The broken time machine

The broken time machine

Characters:
Aleksandras-he is the boy from the present. He‘s 12 years old.
Jonas-he is boy from the future. He‘s 12 years old too.
Lisa-she is a girl from future, she‘s Jonas‘s sister and she‘s 11 years old.
Aisha-she is Lisa‘s best friend from her school. She‘s 11 years old.

The play

Scene 1

Aleksandras comes into scene. He sees a strange thing in the corner and that strange thing is a time machine.
Aleksandras:
- Wow, what‘s this?

He sits in it and by mistake presses a button. There‘s a loud „boom“ and then Alenksandras opens his eyes
Aleksandras:
- Where am I?! What is this place?

Suddenly three kids run into scene: Jonas, Lisa and Aisha. Aleksandras hides quickly.
Lisa:
- Where did that boom came from? And… What’s that big strange thing doing here?!

She runs to the time machine and finds Aleksandras.
Aleksandras:
- Aaa, don’t hurt me, I’ll give you anything just don’t hurt me!..

Lisa, Jonas and Aisha laughs.
Jonas:
- Don’t worry, we are not going to hurt you! So… What’s your name?

Aleksandras:
- Erm… I’m Aleksandras…

Lisa carefully takes something out from time machine and takes that into her pocket.
Jonas:
- Nice to meet you. My name is Jonas, this is my sister Lisa and that’s her best friend Aisha… So, how did you get into my house?

Aleksandras:
- Well, I got into this thing and I accidentaly pressed a button. And now, I got here somehow.
Aisha:
- Wow, you came from the past!

Aleksandras:
- What?! How?! How do you know that? It‘s impossible!!!

Lisa:
- Well, this „thing“, or how you are calling it is a simple time machine.

Aleksandras:
- What?! So now I am in the future?! What year is it now?!

Aisha:
- Well, telling the truth you are in 2508!

Aleksandras:
¬- Alright guys, now I really need to come back to my time.

Aleksandras presses the button and... Nothing happens!
Aleksandras:
- Wha... What happened? Why isn‘t that thing working?

Jonas:
- Maybe you should try again?

Aleksandras presses the button again but still nothing happens.
Aleksandras:
- Damn, how am I supposed to come back now?!

Aleksandras starts running around the time machine and then kicks it.
Aisha:
- Carefull, you can brake it!

Aleksandras:
- I don‘t care, it‘s not working anyway!

Jonas:
- Wait, I will take a look at it.

Jonas looks around it.
Jonas:
- There‘s one part missing.

Lisa:
- Eh, anyway, time machines are forbidden now...

Aleksandras:
- Why are they forbidden?

Aisha:
- Well, they were too dangerous. Not many people came back.

Aleksandras:
- Great! Just great!..

Jonas:
- Well, look at the bright side. You are in the FUTURE! Isn‘t that interesting for you?! Many kids could just dream about this!

Aleksandras:
- I would enjoy that, if I knew that I could safely come back home...

Lisa:
- You are hopeless!..

Everybody leaves.

Scene 2

Everybody comes into scene.
Lisa:
- So, Aleksandras, tell me about your your time?

Aleksandras:
- Well... Umm...

Jonas:
- How does the money of your time look??!

Aleksandras puts his hand into pocket and then he takes out some money.
Aisha:
- Show me that, show me that!

Aisha quickly takes money from Aleksandras.
Aisha:
- Wow, ten euros!

Lisa:
- What, ten euros?

Jonas:
- Man, do you know how much lakos you could get for this on Ebay?

Aleksandras:
- Umm... No, I don‘t. And what those „lakos“ are?

Aisha:
- Ha! Lakos are our money. Here, take a look at this!

Aisha shows Aleksandras one lako.
Aleksandras:
- Now this is cool! Future coin!

Aisha gives Aleksandras the lako coin.
Aisha:
- Here, take it. It isn’t worth much.

Jonas:
- Maybe you could give us that ten euros?

