1 The Beginning

20 year old college sophomore from the university of Illinois, Jack Jones was walking down a campus sidewalk on his way to his next lecture. 'Man I hope 2020 will be a good year' he thought. This was his first class since school was back in session after the new year.

Jack was just a normal college student. He was 5'11, had short, slightly spiked black hair, and a lean build. He was wearing black pants with a red stripe down the side, a black Star Wars T-shirt, and black hoodie with a red Akatsuki cloud design.

He was about to pull out his phone to check if any of his favorite novels updated or YouTubers uploaded when he saw a green flash in the corner of his vision. Looking to his left he saw a silver pocket watch sitting on the grass beside the sidewalk.

Looking around he thought to himself 'Doesn't seem like anyone around here dropped it. Might as well bring it to the lost and found, I got time and this seems expensive'

Leaning over and picking it up Jack took a good look at the watch. 'The front just has a gold infinity symbol on it, I wonder what's inside' flipping open the watch revealed a intricate design of gears surrounded by the numbers in Roman numerals.

"Ahh"

Feeling a strange tugging sensation from his chest Jack fell to the ground in pain.

"What is going on" were his last words was black encroached his vision.

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"H—....He.....Hey! Are you okay?"

"Huh"

"Hey dude do you need to go to the hospital? I just walked by to see you passed out here on the ground"

Looking towards the sound of the voice Jack couldn't help but close his eyes in pain. 'I thought I had good vision what is going on'

He thought. When he opened his eyes again he saw the same thing, whenever movement would happen in his field of view he would see a sort of phantom image. 'It must just be from the fall— Wait I'm probably going to be late for class'

"Ahh thank you I'm fine just a fainting spell it doesn't happen often" quickly thinking up a lie and forgetting about the pocket watch for the time being Jack just wanted to get to his class on time.

"You sure?"

"Yep all good"

Thanking the stranger and walking towards his class because he didn't feel up to running, the phantom image just wouldn't go away. Thinking back to what happened Jack remembered the watch. 'What even happened to it and why did I faint in the first place' he though 'I just hope this vision thing goes away'

Walking through a park area on the final stretch to get to class. Jack stopped when he saw the phantom image of a frisbee coming towards him from the right he stuck out his hand to catch it but was too late.

Even thought he was too late he didn't feel anything hit him and instead 1 second later he felt the frisbee in his hand.

"Whoa dude nice catch, sorry about that"

"All good"

Passing the frisbee off to the other person jacks mind was racing about what just happened ' Did I just see that before it happened? ... No that's crazy I can see if anything changes in class and then check it out afterwards'.

Finally making it to class just on time he went to his seat close to the front row and sat down.

"Cutting it a little close weren't you?" a feminine voice called out from the seat next to him. Looking over to his right Jack saw his best friend Ally. Being a couple inches shorter than jack with blonde hair and blue eyes, she was definitely good looking but Jack wasn't looking for a relationship.

"Unavoidable circumstances that I will tell you about later" Jack responded. He had become friends with Ally early on in high school and they grew even closer when it was just them that they knew in college.

Ally was about to respond when the professor started talking and began the class.

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Near the middle of the lecture Jacks mind was wandering to the events earlier. The phantom movements haven't stopped and with some testing of a few objects it seems like he can predict the future of the object. One time he was even able to slow his perception of time a little.

'Either I'm going crazy or this is the coolest day of my life' looking down at his hand that he picked up the watch with he thought 'I wish I had the watch it probably had something to do with it'

Just as he thought that in a small flash of green light the watch appeared in his hand. Jumping a little and cursing under his breath jack was starting to lean towards him not being crazy as he could feel the watch in his hand.

Opening the watch his head suddenly felt like it was hit with a brick. Closing and opening his eyes again Jack saw the world in a green filter. Looking towards the professor it seemed like he was teaching in slow motion slowly drawing a math problem.

Hearing a cracking sound from the wall behind the professor Jacks eyes widened when the wall busted forward onto the professor instantly crushing him. But his jaw hit the floor when he saw what caused it.

'Shit'