Casium

The Superbowl

"This isn't good." says Sasha after you finish telling her what you pieced together.

"I know. If we lose Casium Plus we lose traffic lights, power, self-driving vehicles, robots, most of our army, and so much more." you say.

"We need to tell someone." says Sasha.

"We can't. It's just a theory." you say.

"A good theory." replies Sasha.

"We need solid proof." you say.

Your holowatch and Sasha's holowatch buzz.

"Message from Adam. He wants to know if we are ready for tomorrow." says Sasha.

"Tomorrow?" you ask.

"Superbowl, remember? Adam's been going on and on about it for months." she says.

"I completely forgot we have to go to that thing." you groan.

"Atleast it's going to be in San Francisco, so it's not far away." says Sasha.

"The location doesn't change the fact that I have to sit through a boring sport for hours. The only reason I'm going is because Adam bought the tickets already." you complain.

Sasha laughs.

"It's funny that you two used to hate each other and now he is paying his own money to take you to the Superbowl." she says.

"Yeah..." you say, thinking back to the day when you and Adam became friends.

14 Years Ago

You are nine years old. You are in gym class with your friends Carlo, Arden, and Rolland. The gym teacher gave everyone a free day to do whatever they want, so you guys are playing basketball.

Carlo runs down the court, dribbling the basketball. Arden runs beside Carlo ready to steal the ball.

"Booker!" yells Carlo.

You look at Carlo and he throws the ball at you. You catch it and see Rolland running towards you, which causes you to panic. You throw the ball at the basket, but you quickly remember you can't nail threes like the legendary Steph Curry when the ball misses the basket by several feet. The ball hits Adam in the head as he walks out the restroom. He immediately looks in the direction of you and your friends.

"Which one of you losers threw that?" growls Adam.

"He did!" says Rolland, as he points at you.

"Yeah. Great shot, Booker." Carlo says sarcastically.

You shoot like a 4th grader. Oh wait..." says Arden.

"Start running, Booger." says Adam.

You take off in the other direction and hear Adam's loud footsteps as he begins chasing you. You run around the gymand nearly and nearly knockover some girls that are jump roping. Your friends roar with laughter. You feel yourself starting to run out of breath and you know you have to get away quickly. You think about leaving the gym, that would be skipping so you decide against it. You then consider the restroom, but all you will doing is running into a corner. You see the closet where the gym teacher stores all of the equipment and you remember that that door has a lock on it. You bolt to the closet and go inside, closing the door behind you. You reah your hand out to lock the door, but there is no lock.