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can take us ten years back in time and…” She couldn’t finish because Craig interrupted her impatiently:
    “Ash, have you gone crazy, too?” he asked in a subdued voice. “What’s that bullshit about the consciousness traveling in time?”
    She chuckled.
    “It’s not bullshit, Craig – you can try it yourself.”
    Ashley and Chad’s insistent stares disarmed Craig’s resistance and he sighed.
    “I hope you realize how busy I am. I told Monique I was having a business meeting, and if I’m more than…”
    “Calm down, dear. The trip won’t last more than a few minutes,” Ashley reassured him.
    Craig reluctantly lay back on the bed. This had to be some sort of a joke! He had no time to reason this out, however, because the scientist had already begun his instructions.
    “Now close your eyes and imagine your whole body relaxing.”
    Craig half-opened one of his eyes and stole a look at Harry. He somehow couldn’t believe this odd man was a scientist.
    “Right, now, after I give you the injection, you’ll feel your whole body go extremely heavy,” Harry informed him.
    Craig felt a sting of a needle and soon after that – a peculiar lightness. In the next moment, he was no longer inside his physical body. Suddenly he saw Monique in front of him before she ran away somewhere. He saw her going through a door and followed her. He found himself in an empty white space.
    “Monique? Are you there?” He looked around, but there was no trace of her. Where could she have gone? “What’s going on here?” Craig wondered. Then he remembered Harry’s instructions:
    “In the beginning, the compound will start working as a psychedelic drug. In order for you to travel to the space and time desired, you must direct your consciousness that way. It’s all a projection of your consciousness. In reality, your body will lay here in a very deep sleep while the trip will happen on a deeper level.”
    Ashley had suggested that Craig could also go back to their first rehearsal in Wayne’s garage. Craig recalled that moment and suddenly found himself in Wayne’s garage studio. He was sitting behind the drums and was holding drumsticks in his hands.
    “One and two and…” Wayne began and the garage was filled with guitar sounds. Ashley started singing, backed by Chad. Craig couldn’t believe his eyes. He was really in the body of a seventeen year old and he had come twelve years back in time. “Oh, God,” he thought, “everything seems real. How is it possible?”
    “Craig, what’s going on? Are you going to play?” Wayne stopped singing and turned his eyes to Craig.
    “I… Yes, I’m sorry. Let’s start from the beginning!”
    Craig hadn’t played for a long time; in fact, not since his band had broken up. In spite of that, he quickly adjusted himself to the melody and was even having fun.
    “Guys and gal,” Craig looked at Ashley, “how about slightly changing the rhythm and the tonality? To me, it sounds better with a quicker rhythm and in E major. What do you think?” He repeated what Ashley had instructed him to. They played the song nearly ten times. Wayne was never pleased, but in the end they all felt it had begun to sound much better.
    “I’d say we call it a day. I need to study some math,” Chad said.
    “Yes, I need to phone Liz,” Ashley added.
    Craig tried to remember who Liz was; probably a friend of Ashley’s. Why did her name sound so familiar, though?
    “I’d say we’re all ready to play onstage, aren’t we, guys?” Wayne turned to his friends.
    “Definitely,” Chad agreed.
    “Oh my God, how relaxing it is to play the drums! It’s much nicer than sitting in front of that goddamned computer all day long or having business conversations!” Craig exclaimed excitedly. Due to his never-ending work and the care for his family, he had forgotten his true passion – music.
    The rest were eyeing him, confused.
    “Since when have you had a computer?” Ashley asked him. “Yesterday