"I was brought here by..." Amaya stopped for a second looking at Milo. Milo nodded and she continued. "...Milo. I'm guessing you were too."
Jensi nodded. "I'm not sure what happened whatsoever, I barely remember being taken and then I remember a dark room. Next thing I know, lights out, and I'm laying in the grass and I see Milo."
Milo looked at them both. "Yes, well to tell you the truth I think I have a theory of what exactly that place was we were in. But that's a discussion for another time. Right now we need to eat." He pointed at two boxes of food in the corner of the shack.
Amaya took the top box as Jensi took the bottom. They looked at each other in annoyance about how Milo could possibly know what happened to them and just not tell them. Jensi decided to ignore it and just eat. Needless to say he was starving. And he guessed Amaya was too, by the look of things.
"So, Amaya," Jensi started, as he gobbled up the roll and potatoes. Not his favorite, but he definitely wasn't complaining. "Do you have any ideas about what that place was, since the 'all knowing' doesn't want to tell us?" He glared at Milo.
Jensi would have thought he was being rude a few days ago, but a lot had changed in a short amount of time and so had he.
"I could be wrong, but it almost felt like I was being tested at one point. At first I assumed I was being taken to some different climates, but then common sense hit and I realized that I couldn't have been taken to so many different places so quickly. It was then that I was taken into the room with you, Jensi, and I knew that this had to have been programmed or created somehow. Like a prop for a play or something."
Jensi just nodded. He had felt the exact same way. But the real question was, how?
How had this all been created? With what technology? Jensi's thoughts raced. He then remembered the hot sun. It was almost like a special effect in a movie.
Or maybe a simulation?
Glitch!
It was through those thoughts that Jensi remembered the ripple or glitch that had happened the day of the earthquake. That couldn't have been connected, could it?
His thoughts then led him back to Ivan.
"Ivan!" He yelled, shocked he had almost completely forgotten his friend had been taken too. Though a lot had happened, so he didn't blame himself for the mishap. It did make him very anxious.
Amaya's eyes widened with a shocked expression. "Where is he, Jensi?!"
Emotions ran through Jensi's body. "He's still in that place!"
Milo looked at them both. "It's time to go."
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The A.I. Protoforms
Science FictionJensi, a teen boy, sees the world a little differently than everyone else. With a lot of time to himself, due to being incredibly shy, he gets to see more of what's around him. He looks at his surroundings instead of just the person in front of him...
