The weapon dealer's son

Chapter 34: Private island.

The inside of the ship was almost the same as Adam’s living room back home, but smaller, and the ceiling was closer at only 2.5 meters high. It included a comfy sofa, two chairs occupied by Adam and Keet, and a coffee table in the middle.

On the wall there were pictures of Adam and his father and mother, some of the pictures were moving and repeating a certain pose or action, it was like a moment frozen in time, so clear and detailed, and almost alive.

It was fancy, and every thing smelled nice, Birdy never saw any thing like it before, he knew nothing other then the orphanage and its walls, and every thing he knew about the outside came from the books and comics he always reads.

“So what’s your answer?”

“You kidding me!! Of course I’ll come! I hate this place, everyone is mean to me! Even if you are going to hell it would be better then this place! But I hope you’re not though! It’s gonna be hot, and I don’t want to die burning! I think I would taste good though…”

Keet was already annoyed by Birdy’s never ending blabbering, his consciousness was anchored to Adam now, he wouldn’t be able to leave him or turn his attention to other processes for long without a direct order from Adam, so he created a space suit for Birdy and tricked him to wear it.

“Oh that’s for me!! Thank you sir! I can’t believe I have a space suit! It’s so cool! How do I look Adam! Do I look strong! It’s too tight on the…”

The helmet of the suit covered Birdy’s head, and the sound was totally cut off from the outside. “that’s better, I can see now the torture you went through during those three months!” Keet sympathized with Adam’s painful experience for the wrong reasons.

Even though Adam didn’t correct him, he was never irritated by Birdy’s chattering, he felt it was like a background noise to him that helps him focus on what he thinks by not having to pay attention to what Birdy says most of the time.

“Where do we start the search! The last time I saw him was about 5 months ago! And he was never gone for that long before!” Adam casually said creating a miniature earth on his hand, which the symbiote surprisingly made it float.

The symbiote was still processing the gravitational fields manipulation, it turned out to be harder than anticipated due to the gravity stone’s fusion with the flesh and bones of Adam’s body, which decreased the purity of the material.

When a car fly, the engine core only needs to stimulate the pure stone in a specific way to produce the needed force in a specific direction. however, when Adam tries to do the same, his whole body reacts to the stimulation, because his whole body is now like one big less pure stone.

The reason he couldn’t control himself in the air, is that a stimulation calculated on his legs or torso will also stimulate his hands, which might produce an opposite force to what is intended.

“how much do you actually know about your father?” Keet and Birdy stared at the little floating planet on Adam’s hand, both of them surprised for different reasons. Birdy was moving his lips and hands with no sound coming out of the helmet on his head.

Keet on the other hand was trying to scan every cell and particle of Adam’s Body to understand how he’s doing this, what he didn’t understand with all his processing power and intelligence, is how a living being can produce gravitational energy.

In all his time, and in all his memories from before he died, he never heard of a successful alteration of living tissues properties, not to mention a whole new function altogether. Gravity stone is the only material known to man Kind that can produce or control gravitational fields, and many have tried to produce it or copy its properties to other materials, but to no avail.

“I only know what he taught me, but you know more, which is why I’m asking you.” Adam replied with his usual monotonous voice, not averting his vision from the Little ball on his hand, which somehow was stably floating, unlike what the symbiote revealed to him.

He noticed that the icon that represented the space displacement skill started to change on the side of his vision, so he focused on it and opened the skill tab.

[Space displacement skill: Recalculating properties, testing is required.]

Adam was confused, he was wondering about if the symbiote made a mistake, it previously changed the fabric control skill based on Adam’s preferences, and the skill works just fine, but now it seems to be struggling to understand the properties of this skill.

What Adam didn’t know was that it is completely new to mankind that a living being can produce a gravitational force, so the symbiote had no information about the subject whatsoever, which means that it needed to research from scratch.

“Your father said that he needs to take care of some business on planet Rinvar, that planet is known to be a dangerous area, it doesn’t only have monsters and dangerous atmosphere, it’s also the home planet for the most vicious clan out there, they practically own the planet and named it after their clan.”

“Are they strong? I mean in normal fights! Not including heavy weaponry.” Adam’s question surprised Keet, he expected Adam to ask about what business his father has with such people, or to worry about his father’s well-being, or something along that line, but Adam was interested in their strength instead.

“They are heavy weaponry themselves! Their least body modification includes several tons of physical force! There is a rumor that their boss destroyed an entire planet single handed.” Keet tried to scare Adam to divert his attention from the wretched path of seeking strength he can clearly see in his eyes, however, he knew that he failed when Adam’s eyes gleamed with the interest In what he said.

“Listen kid! You might have heard about the earth being protected by the alliance, which is why there’s peace on earth, but outside earth is a whole different story.” Keet still tried to change Adam’s mind. “Once we leave earth, there is no more law, and no more rules. Strength is dominant out there.” His words made the opposite effect on Adam, as he became more fixated on becoming stronger.

“We have work to do then!” Adam enthusiastically said. “Keet! Take us to a secluded spot that I can train in, and we need to find a way to get supplies and resources!”

Birdy noticed the same excitement he have seen before on Adam’s face, his face darkened slightly, as the last time it ended up with him getting zapped, and he couldn’t hear what they are saying, so he was a little scared.

“we have enough resources for a little more then three days, and there’s a good spot that your father owns on the planet, it’s a private island, so it’ll be safe.”

“If my father has a private island! Why aren’t we living there already?” The excitement on Adam’s face grew to a noticeable grin, owning land on earth meant that so much money and resources were spent to buy it, and so much more went into protecting it and making it safe and habitable.