Scary Short Stories

Jumping Through Time

A scientist by the name of Dr. Drex had a breakthrough in his inventions. A device that would jump through dimensions and realities. "I will test it myself within the week." he announced to the public. People called him crazy and a lunatic. "What if it kills him?" was the big question that everybody kept on asking. "We'll just have to find that out then, and if I die, it will probably be instant!" he said. 

When it came time to test it, he held the device in hand and looked over at the cameras taking videos of him jumping through space, reality, and time. Dr. Drex pressed the button and there was a big flash of blue light. He had a very intense headache and next thing he knew everything had gone white, and he passed out. He had a vivid dream of a clock, ticking slower and slower every time the second had moved, and when he woke up, he was on the floor of his lab. Dazed, he stood up and looked around at everybody. Everybody was moving very slowly. Very very slowly. He stood up and looked at the people, he got to his equipment and did some calculations. In this dimension, everything was going 100,000 times slower. Dr. Drex walked around the lab and then outside, he could see birds almost still in place while flying and cars slowing inching along. He could not decide whether this was good or bad, a world that is 100,000 times slower than his. This world was so slow that he could not interact with anything unless it was an inanimate object.

Dr. Drex had an idea. "If I could get a running start, would I be able to clear the street below and land on the other rooftop?"

He tested it by running as fast as he could and jumping. His theory was that he'd be able to do it. 

He got on top of a building and got back as far as he could from the ledge. He started to run and when he got to the ledge he took a massive leap. He was doing it, he was almost flying. He was soaring above the street. He was going to make it when he clotheslined the telephone wires. 

He watched as his head got ripped from his body in slow motion. he watched his body fall to the street below and splat on the ground. His head flew all the way to the other building and landed. He was aware for what felt like hours, until he finally passed away.