The Reincarnation
The rest of the scientific community at MIT spared no efforts to make fun of her. She was the butt of her fellow researchers’ jokes. ‘Poor Lily, she has become senile,’ they would say and wink at each other. ‘All right, I will make one last effort for the day and shut shop, Silver,’ she said and stepped into the transponder.
She wore her suit and vacuumed the inner cabin of the transponder and pushed the switch to take her forward to her next reincarnation. Nothing happened. No movement at all. Lily sighed sadly. She stepped out of the transponder and looked around. There was no Silver to be seen.
‘Ran away on one of his romps probably,’ thought Lily.
She went into the hall and switched on the TV. She watched her favorite news channel the ABC news. The news reader’s voice came clearly.
‘Yesterday morning Professor Louisa Rutherford was awarded the Nobel prize for creating the first transponder to take people to their next reincarnation. She is the granddaughter of the famous Lily Rutherford who had spent a lifetime researching her machine and had disappeared mysteriously forty years back. Lily could not do it, but the brilliant Louisa carried forward her grandmother’s legacy and has managed the impossible.’
Stunned, Lily listened to the young Louisa deliver the Nobel laureate’s speech. Finally, in a dazed stupor, Lily got up, walked into the bathroom, and looked at her face in the mirror. She screamed. The face she saw was that of young Louisa.
Hey. Imaginative write. I especially loved the featured picture. I have read a lot of science fiction but this one is new to me.
What an imagination you have there? You make us feel that the story ended so soon. Why not a longer one? Next time?
Sure Mahesh. I will surely do a longer one. Thanks for the appreciation.
Omg this was brilliant Jai, one of the best posts I read today.
You are getting better and better at this Jai! Another delightful story! Loved it!
This is super good… amazingly written.