[Episode 1]
[Episode 3]
Through the Thousand Doors Lane
Ray walked through the red curtain, then opened a metal door, and another door was in front of him. A wooden door without handles opened as he was nearby, and another door was in front of him. Then he met another antique, heavy door: it was sufficient to touch it, and it opened.
Ray didn't care. He was thinking nothing else but Tommy. His steps were faster while walking from door to door.
A slight wave of panic hurt him like a hammer.
His trained, engineering, pragmatic mind was close to the limit. Before craziness, he finally opened the last door.
Ray was in a strange place, an abandoned park with lots of carousels, rides, odd buildings, barracks and shooting galleries. He turned around to see from where he went: a door with a sign: "Thousand doors lane".
Ray moved a few steps toward the rusty, metallic gate beside the abandoned ticket office. – Welcome to the carousel! – said a voice capturing his attention.
– I am Sonya, I am 25 years old forever, and I am your cyborg host. How can I help you? –
Ray had only an answer: – I am searching for my son. – in his pragmatic, engineer, logical mind, there was no more space for emotions like fear or panic.
– Who, Tommy boy? – Ray nodded. – He is somewhere around there – pointed Sonya seeing beyond the gate. – You can enter it's open. –
so Ray went inside.
– Hey! – added Sonya – why did you come from the thousand doors lane? There are better ways to come here. – Ray overlooked the girl and moved on.
Ray walked through the passage to the other side of the entrance. A row of constructions resembling old abandoned barracks to the right appeared in his view.
He saw a strange movement through one of the two windows near the second barrack. Then, Ray gasped while removing the dust from the glass with his hand. He saw Tommy inside playing with other kids.
Disregarding the wonder that his son was not crying alone but having a lot of fun, he opened the barrack's door and entered. Surprised, he saw that the barrack was empty. No one inside!
As he was out of the door again, Sonya suddenly appeared in front of him with an incredible somersault.
– Hey, man, what are you searching for inside there? The window is made of "Delayed glass", what you see now, has already happened in the past! – then jumped away like a Ninja warrior.
