Hugo Neve's Time-Crossed Adventure

"It's impossible."

"We have to try Hugo. I'm tired of being stuck in this time period."

"That is not the point, we can't create anti-matter here. We need to get back to France."

"Well you're the one who invented it, so let's make some here. You said you could do that right?"

"I mean...maybe...but this is all wrong! We need to go back and fix what's happened."

"What's happened? You said that if we mess with the past we would end up in a horrible alternate future."

"Yes but..but..." he stuttered. "We still have no idea how we got here. What if there was another event that caused us to shift into a different timestream? What if our actions are changing the past and creating multiple timelines?"

"Hugo, we're in North Africa, what else could change?" she asked as she grew impatient. "The only thing we could be doing is trying to get back home."

Hugo paused for a moment as he considered her words. He paced back and forth in front of his invention, the machine that had brought them both here. He held his head down low and began to shake it from side to side slowly. He eventually looked up at her with tears in his eyes and heaved a heavy sigh. She had never seen him look so defeated before.

"Maybe..." he finally replied, "we should just give up."

The desert wind blew fiercely against their faces as they trudged through the sand. The sun beat down on them relentlessly and yet they were persistent. They were determined to make it to their destination no matter how long it took them or how far away they had to walk. They stopped every once in a while to take off their heavy coats and wipe the sweat from their heads, but they never rested for too long before continuing on their trek. The sun would set soon, then they could rest for the night and continue tomorrow when they could see their way better through the darkness of the dark forest they knew lay ahead of them. However, each time they stopped they would have a similar conversation about whether or not they should keep going or turn back now. Finally after midday, when they felt like they couldn't go any further, they decided it was time to set up camp for the night. As soon as he collapsed onto the ground Hugo fell asleep immediately despite their uncomfortable sleeping arrangement. Amelie nudged him awake gently until he finally opened his eyes and looked around at where they were sleeping. They were surrounded by trees on three sides with only an open field behind them facing out towards the desert sands beyond. It was difficult for him to open his eyes after such a long day of walking but he managed to sit up quickly when he realized something was not quite right about this place. He scanned his surroundings carefully as he tried to figure out what was bothering him about it but nothing seemed out of place except for one small detail which he noticed right away: their tent should have been white with red stripes but theirs was black with yellow stripes like those worn by officers in Napoleon's army instead of that worn by ordinary soldiers who wore white ones like theirs used to be originally before someone stole theirs during that battle years ago and gave them another one instead thinking it might be better than what he already had since it wasn't damaged at all (they later discovered later that wearing an officer's uniform would get them less respect from other soldiers who thought they were uppity). Now though...was something else going on here? He looked over at Amelie who had fallen asleep next to him and gently shook her until she woke up as well. She didn't understand why he was shaking her initially until she looked around herself and noticed everything seemed different than when she fell asleep last night despite staying on this same spot underneath this very tree where she always slept when camping outdoors with Hugo before during trips with him (he usually did most of the work). "What is going on?" she asked as she stood up and surveyed their surroundings again herself looking for anything strange or out of place like Hugo did earlier but she didn't notice anything unusual like him either except for one thing: "Where are our things?" She looked around frantically now starting to panic thinking maybe someone stole them while they were sleeping but then realized it couldn't have been thieves because then she wouldn't have been left alone here with Hugo otherwise why would anyone bother stealing only half their equipment when there were two of them together who might be more likely able to fight off any robbers or thieves? Then suddenly a loud noise echoed through nearby brush startling them both into action before they ran towards where the sound came from hoping whoever made that loud rustling sound might be able to help them discover what had happened during the night since neither of them remembered anything after falling asleep under this tree last night other than waking up still under this tree today but everything else around them seemed different somehow without knowing why so much so that even Hugo wondered if maybe someone had stolen all of their things while they slept but then how would he be here along with her now if that was true? They ran through trees and bushes clumsily trying not fall over rocks or trip over roots along their path until finally after several minutes of struggling through nature trying not get hurt by its unforgiving terrain one of them tripped over something soft lying on the ground hidden under some branches sticking out from a tall tree which hit him hard enough in his forehead causing him to fall down face first onto whatever object made that soft noise just moments ago causing him to lose consciousness almost instantly causing both himself and whoever tripped over him earlier who ended up landing on top of him thanks to crashing into him accidentally while running full speed towards where whoever tripped over whatever made that soft noise originally got thrown forward from running so fast into whoever landed face first onto whatever made that soft noise originally causing her face to hit something really hard which caused everything else in between those two people who collided together 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