"Wow, we're really here!"
Chalice and her mother stood in front of the Washington State Convention and Trade Center.
"I know,right? I get to advertise my genius in front of everyone.I can't wait."
"You know Chalice, you can get really insufferable sometimes."
"Sorry, I'm just hoping that our plan will work out."
"OUR plan?More like YOUR plan."
They walked into the hallway, staring around at all of the posters of a broad-shouldered guy of about 40 years old with close-cropped silver hair. Because of his hair, his tough face looked like a vertical box. He was smirking in all of the posters.The posters said:
Dias Badgenome Welcomes All Young Geniuses to the Convention for the Intelligent Next Generation.
They followed large arrows pointing to a huge glass and metallic room filled with inventions and gadgets of all kinds.On her right, Chalice could see a mouthpiece able to allow a human to breathe underwater.On her left, she could see two attempts at flying machines; she hoped that her design was better.Sure enough, as she watched the demos, both broke when the people testing them crashed to the ground.She smirked; she had tested hers at home.The result of that was that her mom refused to travel any other way until Chalice reminded her that the jet-packs needed to stay secret.
Soon an usher/guard (Chalice wasn't stupid: they were holding guns) approached them and showed them to their table. Chalice and her mom were discussing how best to display the functionality of the jet-packs when the guy from the interesting posters showed up at their table.
"What do we have here,ladies?"
"I have invented a flying machine that will actually work, unlike those failures."
"Oh, really? Show me."
Chalice set up the suit. She got in and prepared for takeoff. Her mom helped her check that all the controls were in working order and had not broken during the trip. She gunned the solar-powered engines and rocketed around the ceiling, causing everyone to look up at her with astonishment and jealousy.Several people shouted encouraging, awestruck, and other yells to her as she dove and looped in the air.
It was exhilarating, grasping at the controls and making sure she didn't accidentally hit anyone when swooping low to the ground. It seemed to take only a few minutes, but soon Dias Badgenome called up,
"Come down; we need to talk about what you've invented."
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Chalice
Teen FictionChalice is a teenaged genius who makes her mom's life easy with inventions such as an holographic 3-D room and the best internet on the block, but her life becomes difficult when she is blackmailed into joining a competition in which the prize is dy...
