On a cold January day it started to snow,

On a cold January day it started to snow, and school was cancelled. Jeff and his friends took the opportunity to go down to the local park to go sledding.

Jeff went first. Sledging down the hill at top speed. It was great fun. The sledge got faster and faster. And faster. He was going at about 60mph now.

He kept going faster and faster and faster, 100, 150, even 200 MPH, he was really going fast

er than the speed limit, but no police car could catch him. He continued to accelerate, 500 MPH, 1000 MPH, 100,000 MPH, 200,000 MPH. When he got to 670 616 629 MPH

He realised that the speed had opened a wormhole and he had travelled forward in time where badgers had become the dominant species and humans were to be shunned and feared

Jame's moved slowly through the crowds of badgers. He tried not to let all their disapproving looks unnerve him. He would need to keep his cool if this mission to save humanity w

-as to succeed. But as he watched his possessions move through the judgemental badgers, Jame felt his temper rise up in spite of his best efforts. "Jame, your stuff is junk!" one

-inued to be frozen in the wrong eigenstate and therefore useless to Jame at this moment that he really needed them. The badger's badgering had cost Jame precious time. He needed a

Gem which could change the course of time itself. An oracle had warned him many years ago of society turning in on itself. Then sirens blared...