2022-06-22 17:56:30The office's door was open, when Adam walked in, gem didn't follow him, he closed the door and left instead.
Adam was familiar with miss sydni's office by this point, he spends more time here than in the play ground with the other kids.
Miss sydni was sitting behind her desk, in front of her some piles of paper as usual, occasionally sipping her coffee
on a small table beside a comfy looking couch, there was omelet and pancakes and some fruits shaped like a smiling face, on the side a green salad, orange juice and a water bottle. This was the breakfast mela's mother would make for the both of them every day. Which surprised Adam, why would mela's mother be here.
"you should eat first Adam, we have plenty of time to talk later." Miss sydni said while not averting her eyes from her paper work, she didn't look well, she had a slight darkened aura around her eyes, like someone who had been awake for too long.
Adam didn't wait for a second invite, he sat close to the food and started eating. Miss sydni was always kind with him, he never saw her as good or evil. He never had those simple ideas, to him she was just another person.
Miss sydni was amazed at how fast Adam was eating, it took him less than five minutes to finish everything on the plates, he also drank the whole water bottle .
[permission to start digestive enhancement…]
Adam saw an opportunity to make another escaping attempt, and he didn't want to miss it. The infirmary is connected to the outer wall of the building, there was a door connecting out side.
Adam gave the permission while blankly looking at miss sydni, who were staring at him, then his expression crumbled into pain. He dropped on the ground holding his stomach while his temperature rapidly increased.
Sydni ran to him in a panicked steps, she held him in her hands and felt his head. "Adam what's wrong!? What happened?" noticing his temperature, instantly she called Elina Wright, the orphanage nurse. As soon as she picked up, miss sydni relied to her the situation and urged her to make haste.
[digestion complete…
Reserved energy, 62% maximum capacity…
50% maximum capacity will be used to enhance metabolism…
Preparation complete.
Resting position required…]
Adam wanted miss sydni to keep worrying, so he needed to keep his temperature high for as long as possible, he closed his eyes while miss sydni was calling his name, soaking a napkin in water and placing it on his head to reduce his temperature.
[initiating enhancement…
Estimated required time, 30 minutes…
All motor functions are disabled during the enhancement.]
Once more, Adam was unable to move, but he could hear and feel what happens around him, which was miss Sydni and Elina transferring him to the infirmary, his plan was working. After Elina's diagnoses and medical treatment, which included giving him an analgesic shot, they left him alone in the infirmary.
Elina worried more about him by this point, the reason being his lack of reaction when given the shot. No child would willingly not react to getting a shot, and even most adults would at least give a small involuntary reaction when the needle pierces their skin, even when unconscious.
16 minutes have passed, Adam now waited for the duration of the enhancement to end, hoping no one will come to the infirmary until then.
"this kid made my life… our life hell since he came here, why don't we transfer him to another house and be done with him!?" said Gem in a low voice to miss sydni, who was sitting on a chair outside the infirmary with her head rested on the wall, she was exhausted.
"I wont give up on any child in need, Gem! You of all people should not say that!" miss Sydni tiredly said. "if he thinks his father is coming back, and he have a way to contact him, I will help him. He will either give up and stop running away, or we find his father. and have one less orphan."
Adam was listening to the conversation. he never asked them for help, he never told them that he wants to go home. He was just doing things the way he knows, in his eyes these people kidnapped him and held him here against his will. So he was trying to escape and go back home.
After the duration of the enhancement ended, Adam still didn't move. He was pondering on the conversation he over heard earlier, 'will miss Sydni really help! Why would she?' he inwardly asked himself.
[115% all metabolism functions…]
Adam didn't actually feel any different other than the aching of his muscles lessening, and that was mostly because of the shot he had, which he inwardly screamed unable to move while taking it.
He started to reconsider his plans, wondering if he really should give it a try, and ask miss Sydni for help. This enhancement thing was too slow to depend on it, and he didn't even know how far it will make him go.
In her office, Sydni Arevik was falling asleep on her desk amongst the paper piles, when her phone woke her up. "Sydni here!" she lazily answered the phone, the one calling was Elina, she informed her that Adam woke up, and he is perfectly fine.
Miss Sydni hurriedly went to the infirmary, "what happened to you earlier Adam?! We were all worried about you!" she said while hugging him warmly.
"will not all of us… you little devil!" Gem grumbled looking the other way, he was actually worried after hearing Elina contacting a few doctors about his condition. He know she would only do that when the patient's condition is worrisome. He was also relieved when adam woke up, because despite being a thorn in his side, he is still a n orphan.
"I don't know! I felt so much pain in my stomach." Adam told them part of the truth, his expression as cold as ever.
