Fate

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[Crickets chirping]

[Music playing]

- Connor?

- Go back to sleep.

- Where you going?

- I have some work to do at the

lab.

- This late?

Are you going to come back to bed

after?

- Not tonight.

Sweet dreams, okay?

I'll call you tomorrow.

[Music playing]

[Cell phone rings]

- Hey.

- Where are you?

- I'm on my way to class.

What's up?

- Well, I thought of all mornings

you would've at least stuck

around for today's.

- Yeah, I know I wanted to,

but I had a ton of work to do,

and we're really close on a

breakthrough on the project.

So I have to review some data.

- Well just don't forget about

tonight.

I made reservations for seven at your

favorite place.

- Alright. Look, I promise I'll be there

I gotta let you go.

Class is starting.

- Don't forget that you're

supposed to check out my car.

I think the battery...

- Now if we could just measure

the

wave of the particle in direct

relation to the

atmospheric conditions

set aside by the particles

momentum

we could, in theory, figure out

the exact precise position of an

electron nucleus in space.

You in the back row reading the book.

Yes.

Would you mind sharing with us what

it is that you are reading?

Don't worry, you're not in trouble.

I just was curious as to what has

your full attention.

- I'm sorry I have a Lit test next

class.

I had no time to study.

- You mind if I take a look?

Shakespeare's Romeo and

Juliet.

Now this book is the greatest

writing of human nature to date.

Would you agree? Yes.

Now human nature is an anomaly.

There is no exact science as to how

man

would react to his environment, or

love.

In Romeo and Julia they both

commit suicide

on the belief that they lost the one

they loved.

Sorry if I ruined it for any of

you.

What I'm trying to say is human

nature is all a random

occurrence

with no proven method.

That's why science so important,

because it is precise,

it is exact.

It's reality.

Science is the only thing

that you can trust.

It's the only thing I trust.

How many of you think you can trust

in love?

[Scoffs]

Our hopeless romantics in class.

Mathematics is the only

international language.

Science is the only proven

method...

[Bell rings]

All right, we will continue next

week with dissecting

the flaws of Einstein's Theory of

Relativity.

So, everyone please study up.

And I don't mean Shakespeare.

- Hey.

- Hey Julia.

- That was great.

Comparing human nature to science.

- Figured you would've stuck with

the rest of the girls siding

with love.

- I'm a science girl at heart.

- Well, sometimes I feel like

you're the only one who gets me

in here.

Look, I gotta run real quick.

I will see you in the lab later?

- Of course.

- Great.

[Dramatic music plays]

[Loud machine buzzing]

[Sound of machine violently

charging]

- Give me something new Jonas.

- Oh, I'm afraid I can't. Sixty

minutes just like every other

time.

- How's Walter?

- Never better.

- Walter. Last time you get to

name the mouse.

- Why is his time constant still

holding us up?

[Sound of wheel spinning]

- You know, maybe we need to be more

drastic,

- What if we increase the

electromagnetic energy

to 30,000 volts?

- Yeah, maybe that's double the

input of every other time.

That could be disastrous.

- Then what can we try?

I mean, I refuse to believe that

these results

are the extent of our research.

- Connor, we're on the cutting

edge of something,

and no one has ever even come close topp

It takes time.

- Time we don't have...

We're two deadlines behind.

- Time wisely used is time best

spent.

If we rush we're bound to make

mistakes.

All right. Let's wrap it up for

tonight,

and start fresh in the morning.

It's been a long day.

- What time is it?

- Almost seven.

- Damnit. I got to go.

Can you guys finish up everything

here?

- Catching you on the way out I

hope.

- Actually you were.

- Why don't you stick around

Connor?

You can show me how all of this

works.

- Look, I'm really late for

something.

Jonas. He can show you anything

you need to know.

- It wasn't a suggestion son.

Besides, what could

possibly be

more important than all of this?

- How's it going?

- Good thank you.

- Can I get you anything?

- No, I'm still waiting on

someone.

- Special occasion?

- It's our anniversary.

- Congratulations.

How long have you been married?

- We're not yet.

We're still engaged.

- Oh. Well, when's the big day?

- Haven't set one yet.

- Well, I'm sure it will be

wonderful when you do.

If you need anything let me

know, okay?

[Piano playing in the

background]

- What would happen if you shut this

down while it's operating?

- Everything inside of it would

be destroyed.

We have unfortunately learned that

lesson the hard way.

The machine is designed to offset

minor power centers,

but you can never remove the power

source entirely.

- What is the relevance of 60

minutes?

Why can't you surpass that

duration?

- We don't know.

What we're working on could be

the foundation for all time travel.

- But technically you two haven't

travelled anywhere.

All you've done is skip a

laboratory rat forward 60

minutes.

But that time never existed.

Is that correct?

- Essentially yes, but it's

complicated.

We're working on an equation that

could measure time.

In theory be able to pinpoint an

exact moment in time

and then travel to it.

- When the government first

asked me

they had a special agency on the

forefront of time travel.

Frankly, I thought it was

ridiculous.

But I have to say you two have

surpassed

what I thought was possible.

But just because I'm impressed,

does not mean that the folks

upstairs are convinced.

There are a lot of people, including

myself,

that think all of this is a waste of

money.

So, if you two would like to keep yourpp

I suggest you, Connor, figure

out

that equation and fast.

Good evening gentlemen, and

miss.

[Eerie music playing]

- Well, that was pleasant.

- Developing an equation to

measure and travel through time.

If there's something you're not

telling me Connor,

now would be a good time.

- What did you expect me to say?

The guy was breathing down my

neck.

- Don't beat yourself up about

it.

We'll figure it out.

- Hey, come on. I'll buy you a

drink.

You look like you could use one.

- Thanks, but I can't.

I gotta go home, and find a way

to get

April to forgive me for ditching her.

Again.

[Lighter clicks]

[Eerie music playing]

- That ought to light a fire under

their asses.

I want you two to stay here. Watch

this place close.

Anything goes on here,

I want to know about it.

This has already gone too far.

Somehow they've managed to

succeed.

Our orders have been shutting this

thing down

before this thing gets out of

control.

If this information ever gets

out

we could be in a world of

trouble.

- Don't worry sir.

We'll keep an eye on everything.

- You two take no action without

consulting me first.

- Yes sir.

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