A Dumbfounded Short Story

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Dumbfounded would be an understatement in this context in the de-scription of Karsen’s mood. Visibly confused and staring at them, she kept wondering how she got here in the first instance. Meeting Donovan, befriending Donavan, the kidnapping and the traveling through a timeline all seemed incredible and yet fascinating to her. If Karsen hadn’t stepped through a mirage into a clearly futuristic world, she would have thought they were crazy. As it was, she had little choice but to assume that if she wasn’t dreaming the whole thing, Donovan and the Professor were telling the truth. Tennant looked at Donovan and said, “Agent Donovan seems you should return Miss Karsen back to her timeline and continue your in-vestigation. Seems the kidnappers gave us a lead to work …show more content…

“You had me worried dear,” responded her Mum. Karsen said, “I am sorry Mum.” She went to her room to change her clothes, with her mother telling her to get back down to dinner soon. Karsen got to her room and took off her clothes and went into the bathroom for a quick shower. A few minutes’ shower was all Karsen needed to feel relieved. She came out of the shower, standing naked in front of the mirror. She always liked her physical attributes. Karsen could easily passed for a beauty queen, with a lovely height and slim body yet with the curves in the right places. She admired herself in the mirror and smiled. Karsen put on fresh clothes and went down to have dinner with her family. At the table sitting down were her father and two brothers. She sat down while her mother came back from the kitchen, settling down to have a perfect family dinner. Everything seemed normal there. It wasn’t Karsen who was held in the kidnapper’s den a few hours ago today, but rather a simple college girl having dinner with her family. She smiled to herself and said to herself, “You all don’t know that a hell lot went down today.” In seemed like her father read her

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