Aleksandras:
- Sure.

Aleksandras gives Jonas the ten euros.
Lisa:
- Man, my friends won‘t believe it!

Aisha:
- Aleksandras, tell us about your time studying. How do you study there?

Aleksandras:
- Well, we have schools, where...

Jonas:
- What is „school“?

Lisa:
- Oh, my silly bro. How are you studying history?!

Jonas:
- Well, actually I don‘t study history. I play „Counter stike“ instead.

Aleksandras:
- WHAT?! „Counter strike“ is STILL known?!

Aisha:
- Yep... I know, it‘s an old game but it‘s still interesting. At least to Jonas...

Aleksandras:
- So, as I said, we study at schools. There are teachers who teach us things like math, English, arts, music...

Lisa:
- Wow... Humans teach you?

Aleksandras:
- Yea... What else would teach us?

Aisha:
- Well, a computer. Here we have small computers, just like watches and at the time computer turns on and teaches us.

Aleksandras:
- Wow. This world is much more different than I thought! Erm... by the way. If this is your house then where are your parents?

Jonas:
- Well, at first this is my and Lisa‘s house. Aisha is Lisa‘s best friend but she decided to live with us for a while. And we don‘t live with parents. No one does.

Lisa:
- Yea. We don‘t even know who our parents are.

Aleksandras:
- Wow, everything here is much better than I thought!

Aisha:
- You call that better, when we don‘t know our parents?! You don‘t get their love and care...

Aleksandras:
- Umm... I haven‘t thought about that. I hate when my parents shout at me so I would do my homework.

Jonas:
- You live with parents?! Oh, my. I would love to have been born in your time...

Lisa:
- And you should know that everything isn‘t so as good here as you think.

Aleksandras:
- What do you mean? Are there no candies and crisps in your time?!

Jonas:
- What are candies and chi..?

Lisa:
- Shut up, Jonas. We have candies but they‘re quite expensive. But no. Everything‘s not so good becouse there‘s too much pullution all around us.

Aleksandras:
- Argh, who cares. What, will we die because of pollution? That‘s just SILLY!

Aisha:
- Are you acting like this or you are really totally crazy?!

Aleksandras:
- What? What‘s wrong? Are my jeans dirty?

Lisa:
- NO! The pollution IS bad and we CAN die because of it.

Aleksandras:
- Ok, ok, stop shouting. But you‘re not dying, are you?..

Jonas:
- Just shut up, you two. Nevermind that. Let‘s go and have some chocolate.

Everyone leaves.

Scene 3

Everyone comes into scene except Aisha.
Aleksandras:
- Morning everyone...

Lisa:
- Good morning...

Jonas:
- Not everyone. Where‘s Aisha?

Lisa:
- Oh, she‘s stydying.

Aleksandras:
- And what she‘s studying?

Jonas:
- Probably planting again...

Aleksandras:
- And you have to learn that? It‘s nothing hard to do, just plant the flower into pot and water it every day...

Lisa:
- It‘s much more difficult than you think. In our time there are not many plants. As you know, plants make oxygen, so we can breathe. And plants don‘t grow anywhere, anyhow, anytime.

Aleksandras:
- Couldn‘t you talk, so I can understant?

Lisa:
- So tell me, which part do you not understand?!

Jonas:
- Here it comes again...

Lisa (angry):
- Here it comes again what?!

Jonas:
- Your and Aleksandras‘s barney...

Lisa (shouting):
- WHAT BARNEY?! SHUT UP IF YOU DON‘T HAVE WHAT TO SAY!!!

Jonas:
- Hey, easy! It is still early in the morning and you‘re shouting...

Aisha comes into scene.
Aisha:
- Hi everybody! Nice morning.

Aleksandras:
- Yeah. Ecpecially for Lisa-she‘s so happy so she can shout...

Lisa (angry):
- Wha?!.

Aisha:
- Carefull, Lisa. Don‘t explode!

