of Mr Kite ?" said the Pendle Witch man
" Indeed , Your a Beatle fan ?" asked Colin
"Who is`nt ?!" he replied
" And as well as his name I have his address , 23 Read Street West Hyde and I propose we set up a surveillance tomorrow night and the back garden backs onto the cemetery and we wont be spotted a perfect hide out "
"Can I bring Walter ?" asked the Pigeon fancier
"Who`s Walter ?"
" He`s my Pigeon" And The Fancier lifted up the cage from under his chair
" If you must said Colin " I have to ask but you are a member of the 23 , I`m just a bit weary of none believers and you come across as a ..Pigeon fancier "
" Of course I`m a member He lied , I just like Pigeons , as we all do in the Bridge don`t we ? "
No one seemed to agree with him .
" OK then I`ll see you all tomorrow night , pick up a map on your way out of our surveillance and make sure you are dressed in black "
The 23 all got up and picked up a map and the Pigeon fancier put a few sandwiches in his pocket
"What time tomorrow night?" asked a Lager man
" 23.00" said Colin .
Wednesday Night . ( just before 23.00.)
Colin was the first to arrive and he stood as close to a large tree to shelter from the pouring rain
it was just before the rendezvous and he kept checking his Mickey Mouse until it showed 23.00pm .
Then he heard a coo coo
And out from the darkness appeared the Pigeon fancier who was dressed in totally black except his flat cap which had a patch that said " Pigeons Are God`s Creatures Too "
And he was carrying a cage that had a black bin bag on the top that was ripped at the front of the little door .
"Sorry I`m late !" said the Ninja Fancier
" It`s OK , your the first "
"The bus was late and I had a bit of a to do with the bus driver , I got on the Bus and I said
"I`m going to Hyde "
And the Bus driver said dressed like that I`m doing a good job, but lose the flat cap "
"I told him , if there was any more quips like that I will report him to the 23 "
"He said that left for Mossley half n hour ago "
"I see , whats your name by the way ?" asked Colin
"Walter " Said the Pigeon fancier and he lifted the soggy cage up
And this is Walter "
"Your Pigeon is also called Walter ?"
"That`s right , Walter the 16th "
"Why ?.... 16th and why the hell did you bring it along ?"
"Well , he does`nt like to be on his own and I name all my Pigeons Walter and he`s my 16th , Walter the first was lost on that terrible day " and he took off his cap and put it to his chest .
" Walter Pigeon " sighed Colin .
Then from nowhere there was a strange crackle and a blue flash and from nowhere a Shed appeared in the garden and a man in his late 30`s dressed in all Denim came out of the Shed and ran from the pouring rain into the back door .
"Is that him ?" Asked Walter ( Not the Pigeon )
"I guess it is , he looks very different from the history books " replied Colin
The light was on in the Kitchen and Kite made himself a cup of tea and then turned off the light and then the light form the bedroom came on
After a very wet 10 minutes for the 23 the light went off in the bedroom
"Now what ?!" asked Walter
" I think we are on to something very big here and we should go and check out that Shed "
"Alrighty !" And Walter picked up the cage " Come on Walter "
The two men ( And Walter) climbed over the fence into the garden
They made there way way to the Shed and Colin tried the door handle . it was locked
Then there was a a clicking sound and Colin tried the handle again and the door was opened
They both went inside and the door slowly shut behind them
"Very roomy " said Walter
Colin made his way to the panel at the back of the Shed and looked down at the blinking panel
it read
Hyde
2001
"Interesting , said Colin I think we have some type of instrument that you can set to places and time "
"So its a posh alarm clock " said Walter ringing out his flat cap
"I think we have a Jump Room or some type of Time Machine here my good man "
"That`s ridiculous they are just from stories and Science fiction films and heck why in the world one end up in a back garden in Hyde , I mean nothing ever happens in Hyde apart from the time the Queen turned up to plant a tree , I was there that day outside the Town hall in the pouring rain and she never even waved .."
" We must try it ! " interrupted Colin
"And how can you go into the future if it has`nt already happened yet ?"
