[ WP ] You somehow acquire a time machine ; it 's about the size of a cell phone , has easily read instructions , and says that it has three remaining uses .

The guy said it was a time machine, but John doubted that. A crazy old man had stumbled drunkenly up to him and thrust it in his hands. He talked in mostly gibberish, `` time machine, flash light, bullet catch, three uses, time machine, door stop...'' He had run off into the night and John had only managed a, `` No man, please, come on, I do n't want your phone, please.'' He looked at the device and saw in emblazoned letters across the top `` TimeHop 3000'' and a screen just like an iPhone but with only one icon in the center screen saying `` Hop'' and a battery indicator showing `` 3 uses''. John thought about just throwing the thing in the dumpster, but... John was a sucker for buttons... 
 
 There was no flash. No warping of light. No pop. He was just standing there. Only... The there had changed. He looked around and could barely see anything in the darkness. Suddenly, a flurry of movement burst from his left. People were running. Five shadows ran past him. More shadows swished in the distance fleeing from something unknown. They ran, one here, two there, a group of five holding hands and dashing through a clearing. A man ran close, looked at John and said something like `` Loin geshvind.'' The whites of the man's eyes shined in the darkness with fear and his voice was winded and hoarse with exhaustion. The man fled while John stood dumbfounded. A young woman glanced at him and in doing so fell with a scream of pain. John rushed to her and saw she was clutching at her leg. `` Let me look,'' he said and clicked the `` time machine'' showing a bright light from its screen and illuminating the woman's leg. Blood shone bright from a wound in her shin. She screeched at him trying to shield the light of the improvised flashlight. 
 
 A voice yelled in the distance, `` Licht!'' Another answered, `` Ich sehe es!'' 
 
 He instinctively lowered the device when he heard the voices. He glanced at the screen and thought `` that is n't right.'' The device showed only 1 use remaining. `` I need to get back home,'' John thought and went to press the `` Hop'' button. The device exploded in his hand before he could press the button. 
 
 `` Ihn töten!'' A voice yelled nearby. 
 He felt a blow to his arm and a warmth spreading from his chest. The world tipped as he fell to the ground. As he lay there wondering what was happening he saw the screen of the `` TimeHop 3000'' shattered but illuminated. All it said was `` 0 Uses'' 
 
 As his eyes closed he thought of what the old man had said. `` Time machine, flashlight, bullet catch.''
