Thriller Mystery 3 Book Set

by Athena Dorsey

  And since Dr. Greene had been a fun of watching epic movies, he knew that he could either be mistake as a message from god or a curse from Satan. And chances were than the latter was going to be the case and the outcome was sure going to be hella nasty. But since he was too darn curious to let the whole thing go, Dr. Greene decided to take his chances.

  According to the fundamental rules of time travel, he didn’t have to put on his clothes because it could have had some dire consequences which included mixing his DNA with that of the clothes and shoes, resulting in immediate death. And that explained why the good doctor didn’t even bother brining a firearm in the name of protecting himself. And that said, Dr. Greene knew that he was to be extra careful.

  In a village in the heart of Greece, children were seated around a fire, some sitting bolt upright while others were resting their heads in the arch of their two hands, pivoted on the ground while listening to one of the best orators of all time. He was giving them a story that they had heard way too many times before. But from the look of things, it appeared as though the kids just couldn’t get enough of it and so the orator decided to give them whatever the heck they wanted.

  His story was all about Zeus, the god of gods and how he was responsible for the existence of the bravest warrior of all time – Hercules. It was the year 1541 AD but even so, it seemed as though the Greeks had made some incredible developments, some even looking to be much more complicated and sophisticated than the artefacts in the modern world which was more or less impressive.

  Everyone wore a white robe made of thick cotton fabric and they paid attention to the orator as though their lives depended on it. And as they were doing so, no one expected that a very unusual thing was about to happen in the forest that was just a couple of yards away from the first village.

  It dead in the night when lightning stroke in the heart of the forest and a naked man dropped out of thin air, shaking and groaning in pain. It was none other than Dr. Greene who had successfully travelled through time using the machine that the other doctors once laughed about. It wasn’t as though he didn’t know it was going to happen. He was very confident that it was all going to work out without a doubt.

  The only problem was that he didn’t know that whatever he was missing could be fixed, a matter than he took care off almost immediately. But since he was already feeling the pain, Dr. Greene decided to take it like a man. Besides, nothing good in this world ever came easy. And that said, the good doctor knew that he had to work as hard as possible to keep himself together before the ancient beasts that dwelt in the forest sniffed him out and hunted him down.

  Dr. Greene knew that he didn’t have much time. And that said, he decided to get himself up, look for something to cover up his nakedness right before he embarked on walking as slowly as possible, heading all the way to the edge of the forest where he could see some light and follow it into civilization.

  And as he was walking there, it appeared as though he was shaking all over the place, the last thing that he wanted was to end up being dinner for these creatures that he suspected were strolling all over the forest. Many a times the good doctor wanted to stop for a moment, but he just couldn’t. he was just too darn scared to wait even for a second.

  ***

  It was almost sunset when the naked doctor hid behind the bushes, hoping that he was going to find some clothes to cover his shivering body. It had been a very long day and it, went without saying that he was really trying as much as possible to stay focused but the cold just seemed to be getting the better of him more often than not.

  And that said, the only thing that he could have done at the time would have been to sit back and try his level best to get something to cover his body.

  The world was different, from the buildings to the cultures of the people. And most people seemed to be out of their houses ad for a moment, Dr. Greene thought that maybe they had been summoned to a village meeting or worse, maybe the people were fleeing some plague of some sort.

  And it was at that moment that he paused for a moment and got to think about life itself. How much it had changed and just how beautiful life seemed to have been back in the day. And that said, the only thing that would have made some sense at the time would have been to kick back and ensure that he had taken a good look at how life used to be.

  There was a little boy bringing in sheep from grazing and Dr. Greene took a couple of steps back and made sure that he wasn’t really trying anything funny or else he could be detected. So he stood stock steel, trying as much as possible not to make a sound whoever hard the cold whipped against his naked body.

  He watched as the little boy who was bare feet with long, curly almost gingery hair just drove the huge herd of sheep into the barn and then ran through the tiny pathways and disappeared. It was then that Dr. Greene realized that maybe there was some kind of important meeting going on.

  He also knew that he didn’t have any time left and so without wasting any, he took that opportunity and dashed through the bushes and into one of the houses with the intention of finding some garments to put on.

  Lucky for him, there were some while linens that had just been washed and dried. And since he had seen how the boy had been dressed up, he quickly took one, carefully wrapped around his naked shivering body right before he turned around with the intention of following the little boy. But as soon as he turned around, he did so only to find three heavily built men staring at him.

  They were carrying huge machetes and judging from the long and hard stare that they had on their faces, it just showed Dr. Greene that they didn’t have any problem with killing.

