Dark parallel trap

Chapter 18

As Frank held the cellphone, he swiped his finger across the screen. The phone had many apps. Owen tried to listen to what the principal was saying to his double. The front door had been opened and closed. Frank but the cellphone in his backpack. "I don't think that nobody noticed us yet." Owen said as he listened close to the door. Frank nodded his head agreeing with him. Owen turned to look at Frank. He then got down on his knees and started to look through his backpack. The youth then pulled out another gadget that Owen never saw before. It was green on one side of the flat rectangular piece of technology. Another side revealed the circuit boards and wires that ran inside the device. "This is a teleportation device. It can help you get from one place to another. I actually combined this technology with my joystick device so that I can move from places between worlds and even inside the different schools."

"The principal knows that somebody has been breaking into the storeroom of those high tech contraptions. I do believe you when you've said that people are coming after you. It's not just your parents who are after you. It's also the whole school that is coming after you." Frank eyeballed Owen. He suddenly turned his face into a serious one. "I guess I should've heard that one coming." Frank replied. He put his backpack on. "Why are you helping me if the whole school is after you? You could have captured me and had me handed over to your school." Owen asked. He was thirsting for more answers. Frank feared that Owen wouldn't ask him these questions. Nevertheless, he was going to be answering Owen with the truth. "Fine, it's true. I do have a reason for helping you out Owen. It all started before you first came to my world. I have heard some news from the principal's office at school that we were going to be conducting a special program. I didn't know what the program is going to be. I did of course get into trouble like the Frank you knew back home. I did sneak into the kitchen and steal some snacks from the cardboard boxes that they have in stock. I was framed for bullying somebody. I asked about who I was messing with. The teachers, vice principal, and principal didn't reply. They all dragged me out of the school. Then back home I heard that I was going to be thrown into a pool full of alligators. My parents were furious at me. They both felt that I should be suspended from school. Even there is the saying "Being bad is good", my mom was worried that I'm going to be fed to alligators. My dad thought so too. The day came when I was forced to wear my bathing suit. I do remember the part I was dragged away by the lifeguards of the pool. I didn't wanted to swim with the scary animals.". "That's sounds like the start of a scary movie." Owen uttered, feeling that the story is going to get worst.

"It just gets as worst as you were thrown into the pool with the creatures. The embarrassing about the whole thing is that you're getting livestreamed. The video of my punishment was shown to the entire school." Frank continued. "Yes, I saw it on the first day that I arrived here. I think I need to watch out for the students and teachers who are chasing after me. My twin thinks that you are trouble for the school. That you might mess up the plans for the invasion." Owen stated. "Well I think that's a good thing in your case Owen. I think you need to avoid the students and the teachers from my school. If the plans for the invasion of your world from my world are ruined, then they wouldn't want to be going after you." Frank remarked. "After I was swimming with the alligators, I was thankfully allowed to get myself changed and go home. The students at my school then were then throwing eggs at my house. My parents had to clean the mess up. I had to help them out with the cleaning. As I cleaned the last of the eggs off my house I climbed down the ladder, and I felt of an egg hitting the lower part of my neck and that the yolk was running down my T-shirt. "That's for your bullying Frank!" a girl said as she ran down the street and chuck an empty egg carton on the front lawn. The parents felt a little bit sorry for me so much that they even got me to clean off in the shower. I still had to go through with my suspension. A day later, I went to see what was going on the school's website. It mentioned how that the special program that school has is a chance to help the whole world invade a whole parallel earth. The world leaders want to invade as many earths as possible and establish an empire. I just found that a little bit hard to believe at first. Then I found an article on the high school website that says that a boy from one of these parallel earths has travelled into our world. I didn't know the name of this boy but..." "But this boy was me." Owen concluded. "Yes. You Owen." Frank said in response. "Although I didn't know that it is was you at the time. I did encountered of the teachers from my school. He was at a grocery store. I went over and talked to him. I did apologized for bullying at the school. Although I think that he did know that I was not bullying anybody. I watched as he unknowingly dropped a card from his wallet when he went up to the cash register and paid for his groceries."

"Let me guess, you stole his card whet he wasn't looking?" Owen asked. Frank nodded. "I felt that this card would come in handy later. You see I know which route the school goes in order to drop me off at the school. So, I snuck out of my house during the night. and I ran for the school. I wanted to make sure that there was nobody there. I used the teacher's card to get into the school. In snuck into the school through the front door. I did brought along my flashlight. Turning on the lights in the school would mean that somebody who lived nearby would know that something fishy was going on." Frank narrated his story. "What was this program all about conquering parallel earths have to do with my double? All that I know is that he or any of the students might have access to the high tech equipment that you might have given me." "Yes, but this where the part of the story would answer that question Owen." Frank assured him. He then continued to explain this through his story. "I looked all around the school. I was careful not set off any alarms that the school might have. Then I found something interesting inside the principal's office. There was a secret room. Inside was a room full of spy gear, the technology that would allow to travel between parallel earths within the blink of an eye, and even some other gizmos that haven't been even thought of!" Frank stopped because he felt that he might be shouting. "So how is it that you are able to get to my world without having anybody see you? I know that the joystick like device is supposed to help you travel between parallel worlds, but how is it that I haven't even heard of you being seen?" Owen asked. "I never came to your world. Because like I said, I combined my teleportation device with my joystick gizmo. I can actually teleport myself in either one of the dimensions. Whether it will be at school or at home when my parents aren't around. I do go back home to get something to eat. Or I will shoplift a few different foods that they have at the convenience or grocery stores." Frank replied. "So, you're in trouble for not only stealing technology but you have been stealing food as well." Frank nodded again. "How am I supposed to get something to eat?" He queried rhetorically. Then they heard a shout from the dining room.

"What's going on?!" Owen's twin shouted. "How come there's a device that will allow us to see my digital clone is on me. It's funny because I don't have a digital clone!". Frank and Owen knew that they need to hide and fast. They both looked into the closet. There were many dress T-shirts with ripped sleeves that were thrown onto the pile of clothes on the mattress and dresser. The hangers were also on the pile. Owen and Frank entered the closet. And quietly closed the doors behind them. They were sure that nobody heard them making a big pile that blocked Owen's twin's room from the inside. Owen looked and Frank. "How does your story end?" Owen pondered. "I stole the gizmos from the storeroom behind the principal's office. I had the joystick like device combined with the teleportation device. The change was made through tools and a worktable inside the storeroom. I had thought about taking all of the pieces of technology with me. Then again, I didn't have a backpack to put all of the stuff in. I only stole the joystick like device with the teleportation device. I had to put the tools away and made sure that every other piece of technology was still there. Since then, I have been on the run. Every night, after my school was closed for the night. I would teleport inside the room and stole a new piece of equipment stored inside. I had the teacher's card planted inside the secret room to make it look like that it was him that was stealing the gadgets. I don't know what happened to the teacher after that." Frank finished his story. "What do you do with these new gizmos of technology?" Owen questioned. "I just had to use them. I wanted to find out how they work. I was in a place that was far away from the city. I tested them out in the forest or even on an open field of grass." "You still haven't answered my question." Owen said. "What was your question?" Frank asked. "Why are you helping me?" Owen grilled. "Well, you see, I want to find out who got me framed for being a bully. I thought that by helping you. I would be able to solve the mystery of who framed me and got me that punishment in the first place." Just then, Owen's twin tried to open the door. "Frank I know you are in there!" He loudly pronounced.