Lisa:
- Aaargh... What-ever...

Aleksandras:
- Well, I‘m still scared that I‘ll have to live in the future all my life from now... I think, my parents are stressed.

Aisha:
- Yes... So from now on you‘ll have to live just like us.

Aleksandras:
- I don‘t think that‘ll work out very well. But I‘ll try.

Jonas:
- Oh, come on! It can‘t be so hard. You‘ll see - no one will notice that you‘re from the past!

Aleksandras:
- Until I won‘t say that my teacher is emo or goth.

Aisha:
- Then we‘ll hope that you won‘t do such a big mistake!

Everyone except Lisa laughs.
Lisa (bored):
- Ha, ha, very funny... Well, I‘m going to my room. Need to study maths.

Lisa goes out of scene.
Jonas:
- That‘s strange. I‘ve never seen her like this...

Aleksandras:
- Let‘s just hope that her mood will get better...

Aiha:
- Hope so...

Everyone goes out of scene.

Scene 4

Aleksandras comes into scene. He searches around.
Aleksandras:
- There must be a way to come back!..

Suddenly Lisa comes in.
Lisa:
- Hey, what are you doing here?!

Aleksandras:
- Erm... Nothing, just... wondering around...

Lisa:
- Oh yeah?! Then why everything is so messed around like you have been going through my things?

Aleksandras:
- Oh, alright. I‘ve been searching around...

Lisa:
- And what‘ve you been looking for?

Aleksandras:
- Well, I need to come back home somehow! I can‘t just sit here acting like nothing has happened and I belong here!

Lisa:
- Forget it. You will not find a time machine here.

Aleksandras:
- I don‘t know why, but feelings are not letting me down that the missing part is here somewhere.

Lisa:
- Aargh, no one is making parts like this any more, we told you. Bye.

Lisa goes out of scene. Aleksandras stands like in fog.
Aleksandras (sad and puzzled):
- No... No, it can‘t be true... Why me?!

Jonas and Aisha comes into scene
Jonas:
- What‘s wrong?

Aisha:
- Yeah, you look like you are about to be sick.

Aleksandras:
- Guys, I REALLY need to come back to past... Why the part isn‘t being made any more)?.. Why is everything messed up!!!

Jonas:
- Lisa, come here!

Nothing happens.
Jonas:
- I will be right back. I want to call Lisa.

Aisha:
- We‘ll wait for you here.

Aleksandras:
- Why do you need to call her?

Jonas:
- Wait.

Jonas runs from scene. After two seconds he comes back with Lisa.
Jonas:
- Lisa, give that part back to Aleksandras.

Aleksandras:
- What... What the heck are you talking about?

Jonas:
- Well, actually when you came here, Lisa took the part from the time machine so you couldn‘t come back. We all wanted you to stay here for a while.

Aleksandras (very angry):
- What?! Give me back that part!

Lisa almost crying gives the detail to Aleksandras. Jonas pulls the time machine into scene. Aleksandras puts the detail in it‘s place. He sits in time machine.
Aleksandras:
- And I thought you were my friends...

Aleksandras presses the button, there‘s a loud „boom“. Everything turns dark.

Scene 5

After a while the lights turn on and there lies awaken Aleksandras.
Aleksandras
- Whoa! Now this was a funny dream. Man, I almost thought it’s real!

Aleksandras comes in school. There come three new children. They look just like children from Aleksandras’s dream. But Aleksandras has never seen them in reality before!
Aleksandras:
- Umm… Hi.

Lisa, Jonas and Aisha:
- Hello.

Jonas:
- What’s your name? I’m Jonas, this is my sister Lisa and her best friend Aisha.

Aleksandras (puzzled):
- But… You look like… Three future children from my dream!

Aisha:
- You must be kidding, right?!

The bell rings and everyone runs from scene.

The end



Written by: Gabija Vaitkeviciute, 6b of Kaunas Radvilenai Secondary School-Lithuania