Teleportation Device

There was next to no little time left.

I rounded the corner and skidded to a halt on compulsory command. Tick-tock, tick-tock. The compact device taunted teasingly. It was slowly becoming a do or die affair.

My heart lurched as the spell was lifted, and my feet went back to work—working faster than my mind.

As I barreled down the path, a fiery fiend backed out up ahead causing my steps to slow down. Not now! Its flashing indicating lights tauting me as it took it’s sweet and glorious time.

My breaths came out in rapid pants as I waited, and waited. Finally, the head was out and its vent sent a chilling smile my way.

Shaking my mind clean of agitation, my feet picked up the pace. Almost there!

The command was given again, but I disobeyed and ran, the load on my back painfully reprimanding me as I did so. I shouldn’t have eaten so much!

Finally, the stop appeared. Almost there! A smile spread across my face.

I skidded to a halt as I looked around, and the smile became painful. The teleportation device had left. My eyes stared holes into the yellow and black machine moving ahead as I started my count to a hundred, and started the dreaded trek.

I can’t believe I was late for school again!