Border Breached

Written for the Daily Flash Fiction Challenge with a word limit of 300.

The prompts: This story must contain the words: nightmare, circle and unseen

Border Breached

Dr. Benjamin slid the viewing panel shut and turned to his group. “As you can see, Doctor Szokoly has lost all contact with the rational world. The renowned physicist claims that the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland has breached the quantum membrane; whatever that is. He says that we are under attack by unseen forces. ”

Dr. Adam Szokoly hunched in the corner of his padded cell. He could see them peeking in at him. When the panel on the door slid shut, he went to work. There wasn’t much time.

“Isn’t he the guy that tried to blow up the collider?”

The administrator turned to his audience of fat wallets in search of good causes. “The very same. At the time, he claimed he was trying to close the border between us and the nightmare world of magic and witchcraft.”

“So he actually believes in magic? Isn’t that odd for a man that dedicated most of his life to the pursuit of truth through scientific discovery?”

Adam didn’t have anything sharp to cut himself with so he used his teeth. Once he had a nice flow of blood, he stood in the center of his cell and turned slowly. As long as he stayed within the circle of blood, he would be safe.

“Yes, that’s what makes this case…”

A commotion down the hall caught everyone’s attention. People running towards the tour group were brought down from behind by large gorilla type creatures. Just beyond that, the building lost focus. Nothing made sense. The stunned group could only watch as the edge of reality charged towards them, consuming everything in its path.

As quickly as it happened, the world reset itself. Adam stepped out of his circle wondering if there was an Eve for him out there somewhere.

Word count 300