P.S. I've used my stretch of imagination to the limit. please do say whether i was able to convince it to you guys properly or not :)
p.p.s. ππ refers to 'pi to the power of pi'
Pentagon
0200GMT 2100 local- 3/3/2010
Robert Gates never heard something more intriguing in his life. It was like some short story of Isaac Asimov playing out in real life. Time sequences? What the hell was that? The more he thought about it, the more confusing it became. So the best thing was, SEE the whole story itself
"Sir, the President has come to see you.’’
"Oh good, good, bring him inside.’’
“Hello Gates, what seems to be the problem?”
“President Obama, it is a very serious problem. Jaguar is in danger. I have called all the scientists from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. They will be in Pentagon in about a day. Then I’ve… decided to attack the laboratory.”
All the president did was laugh. After all, Gates decided to take the matter in his own hands. He was just informing the president, that’s all.
“Sir, it is very serious. My informant tells me of a great threat to our nation. We need to combat it as soon as possible.”
“Slow down there Gates. First of all tell me, what is this great threat you are talking about? Terrorists, I don’t think so. Otherwise the scientists would surely be held captive. Destructive virus, you don’t need military personals, but expert computer engineers and code-breakers.”
“Sir, I respect the fact that you require knowledge about this step pentagon is about to take, but it is too complicated. I assure you that no harm would come to the Jaguar.”
“Gates, I never doubted your ability, but as the President of the United States of America, I demand information about this matter”
Gates sighed,“Ok boss, but don’t tell me it’s all confusing. I still haven’t got it myself…. Here goes, it is all regarding time and something called time sequences. ”
Barack Obama squirmed a bit. He DID know what Gates was talking about.
4 hours later
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
05015GMT 0015 local-5/3/2010
Peter was walking through the advanced laboratory, following Collingwood. He still didn’t know what was happening. But all he knew was that he could now finally see, and this was no dream.
“First of all, let me introduce to you my team. This is John Donovan, brilliant in mathematics.’’ A talk boy with a French goatee came up to him and shook hands.
"’Kelly Patterson, an expert in medicine. She was the one who got your leg in working condition, and also the eyes.’’ A red-haired girl with a height as same as peter’s came and him and shook hands, “Hi Peter, How are you feeling now?’’ “Er…fine. Thanks a lot.” “No problem”. This was how the first conversation between Peter and a girl went. It was the first time a girl came up to him, and it went surprisingly pleasing for him.
“The Todd twins…Thomas and Jerome. They are the boys who made your cyborg eyes, and as well as other… gadgets.’’. The brothers looked…abnormal. They had a really small head, accompanied by long hands and legs. "Please Collingwood… call them weapons.’’they protested playfully and Peter could’ve sworn that Collingwood gave them a venomous look, which instantly took the smile out of their faces.
"These were my past students, who graduated a few years ago. You’ll meet the fifth member afterwards. Now before you fire away your questions, I will you tell the general idea. You remember your article ‘Time Frames and their Concept’?’’
Obviously Peter knew his award-winning article on his vague imaginary concept of time frames. All he did was nod.
“Can you explain the general idea of it?”
“Well… it’s like this. Time is divided into each ‘time frame’. Each time frame occupies only… 1/ππ second, which many of us refer to as a ‘moment’, this 1/ ππ second is called as the ‘time constant’. Every time constant, we move from one time frame to another consecutive time frame, which is… scripted, unless some external force acts on it. When it happens, some major catastrophe happens, which need not be in that particular time frame. Time frames never move, and if even one of them moves, it can actually result in people being in different places at the SAME TIME! A time catastrophe need not be in a time frame coming after the incident time frame; it can occur before the incident time frame, it means a time catastrophe can affect either past or future…”
“So, we are basically in the future, past and as well as the present?’’ Collingwood interrupted.
“Well, yes. It is possible we can see our future selves as well our past can come to meet their future, possibly us- depends on which time frame they get. So as I was saying, a time catastrophe can affect either past or future. We can also teleport from one time frame to another consecutive time frame, with a change of location. This whole thing is called a time sequence; everything moving from one time frame to the next, in a systematic movement, which I think is the basis of harmony.”
After Peter finished, he noticed their expressions for the first time since he started talking about ‘time sequences’. Except Collingwood, every person had his mouth open in disbelief. Then Thomas bowed down as said “God bless Newton. Every action has a reaction. It all makes sense.’’
“So this is the guy you were waiting for’’, John remarked. Kelly just beamed at him. Peter couldn’t guess what they were talking about. Apparently, Collingwood decided to continue the guessing game.
“Well, let us expand your theory a bit. You said that time is divided into frames, and every time constant we switch from one frame to another. Suppose a person misses a switch. What happens then?”
“If this happens, but obviously the sequence collapses.”
“Let me make this clear, universal processes, including time sequence, are not perfect. A ‘switch miss’ is the most common error. And it results in… deja vu”
“Hmm. Repeated incidents in a short interval of time; that makes sense. But what if that person just gets stuck in that time frame?”
“There has been no such recorded evidence. But I believe it would lead to death.” John mentioned. He and Collingwood were doing the explaining part. Rest all were just listening.
“How so?”
“In an exclusive time frame, life processes of our body stops. If heart-beat or breathing stops, the man dies. ”
“So, if a person does get stuck in a time frame, do other people notice it. ”
“Again, we have no recorded evidence to prove it. But a person being stuck for more than 1 second is very rare. A possibility of 10 ^-100.”
“You said that time frame doesn’t move, so how do we shift from one time frame to another?” Collingwood resumed.
Peter thought for a while. “It becomes apparent that we move.”
“But we are stuck in one place. If I sit, then does that mean I am not switching time frames? Obviously not. It so happens that time frames CAN move. But apparent distance has to be same. Sometimes it so happens that time flies or it moves slowly. Well, this happens because the apparent distance between frames decrease or increase as in the respective cases. Time frames have a minute magnetic field around them, which keeps on fluctuating. This prevents over-lapping of time frames”
“Professor, can we ‘see’ time sequence”
“peter, have you heard about 10th dimension.”
“A hypothetical idea about all the possibilities contained in one point”
“Yet, do you think, that 10th dimension is just a point?” All the others were quiet. It seemed that Collingwood was hitting practicality to its limit.
Peter went on, “of course not, we are imagining it to be a point.”
“Bingo, you hit it. All this idea about time sequence is truly hypothetical. We are imagining it to be a an ongoing film in which each frame of the movie roll is a time frame. It works systematically, it brings harmony. But we here are bent upon this topic, this theory, even when I myself question it. Why so? It is because we have experienced and reasoned something which none else was able to do. That brings upon our main topic- the reason why we are here, the reason for you being attacked and all other.”
“Hold on, we STILL haven’t gone through our main point of discussion?”
“It is important for you to understand this before I could explain you any further. Now…”, but there were sounds of footsteps coming towards them; as if someone was running.
“Sorry I’m late. Got Collingwood’s message came here as soon as possible. I have checked the 16th and 17th century but…. Hey peter, good to see you man. Thank God you can see again”, saying that Joshua Matthews hugged his shocked-and-surprised best friend.
