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...cracked. Silly old bat. Luckily, a bus into town came pretty soon after that. Once I'd bought my ticket, I sat well away from the old woman. I took my mobile out of my bag and dialled work's number.

"AC1 Mortgage Solutions, Sarah speaking, how can I help?" a cheerful voice at the other end said. "Oh hi Sarah, Its Kate. Kate Ollaway? I'm running late. I'm on the bus now but it's going to be about half an hour before I get into work. Can you tell Peter I'm sorry, and...erm... I'll make it up tonight or something? Thanks."

"Yeah, sure Kate. He seems in a good mood today, so he might let you off."

"Fat chance! Oh, I'd better go, tunnel up ahead! Byeeee!" I said and hung up before I got cut off. The tunnel we were about to enter is a mile long. As all traces of daylight inched away from the bus, I stared into the darkness.

Suddenly, with a jolt, the bus came to a standstill and we were plunged into total darkness as the power cut out.

I think I might be dead...

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ShorthandCanaryInc time travel adventure in which the main character, Kate, gets to meet her future self.
But will this affect the time line?
Will she get back to her own time period?
And how can she do this without stepping on too many bugs?!?!

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