Personal Narrative: Time Travelers Protection Agency (TTPA)

“What’s the issue now?” “Nothing big just a product that has slipped through a time hole.” “Okay, well, be safe.” I hug my twin brother goodbye and watch as he goes through a time portal. It always scares me when he leaves. This isn’t an especially dangerous mission; it’s not like we are trying to stop the Time Snatcher. However, things can always go wrong. Andrew, my brother, and I are members of the TTPA: Time Travelers Protection Agency. Our little brother Alex is a TTPA in training. Mostly we go on missions like Andrew is on now. Before I go any further, I need to go backwards. There are three main families in this world that have consistently contained time traveling DNA: the Franklins, the Jewelcusses and the Nightingtons. My brothers and I are part of the Nightington family. There are only ten time travelers in each family line at a time; however, twins like Andrew and I count as one person. Each member of the TTPA is chosen by an older time traveler, who is part of the family line, to mentor them. One’s time traveling power can’t be fully unleashed or controlled until they complete training. It is 2:00 pm and it has been about five minutes since Andrew left. I get more and more
nervous with each passing minute. I turn the T.V. on and go to Disney Channel. Whenever I am nervous I watch Disney because Disney always has happy endings. It has been fifteen minutes since Andrew left. I am really starting to get worried now. It shouldn’t have taken him this long to get the product. Have you ever lost something and looked everywhere for it, but still couldn’t find it? Most of the time you’re probably just overlooking it, but sometimes items fall through time holes. Typically the items that slip through time holes have no real significance. However, if an item ends up in an era in which it hasn’t yet been developed, the members of the TTPA then have to go retrieve it. It has been thirty minutes since Andrew left. I decide to alert the council. The council is made up of the eldest time traveler from each family. Anytime you suspect something has gone wrong on a mission or you witness something suspicious you must alert the council. When the council hears about Andrew they decide to send a scout for him.
The scout has returned and with bad news.
There are no traces of Andrew, but instead rumors of the most feared name in the TTPA, The Time Snatcher. He is one of the rare few in this world that is a time traveler, but not a member of one of the three families. We are constantly having to go back in time and fix what he has messed up. Under TTPA rules we could not recruit him and he is out for revenge. Now he has my brother. I, being Andrew’s twin, have been chosen to find him. Typically the closest relative of a distressed or missing time traveler is sent to help. This is because they have the strongest pull to the missing time traveler. Andrew’s and my pull is so strong that when we were babies we would warp to one another when we were
separated. It has been an hour since Andrew left and I am about to step into my portal. Each TTPA member has their own time portal to keep with them at all times. The portal only responds to its owner’s thoughts. The Time Snatcher managed to create his own crude portal that allows him to time travel, but only to important moments in his life.
I try to visualize Andrew. I see him looking upon Sputnik as it launches, so I decide to go to October 4, 1957. As I am approaching my destination date, I realize that this must have been the day when The Time Snatcher first decided he wanted to travel through time. He saw the human race making huge technological advances and it occurred to him that if he were to skip a few years he could live in a much more sophisticated society.
I arrive in 1957 and because of my strong connection to Andrew I am instantly brought to his location. I quickly spot him. I hide behind a building and take in my surroundings while keeping an eye on Andrew. We are in San Francisco. I know because the Golden Gate Bridge towers nearby. I see The TIme Snatcher forcing Andrew into bungee jumping gear. Bungee jumping has not yet been invented. The Time Snatcher is going to make Andrew jump! Even if Andrew survives the jump, mass confusion and havoc would occur. I get as close to Andrew as possible. I open my portal and throw it and myself towards the end of a bungee cord attached to Andrew. I land on the hook and jerk the cord as hard as I can. Andrew is snapped off of his feet and springs into the portal next to me.
As soon as we arrive back home I say “Please be more careful next time.”
“I’ll try my best.” Andrew says and he sits down and turns on Disney Channel.