Colin raised an eye brow " Or it has already happened "
Walter put Walter down and walked over to the Console
"So your saying we may have already been here before and this is the past " Walter surprised himself with that ponder
"Maybe "
"So we could find out if Walter the 16th wins the next years Masters Of The Sky Cup 2002 and if not I can ring the buggers neck if he does`nt as I`m sick of carrying around " said Walter
Pigeons don`t have many face expressions but Walter messed cage a lot
"Shall we find out " said Colin
Walter ( The fancier and Pigeon ) gulped
Colin changed the date to 2002 and pressed the enter button
"Well that was disappointing " said Walter
"I don`t it go`s flying through the skies like a DeLorean"
"You seem to know a lot about this stuff"
"It`s been my passion for a very long time and I think I`m on the brink of the discovery that will change everything " Said Colin like a mad scientist " Lets take a look outside "
They approached door
"Don`t forget your Pigeon " said Colin
"Oh , yeh , " Walter picked up the cage
They opened the door and both stepped outside
It was dark
"Well , it looks the same , at least it`s stooped raining , so how do we know were in the future ?" said Walter
" There`s only one way to find " and Colin pulled out what looked like a very large plastic brick with an aerial on the top of it .
"What the devil is that ?" asked Walter
"It`s a Mobile phone and I`m going to ring my future self up in this time "
"How can you call you , your here and you can`t be in two places at the same time and I don`t think it`s a good idea you may cause a bread and butter effect or what ever it`s called and something unnatural could happen !"
Colin took no notice of Walter and dialed
Colin : Hello
Hello !
Colin : Is this me ?
What ?!
Colin : I mean , is this me Colin ?
Pardon ?
Colin : Is this Colin ?
Colin`s not here
Colin : Your Colin !
I`m Martin
Colin : Sorry , wrong number
Colin Dialed again
Colin : Hello , is this Colin ?
No it is`nt
Colin: This is my Phone.. Is this Colin`s phone ?
Oh, no,I mean yes this is Colin`s phone , I`m Derek
Colin : Derek ?! The Landlord of The White House ?"
That`s right Colin disappeared about a year ago
Colin: So why have you got my phone ?"
I hav`nt got your phone , your on your phone you silly man
Colin : I mean , how come you have ended up with Colin`s phone ?
Oh yeh , one of those nutcases from the meeting they had last year , the Pigeon fancier came in and asked me if I could look after it as it was really important and I just put it in the lost and found box and I was just so walking past and it rang
Colin : I see..
Who`s this ?
Colin : It`s Colin !
Really ! I have your phone !
Colin : I know ..
And Colin hung up .
"Hello , Hello , he`s bloody hung up , I don`t know some people , bloody mobile phones they will waste peoples time I can see it happening"
And with that Derek put the mobile phone back in the Lost and Found box .
"Who was it was it you ? asked Walter
"It was Derek "
"Derek , that landlord from the White House ?"
"Yes, he said you gave him my phone "
"How could I, it`s in your hand ! "
" Last week "
"Next year ?" Walter was hanging on the best he could with this conversation
"Next week , this year I think "
"That`s silly " Walter had thrown in the towel
"Something has gone wrong "
"Your telling me !" Walter was back in the ring
Colin looked very pale and he looked at the Shed and then towards the house
"I think we need to have a talk with that man in there" he said .
Walter scratched his head and put his cap back on his head
" The way I see it " he said." We have gone in this Shed which apparently is a Time Machine in 2001 and we traveled a year into the future and then you phoned Derek the Landlord in 2002 who has your phone which he got from me from last year knowing full well that you in 2002 will try to ring your phone to try to get in touch with you , but we now know that you wont answer your phone as I`ve given it to Derek the Landlord which we did`nt know five minutes ago and that something has gone askew "
"I could`nt have put it better " said Colin " we need to go to that house "
They walked up to the back door and knocked
The light came on from the bedroom and then a clumping of someone coming down stairs and then and shadowy figure from inside the door unlocked the door and opened it
It was an old woman with long red hair in a dressing gown .
"Do you know what time it is ? " she said
"Yes were very sorry , but we need to speak to Mr Kite , we seem to got in to a situation that he may be able to help us out " said Colin
The woman looked over the visitors shoulders into the garden
" I see you`ve have brought the Shed back " she said .
