Into What Is Impossible

It has long been theorized that parallel-dimensions exist, but we are yet to prove their existence. After an experiment in the Nevada desert forced the fabrics of time and space to collide, it opened up a whole new opportunity for the US to explore and exploit.

0200 hours, the Nevada desert, USA.

"Energy levels are destabilizing! Everybody, Vacate the area!" Colin Palmer watched as his experiment start to fail right in front of him. He wanted to create a new energy source, a clean and non polluting one that will change the world and fix the earth. But it's failing right in front of him.

"Colin! We need to get away from here!" A voice behind him shouted, seemingly panicked.

But Colin didn't listen, he just wanted to drown himself in the feeling of failure and depression.

"What went wrong?"

"What did I miss?"

"Is a new energy source really hopeless?"

He stood there, frozen. He didn't know what to make of this demoralizing event before him. But as he was left petrified, a hand reached out to his shoulders and pulled him around. He was left to face one of his physicist.

"Palmer, the thing might explode and we cannot afford to lose you!" She shouted.

He looked at her face which is in the state of panic but he knows that this girl knows his value to humanity and is not willing to let humanity lose him.

But he can't move, he doesn't even want to.

"I-I die here then."

As the young physicist was about to reply, a bright flash took both of them.

0425 hours,The White House.

President Darin Hale placed his fingers on his forehead and started to massage himself in a futile attempt to ease the headache he was currently experiencing. A knock on the door across his office made him bring his hand down and adopt a posture fitting for a president.

The door opened and the tired head scientist of the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) came in.

"Sir, we finally have the damage report."

The science department has been working non-stop ever since the reports of the failure of the creation of a new energy source arrived. Scientist Colin Palmer brought up adequate proof of the possibility for a new energy source to the council and convinced the office to fund his project.

"Casualties?" The president asked.

"Two sir, leading scientist Palmer and a scientist named Lena Stanley."

The president knew Colin, he was a brilliant man. With his love for nature unparalleled by anyone else and is only second to his brilliance in the department of physics. So when he offered the possibility of a new clean energy source (which the world and especially the United States needs) he was already almost assured to be given funding.

"Their bodies?" Bringing them home and burying them was the least he could do for that brilliant man and the scientist who perished with him.

"We didn't find them sir." The lead scientist replied with a depressed face.

The president gave out a long sigh, but as he was about to ask another question a knock came from the door.

"Come in." The president said after re-adjusting his expression and posture.

A four-eyed young scientist walked in, obviously nervous about meeting the president which made the president chuckle internally.

"Mr. President sir, we have new reports from ground zero."

"More problems I see." The president thought.

The young scientist adjusted his glasses before continuing. "Sir, It would appear that the blast as we first thought it was is not actually a blast but something that is... staying there and shows no sign of dissipating."

"What does this mean young man?" The president now has his attention caught by the young scientist, the experiment may have been an explosive failure after all.

"We don't yet sir, but if I may put my own hypothesis to your attention...?" The scientist asked.

The head of the PCAST looked at the young scientist with incredulity at his statement. But the president simply nodded and said. "Go on."

The young scientist took a breath before laying out his hypothesis to the president.

"Sir, I believe that we did create a new energy source, but not in the form of the traditional ones like electricity or gasoline and instead we might've caused something like an nuclear reactor but in a more massive scale that made the fabric of space and time collide with each other and ground zero as the median of the collision."

The president looked at the young scientist in thought before asking.

"Young man, whats your name?"

"Jake Conner sir." The young scientist replied.

"So Jake, what do you mean by "we did create a new energy source" but not the traditional way?"

The scientist nodded and thought for a while before wording out his support to his hypothesis.

"Sir, ground zero of the experiment can maintain a presence of energy in form of light emission, if we can learn how it does this we can harness the power it potentially produces and make a new, clean energy source."

The president looked at the head of the PCAST and asked. "Is this possible?"

The head thought for a while before replying. "Well sir, Jake here has an excellent record and although his hypothesis makes sense I have to inform you that he is researching physics in an... unconventional way."

The president nodded. "You know who else researched physics in an unconventional way?"

"Who sir?" The head asked.

"Colin Palmer."

After thanking the two scientists and dismissing them the president dialed in the number of the house speaker and brought it up to his ear.

"Mr. President?" The voice of the house speaker came through the phone.

"Hello George, it seems like I need you to make something up to cover our most recent 'problem'."

"If it needs to be done it will be done sir." The house speaker replied.

"Good, after your done contact the head of the NIAC and tell him to allocate resources for a new building project around ground zero."

"Yes sir." Was the house speaker's reply before the president placed the phone back on the table.

"This might just be a whole batch of opportunities." He thought as he reflected on what the young scientist said.