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The date is December 8th, 1980. The time is 10:45 in the evening. In approximately four minutes, one of the greatest musicians of this time period will be murdered. I'm not here to stop it. In fact, I'm here to make sure it happens.
My eyes skate over the crowd, searching for the killer. It didn't particularly bother me that I was about to watch a murder take place. It was just a job, after all. The Lennon's limousine pulled up. 10:47. John Lennon stepped out, then turned to help Yoko Ono. Pulling her to her feet, he put his arm around her and they began walking towards the apartment building. 10:48.
"Mr. Lennon?" Someone called tentatively from the crowd. John Lennon took his arm from around his wife and turned towards the voice as a gun …show more content…
I let go of the breath I hadn't realized I was holding. A small hum began to my right as a time portal opened next to me. Out came a John Lennon look alike along with my fellow agent.
It would be wrong to say he was a look alike. He was, for all intents and purposes, John Lennon. Right down to his very DNA. He was a clone. He was also brain-dead, but I didn't really like to think about that. My partner and I carefully removed the real John Lennon and replaced him with the clone. No one in this time period would be able to tell the difference.
"Two minutes until the time field is disbanded," I said, mostly to myself.
"Two minutes, huh? I think that's a record. I'll radio take him in, if you're sure everything's perfect."
"I'm sure. I'm always sure."
My partner stepped away, grabbing the real John Lennons' arm as he did so. The hum started again as he disappeared through the portal. A small timer indicating the time field would be disbanded in 15 seconds popped up in the right hand corner of my retina display.
Time started again, and I turned to watch one of the greatest musicians of this time period be murdered. Five sharp cracks echoed through the night, but I wasn't watching the gun. I was watching the Lennon look alike. Confusion, then shock registered on the

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