"We have ! , it`s only been a few minutes , I`m sure it`s not a problem , we did`nt mean to cause any trouble " said Colin
"We , you say , but sir your on your own , there is nobody with you , I think you better come in , you have been in the Shed for thirty years !"
"Thirty years ! , I`ve only been in the Shed a few minutes , me and Walter , he`s right beside me !"
Colin looked beside him and he saw Walter .
He had a very long beard and he was holding up the cage talking to the Pigeon, but he could`nt hear Walter
Inside the cage was a small pile of bones
"Come inside I think we need to get you a strong drink " Said the woman .
With a town center so small if you were to drive through and sneezed you`ll probably miss it
Like those places though you may have never heard of it still had it`s moments in history of the unexplained
A song was written there that was a music hall song that was sang by the soldiers in the first great war It`s A Long Way To Tipperary
And Richard Gear called it "One Of The Worst Places He Has Ever Visited" while he filmed his second world war film there ,Yanks
And that is as much of excitement that happened in the little town as nothing ever got noticed after that terrible day
Because of that terrible day the Bridgites as they liked to be called never looked up after that terrible day
U.F.O.`s could fly over do spectacular light shows that would shame a Pink Floyd gig when they were in their pomp .
They had an unwritten law written that no one was permitted to look up ( except guide dogs )
That Terrible Day
This happened many years ago on the Annual Pigeon Racing festival which was one of the highlights of the year and many say the only highlight of the year
Three Hundred Pigeons were set free from their cages for the race from Stalybridge to Pudsey when a seven forty seven was approaching Manchester Airport from Majorca with an engine out
This meant the plane was flying at a low altitude which was unfortunate as the whole three hundred Pigeons were sucked into the other working engine and the whole flock went in one end and out the other and covering the town in a feathery red gunge that terrible day .
Washing outside was ruined, cats needed counselling and people drinking in beer gardens ended up with bloody mary`s with feathery cocktail sticks
People really thought that the place was cursed and Richard Gear was not far wrong .
But there was one man who had a different outlook to his fellow Bridgites he kept his eye on the sky and his ear to the ground
His name was Coiln Plint .
Colin had grown up with the wonderful T.V. of the late sixties and early seventies and he had watched all the Apollo missions and had a telescope in his bedroom and studied the planets through the years and then came along a T.V. Series that was a game changer for him
The X Files
He became a collector of all things X Files and he had posters of Boulder and Mulley all over his bedroom walls he had the lunch box the Truth Is Out There poster and the glow in the dark Grey Alien.
And on one particular episode our heroes went to Area 51
This now had Colin coming up with all sorts of conspiracy theories about the place and that they were hiding Alien technology that they discovered that day when a space ship crashed in Roswell
Fiction was based on fact .
When Colin got himself a Computer one x mas and he soon discovered that there was so many people like him who believed the government were hiding the truth about Aliens and Jump rooms
These jump rooms were Alien technology that would basically have you step into one room and come out on Mars
Was this a type of time travel ? Colin needed to find out and over the years he started to discover in history books that a Shed ( Jump Room ?) was appearing in all kind of strange places
And then deeper still the number 23 became a factor of all that was not well with history , it seemed to be a symbol of slight effects in history as the great Sci Fi writer Ray Bradbury had come up with the theory of The Butterfly Effect , 23 was in the same league as far as Colin was concerned .
He knew that this was a too big job for him to do alone so he sent out messages on the Conspiracy and Unexplained web sites if people wanted to form a club .
weeks went by and gradually people joined the club of Colin`s Conspiracy Club
Eventually the memberships stopped and Colin had decided that would be enough and he counted them up 22 and he counted himself in
23 .
That was uncanny but apt and they became known as The 23
Next thing was they needed to have a meeting and discuss where should they start to getting to the bottom of all the strange goings on with this Shed
He called in the White House on his way home from work and he asked the Landlord if he could have the back room on Tuesday nights for the meeting
"What is it a Racing Pigeon meeting ?" asked the landlord
" No it`s a new cult called the 23" replied Colin
" How many will be coming ?" asked the landlord who pulled out a pen and paper
"23"
"Right " The landlord`s eyes widened as he had never had 23 people in his pub ever since that terrible day and the record was on the millennium new years eve which was six people and a ferret .
