Dawn Davenport: funny, sarcastic and a lovable person. Her world is crazy, involved with a trio and her best friend, Leo who they share many dangerous and fun experiences. Will she fall in love along the way? Or heartbroken by her own family's secr...
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My dad eagerly beckoned us to follow him down into the lab, practically bouncing with excitement. "Inventing the wheel? Boring. Discovering electricity? Snooze. Sliced bread? Lame. "But now..." he announced, his voice swelling with theatrical pride. "Davenport Industries introduces the world's first..." With a flourish worthy of a stage magician, he yanked away a large cloth covering a towering metal machine. "Proton Fuser!"
Leo raised an eyebrow, folding his arms across his chest. "You know, for a scientist you'd think your payoffs would be a bit more proportionate to your buildups." he said dryly. "Yeah." I added, gesturing vaguely at the machine. "You need to buy some dazzle with that money, man." My dad completely ignored my comment. "Uh, the payoff, is that it allows us to see the origins of the universe." he replied, turning to Leo as though he were explaining something painfully obvious. "This thing fuses sub-atomic particles, so we can understand how planets form."
"Well, we already understand how boredom forms." Bree remarked, her voice dripping with sarcasm as she glanced at the Proton Fuser. A laugh escaped me before I could stop it. Unfortunately, he heard it. He slowly turned his head toward me and fixed me with a glare so sharp it could have sliced through steel. My laughter died instantly, and I straightened up, trying my best to look innocent. "Haven't you ever wondered where stuff comes from?" he demanded, throwing his hands outward in exasperation. "Galaxies? Stars? Planets?"
"This stuff, no." Adam answered casually. "Onion rings, yes." For a second, the entire room fell silent. I blinked at him. Somehow, against all logic, he had found a completely different perspective on the conversation. My dad stared at him as though he couldn't decide whether to be annoyed or impressed. "Guys, I have always wanted to build this thing, and now it's finally a reality." he said at last, rubbing his forehead. "It's an important life lesson: If you have a dream, believe in it, 'cause it can happen." His tone shifted, losing some of its usual theatrical flair. For once, he sounded sincere as he put a hand on Leo's shoulder.
That might have been the most selfless thing I had ever heard him say.
Actually, it was probably the only selfless thing I had ever heard him say.
"Um, Mr. Davenport, isn't it dangerous to tinker with the fabric of the universe?" Chase began cautiously, raising a hand halfway into the air as Adam immediately doubled over laughing. "He said 'tinker.'"
"Yes, technically it could destabilize the earth, or open a wormhole into a parallel universe." My dad admitted with a casual shrug that made the statement far more alarming than it should have been. "But I made it, and I wanna play with it, so..." His voice trailed off as though that completely settled the matter. With a grin of excitement, Dad stepped toward the Proton Fuser and flipped a series of switches. The machine immediately came to life. A low mechanical hum echoed through the lab, vibrating through the floor beneath our feet. Lights along its frame flickered on one by one, bathing the room in a cold blue glow. Between the towering cone-shaped metal structures at its center, a thin beam of blue light slowly emerged. It shimmered and crackled with energy, illuminating the dark corners of the lab and reflecting off every metal surface.
