Night in the Museum

Eli Pelham

He winced as the War machine screamed again. With what Eli saw, he wasn't exactly going to be escaping anytime soon. Hearing a whistling noise, he turned to see multiple projectiles. Yelping, possibly having a heart attack, he fall backwards, closing his eyes tightly. I'm gone.He thought.

[Timestop Activated]

Wait, He realized after approximately ten seconds. I'm still breathless. Shouldn't death restore my lungs? Opening his eyes, He found the spears floating in mid-air. What?

Getting to his feet, he looked around. Hovering projectiles. The War machine was staring as if she was frozen. Was she frozen? Poking one of the spears, he jumped as it fell to the ground, then stopped suddenly again. Okay, so it was not stuck in some invisible wall, maybe just some extraterrestrial jelly. Did I do this?

Eli picked the spear up, and held it in front of him, approaching the War machine. Did it run out of power? He began to make his way behind it, it was to suddenly power on, he wasn't going to get too close.

[Out of range. Timestop Deactivated]

Eli Pelham

The War machine was fast, and as the spear disappeared from his hands, he felt the hammer hit his arm. With a wince, he was knocked to the side, where he stood up and quickly moved even further out of her range.

It hurt a lot, but it didn't feel broken. Opening and closing his fingers, Eli deduced that it was just going to be one hell of a bruise.

Regardless, his mind was still on what happened. "So the War machine stopped as if frozen. But the spears stopped as well, so it didn't just run out of power." He muttered to himself. It had to have a logical answer. It had to be that time had stopped. How did he do this?"Wait, does this mean I actually have a power?" He loudly cheered, forgetting where he was for a moment.

Eli Pelham

Come on, how did he do it? Eli was too focussed on the weapon in her hands to hear what was coming out from behind the mask, but he was still wondering about what he had just done.

If only he had asked someone how they activated their powers. Was it a mental switch, or did he just use it like a muscle? Remembering how it happened the first time, with the spears, Eli watched the hammer as it swung down.

"It should activate like last time," Eli theorised, and stood still. At the last moment, however, he panicked. "I cant do it." Stepping back, he felt something shifting within his mind, and the world once again went silent.

[Timestop Activated]

"Right. So its a muscle." Eli concluded. Not going to make the same mistake again, he started to run in the opposite direction but stopped before he went too far. I'm locked in. He thought to himself, sitting down. The police should be on their way, but I stopped time. So its just me right now.

What could he do? First of all, he could stop the war machine's Rampage. Probably best to start with that, after all, he stopped time. She couldn't hurt him while frozen, could she?

Eli moved towards her, and with the intention of testing how heavy she was, touched her on the elbow.

[Entity: War added to Timestop. War is now Temporarily immune to Timestop effects]

Eli Pelham

Eli was startled by the sudden movement, and jerked his hand away, as if touched by a hot flame. He looked at the hook-hand, and thankful he didn't get caught, he took another step back.

[Entity: War removed from Timestop]

Why did that happen? Did it end when he touched her? He didn't touch her the first time, so what caused that one to stop? Eli may now have powers, but he knew nothing about how to use them.

If he couldn't touch her, then Eli could do is run, and find a good hiding place from the War machine. Turning his back to her once again, he sprinted down the length of the room, and out through the nearest door.

[Out of Range. Timestop Deactivated]

Eli Pelham

Running, Eli began to hear a whirring noise. Realising that time must have begun again, he stopped to checked back, making sure that he wasn't visible to the machine, instinctively ducking at the sound of gunfire, even if it wasnt targeting him, though a few did come close, cutting through the walls around him.

Note: Do not get caught when the police arrive. Eli mumbled. He did not have the money to repair this, and he definitely didn't want the jail time. The building was still on lockdown, however, so he couldn't just escape. wait, was the police notified of this?

Pulling his phone back out of his pocket, Eli moved as far away from the cannon noise as he could. He didn't want to make the same mistake again. He dialed the emergency services number and waited for someone to pick up.