Suddenly, I forgot what we were talking about.
I could tell by the look on Alex's face that he did too. Odd that it happened at the same time. Oh well. "So what do we do next?" I asked, trying to forget about what happened. I think it was for the best. "I don't know," he replied, "I think it's best we wait."
We sat there quietly for a minute, just staring at each other, with blank expressions on our faces. Then, out of nowhere, Casper suddenly appeared. "What do you want?" I asked. It was almost normal to see him. "I'm here to warn you," he said, "That everyone's in danger." "And you're doing this, why?" asked Alex. "Because Shadow's not afraid to end the world," he replied. "What?" I asked, confused. "I thought it was an empty threat," he replied, "But he's serious about it." "And how do we know we can trust you?" asked Alex. "I don't know," he replied, "But there has to be some way to earn your trust, and I'm willing to try." "Get us the real plans for the Ender's Box." replied Alex. "Be right back," he replied. He disappeared.
When he came back, he had a black cube in his hand. He put it on my table, and holographic plans for the Box popped up. The door was in the right place, and there were four control panels in the room. "Thanks," said Alex, "But it's gonna take more for me to trust you." "Of course," Casper replied, "I'll be giving you more information as time passes. Just remember, Shadow isn't joking when he says he'll end the world." Then, he disappeared.
"I don't know what to think," I said. "We'll need to keep our eye on him," said Alex. We looked at the plans. "We'd better go show this to Billy," said Alex.
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"It's a spaceship," said Billy. "Exactly," said Alex, "That's why it's so big." "But why build a box to end the world into a spaceship?" I asked. "To make a getaway when you do," said Alex. "The design is actually very clever," said Billy, "If there were alien planets, you could easily conquer them without ever landing." "He said it runs on people's superpowers," said Mark, "How does that work?" "Correction," said Billy, "It works on people's powers. That's how it works, it amplifies the powers it's collected to have planet-wide effects. By combining powers it can do virtually anything." "So Casper's powers must be teleportation," I said. "And that would explains the Warp Tunnels," Mark added.
"So," I said, "For the millionth time, what do we do next." "Like I said before," Alex replied, "We wait. Let them make the first move."
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Mind Over Matter
Science FictionPeople are getting powers. We don't know why. We usually don't know how. We do know that we have to protect the world. Protect it from them. Some of them are good. Most of them aren't. All of them are weird, and, if anything, we must protect them fr...