  “Guys, this isn’t what it seems. I come in peace.” Dr. Greene tried to defend himself, only to realize that these good people didn’t speak any English.

  In fact, it seemed as though they were getting a little bit angry the more the doctor tried to explain that very awkward situation to him. They then started sizing him up with their clubs and swords ready to hack him to death.

  “We have been having trouble with people stealing our things. And now, we think we have found him. Brothers let's hack him to death. Leave him little pieces so that we can have the chance to feed our hunting dogs with this filthy man with a foreign tongue.”

  Dr. Greene didn’t understand what these Greek barbarians were talking about. But that said, seeing them advancing slowly towards him made him go down on his knees and started begging, thinking that going down on his knees was some kind of universal language. But the men weren’t really in the forgiving mood.

  From the look of things, they were just too darn fed up with the thief and since Dr. Greene was the only one that they didn’t know, he automatically fitted into that category which was more or less the reason why they wanted to see him dead.

  And without warning, one of the men decided to throw a spear at him, missing him with only a couple of inches since Dr. Greene ducked and used his slenderness to his advantage, dodged a couple of times and when he found an opening, dashed outside at the speed of an arrow and ran for his dear life, the barbarians hot in pursuit.

  All that the good doctor hoped was that the time would just elapse and then he would end up in his laboratory, trying to make sense of any damn thing that was just about to happen. Dr. Greene wasn’t precisely the marathon champion material and that said, the only thing that he could have done at the time would have been to run as fast as possible. But he was pitted against born warriors who had experience when it came to hunting and shooting on target.

  But before any of them could launch a spear at him, the good doctor disappeared into thin air, leaving the Greek hunters stuck in limbo, not understanding whatever the heck that just happened.

  Chapter 2:

  -Fresh from the other realm-

  Dr. Greene got back into his time machine and let out a scream as a sharp pain engulfed his entire body. It was such severe pain that he felt as though his ear was ringing from the screams of pain that he was experiencing. But eith
er way, the good doctor was in a celebratory mood. Even though the pain seemed way too much for him to bear, Dr. Greene always let out a smile.

  And just like that, the impossible had become possible, and that called for a celebration without a doubt. But first, there were a couple of tests that Dr. Greene had to make sure that he had carried out. For instance, he needed to make sure that he was in a position to take samples of his blood and see to it that he had carried out the blood tests from the company lab since he didn’t have the relevant equipment.

  He was shaking a little bit and his skin seemed as though it was about to change to white. All of these were symptoms that he couldn’t explain since they were a first. And even though he might have been scared just a little bit, the good news was that he was still alive. And if there was anyone who was more qualified to check any unusual thing out, then it was none other than Dr. Greene.

  And so he just closed his eyes, repeated the phrase ‘I am going to be fine.” Like a mantra until he got to the point where he was calm.

  And it was at that moment that he picked up a hug syringe. And using some cotton wool dubbed in methylated spirit, Dr. Greene made sure that he had gotten it all sorted out by disinfecting. It was before plunging it in his arm, pulling a handsome amount of blood from it, pulling it out and pressing his arm with another clean cotton wool dubbed in methylated spirit and clenched his teeth for a while until the discomfort subsided.

  He then lifted up the syringe and shook it a little bit as though he was trying to check out for any anomalies. Thankfully, his blood was all good from the look of it. But the good doctor, as everyone was now making a habit of calling him, put it away in a freezer with the intention of getting to check it out the following day when he was to report to work after his week of being sick.

  Once everything was all sorted out, Doctor Greene sat down and started writing down every single thing that he had experienced, something Neither the rat nor the baboon could do. And from the look of things, he had plenty of things to write about and he was all excited as he did so. Firstly, no one could believe that he met the Greeks when they were at their peak of civilization.

  What was much more impressive than any other thing that he had seen was the fact that people seemed a hell lot more organized than they were in his present realm.

  The weather was fantastic and the wind smelled of sweet soil and the land looked very fertile and well taken care of. Pollution nowadays just seemed to have ruined virtually every single thing for them which was more or less the worst thing to ever happen to the earth. When Dr. Greene was still in grade school, he always hated the human race for polluting the earth for the animals.

  And his first visit out of this realm just made him hate his race even more for not following the way of life that their ancestors followed. He wrote about the trees, the social organization, the food and diets and even their mode of dressing.

  In another life, Dr. Greene would probably be some writer since he was always very descriptive in virtually anything that he had the opportunity to describe.

  It was just amazing and every fiber in his body wanted him to get back into business and make sure that he had made a follow up by maybe visiting another place in another timeline. But Dr. Greene had to stop himself as soon as possible and cast that thought out since he just couldn’t tell the kind of damage that the serum would do to him unless he took the necessary precautions.