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The dense smooth ball fell to the ground, bypassing the gravity field that previously contained it. It plunged a few centimeters deep into the hard metal floor, a ton of force was concentrated in a small area, making it hard to contain it by regular matter. It was still sinking through the metal floor slowly, as it was being mercilessly pulled by the planet’s gravity.[Connection established. recalculating blueprints to adapt to the signal of the new nanite cluster fabric. More physical contact with the material is required for a faster result.]“Was it successful?!” Keet’s eyes were asking the question before he even moved his lips. He was startled by the sudden disengagement of the sphere from the gravity field. He kept his eyes and scanners on Adam to detect if he is in danger before any thing, and he was relieved for once to see Adam’s expressionless face unchanging. “Can you control it?.”“Yes! The signal is different from any other cluster fabric, my blueprints needs to be modif
A dense liquid.
“she just disappeared a year after you were born, and in her place there was a message, telling your father to provide them with a certain type of technology if he ever wants to see her again.” Keet said desperately, his voice struggling in a way.“People don’t just disappear!” Adam chuckled, he was hearing about his mother for the first time, and the first thing he hears about her is that she just disappeared. The first thing that came to his mind was that she might have abandoned him and his father. Or that she could be working with the Rinvar clan.“They don’t, but when you see this you may believe the opposite.” Keet created a screen and played a video of a woman singing a sweet lullaby for an infant wrapped in a sky blue blanket with twinkling stars all over it that seems to be moving about. The woman was sitting on a flowery wooden chair rocking back and forth. She appeared to be on some kind of a ship traveling in space, a foreign star constellations were visible from a window
Supernova.
“please continue!.” Adam said. Seeing the shocked expression on Keet’s face, Adam thought that the symbiote created something amazing, so he inwardly requested the details of those spiders. However they were just normal spider scouts, like the one Adam used to kill the man who attempted to kidnap Mela.Keet’s surprise wasn’t triggered by the blueprint itself, he counted 8 spiders rushing in all directions at the same time, and the 8 if them seemed semi-intelligent while moving all over the base exploring about. Even Keet wouldn’t be able to accomplish such a level of control without automating the constructs.Which means either the spiders were all automated and the young kid already knows how to automate drone actions, which would be scary at his age. Or he was directly controlling 8 individual actions while still focusing on their talking, which would be horrifying.The reason Keet didn’t consider the probability of an artificial intelligence, is that the spiders were mostly just to
Hearing about Zenith.
Adam plunged into the ground raising a cloud of dust and creating a small crater around him as he landed like a super hero on one knee and a closed fist.[The modified armor blueprint features ionic thrusters with up to 8 tons of pushing force.]‘you telling me this now?!’ Adam shouted inwardly at himself, he had no idea that the symbiote modified the armor already. his cognitive abilities and thinking speed were on another level compared to yesterday, but still he was a human that easily got distracted by the feeling of freedom and liberation, and forgot all about the need to stop and land at some point. He also wanted to show off a little in front of Keet to pretend that he wasn’t in need of help or assistance, which resulted in a minor knee bruise and a sore knuckles.“That was a cool Landing. Was it painful?!.” Keet chuckled, commenting on his landing and making sure to save the footage of it in his memory for later use.“You noticed! Well! It just needs some practice.” Adam smile
Not again.
“You should come with me to the main base first.” Keet said to Adam, pointing at the middle of the island. The main base wasn’t far from where they were, the whole island was 20 km across, it would take them less then a minute to reach there flying.“Okay you go first and set a beacon, I’ll test some old tech with this new unlimited energy.” Adam didn’t argue with him, but he was still going to do his tests. He turned his clothe into a skin tight jump suit with a helmet covering his face. Two long thin wings grew from his back, ending with a jet engine each.“Do you know how loud these things are?! If you break the sound barrier with them you could damage many equipment on the island. You should try something else.” Keet stopped Adam from firing up the engines. he hated this era of technology for its too little care for the planet’s well-being. Unlike the mock engines that Adam was planning to use, the real ancient jet engine used a dangerous fossil fuel, which didn’t just endanger th
A small conversation.
Adam was sitting on a wooden table behind the house, eating his big breakfast while surrounded by trees, flowers, and whistling birds. The rich sunlight bathed him in its warmth and its wide spectrum of electromagnetic radiations. “Birdy didn’t wake up yet?! He sure doesn’t miss Gem.” He said stuffing his face with more food, He stopped focusing on chewing much, the food would disappear in a few seconds anyway. He was worried about Birdy, it was unnatural for the kid to sleep in.Birdy used to wake up earlier then every one, Adam would sometime Hear him laughing on the top bed, he thought at first that he was having some weird dream. When he asked him about it, Birdy Said that it was the only time of the day he would quietly enjoy reading his comics.“That boy is actually quite something! He trained for four hours straight after you went to sleep, not taking any rest until he passed out on the living room’s floor.” Keet informed Adam while aiming a barrage of scanners and detectors at
