Once upon a time in a sophisticated and advanced city called Periodicity Town, there existed an apartment building called Antoine's Apartment. Inside one of the apartment doors, apartment number 12 to be more precise, lived three members of a small family who were preparing their belongings. They are moving house.
In the bedroom, there is a boy with his body made of hydrogen gas standing in the mirror with his pink bow tie smoothed, plus a star pin in the hand of it. The boy smiled happily while looking in the mirror. With a sailor hat, shirt, vest, shorts, and shoes that are all blue with additional yellow and pink decorations. His blue eyes like the blue of the sky showed his pleasure.
"Hydro! You're going to live in a new house! So get ready!" Exclaimed the hydrogen child said to his reflection in the mirror.
Then he turned around and prepared his things in his room. Starting from clothes, toys, books, learning tools, and his favorite toy, the Astroman parachute action figure. He threw the action figure up. The toy let out its parachute and while talking from its robotic voice.
"Astroman In Action!"
Then the action figure dove into Hydro's toy box, and Hydro immediately closed the toy box which contained his favorite Astroman action figure.
After Hydro finished preparing all his things, he floated into another room towards the living room. There he saw two tall gaseous humanoids. They're carrying the boxes they brought out.
"Henry, please bring me that one too!" Answered the gas lady who pointed to a box that was on her right. His eyes then moved to the note pad in his gas hand.
"Yes dear!" Answered the man named Henry by the woman and then he lifted the box that the woman pointed at.
Hydro who had seen the two people then immediately approached him.
"Mom! Dad!" Exclaimed the gas boy with enthusiasm.
"Hydro my son!" Answered the woman who had been looking at her notes then shifted her gaze to Hydro. Then they both hugged each other with happy faces.
"Mom, I've cleaned my room!"
"Nothing you've forgotten, son?"
"No!"
"Very nice!"
Suddenly their conversation was interrupted by a weak scream asking for help from the father.
"Honey, please help me!"
"Here I come, Henry!"
"The mother then put down Hydro.
"Wait here okay? Mom will get your things later!"
"Okay!" Hydro answered by raising his right hand to his forehead like he was saluting.
Some time later, after everything had been removed from their old home, the three of them went out together. Henry entered the car that was shaped like a bottle in blue, then he started the car.
"I already started the car!" Henry exclaimed after he opened a window that was nearby and his head came out of the car to see his wife and child.
The mother began to float toward the bottle car. Then she paused and looked back. She saw Hydro still standing facing the apartment. The mother then turned and approached her son.
"Hydro?" asked the mother while pat Hydro's shoulder. That made Hydro a bit shook and saw at her mother's face.
"You're going to say goodbye to our old house, right?" continued the mother.
"Yeah. But.... I'm a bit sad."
The mother then patted both of her children's shoulders with her gaseous hands.
"It's okay. Nothing lasts forever in this world."
Hydro was silent, but he nodded yes to his mother's words. Then he headed toward the apartment. Then he lifted his right hand up and waved.
"Goodbye, old house!"
Then he stopped waving and started to follow his mother. The two of them got into the bottle-shaped car earlier. It wasn't long before the car started moving and started the journey to their new home.
YOU ARE READING
Periodicity Adventures
Short StoryWelcome to the The City of Periodicity, a capital of Chemistria! The City of Periodicity has sophisticated and advanced facilities. Its citizens are unique to one another. The majority of the residents there have humanoid bodies where their bodies a...