Back from the future

My eyes confirmed what all the silent sensors were telling me, there was no sentient life left at all. All there was was a long blackened planet, devoid of any form of being that could be described as life.
I fruitlessly checked the coordinates again. I was definitely in the right system, this was Earth and there was nothing left of it really. It looked like it had been long ago destroyed. By what I did not know but I knew enough not to hang around too long.
I did a final sweep of the planet and set course for a distant star system, out of the way of anything. Somewhere I could regroup my thoughts.
I had been so excited about the thought of coming home to 25th Century Earth after my long voyage of discovery. It had been an extremely successful voyage, one that would have changed the shape of Earth’s destiny and future beyond doubt. No though, there was nothing left.
I had been sent off into deep space to explore and chart and make contact with distant planets. Little did I know then how successful I would be! I had met an alien race that had befriend me and given and made for me technology that was beyond even the wildest imagination of anyone back on earth in the 25th Century.
All I had done was save a space craft full of their elders and I could do no wrong! But this is all another story for another time!
The Jogany had supplied me with my space craft I was in now. It would be simply incomprehensible to anyone in the 25th Century how it worked, yet along the relative Stone Age of the 21st Century.
The craft was me. Simple. It was a part of me. I thought, it reacted. There was no need to physically fly her, I just thought and it did it. It was almost an organic part of me. Of course there is much, much more to it than that simple trick, much more sophisticated tech than that. The computer was the most advanced ever, able to do practically anything, including time travel. Not that I had tried out that aspect yet! Much more will become apparent as this tale goes along…
I dropped out of hyperspace, not that I needed to as the craft had fuel for the next million years at hyperspace speed. Yup, one million years! Then all it need to refuel was a lump of organic matter. Dropping out of hyperspace made it last even longer!
I sat and though about my next moves…
The computer pulled me out of my thoughts.
‘It’s obvious what you need to do now.’ It stated.
‘Enlighten me?’ I asked
‘You are the last human alive, apart from anyone else who was off planet that is. We should use the time travel and go back in time and find you some company. You will go mad if you just have me to talk to, I’m far to intelligent for you to be with alone for ever.’
The computer thought very highly of itself indeed!
‘I’ll think about it.’ I said
Think I did. It was not such a bad idea. I would have to be careful though. I could not go back in time too recently or I would doubtless end up losing the craft to the G (that’s short for World Government, the last rulers of the earth). That was not something I wanted. Not now that the possibilities were becoming clear in my mind and those possibilities were endless!
I would have to go back to a time that was advanced enough yet still primitive enough not to take my craft off me. I was bonded to it for life you see. I could leave it and walk about on planet but we were forever one. No one else could ever control it or even board it without my permission.
I consulted computer about what time this would be. It settled on the early 21st Century, around the year 2015. Apparently, this age had some primitive technology that would not appear too basic for me but, crucially, the craft could orbit Earth and blend in with the myriad satellites up there. It would not get spotted by the various space agencies around in 2015 as they did not have the tech capable of spotting such an advanced craft.
The computer came up with another suggestion. It would scour the databases and find companions for me. I could befriend them however I wanted. It could be easy as just taking them and controlling them. Yes, the craft allowed me mind control over whomever I wanted, especially back in such a basic age as that. Or, I could do it the old fashioned way. Up to me!
I instructed the computer to prepare for time travel and to let me know the suggested people after we had made the jump.
‘Ready.’ The computer informed me. Wow! That was fast I thought!
‘OK, let’s do it, let’s go back to 2015. Start when you want, let me know when we are there.’ I turned away and started to walk off for a lie down.
‘We have arrived in 2015, currently in ego stationary orbit around the earth.’ The computer informed me a matter of seconds after I had given the command.
‘Wow! That was even faster!’ I said
‘Of course, I am the most advanced craft ever. What did you think, you had time for a snooze?’ The computer mocked me. She was right, I would go crazy left with her for ever!
I looked at the vast screen in front of me, looking down at the earth in all it’s splendor. The blues of the oceans, the greens and yellow browns of the continents and the white of the clouds. It never ceased to amaze me how beautiful it was. We were currently over Africa, that vast continent looking so beautiful beneath me.
On the edge of the screen appeared 3 pictures, which I ignored as I was mesmerized by the beauty of Earth.