Fate Page #5

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Tonight. Look, either way

I love you, okay?

You're the only one I want to

be with,

and you're the only person I care

about.

And I just... I need you to

know that.

- You should've thought of that

before.

How you missed our anniversary.

Were you with her?

- No, no. Okay, she was there,

but that has nothing to do

with...

We were working April.

April, just hear me out. Come

on.

- I don't even know if you're

telling me the truth.

- You know me April.

- Do I?

I don't think I can trust you

after this.

I would've done anything for

you,

and I am not about to let you

take advantage of me,

and make a fool out of me.

- I'm sorry. You're you're

right.

You're right. Listen, I shouldn't havepp

escalate that far,

but I'm here now because of you.

- You had your chance.

You two can have a each other.

I'm done.

[Cell phone rings]

Hello?

- April! April!

- What? Who is this?

- April!

[Car screeches]

[Electricity buzzes in time

machine]

[Coughing]

Something's wrong with the

machine.

It sent me back two minutes

early.

- I don't know.

I did everything exactly the

same.

- Okay, then what happened?

It sent me back before the 58

minutes was up.

- Maybe you're losing time.

- Losing time?

No, no. That's impossible.

- Nothing's impossible Connor.

We've proved that.

Nothing lasts forever.

- Then how much longer do I

have left?

How much longer until I run out of

time?

- I don't know Connor.

I'm the learning all this stuff

the same time you are.

The only rational explanation...

Maybe you continue to lose time

until your window runs out.

- What do I do?

I just can't win.

- If I were you Connor,

I'd make the best of whatever

little time

I had left with her.

- Easy for you to say Jonas.

This is my life.

I can't just sit back and make

the best of it

knowing I might never get her

back.

- You are never going to get her back

Connor.

That's not the way it supposed

to be.

Fifty eight minutes at a time.

That's all you get.

Now you knew this moment would

come.

You can either accept it and take

what you have,

or you can wallow in what might have

been.

That's your decision Connor.

[Music playing in the

background]

- He didn't show did he?

- Nope.

- I'm very sorry.

- You're leaving without me?

- You're late.

- I made it over here.

- You want to get a glass of

champagne?

- You know what?

Let's just do a bottle.

- Connor? What are you doing

here?

I thought you had to work?

- Some things are more

important.

[Music playing]

- What are you doing?

- Setting the coordinates for my

next trip.

- Connor, I thought that we

agreed

that the last time you did it.

We need to shut this thing down.

You are rapidly running out of

time,

and we don't know what happens

if time runs out.

- This is my last trip.

I need to go back one more time.

Say goodbye to April.

- You know you're risking your own

life by going back again?

If time runs out so could you.

- I know.

[Time machine buzzes]

[Indistinct chatter in the

background]

[Knocking]

- Hey!

What are you doing here?

- Do you have a minute?

- Yeah, my kids shouldn't be back

for a few minutes.

What's going on?

You never come here and

surprise me.

- I wanted to see you.

- Well, I'm glad you did.

Is everything alright?

It seems like something's wrong.

- No, everything's fine.

Look, I just...

I just missed you that's all.

- God, I wish I could just skip class

and leave here with you.

What? What did I say?

- You trust me?

- What?

- Do you trust me?

- Well, of course.

Where's all this coming from?

- Alright listen April,

no matter what happens I need you

to trust me.

Okay? No matter how crazy it

sounds

I need you to believe me.

- What are you talking...

[Bell rings in background]

It's my class. They'll be back

in...

Connor?

[Time machine buzzes]

- How'd it go?

- That was the last time. It's

over.

[Gate closes]

- Figured I'd find you here.

- I came to stop any wasting of

time.

- Did I ever tell you how I met my

wife?

I was a graduate student,

and I was working on my thesis

project

in chemical engineering.

Working with a highly

combustible substance.

I was stressed, because it was the

night before

it was due, and I was worried I

wouldn't finish in time.

I was working too fast, and I

uh,

made a careless mistake.

The solution exploded in my

face.

And I was rushed to the

hospital.

[Clears throat]

I met her in the ER,

and I'm in a great deal of pain,

and I'm terrified.

I might be permanent like this

for years.

And this soft, nurturing voice

whispered,

"Everything will be fine."

So, I opened my eyes, and

I saw this most angelic face gazing

back at me.

And her smile alone was enough

to convince me everything would be

okay.

So, I vowed at that moment that I

would do everything I could,

anything necessary to keep

her in my life.

Because I knew that to be

without her

would be more painful than anything

in the world.

A woman like that

only comes around once in a

lifetime.

What you do is you do everything in

your power to keep her.

So move your ass before I change

my mind.

When am I sending you back?

- July 20th, 1:
20am.

Three months before she died.

[Music playing]

- Connor?

- Go back to sleep.

- Where are you going?

- I have some work to do at the

lab.

- This late?

Are you going to come back to bed

after?

- Not tonight.

Get some rest okay?

I'll call you tomorrow.

[Eerie music playing]

- Who the hell are you?

- Keep your voice down.

You don't want to wake April.

Put the pan down.

- Who are you?

- I'm you two years in the

future.

- But how?

- I need to tell you something

important,

but we don't have much time.

The project you're working on

regarding time travel will

eventually work.

In a few months you'll figure out

how to skip forward in time.

Don't get too close.

I'm risking both our lives just by

being here.

- How'd you get here?

- Just listen to me.

What I'm about to tell you

will change the rest of your

life.

The project will be a success,

but the government will come in

to shut it down anyway.

That night, April is killed.

- What? How?

- She's hit by a car crossing an

intersection.

None of that matters.

What matters is that you build that

machine,

and you send her past the exact

moment of her death.

It is imperative that you follow

those directions precisely.

If you don't,

she'll continue in her fate,

and you will lose her forever.

- Reverse polar magnetism.

- Everything you need to know is

in that book.

The rest is on the disc.

If she means as much as I know she

does to you...

- Wait a second.

- You'll do anything to save

her.

- Wait a second. Wait.

- Save her.

- Wait!

- Morning.

I see you canceled your class for the

day.

Something the matter?

- If you had to tell me

something,

something so far-fetched

that you knew I wouldn't

believe.

How would you do it?

- Well, I'd say we've been

friends a long time,

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