"You can't stay here." I said to her and she looked at me proudly. "I can and I will." "I'm not saying you're not welcome but you Really need to stay low.""I will do no such thing, Private." She had a fiendish look in her eyes. I growled when she reminded me of my place. "Yes, ma'am.""I think she's kind of sweet. You coming?" Mort gestured and I fumed and muttered curses. I brushed my forehead and entered the lecture hall where Mister Alan Greyson waited. He was wearing a brown jacket with elbow patches, khakis and loafers. He had long hair and a scraggly beard. The students muttered."Today, we'll be learning about a basic topic called magnetism."A student yawned."Magnetism is the force exerted by magnets when they attract or repel each other. Magnetism is caused by the motion of electric charges.Every substance is made up of tiny units called atoms. Each atom has electrons, particles that carry electric charges. Spinning like tops, the electrons circle the nucleus, or core, o
[ Daily mission. Take a lap ]I grabbed it and left. I jogged with the group and huffed as it got heavier, it felt like I strapped large truck tyres to my waist. "Move it boys, I know you weren't doing your lunges when you were home with mommy and daddy. We are just getting warmed up. Move it!" He pushed me. "This is just like camp!" I heard her say. "I'm gonna need some electrolytes." Amir huffed. I was blinded by the effort I was putting in. It was thirty minutes in and we were still running. One minute to it and I rolled over. The others hurried past me, the earth was shaking. It was still not over."I need some water." I pulled up and the coach yelled at me. "You still have a long way to go, Squirt! Your reaction time is terrible! Get up!" I relaxed on a pole at gazed at Coach Henderson. He took a swipe at my back and I rushed to the finish line. "Oh my kidneys." I could feel a horrid sensation in my stomach like there were stones bouncing in there. Mort did a high five wi
She moved on her toes uneasily. "Oh dear, I forgot about Earth's currency. I don't have money on me." She whispered."What did you say?" Chima's eyes shrank at Oogie. "Sorry miss, you either speak English, Creole, or Igbo." He counted on his fingers. "I don't have time for this.""Chill." Morty waved his hands. He passed the money to him and he clenched it. "Here you go." I cleared my throat. Chima looked everywhere else and to his stand. Amir returned with a duffel bag and another dumping it on the stand. "Amir. Bros, what's going on?" He looked kind of disappointed. Amir hissed at him. His mouth fell open. "Ah ah, who is all this attitude for?""I'm not interested in your small chops, bruv." I shook my head and then approached Chima. He looked at me from head to toe."Where's my share?" He laughed hard. "See this one. Interest? 30 days minimum guarantee. You get your money.""You tricked me.""Relax, my guy." He tapped me. "See, you help me fetch customers to reach a target of $
"What is a geek?" She said with a deadpan voice. "You know...socially awkward..." I ducked moving past her."But I like my clothes." She said. Oogie was intimidating too. Her frown made my stomach clench. I turned to the almost empty park and I motioned into the air. I blew a breath when I remembered that it would take time for the heart to get here. I couldn't wait for it to magically happen. She sat down on the stone edge and I relaxed. We gazed out to the lavender meadow. It was evening, and the cool breeze wafted over the flowers. The sky was a spectrum of purple, yellow, and orange. The sun was going down. We heard boys hollering about passing a basketball in the large concrete court and glass broke. We looked back while they ran for it. "It's so peaceful out here. I've never seen this much open air or vegetation in Morphius." "Really? You have like orchards in one place?""Yes. Plant life in my world is minimal, the botanical gardens are only good for healthcare and barely any
19...20...21... I pushed harder and the suit picked up on my strength. I had the impulse to drop out of the game. I was feeling dizzy."43 m/h. You're halfway there." Zed said. "You won't leave this place until I see a tweak in your ratings." That pushed me to keep going, I was beaten by a Klozandroid, overpowered by a mimic, merely annoyed by a condor, and saved by a girl. There was no way I was falling out of the race. I reached the line and my vision doubled. I stumbled before the line and fell sideways. I cringed clutching the floor. I was angry with myself. "Stay away from electrolytes. It's bad for you." "Sorry, Private, You have a lot of training on your hands." She outstretched her gloved hand and I clutched it, she struggled. "Turn off the suit." "Deactivate. Whoa!" I was whisked forward and we fell. I had to try this again. It took me 159 tries and I only broke out with 24 miles."Class dismissed." Zed flicked the lighter off. He turned to the tyres drifting into his bri
We froze and she nudged me to pick up the phone. Guard Dog closed in on me. I pushed it back and picked up the phone. "Mortay.""Don't Mortay me. After all I've been through. The weekend is almost over and you didn't make it. You were looking forward to this. I waited all day for you. It's not strange of you to decline, you're always declining! I finally thought we were going to have a good time. Me and you without all this alien nonsense coming into the mix.""Wait a second, I was excited. But I had training.""Is that so?" I could hear the harsh tone in his voice. "Yeah, it's so. It was an impromptu meeting anyways. I'm at Frank's place. Just ask Oogie." I said and she cast me a dry look standing akimbo. I facepalmed. "Then why didn't you call me? I would have understood.""I had a lot of things on my plate." "Like what? It's not like you were in the middle of a fight. I know you. you've been bitching about that ride for ages. I was trying to be a good friend." Turned out he
"He came face to face with Lord Gondomier. We didn't know what happened next. But the state of the field indicated that there was an epic battle. Teyen forced him to yield. In fact the only reason that he let go of the heart, the nanites and the Box was left to him alone. I know not about his motivations." I swallowed hard. I did hear about the slaves of Gagarin that were rescued. Why would they betray Zed like that? The extra AI from Zoldor indicated that he rescued them from the dying planet. Did it contain false records? Were the other slaves abandoned, embittered and lost? I wanted to ask her about them but she looked back at the creature creeping out of the ghost town. Dust and smoke rose and I set my hand over my eyes. I heard screaming behind us. Oogie pulled out a luminescent staff. I took out a blaster. We stood back to back."I figure it's too late for escorts." My breathing turned shallow when I heard soft growling noises. "What is that?" I turned around and set out my
The alien slowly dropped and I wheezed moving on. The city was ridden with them. It was all my fault, I couldn't let my friends and family or others down but I couldn't let Gondomier get the nanites or the rest of the world. I was stretching myself too thin. I limped out in grief ignoring the incoming call from my dad. I pushed myself. I ran towards the city and drifted with my thrusters to the inner city where these spiders were raiding. Oogie was amongst them in a coccoon. I shot at them, another raised its appendages at me. An alien with tentacles stepped down. "Ah, the Mech Soldier is here, or shall we say, the Mech Knight." He laughed maniacally. He had green skin, red eyes, a purple suit with wings just like their appendages hanging stiffly on its back. He rounded up a horde of people within the barriers and I noticed that Beck was among them. He looked horrified. More water drop vessels fell from the sky on to the roads. I was asked not to show emotions before my adversaries