The next morning, Nic gets out of bed, and rushes over to the area of the Cubix. He stops at the entrance, catching his breath for a moment. He walks up to the machine, and attempts to activate it, only for it to remain undisturbed.
"Energy...", he thinks to himself.
" It needs energy....plasma", he pauses, thinking for a couple of minutes.
"Plasma, of course!", he says out loud. He takes out the Lumiquoine, remembering that it held plasma energy.
" I have the energy, now I just need tools to barely repair this enough to function, and something else to control the functions from here." Nic looks at the time, seeing it's 8:15.
"Damn it, I'm late", he whispers, as he bolts off to school. During his classes, Nic lists down various tools, and items he will need to repair the Cubix.
" What did you say a machine would need to guide through dimensions Nic?", Mr. Calvin asks him, while Nic jots down more ideas onto his list.
"Um, it would need coordinates!", he quickly responds. Nic sits in the cafeteria table alone again, spending his lunch writing plans and drawing models. Link and Barry approach him, as they peak over to Nic's model of a tall, rectangular object.
" Hey Nic", Link states, causing Nic to hide the drawings. Barry grows suspicious of him, that he quickly puts his journal away.
"So me and Barry are gonna go out later in the afternoon, would you like to come with us?"
"Umm, yeah. I mean wait I can't- I have a quiz tomorrow, so I have to study tonight", he replies anxiously.
" Oh....okay, so listen, I know that whole thing with Elle has taken a toll on you, I just want to-", Nic cancels out Link, as he observes Leo walking with Tessa, holding each other's hands.
"Nic?", Link asks out loud.
" What? Me suicidal? No, god no, I'm just you know...still....broken. Look, I have to do a project and I am way behind, so I'll catch up with y'all later, okay?" Nic clumsily gets up, trying to gather his journal and papers. He exits the cafeteria, whilst Link and Barry look at each other dazed.
"What was all that about?", Barry questioned.
" I don't know to be honest, but at least he's not feeling, you know....although I didn't ask him that yet." School ends, and Nic rapidly leaves the campus, making his way to the corner store. He bursts threw the doors, catching the workers by surprise.
"Kinsley!", he yells out, catching his breath.
" Woah, hey kid what's up? "
"Do you know any...", Nic pauses, breathing intensely. " Do you know any hardware stores nearby?" Kinsley thinks for a moment, suspecting Nic is up to something, but simply brushes it away.
"Uhh, there's one on Woodcress and Tylerale, about four miles from here."
"Okay thank you!", Nic exclaims, running back out of the store in a rush.
" Kid, wait!", Kinsley screams, making Nic walk back in slowly. He tosses some keys in the air, as Nic catches it, inspecting them for a second.
"I don't know what your planning, but if it makes it any better, I'll let you drive my pick up."
"Wait, really!?", Nic replies excitedly. Kinsley nods to him, when Nic rushes over and hugs him.
" Oh, thank you thank you thank you ", he rapidly states, as Kinsley tries to brace his backbreaking squeeze.
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Return to 7C
Science FictionThree years have passed since the incident, and a troubled Nic has had a difficulty time to move on from a certain someone. Driven by his grief and constant miserable nights, Nic develops a mad idea that he himself forbid to do. Once the Cubix is re...