  And that said, the next thing that he knew he had to do was to get an empty glass, pour himself some vodka before sorting himself out, you know, as a celebration, but first, he needed to make the necessary preparations and take some more samples.

  And as soon as he was done with taking some blood samples and jotting down some observations from the other realm, Dr. Greene kicked back and put his hands behind his head and started reminiscing about life in general. It was just too darn amazing that they had gotten to that point where he got without the help of the other scientists. Honestly, he didn’t really know what he was going to do with the money that he was going to make from selling that technology to the military.

  But at that moment, his pager beeped and the good doctor made a point of picking it up and checking the LCD screen.

  “Oh, crap!”

  ***

  An invitation from Richardson to go to office came back as soon as Dr. Greene got back from his ‘travels’ through time. And it felt as though the man had just been waiting for him to pop out of the machine before he could call him in for inquiry. It was as though Richardson had placed surveillance all over his house and could get to watch virtually every single thing that was going on.

  And for a moment, Dr. Greene was almost scared of what had actually transpired. But then it occurred to him that if at all that was the case, then the man would have already stormed in and took everything the moment the weird rodent popped out of the time machine. And thanks to that thought, Dr. Greene closed his eyes and gave out a long, lazy sigh of relief.

  His body was still shaking and for a moment, he knew that it was because of the minor mercury poisoning. It actually seems as though his fellow scientists were right about the mercury in the system. And even though his argument that it wouldn’t kill a human if at all it was applied in the right amount, there were still some very weird side effects that arose from using the mercury-induced serum which would more or less get people in lots of trouble at the end of the day.

  Dr. Greene had a hell lot of adjustments to make as far as his machine was concerned. But that said, he also knew that he had no other choice but to ensure that he had made a point of getting to see his boss if at all he wanted to get ahead of the game at the end of the day. Richardson was clearly suspecting him and for that matter, the only thing that would have mattered at the time would have been to heed to his call and to avoid having problems with the man.

  And so as soon as Dr. Greene had lots of water and injected himself with the anti-mercury serum shots – one that he had invented just incase the mercury treatment went awfully awry – and hit the bathroom.

  After a short, very nervous drive, Dr. Greene was finally in the place, trying as much as possible to look as innocent as possible. But that said, he didn’t want to look that guilty. And so the moment he got to the door to Mr. Richardson’s office, Dr. Greene took his time, wiped the sweat from his forehead, took a couple of deep breaths right before getting in with a plastic smile on his face.

  “Ah, the good doctor, just the person that I wanted to see. How have you been?” Richardson said with no facial expression at all.

  “I am doing fine sir. I think the flu has finally subsided, and I am ready to work.”

  “Well, if you ask me, you look like shit. Please, have a seat. There is something that I have wanted to talk to you about.”

  Dr. Greene already knew what his boss wanted to hear about. And it went without saying that he was most definitely going to give it to him just the way that he wanted. But also, it also seemed as though Dr. Greene had been preparing to do so sparingly.

  “Well, here I am sir. But I am afraid you will have to do your inquest as fast as possible since I have missed my post for a while and I need to get back to work immediately.”

  “Oh, I understand that. And honestly, that is why I like you. So I will get straight to the point. How is your private invention going on?”

  “Well, I am making some great strides sir. All I need is just a couple of weeks more, and it will all be sorted out without much trouble.”

  “You are dismissed, my good doctor. Go back to your post and make sure that you are working on something new.” Richardson said with a smile on his face.

  But as Dr. Greene was walking away from that place, there was that kind of feeling that he had and it went without saying that he had his fair share of doubts as far as his thoughts were concerned. First and foremost, it was just too darn bad for his research since Dr. Greene was sure going to search his place and will most definitely get the machine, claim it and who kn
ew what would happen to the poor doctor after that.

  And just like that, the euphoria just disappeared from the doctor’s face as he trying to figure how best he was going to get the machine out. Yes, Dr. Greene had been using the company’s resources to make that time machine, but they not only rejected the idea but also made a point of ridiculing him and that wasn’t acceptable at all.

  Richardson’s fake smile disappeared as soon as Dr. Greene came out of the office, and he turned to his bodyguards.

  “I want you to follow him and do the necessary if it comes to that.”

  “We got it, boss.”

  Chapter 3:

  -Richardson-

  Richardson sat back in his office, trying to understand why one of the very best scientists in the business was trying to cross him. They had been working together for over two decades and in his mind, Richardson had formed that crazy notion that he was never going to be crossed at any given point.

  But that was the point where he was dead wrong since, from the look of things, it appeared as though the good doctor had no intentions of keeping his promise.