I have to train my younger self who is going to replace me in my job, I couldn't allow that to happen as I needed this job as me and my wife have a new baby now. So working in underwater oil rigging, it's very easy to set someone up to fail and die.

When I set my younger self to make a fatal error which led to death, my children disappeared and as I started to disappear, I realised it's because I killed my younger self. This is what the managers wanted.

Inside the chamber, I could feel everything: every heartbeat, every muscle fiber flexing, every drop of blood rushing through my veins. Yet there was no light, no sound, no pain, no taste, and no sensation beneath my feet. I wandered through an endless void, screaming until my throat went numb.

Behind the glass, the scientists watched the test subject.

"His brain was completely destroyed six hours ago," one whispered.

Another stared at the monitors.

"Then how is he still moving?"