“It’s wonderful!” Adam couldn’t find a better word to describe the scene of the lake in the middle of all the trees, the reflection of the luminous orb flickering as the gentle cold night breeze tickles the surface of the calm lake, the colorful flowers spread everywhere like a beautiful infestation devouring the whole island, there is a flower blooming in every empty inch of the ground.Despite his now vast vocabulary, he couldn’t find a better description to this island. The wooden house beside the lake felt as if it was here for centuries, being a part of the land, a good neighbor to the surrounding trees, respecting their privacy as they respected its boundaries, a generous host to the growing flowers on its ancient steps, it felt like it would be believable if the house grew naturally from a seed, it perfectly blended with the island.What delighted Adam even more, was that the whole island smelled to him like home, the unnamed smell he grew up with was in abundance here, the sme
“How much is that?!” Birdy whispered in Adam’s ear, he had no idea what a billion is, but the surprise on Adam’s face told him that it’s allot. Adam’s surprise didn’t live long. “A billion is a 9 digit number.” He answered Birdy’s question under Keet’s chuckle. “Can we bind it to someone without a surgery.” [Insufficient data for a precise answer. Shallow binding is possible with a success rate of 100 percent, it may not include the thought activation function. Deep bindings success rate is unknown due to Insufficient data, testing is required.] ‘Aren’t you being useless lately!’ Adam scolded the symbiote for its lack of useful answers, to which the symbiote didn’t react. He was disappointed in how it let him down on the one thing he was excited to do, flying. The global network of the alliance had no information on the superior cores, which is why the symbiote didn’t have any information on them other then the result of the scan. “We can. however, it’s gonna be painful. Without
Adam stood there watching, as Birdy’s eyes were closed in an attempt to endure the hellish pain. Even though Birdy’s face was relaxed as if he was asleep, Adam recognized the pain in his twitching expression, and the occasional uncontrollable spasms of his muscles and limbs.“How long will it take?!” Adam finally asked after a very long minute have passed, feeling that any longer then this, and Birdy may be unable to handle the pain, even though he surprisingly have endured this far while forcefully relaxing and trying to accept the pain.“The process have already ended, and the binding is a success, the phantom pain should be soothed with some painkillers, I’m waiting for him to wake up to see how he will react.” Keet answered with an amused voice. “I’m very surprised at how well he endured this though, your friend here seems to have some excellent qualities Adam.”“when did he pass out?!” Adam kept his eyes at Birdy, even though Keet have assured him that the binding is already a su
“Lets see what’s In the other boxes.” Adam went to the table and opened another box to see if it was the one containing the cluster fabric, but it wasn’t.The second box Adam opened had 6 small cylindrical shaped items, each of them was 10 centimeters long, stored separately with a foam-like material covering each one. as soon as he held one of them in his hand, the symbiote reacted to it.[Crystal energy cell discovered, not yet compatible with the host. Can be used to power various constructs instead of using internal energy.Estimated capacity is ten thousand times the current capacity of the host.The crystal energy cell is estimated to be self recharging.]‘That’s nice!’ Adam was happy to finally see something that can benefit him. He was wondering about the reason why the symbiote didn’t react to the other cell he installed in Mela’s core when the symbiote answered his unasked question.[Unlike a power cell that contains electric energy, the crystal energy cell contains a pure c
Birdy touched the first shiny rod picking it up, he was surprised with its weight, it was heavier then it looked, it vibrated violently in his hand until it turned into a liquid metal and crawled onto his wrist, rapping itself around it, taking the shape of a wrist guard.He was now wearing a metallic yellowish wrist guard that seemed to be a part of a complete armor, with a screen on what ever part of it that Birdy was looking at. The screen displayed various statistics that he was reading slowly.Cluster fabric in control: 1 kg.Blueprints: (basic armor, 12 kg of cluster fabric is needed for the current body measurements.), (basic weapon, 10 – 15 kg of cluster fabric is needed to activate the lesser fire arms.).Charge: 99%. (12 years.)Ready protocols: There are no protocols.Like any other core, this core could only display information by using cluster fabric screens, even though it’s connected to Birdy’s nervous system, it can only receive signals, it cannot send any signal to th
Birdy ordered the activation of full guard, with his thoughts this time. In an instant, Liquid metal emerged from the shoulders, creating a head the same size as Birdy’s head, it had no opening for the nose, nor for the eyes, it was completely shut off.“How would I see or breathe inside that helmet?!” Birdy shyly asked with a low voice, afraid that his question would annoy Keet or Adam.“The armor’s blueprint was designed for maximum survivability, it will purify and store oxygen in almost all kinds of environments.” Keet monotonously said, while Birdy was still confused but he was afraid to ask any further.The door closed on its own and the test has started, it was a level based test, which meant it would start on the first level, which is natural elements and slow projectiles, going up to the max level that can be tested indoors, an explosion test, if the armor survives the previous tests of course.The test began by freezing the entire room, dropping the temperature to -50 degree
The armor slowly started to change as the weight kept increasing, it turned into a hydraulic press its self to fight the weight pressing on it. “How did you do that Adam!” Keet’s grin disappeared, and in its place, a worried expression covered his face.“It’s just a calculated protocol.” Adam said, not sure himself about what the symbiote did to achieve that adaptability.The weight increased to 38 tons, when Keet stopped the press manually, he obviously wasn’t happy to see this change. He was afraid that Adam could have created an artificial intelligence, because adapting is not something a normal protocol could do.“Order the shot down of the armor and turn it back to its super state.” Keet commanded Birdy, not allowing him the time to think.Birdy’s heart dropped, the sudden change of Keet’s attitude scared him now more then ever, and he was right to be scared, because after he did what he was told to do, Keet’s hands got suddenly bigger, and he picked him up like an ant.“What are
Seeing that Birdy was now feeling better after playing with the dog that was almost his size, Adam decided to end the day here and go to bed.Even though he was mentally exhausted from every thing that happened today, including the agonizing eating frenzy state he was forced into, he didn’t sleep easily. he kept thinking about Mela whom he might never see again, his father’s disappearance and what business he had with the Rinvar clan that kept him from coming back for 5 months, and what mostly kept him awake is the symbiote. he had a mixed feeling about this overly powerful entity that he accidentally stumbled onto.Up until now, he only benefited from it. he became twice as strong as an adult top tier athlete. he gained the ability to control and interact with any thing on the electromagnetic spectrum. he gained the ability to emit gravitational energy, even though he can’t yet fully control it. but the question that he keeps asking himself is, ‘am I strong enough?!’ and for some rea