Bridge
Written by: Aniket
“Who are you?”
“The same as you.”
“You mean you’re me?”
“In a sense, yes. I am a different version of you.”
“Parallel universe. It exists!”
“Great. I was worried who the other me would be like, and how would I find him. Wasn’t counting on the fact that you would be the one I initiated first contact with. You seem bright enough to have caught up with the events too.”
“What do you mean about you initiating contact? I am the one who broke through the system and created this bridge.”
“You’re mistaken. I was the one who broke through. I’ve spent 11 years of my life for this day.”
“Ha! I made it only in 10. Guess, I am the smarter one.”
“Can you cross the barrier though? Or just communicate from the other side of the bridge.”
“I don’t know. You’re the first thing I saw after breaking through. I haven’t tried. Let’s see. There shouldn’t be any harm in trying as I designed the bridge. That too, if I may add, one whole year faster than you did. Worst that can happen is it rejects any transference and blocks me.”
“Well go ahead and try.”
“I can’t. It thrusts my hand away with some kind of a repulsive force.”
“Let me try.”
“Wait how can your hand pass throu…”, SLAP ,“what was that for?!”
“That was what I was doing in the 11th year. Jerk.”