Backwards


a/n: This idea, as always, is random. Knowing me, updates are likely to be slow. Still, feel free to enjoy or hate it at your own leisure.


As Danny stepped into the unfinished portal, a strange sense of unshakable foreboding filled the pit of his stomach. He knew, right down to his core, that something irreversible was going to happen. His gut feelings were twisting apprehensively inside him. Should he go for it anyway? Continue to walk deeper into the gaping hole of wires and machinery, all for the sake of curiosity? He gulped, turning to see Sam's smile urging him on. He supposed it couldn't hurt to look a little closer. Besides, the invention didn't work anyways, so really, what could happen?

A lot, apparently.

His hand trailing the inner wall of the portal depressed unexpectedly. After a moment, he realized it was a button beneath his fingers, and then cold horror grew as he heard the soft purr of engines and energy become louder and alive until finally green flashed before his eyes and clouded his vision.

Screams echoed beyond the light. The invention was going haywire in a massive explosion around him, but it didn't touch him. It was like he was in the eye of a storm, that small spot in the center of destruction where temporary peace could be found until the tornado moved on.

Still, the raw energy forced him to the ground despite never touching him, the pure force pulsing from it knocking him down. He hit his head solidly on the metallic floor, and then darkness invaded his sight. He fell unconscious to the sounds of Sam and Tucker's agonizing screams.