He thought he `d push his luck and go for glory and told Colin it would be ten pounds for the room a week
"OK, fine " said Colin
The Landlord was so happy and ten pounds in pocket he made a poster that read
The White House welcomes The 23 . Starts 9.00.pm
.
And he even made up some Sandwiches .
That Tuesday night only four turned up
One of the four had thought it was a Racing Pigeon meeting and turned up with his prize Pigeon and when he realized it was`nt but he decided to stay as he had spotted the Sandwiches
Colin sat at the table with his lap top open and he kept checking his watch like never before .
Half an hour passed and the four the members just sat patiently
He looked at his watch again and it said 9.23.pm
"A good time as any"he said to his Mickey Mouse watch
"Thanks for coming " He said to the four men and a Pigeon .Before we start is there any questions "
The Pigeon fancier put up his hand up
When does the buffet open ?"
The landlord popped his head through the door
"Any drinks gentlemen ? , remember this is s pub "
There was a shuffle of change in pockets
Then they spoke
"A Lager !"
"A Bitter !"
"A Pendle Witch !"
"Can I have half of Mild" said the Pigeon fancier
"Right then , we shall start " Said Colin
"I guess you know why we are here tonight and I think its about time that we got to all the strange goings on and I mean even in this very town and our neighbouring town Hyde and as for Stalybridge
No one on has yet come up with the Frog in the wall explanation ..."
"Er excuse me " said the Pigeon fancier who thought that he`d gone to all this trouble to come out on a Tuesday and miss the big game thought he`d find out what he had signed up for and wanted to get into the spirit of things " What strange goings on ?"
"That`s a good question " said the Pendle Witch man ( The drinks had arrived )
" Yes, yes I will explain everything and sir I can see your a Pigeon fancier and I no doubt your will remember that terrible day of the massacre of the 300 ?"
"I do indeed remember that terrible day " he replied and he took off his flat cap and put it to his chest
"And you also may remember in was the 23rd Annual Pigeon race on the 23rd of June "
"I like Stalybridge in June how about you ?" sang the Landlord in the bar
Colin continued
" And I can tell you that the plane was coming back from Majorca to land at Manchester airport and it`s flight number was MMAN 36347 and if you add the numbers up
23"
"But could`nt that just be pure coincidence " said the Pigeon fancier who was now really getting in the mood .
" Yes it could " said Colin but it happened at 23 minutes past twelve the exact same time that Julius Caesar was murdered and he was stabbed 23 times "
" They made sure he was not getting better after that did`nt they" said a Lager man
" I can go on and then we have the strange goings on in Hyde .
I have spent many years searching for strange phenomena and it seems that seems that Hyde is the hub of all things unexplained , I hacked the Governments SETI many years ago ..."
The Pigeon fancier put his hand up
"SETI ?" he said
Colin give a little tut and carried on
" The search for extraterrestrial intelligence and I`ve been able to hack into there computers that pick up the locations of Gamma ray bursts that they think are connected to alien life forms and UFO sightings and the first Gamma burst that was reported in the North of England came from a small town called Hyde in the early 1980`s "
"Wow !" said a Bitter man
"And for many years I`ve been through the internet and history books and everything to do with strange sites and perculiar episodes in our history and I came up with a man and a name
His name is Mr Kite "
"As in For being the Benefit of Mr Kite ?" said the Pendle Witch man
" Indeed , Your a Beatle fan ?" asked Colin
"Who is`nt ?!" he replied
" And as well as his name I have his address , 23 Read Street West Hyde and I propose we set up a surveillance tomorrow night and the back garden backs onto the cemetery and we wont be spotted a perfect hide out "
"Can I bring Walter ?" asked the Pigeon fancier
"Who`s Walter ?"
" He`s my Pigeon" And The Fancier lifted up the cage from under his chair
" If you must said Colin " I have to ask but you are a member of the 23 , I`m just a bit weary of none believers and you come across as a ..Pigeon fancier "
" Of course I`m a member He lied , I just like Pigeons , as we all do in the Bridge don`t we ? "
No one seemed to agree with him .
