Chapter 6
After being betrayed, as she views it, by her former student, Caesar, The Nad decided she needed a change of pace. She found a small village in the distant past. The geography was workable. The villagers were primitive and naive but were eager to accept her knowledge and wisdom. She dubbed the village Atlantis and set about making Atlantis the cornerstone of civilization.
The Nad knew that she could teach the villagers, now called Atlanteans, everything they would ever need to know, but she also knew that they needed time for personal development so she came up with a unique strategy. She would teach them a little at the time then use the time machine to travel ahead slightly into the future. She'd teach a little math and basic science then pop into their near future. She'd teach some algebra and physics then pop into the near future. Within a few years she had taught them calculus, physics, chemistry, biology, advanced engineering, advanced construction and history. Along and along, she would also work in things like ship building, naval tactics, infantry tactics, and farming.
The Nad was so proud of the Atlanteans. Under her watchful eye and direction they had become the jewel of civilization. A legend the whole world over, Atlantis was the leader in every facet of life. They led in technology, in medicine, in military might, and in trade and commerce.
Many years into Atlantis' future (but only a few months for time traveling The Nad) during one of her visits to Atlantis she learned that a young four year old boy had created the fairy tale. For some reason this intrigued The Nad so she looked him up. His name was TiberTomLi.
The Nad knew that TiberTomLi had much promise and that he was a child after her own heart so she took him under her wing. She taught TiberTomLi every aspect of weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, leadership, and stealth. All of the effort put forth by The Nad paid off. After turning just five years old TiberTomLi was trained enough to join the Atlantean Coastal Guard. By the time he was six years old he was the leader of the Guard.
Around the same time that The Nad began training TiberTomLi an evil empire began to threaten Atlantis led by the evil wizard KaRovUs. In some areas this evil empire was even more advanced than Atlantis. For instance, when TiberTomLi was eleven years old, using stealth techniques that The Nad had taught him, he conducted a super secret mission to KaRovUs' kingdom. During this mission he discovered and stole the plans for a time machine. Even Atlantis, trained by the creator of the world's first time machine, did not have time travel technology.
Shortly after TiberTomLi's twenty-fifth birthday KaRovUs and his evil followers attacked Atlantis in force. They had wisely scheduled the attack while The Nad was in the time stream as they knew that there was no way that they could defeat the unstoppable combined might of TiberTomLi and The Nad. TiberTomLi valiantly fought KaRovUs and his troops single-handedly. The Nad slipped from the time stream just in time to see TiberTomLi fall from his wounds. She rushed to his side as she fought off KaRovUs' goons. As she knelt at his side she quickly invented emergency medical techniques in order to save his life. Thanks to The Nad, TiberTomLi would live, but she knew that she had arrived too late for Atlantis. KaRovUs had already worked his evil spell. Atlantis was beginning to sink.
The Nad and the surviving Atlantean scientists rushed TiberTomLi's unconscious body to a time machine that the scientists had created using techniques that they had learned from The Nad and the plans that TiberTomLi had stolen from KaRovUs. As the waters rose ever higher they sent TiberTomLi through time to the twentieth century so he would survive and not witness the sinking of the jewel known as Atlantis.
When TiberTomLi was safely away The Nad crawled into her own time machine. She lifted off just as the last of the great city-state slid beneath the waves. As she slipped into the time stream she vowed to forever be a thorn in the side of KaRovUs and his minions.
