Time Barrier

The clock struck midnight.  At that precise moment in time, it seem everything stood still. Our neighbor's dog, who seconds before was barking at the moon, stood fixed in place also. 

Like a statue, Max seemed frozen stiff.  I walked all around him and he never flinched.  What was happening felt too bizarre, and like something out of a science fiction movie.  Maybe I had watched too much of it.  I needed answers.  I also noticed that the hands of the clock began moving, but in reverse.

The same dog was moving in reverse also.  Nothing regarding me changed at all.  I wasn't headed backwards.  As I kept watching the actions of both clock and dog, a limo pulled up.  A man stepped out of it and began addressing me.  "So, my experiment worked!  I got the hands of time to go backwards.  You are my first witness!  I'm Professor Clay Atkins, by the way."

"I'm Tom, and it didn't exactly work as you had planned, I'm still going forward."

"I didn't shoot you.  What I'm saying is, I used my laser device on the clock and dog.  I didn't feel comfortable to try it on human subjects just yet.  But the dog seems to be okay with no after effects."

Indeed, the dog returned to his earlier barking at the moon, and the clock returned again to strike midnight.  How bizarre this all seemed.  "Professor, why not build a time machine to go back in time?"

"I thought I'd start small, and then work my way up to that.  I'm satisfied with dealing with smaller time frames.  My father died on an operating table, and time is what really killed him.  Had the doctor been given just a few more seconds he could have saved him.

My device will accomplish that feat, and now many more will be afforded a second chance in life."

"In that case, I applaud your work here and heartily endorse your experiment.  Allow me to be your first human subject."  I signed a release paper that gave Tom the permission to shoot me.  Now only time will tell...