" OK then I`ll see you all tomorrow night , pick up a map on your way out of our surveillance and make sure you are dressed in black "
The 23 all got up and picked up a map and the Pigeon fancier put a few sandwiches in his pocket
"What time tomorrow night?" asked a Lager man
" 23.00" said Colin .
Wednesday Night . ( just before 23.00.)
Colin was the first to arrive and he stood as close to a large tree to shelter from the pouring rain
it was just before the rendezvous and he kept checking his Mickey Mouse until it showed 23.00pm .
Then he heard a coo coo
And out from the darkness appeared the Pigeon fancier who was dressed in totally black except his flat cap which had a patch that said " Pigeons Are God`s Creatures Too "
And he was carrying a cage that had a black bin bag on the top that was ripped at the front of the little door .
"Sorry I`m late !" said the Ninja Fancier
" It`s OK , your the first "
"The bus was late and I had a bit of a to do with the bus driver , I got on the Bus and I said
"I`m going to Hyde "
And the Bus driver said dressed like that I`m doing a good job, but lose the flat cap "
"I told him , if there was any more quips like that I will report him to the 23 "
"He said that left for Mossley half n hour ago "
"I see , whats your name by the way ?" asked Colin
"Walter " Said the Pigeon fancier and he lifted the soggy cage up
And this is Walter "
"Your Pigeon is also called Walter ?"
"That`s right , Walter the 16th "
"Why ?.... 16th and why the hell did you bring it along ?"
"Well , he does`nt like to be on his own and I name all my Pigeons Walter and he`s my 16th , Walter the first was lost on that terrible day " and he took off his cap and put it to his chest .
" Walter Pigeon " sighed Colin .
Then from nowhere there was a strange crackle and a blue flash and from nowhere a Shed appeared in the garden and a man in his late 30`s dressed in all Denim came out of the Shed and ran from the pouring rain into the back door .
"Is that him ?" Asked Walter ( Not the Pigeon )
"I guess it is , he looks very different from the history books " replied Colin
The light was on in the Kitchen and Kite made himself a cup of tea and then turned off the light and then the light form the bedroom came on
After a very wet 10 minutes for the 23 the light went off in the bedroom
"Now what ?!" asked Walter
" I think we are on to something very big here and we should go and check out that Shed "
"Alrighty !" And Walter picked up the cage " Come on Walter "
The two men ( And Walter) climbed over the fence into the garden
They made there way way to the Shed and Colin tried the door handle . it was locked
Then there was a a clicking sound and Colin tried the handle again and the door was opened
They both went inside and the door slowly shut behind them
"Very roomy " said Walter
Colin made his way to the panel at the back of the Shed and looked down at the blinking panel
it read
Hyde
2001
"Interesting , said Colin I think we have some type of instrument that you can set to places and time "
"So its a posh alarm clock " said Walter ringing out his flat cap
"I think we have a Jump Room or some type of Time Machine here my good man "
"That`s ridiculous they are just from stories and Science fiction films and heck why in the world one end up in a back garden in Hyde , I mean nothing ever happens in Hyde apart from the time the Queen turned up to plant a tree , I was there that day outside the Town hall in the pouring rain and she never even waved .."
" We must try it ! " interrupted Colin
"And how can you go into the future if it has`nt already happened yet ?"
Colin raised an eye brow " Or it has already happened "
Walter put Walter down and walked over to the Console
"So your saying we may have already been here before and this is the past " Walter surprised himself with that ponder
"Maybe "
"So we could find out if Walter the 16th wins the next years Masters Of The Sky Cup 2002 and if not I can ring the buggers neck if he does`nt as I`m sick of carrying around " said Walter
Pigeons don`t have many face expressions but Walter messed cage a lot
"Shall we find out " said Colin
Walter ( The fancier and Pigeon ) gulped
Colin changed the date to 2002 and pressed the enter button
"Well that was disappointing " said Walter
"I don`t it go`s flying through the skies like a DeLorean"
"You seem to know a lot about this stuff"
"It`s been my passion for a very long time and I think I`m on the brink of the discovery that will change everything " Said Colin like a mad scientist " Lets take a look outside "
They approached door
"Don`t forget your Pigeon " said Colin
"Oh , yeh , " Walter picked up the cage
They opened the door and both stepped outside
It was dark
"Well , it looks the same , at least it`s stooped raining , so how do we know were in the future ?" said Walter
" There`s only one way to find " and Colin pulled out what looked like a very large plastic brick with an aerial on the top of it .
