Skip to Jim timing Max who is running the track in the gym room. His timer is currently saying 3.32. Jim is sitting down on a chair, Spike comes in with coffee, he gives a cup to Jim and sits down next to him
Spi: This is pointless, Jim
Jim: No it's not
Spi: We concluded after the first hour that that's her power, so what are we doing now?
Jim: Seeing if it has a limit, Spike
Spi: Sometimes I wanne see if yours has a limit
Jim: ha ha ha -mockingly
Spi: Max, dear, do you want some coffee
Max: Yeah!
Max sprints to Spike and grabs the extra cup he's holding, Jim stops the timer.
Jim: 3 hours and 34 minutes, non stop
Max: What? Shit, what time is it?
Spi: 9.47 pm
Max: Do you know where mom is?
Jim: BAIN, location on Claire?
Bai: Claire is currently at the police station
Jim: Live feed, please.
A small monitor drops out the ceiling and shows Claire sitting in Sandra's office having tea.
Max: Is she? Not working? Wow.
Jim: Maybe she needed some peace
Max: You do know this is really creepy right? The monitors, the creepy guy in the walls, the live feed and location data on my mother.
Jim: He's not a creepy guy, it's BAIN
Max: Okay
Jim: He's an AI,
Max: Right
Spi: Are you not gonna ask what it stands for?
Max: Probably something stupid.
Jim: False!
Max: Tell me then
Jim: Blacklist Artificial Intelligence NOS or Network Operating System.
Max: So, BAINOS?
Jim: BAIN sounds cooler
Spi: It does
Max: What's the blacklist for?
Spi: What's it gonna be without the B, Max?
Max: AINO.... OH....
Spi: Yeah
Max: AIN
Jim: That sounds stupid, doesn't it?
Max: yeah, but like, you can't just add a letter just for the fun of it
Jim: Yeah I can, I made it
Max laughs
Max: Idiots, both of you. But I gotta go home, probably.
Spi: Probably
Jim: Why? Is she gonna check if you're truely home?
Max: I don't know, she might
Spi: Just tell her about the entrance at her house. Much easier than the forest
Max: I'm sorry, what?
Jim: There is also a hatch in your backyard
Max: That no one noticed before?
Jim: Well, no. It's very geniusly hidden, by BAIN and me.
Spi: AND ME
Jim: And him. I'll show you. So as soon as your mom is asleep you can come back here.
Max: I have school
Spi: What are you gonna do, sleep?
Max: Maybe, maybe that's my power, I can sleep.
Spi: No, you can't.
Jim: You can't
Spi: It's fun at first, because you also never get tired, but boy, it is boring
Jim: Especially if you're also immortal
Max: What do you guys do though?
Spi: Expand our knowledge
Jim: Nothing, we do nothing. We have the entire CC at our disposal, a lot of rooms to chill, do stuff.
Max: The what now
Spi: Did you tell her anything? Anything at all? The CC, that's where we are, Covert City. Because I built an entire city under your city and no one knows about it. We would like to keep it that way too. Which is why it's very important that you only use the hatch at your house, when everyone is asleep. Otherwise take the one in the forest, no one is ever there, that's safe. Please don't blow this perfect thing I made.
Max: um, I'll do my best, Spike
Jim: Come on, I'll show you the hatch at your house. We'll be safe, Spike.
Jim and Max walk out the gym, they leave the cups with Spike
Spi: Great, dishes
Skip to Jim and Max arriving at the ladder
Jim: So, this is the one that leads to your house. At every ladder there is a map, next to the map is a monitor
Max: Um...
Jim: BAIN, monitor hatch... 13. The numbers are on the maps
Jim points to the number on the map, a small monitor next to the map comes out the wall. It's showing a live feed of the outside of the hatch.
Jim: Always ask for the monitor before you head outside, there is another one at the top. It shows if the coast is clear or not. It's good now, go on. Remember red is open, green is close. If you don't want to come back today that's okay too.
Max: Well, no I do, because I still need to tell you something pretty urgent
Jim: If it's urgent why didn't you tell me before
Max: I wasn't sure if I trusted you yet, still am not. You're kinda creepy. But it's necessary you know, I'll be back.
Max goes up the ladder
Jim: Leaving me in suspense?
Max: Yeah, it's fun.
Max is up the ladder and sees the monitor showing the outside, it's clear. She pushed the red button and the hatch opened, she got out the hatch and pressed the green button, the hatch closed again and tiles appeared on top of the hatch. Max was standing uner the carport.
Max: Smart.
Max goes inside the house and greets Rover.
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Dagger
Teen FictionWhen Max steps into the rain, her life will change. But she doesn't know that, yet. Oh all she does not know!... The secrets of a family member unravel Max even more, will she be able to cope with all this new information?
