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Back to the present

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Turning the dial of his watch to 12 April 2019 Eddie gets up from his table. He goes to the th
kitchen to find the old lady cooking dinner and listening to the news on the radio – “The city
is still terrorized by the gang 7-…” Looking at the amount of food being cooked he says
“Mom, I guess we are going to have company today. You might have to cook some more
food.” Looking at the portrait of a man hanging on the wall, he smiles and says, “He is
coming back today. I’ll get him back.” The dull look from his mother was not new but this
time he expected something more, he silently turned around and left the kitchen. Entering his
room and looking at the ill-managed room he says, “When I return, I’ll have you fixed too.”
He picks up the phone and his wallet from the table. Sitting down on his chair he presses a
button on the watch and vanishes in a burst of bright blue light.

He opens his eyes on the rooftop of a high apartment. Looking at the place and remembering
its condition in his time he reaches the elevator and goes to the ground floor. Recollecting his
destination address he starts walking down the silent streets. Soon he reaches a dark alley and
hears the screams of a young kid being kidnapped by two men. Rushing to the kid’s rescue,
he gets into a brutal fight with the men, drawing the attention of a cop on patrol. As the cop
appears from the darkness. Eddie reads the nameplate on the officer’s chest – Detective
Henry Kent. Eddie is frozen out of shock, noticing the distraction, the gangsters stab him in
the chest and try to escape. Running towards Eddie, Henry sees excessive blood loss and
rushes him to the hospital and sends the kid back to his parents.

Eddie wakes up the next morning on a hospital bed with stitches on his chest. A couple of
minutes later the detective returns to the hospital for questioning.
“So, how are you feeling.”
“Better”
“We wanted to ask you some questions”
“Sure, go ahead”
Looking at the fear in Eddie’s eyes - “Okay, so what is your name?”
Pausing for a moment - “Alfred West”
“Mr. West what exactly happened yesterday?”
“There were 2 guys who were troubling a kid”
“Could you be more specific?”
“I believe they were trying to kidnap the boy”
Walking around the room Henry takes a glance at Eddie’s clothes kept on the nearby table.
“Why did you not contact the police?”
Eddie Laughing - “Well they would have gotten away with the boy if I did.”

Still staring at the clothing Henry pauses for a moment and says – “Are you aware of the fact
that those men are a part of the 7-Wings gang that is involved in illegal organ trade and the 2
men that you were fighting have been captured and await judgement, with your help we will
be able to imprison these men and request further action to deal with this gang. So, will you
be able to submit a statement in front of a jury?”

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