LINKAGE (boyxboy)

CHAPTER 69: THE QORJALLI EFFECT

"We have our own Cube, Isaac." Gavin walked closer to the glass, seeing the vast expanse of it. The square had a 500 square meter area. Larger than several houses and apartments in downtown.

"Why your father had his own Cube?" Isaac said while analyzing the weapon in front of them. Their voices now echoed in the room. "This thing is magnificent in technical terms but I hate it in many ways."

"We should not waste time." Gavin was starting to take the suit off, having his usual clothes back in sight. It didn't take long before he was all pedestrian again.

"How did you find it so quickly?" Isaac questioned.

"I just remembered Alexei is in every place my father owns, so I asked him." Now in normal clothing, Gavin stood in front of the entrance of the Cube, which was closed, and by the side of it, a transparent display showed several configurations to set inside the environment. He searched for the option to open the doors, and when he found it, he pressed it without a second thought.

When it was opened, the air quickly got inside the inactive Cube. Chemeris never used that weapon, so that was the debut of it. Gavin breathed deeply, not feeling extremely nervous but a bit unsure. He walked inside and the doors automatically closed, making him turn to face Isaac on the other side of the glass.

"That is an image I do not want to see tomorrow." Isaac said with sadness in his voice and the sound was muffled because of the thickness of the glass.

"Go to the display over there. I think it is pretty simple, right Alexei?"

"Yes, Gavin." The computer answered. His voice echoed inside the square. "The pressurized options you want are already shown in the display for your use."

"You have to increase the weight slowly, you know that, right?" Gavin asked, now with fear evident in his voice.

"Do not need to worry. I will not kill you."

"But you need to get close to it. Alright, Isaac. You can start." Gavin directed himself a bit away from the door and watched Isaac walk to the display area. He seemed lost at first, but he managed to control it easily. The screen showed that 0kg were being applied inside the Cube, and he slowly increased it to 10kg, and after some seconds, he increased to 50kg. "Are you okay over there?" Isaac asked.

"I am not feeling anything yet."

"Going up for 100kg." Isaac said. Every time he increased the pressure he let Gavin aware of it. From 100kg he went to 200kg, then 400kg, and 800kg, then finally 1000kg. That was when Gavin's body felt the tension of the high pressure, where his breathing got stiffer. A common person inside this Cube would be killed in this rate. Oliver was killed in a weight of 100kg only, and Gavin started to feel the effects when the weapon hit one ton.

He looked at his feet trying to maintain his position and kept his breath still. "Going for 2 tons." Isaac warned. "Can we keep going?"

"Yes." That was all he said, trying to save air from doing too much movement while breathing.

Isaac went for 3 tons, then 4 tons, 5 tons and 6 tons. He was impressed by how Gavin was still on his feet with 6000 kilograms weighting over him, but he was not that powerful yet. On the 7 tons Gavin fell abruptly to the ground, like if gravity was pulling him to the core of the world. The sound it made scared Isaac. His eyes got wide and he screamed on the other side of the glass. "GAVIN, ARE YOU OKAY?" No response came from the boy, but if he didn't explode he was still alive maybe. "PLEASE, ANSWER ME."

"Go... on..." He responded after some time, but it was not audible for Isaac. What the boy on the other side saw was his hand trying to move amidst the weights above him. All he could do was to raise his index finger up, signaling that he wanted Isaac to raise the pressure to 8 tons.