Future Improvements

Photo by: Roger Bultot

Dr. Seau placed a rat in the old elevator and pressed the button. Light churned before the doors re-opened. The rat walked out wearing a suit. “Gentlemen,” it said. “I’m eager to serve.”

“Incredible!” said Billionaire Isaac Saroyan. “It’s a time machine?”

“Yes,” said Seau. “It connects to two-thousand years in the future. Everything is improved there.”

“Let’s go!” cheered Senator Wheaton.

“They’ve refused that. They’ll only improve what we send and return it.”

“They’ll listen to a senator!” spat Wheaton.

He stepped in the elevator. Moments later the doors opened on a box of fertilizer.

Saroyan smiled. “Things are improved in the future!”
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Written for the Friday Fictioneers. Look for the prompt and a link to the other stories right here: https://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/4-december-2015/