Suspense Story: Machine. Time

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“Machine” says Barry. He has a blank face as he’s spaced out looking off into a corner of the lab. He finds himself looking down at his watch. It reads 8:00. He breaks his stare to see his colleague, Francisco, enter through the doors. He’s shouting at Barry, but Barry is too confused to give him his attention and Barry looks down at his watch. Once Francisco gets in front of him, he snaps his fingers in front of his face. Barry finally shifts his focus to Francisco. Francisco asks him if he’s ready to show the machine to Prof. Zolomon. They get into an argument because Barry doesn’t think the machine is ready to perform. Francisco decides to let Barry run some test.

After waiting for quite a while, Prof. Zolomon walks into the room irritated. Barry shifts his eyes to Professor Zolomon then to his watch. Professor Zolomon approaches Francisco and asks him what is the delay. They get into an argument as Francisco explains that Barry is running some last minute test. Francisco looks at the clock on the wall and proposes to meet Barry.

They both approach Barry and the machine. Barry is hooking up the machine to some V9 batteries and inputs the information into the machine. Prof. Zolomon questions what Barry is doing and provokes him to move faster. Barry assures him the machine is ready as he pulls the lever of the machine. To Barry’s surprise nothing happens. He pulls the lever again and still there is no reaction. Frustrated Prof. Zolomon looks at the clock. He notices the clock hasn’t moved since he’s entered. Francisco tries to get his attention but Zolomon seems uninterested. As he heads to the door, Francisco chases after him. Meanwhile Barry is making some adjustments. He’s talking to himself, hoping to get it to work. The machine suddenly lights up and Barry screams with excitement. As he pulls the lever he screams “The time.”

“A Day in the Park”

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After hitting the snooze button twice, William once again silences his phone as he dozes off. He abruptly awakes from the sound of his phone once again minutes later. He puts the phone to his ear and says hello only to receive no response. Fully awake now, he tosses his phone and gets out of bed to get ready for the day. Noticing the time, he rushes out the door.

William runs to the train station hoping not to miss his train. He climbs up the long flight of stairs and rushes to the turnstiles. He swipes his metro card but his card could not be read. Hearing the train arriving at the station he rapidly continues to swipe his card over again. Finally, the turnstile reads his card and William pushes through rushing up the stairs to the platform. Barely making it through the closing doors of the train, William takes a second to catch his breath. Once on board the train he pulls out the homework he was supposed to have done for today and begins to work on it. The train finally reaches his stop and he makes a beeline for his school.
As soon as he enters the doors to his school, he shows his ID. He presses the button for the elevator. Once it gets to his floor, he jumps off and makes his way to the room. Noticing the door closed with the lights off, he checks his phone for the time. His screen reads: 10:43, one missed call from John and one voice-mail message.