Time Dome

Steven Sanderson was deeply sleeping at his house in the northern region of the state of Utah. It was late, about 3:00 in the morning. He had been asleep for only about 5 hours now, meaning that he went to bed at 10:00 PM. Steven had been studying all night long for exams in college, he’d been there 2 years now and it was still, to him, as tough as ever. He was about 27 years old. After leaving high school, he had first just wondered around freely, feeling as if he were a runaway dog. He knew he wanted to go to college, but he just wasn’t ready. But only a few years after high school, Steven forced himself to get enrolled for a college in his home state of Utah. It wasn’t hard for him, he had good grades all his life, never got in trouble, and had an interesting career choice: paleontology. Paleontology is the study of prehistoric life, which involves unearthing fossils from the grounds of Earth. He wasn’t much of a digger, but he was absolutely fascinated with prehistoric life… especially it’s anima ls. He didn’t just like dinosaurs, he liked mammoths, saber tooth tigers, prehistoric fish, and other things like that. He was totally obsessed with them, studied everything about them like crazy, and all his life he only had one wish: that he could see these things alive… and in their natural habitat.

It was right now when something odd happened: the phone next to him (on a table, next to his bed) started ringing. A phone call? At this early in the morning?

It took 5 rings before Steven finally woke up, almost scared by the ringing. His brownish- blonde hair was slightly messed up, and his greenish-blue eyes looked sleepy and worn out. It was like the life was out of him. Usually, though, he was full of life, always excited, and full of energy. Though he looked slouchy right at the moment, and seemed as if he had been through hell, in day, he was different. He has good looks, good build, and qualities that make him very likeable. But right now… this early in the morning, he was not a pretty site.

"God…. who is it?" Steven groaned, while he slowly lifted his arm to grab the phone across from him at the table.

He put the phone to his ear, and in a very tired voice, he said, "Eh…. hello?"

"Hey Steven," a voice said, "Sorry for calling this early in the morning…"

"Damn straight about that!" Steven disturbingly (Yet still sleepily) said.

"Now, now… don’t get mad at me, I have very important reasoning for calling this early," the voice said. Steven then recognized who the caller was.

His name was Robert Jones, also known as Dr. Jones. He’s one of Steven’s family friends. Dr. Jones was 5 years older than Steven. He began college at the age of 14. He was a genius, very kind, and brotherly to Steven. Now 32 years old, Dr. Jones works with governmental activities (Most of which are top-secret).

But Steven wasn’t completely happy to hear from him… he was almost shocked! He hadn’t seen Robert in years, ever since he was 9! That was almost 18 years ago! Steven always wondered what had happened to him. The last he ever heard from him was when he got a letter from Robert 4 years ago, saying that he’d be too busy with his government work to talk to him. Steven understood, he knew that government work was important. He knew that Robert would be busy with loads of things.