This was the second story I contributed to Ty Slothtrop's "I Can See for Miles."

When Ty proposed the series, he stipulated that his character Angel could not appear in the actual rescue as he would be heading up a rescue attempt of his own. This got me to pondering just how I could possibly craft a tale in which Angel would actually participate in the rescue and still not violate the timeline restriction. The only possible answer is Time Travel. But just WHO would have a time machine available?

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Bud was dead. One of the bullets had gone into his head just above the left eye, blowing off the back of his head and reducing Bud's brain into the consistency of hamburger. Angel's assailant was also down and likely dead. Angel's head began to swim. He needed immediate medical attention. Desperately he searched the street for any sort of help.
That's when he saw the box.
It was blue, stood about nine feet tall, and was surmounted with some sort of light. A sign above a doorway indicated that this was a Police Box. Another sign Angel could barely make out informed him that the box contained a telephone, and that a police officer would immediately respond to any urgent message. This might be his only hope. Stumbling and dizzy from loss of blood, Angel groped for the door, entered, and fell forward.
As Angel lost consciousness, several incongruities occurred to him. First, the signs were in English, which made absolutely no sense in Mexico. Second, the inside of this box was brightly lit and air conditioned.. Finally, this box was actually a lot bigger on the inside than it appeared to be on the outside.
Then all was dark.