[ WP ] The time machine worked a little .

The time machine worked a little. 
 
 My Time Machine lunged and jerked. 
 
 It shuttered violently as it accelerated to the point where I could pass over the time stream. I leaned over the console and started punching buttons. Alarms started going off, this was not normal. 
 
 “ Damnit ” I muttered under my breath, my head throbbing. 
 
 I just needed to stay conscience long enough to get back 30 minutes before the incident happened. I needed to get back far enough to stop whoever attacked me in my lab. The internal bleeding in my cracked skull did n't allow for much more time and it was getting harder to concentrate. 
 
 The pod was only big enough to carry one person. It was small and a tight squeeze and was n't cushioned effectively enough. This caused the rider to lunge around violently during tight spins. 
 
 “ Come on…. ” I muttered as the acceleration increased dramatically. 
 
 Suddenly something from the back popped and the pod started spinning wildly. 
 
 “ No, no, no ” I spat as I tried gain control. Then the acceleration stopped and I plummeted out of control out of the timestream. This had never happened before, and I had no idea what would happen. There was a flash of light and I saw blackness. 
 
 … My eyes opened up and everything was bright. 
 
 I looked around and saw my lab, everything was spinning and blood seeped out my my nose and ears, I didn ’ t have much time left. I forced myself up and stumbled over to my lab and I saw on my table the wrench that was used to brain me, not 20 minutes ago. 
 
 Wait… 30 minutes ago… 
 
 I looked at my watch; it showed that I hadn ’ t gone back 30 minutes but 10, I didn ’ t have much time, I leaned down and grabbed the wrench, maybe if I could remove the weapon I could stop the event. I took it and moved into the closet and sat there. 
 
 I looked down and saw a gnome… an actual gnome with a little red hat and full beard. 
 
 Could this be my killer? Could this be the one who brained me? 
 
 Or am I starting to lose my mind? 
 
 The gnome offered me a can of Diet Coke. I don ’ t even like Diet Coke. 
 
 Maybe he just didn ’ t know. 
 
 “ No, thank you though ” I said dismissively, I waved the soda away. 
 
 Suddenly I saw myself burst through the door and walk up to the counter. I saw myself looking for my wrench as I remembered it happening several minutes ago. Soon the killer will be upon me. I looked around and saw a short overweight man enter the room walking slowly towards old me carrying a wrench just like the one I was holding. It could n't be… 
 
 It was Oddjob from the old Goldeneye movie. 
 
 Why was a fictional character trying to attack me? 
 
 I looked down at my gnome friend for confirmation and saw that he had multiplied into 3 different gnomes. They looked and shrugged and pointed. 
 
 I rose from my hiding spot to stop Oddjob and approached him. The English mercenary lifted the wrench high behind old me ’ s back, I could see him smile as he lifted for the killing blow. 
 
 Not this time, you son of... 
 
 I attacked and swung hard and the wrench made contact with a sickling crunch. I heard a cheer from my gnome army behind me and I breathed a sigh of relief. I looked down and saw blood on the weapon. 
 
 Oddjob was gone. 
 
 On the floor lay my own body, I looked down and saw my own hands covered in my own blood. 
 
 I panicked and ran out of the building. Once out the double doors of my house, the world started to spin and lunge, much like my time machine did several minutes earlier. I fell and rolled over; I looked up at the sky just before everything faded to black, then I saw my time machine rise from my lab and disappear into the sky. I wished that next time I could stop myself. 

