Hulk Horan /Book 2 in The Scifi Series (A Niall Horan fanfic)

5- Electricity mishaps

NIALL's POV

I do my best fake cough, and give him a confused look. "What do you mean?"

Robert taps his chin, and examines me. "It's like you've gotten bigger."

Out of pure impulsion, he grabs my arm, and lifts it up. "I mean look at this! You have bigger 'guns' than me."

I casually laugh, pretending to be oblivious to the changes. "Robert, I have been working out, if that's what you're talking about."

"Wow...I guess I didn't notice. Sorry if I don't give you attention like I should, Niall. It's just that my work..."

I wave him off, smiling. "No, it's completely fine."

"No Niall, it's not. You're seventeen. Every seventeen year old guy needs time with their father." He proclaims, holding his finger up, slightly comical.

I watch him, as he closes his eyes to think. It doesn't take him long to come up with an idea. His eyes flash open seconds later.

"How about we do something tonight in the basement? Run some experiments with me?" Robert pleads, and stands up from his chair.

Niall, just do it.

Robert barely asks anything of me, so it'd be nice to just go.

I stand up and nod. "Of course."

We walk down the stairs. Immediately, all the dark rooms flash on as I pass them. Robert gasps, and stops in his footsteps.

"What on earth? Something must be wrong down here!" He exclaims, and starts to run across the room.

I latch my hand onto his arm, preventing him from going any further. I slightly struggle as he pulls against my grip.

"Niall, I must check!" Robert hollers at me.

I wince, but continue to hold onto him. "It's been doing that ever since that bad storm a few days ago. I checked, and it's only a small error. Let's fix it later, after our 'father-son' time."

The way I can easily slip out these lies surprises me. I'd normally stutter in nervousness.

"You're positive?" He asks, and I reassure him with a firm nod.

Robert smiles, and leads me to his electrical room. I tense, hesitating to step in.

"C'mon Niall!" He calls out as he keeps on walking.

Luckily, all things electrical are sealed up by glass. I step in, and follow behind him. Robert stands by a contraption, with a grin spread across his face.

"And this here, will be a new powersource for microwaves used in space."

My mouth parts, and I walk around the small metal device. This is going to be used by an astronaut in outerspace? How cool!

"I just need to run some safety checks, to make sure everything runs smoothly." He explains, and pulls out some rubber gloves.

"I don't know if I'd be the best person to test this out..." I trail off.

Electricity attracts to me, and I have no idea what will happen with an electric pole this close to my body.

"You'll be fine, Niall. These rubber gloves resist electricity." Robert says, and urges me to step forward.

I gulp, swallowing in fear. My hands insert into the gloves, and I look to Robert.

"As I hold this knob down, tell me if anything unusual happens to the device." He commands.