This short story is one of my submissions for Literotica's
750 Word Project 2024
- this is always a really difficult but fun challenge, so I'd recommend giving it a go! Enjoy.
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"Are you ready?" Rachael asked, stepping up onto the metal platform.
"Not really," her brother Liam replied, joining her to stand with the controller gripped in his palm. "Ok - three, two, one?"
The twins had spent their summer secretly constructing a home-made teleporter, which they'd built in the shed at the end of the garden. With their parents out for the day they'd decided to give their prototype its first proper test, by programming it to teleport them into their living room. The trial runs they'd done so far, using the family guinea pig, had all worked well, but they were still nervous.
"Yeah, let's do it," Rachael nodded, taking in a deep breath. "Three, two, one, go!"
Liam pressed the red button on the end of the controller, and the twins disappeared. A fraction of a second later they blinked back into existence, and they shielded their eyes as they adjusted to the bright midday sunshine.
"Oh shit," Liam swore, as he realised that their teleporter had failed in three important ways.