"What the devil is that ?" asked Walter
"It`s a Mobile phone and I`m going to ring my future self up in this time "
"How can you call you , your here and you can`t be in two places at the same time and I don`t think it`s a good idea you may cause a bread and butter effect or what ever it`s called and something unnatural could happen !"
Colin took no notice of Walter and dialed
Colin : Hello
Hello !
Colin : Is this me ?
What ?!
Colin : I mean , is this me Colin ?
Pardon ?
Colin : Is this Colin ?
Colin`s not here
Colin : Your Colin !
I`m Martin
Colin : Sorry , wrong number
Colin Dialed again
Colin : Hello , is this Colin ?
No it is`nt
Colin: This is my Phone.. Is this Colin`s phone ?
Oh, no,I mean yes this is Colin`s phone , I`m Derek
Colin : Derek ?! The Landlord of The White House ?"
That`s right Colin disappeared about a year ago
Colin: So why have you got my phone ?"
I hav`nt got your phone , your on your phone you silly man
Colin : I mean , how come you have ended up with Colin`s phone ?
Oh yeh , one of those nutcases from the meeting they had last year , the Pigeon fancier came in and asked me if I could look after it as it was really important and I just put it in the lost and found box and I was just so walking past and it rang
Colin : I see..
Who`s this ?
Colin : It`s Colin !
Really ! I have your phone !
Colin : I know ..
And Colin hung up .
"Hello , Hello , he`s bloody hung up , I don`t know some people , bloody mobile phones they will waste peoples time I can see it happening"
And with that Derek put the mobile phone back in the Lost and Found box .
"Who was it was it you ? asked Walter
"It was Derek "
"Derek , that landlord from the White House ?"
"Yes, he said you gave him my phone "
"How could I, it`s in your hand ! "
" Last week "
"Next year ?" Walter was hanging on the best he could with this conversation
"Next week , this year I think "
"That`s silly " Walter had thrown in the towel
"Something has gone wrong "
"Your telling me !" Walter was back in the ring
Colin looked very pale and he looked at the Shed and then towards the house
"I think we need to have a talk with that man in there" he said .
Walter scratched his head and put his cap back on his head
" The way I see it " he said." We have gone in this Shed which apparently is a Time Machine in 2001 and we traveled a year into the future and then you phoned Derek the Landlord in 2002 who has your phone which he got from me from last year knowing full well that you in 2002 will try to ring your phone to try to get in touch with you , but we now know that you wont answer your phone as I`ve given it to Derek the Landlord which we did`nt know five minutes ago and that something has gone askew "
"I could`nt have put it better " said Colin " we need to go to that house "
They walked up to the back door and knocked
The light came on from the bedroom and then a clumping of someone coming down stairs and then and shadowy figure from inside the door unlocked the door and opened it
It was an old woman with long red hair in a dressing gown .
"Do you know what time it is ? " she said
"Yes were very sorry , but we need to speak to Mr Kite , we seem to got in to a situation that he may be able to help us out " said Colin
The woman looked over the visitors shoulders into the garden
" I see you`ve have brought the Shed back " she said .
"We have ! , it`s only been a few minutes , I`m sure it`s not a problem , we did`nt mean to cause any trouble " said Colin
"We , you say , but sir your on your own , there is nobody with you , I think you better come in , you have been in the Shed for thirty years !"
"Thirty years ! , I`ve only been in the Shed a few minutes , me and Walter , he`s right beside me !"
Colin looked beside him and he saw Walter .
He had a very long beard and he was holding up the cage talking to the Pigeon, but he could`nt hear Walter
Inside the cage was a small pile of bones
"Come inside I think we need to get you a strong drink " Said the woman .