The clockmaker
by mahalia | Score: 3450
I was watching the news when this man came up. His face was glowing blue and was identified as a clockmaker who had been struck by lightning when he was making a clock for his shop. He seemed relatively calm for someone glowing blue. He had a huge crowd that had gathered around him as the newsreporter was asking him questions. In the background a child was kicking around a soccer ball, when it rolled down to the clockmakers' feet. Shockingly, as soon as the ball got a couple inches away, it seemed to be repelled. It hit a man dressed as a sailor, who started screaming obscenities. He barreled toward the clockmaker, now identified as Howard Bell. As soon as he went to hit Howard, the sailors hand seemed to be deflected, like it was pulled back by an invisible force. I turn off the TV, completely confused. Did that clockmaker have super powers? I sit on my bed, thinking about what I had heard. Just then, I hear the floor creak. I see a man dressed like a dentist in my bedroom, walking as slow as a snail. I scream, and when he looks towards me, I see he's transparent. I jump out of my window and see th