THE JOURNEY (DESTINATION IN OBLIVION)

JOURNEY SEVEN

He had a cold and emotionless stare, I felt like he would devour me. He is just about the same age or few years older than me. I quickly looked away but I noticed that his head was back on his laps. I spotted uncle Lance in a distance and I approached him. When I finally met him he asked if I had eaten and I just realized that I haven't taken anything in hours, I was so tensed that I didn't even feel hungry at all. 'Seems you made a new friend', uncle Lance said with a faint smile. I shrugged and followed uncle Lance back to one of the hall doors, I think you should go back to your room and find something to eat, just ask vMax and everything will be ready in seconds.

Once back at my room, I ordered for a cheese cake and apple juice, but I still couldn't get my mind off the guy in black. He looks really strange and he has an intimidating aura. After consuming the whole meal, I dropped the debris down the garbage chute and rested in the chamber. I had really hated school but now I actually miss school. The thick metallic door opened again and uncle Lance can be seen walking down from the tubes into my room. 'Hey look what I got you' , uncle Lance said bringing out some huge books and the strange metallic ball he had called 'intelliprobe' earlier. He dropped the book and handed the ball to my hands, I don't know how you found this, but it has been declared wanted since time immemorial but people seems not to care about it again. The reason why it was useless for anyone was that no one knows how to unlock it and it can only be unlocked by a huge surge of energy , uncle Lance explained. This made me remember the day that I was almost struck by thunder and the ball reacted to it, it would have been unlocked if there was more torrent of energy added to it. I stared carefully at the metallic ball and found out that the CS sign has turned green, uncle Lance gave me a kind of 'go ahead' look and I twisted the ball to opposite side and it opened up with a slight hiss. A beautiful looking cuff was inside and it suddenly started growing bigger and bigger and then it finally stopped. What seemed to be but a little ring was now almost twice my finger's length in diameter. It tilted to one side and was about to fall when uncle Lance grabbed it and put it into my arms. It retracted quickly and shrunk to my wrist's size. A hologram suddenly popped out of the bracelet and a green light scanned my eyes. The whole thing happened so quickly that I couldn't even react, the hologram suddenly started to speak "Hello master Dave, I am intelliprobe212 but you can call me Ip for short and I am now your new friend, I can search and bring you information from and part of the internet, hack into any known computer and tweak through any part of the internet, and gather any information you want, I can proudly say that am the king of technology" I was awed by all the features of Ip and I was glad from within. vMax will be jealous, I thought. Uncle Lance turned to the door and started leaving, he then told me that Ip should be able to help me speak with Trevor, I was happy and my eyes started soaking up with tears, I have really missed him and my mum but my mum is still recovering in the hospital so I would not be able to speak with her.

Once uncle Lance walked out on the door, I commanded Ip to call Trevor. Immediately, it asked for a more precise description of Trevor and it assured that it was ready to create connection, I waited for about some minutes because Ip kept losing and sustaining connections, it seems it was quite difficult for it to create a connection.

Apparently, it's the only technology to have ever done this before. After about a few minutes, Trevor's large head poped out of the camera as a hologram and I was terrified, I shuddered and tried to regain balance. He was quite confused and I could see his head clearly as a 3d model, no wonder the connection was difficult, even the best phones at the surface wasn't capable of creating holograms, 'Hello' Trevor said, but I was still too stunned to answer, 'who the hell would make a video call and cover the camera? , Trevor complained with a grimace, He… Hello Trevor, I stuttered, it's Dave, which Dave? He asked, still confused, it's your friend blud, am not dead. I said, "no way" , show your face dude I wanna see you he asked, pls come back man school is hell for me without you man, he added, sorry, I cant, I don't even…. Suddenly the connection got broken and Ip came out as a hologram in the shape of a robot, sorry, master Dave, the connections I created were too dangerous and a lot of things could go wrong if I kept it running, the connections made earth's internet systems susceptible to various interplanetary and intraplanetary probes. There is a high percentage that many websites will be crashed and it can expose Cs' information to the public. I will be able to make you a more secure connection in months, Ip assured with the ok 👌 sign. OK no problem I replied. One more thing master, do you want me to keep this appearance or try something else. 'IP Why not try something more human? , I asked, suddenly, Trevor's head popped out but I wasn't as scared as the last time, but I was more suprised. What about this, Ip said, but this time, with Trevor's voice, this is okay, I said. I have archived your friend's facial hologramic details "I am here if you need me" , IP said and the hologram dissappeared.

I approached the large books uncle Lance brought, I prefer calling him uncle now, because he is more of a family. I opened the books and started to read. It turns out most of the things we have been taught in high school has been a lie.

After reading for quite sometime, being an intelligent fellow, I started to understand beyond what am average college lecturer would have spent many years trying to figure out, the knowledge down here is indeed far ahead of the surface. It turns out as I read further, the more complicated it got. When I felt like I had read for about 6 to 8 hours I finally stopped and decided to continue later. I didn't even bother to ask vMax how time is counted down here. 'vMax how do I know how the time is counted here? , suddenly vmax's voice ran across the room. "I cannot provide you with a numeral that will represent a position in the void of space and time." vMax replied. So how do I know when anything is going to happen?, I asked, frustrated. "in replacement to time, dwellers of the CS HQ know the period at which things will happen intuitively because of the wonders of the diety's potion". Dave almost got knocked out by confusion. So what's the diety's potion?, he asked.

TBC

(NB) FROM AUTHOR: All chapters will now be written in POV (point of view) ('.')