The Lion’s Gadget

“Bruh, that’s the new girl—” as Tony interrupts. “What’s her name?” asks Xavier. “According to the secretary, it’s Laura.” “Oh, that’s a nice name. OK, Imma go make a good impression. Bye, Tony.” “OK. Godspeed, X-man.” Later in the hallway: “Hey, I’m Xavier. Soooooo, I hear you’re new here.” “Hi, I’m Laura.” “Nice name. Soooooo, we have the same classes. That’s a weird coincidence.” “Yeah.” When they go to homeroom, they sit near to each other. Then Chase sits between them. “Hey X-dork. Hey, your girlfriend is cute. At free period, I’ll make my move. Take that, kid! Hahahahaha.” “I’ll stop you, jerk!” “Ha, try and stop me!” Later in science class, Xavier tries to keep Laura as far away as possible. To be continued . . .

Collaborative Stories: Rana, Lucio, Camille, Clyde, Alex, Violet, Hanako, and Natalie

The Lion’s Gadget

Once upon a time, there was a human named Jared with weather powers. He was locked in the dungeon in a laboratory made to look like a maze. It felt chilly, not super cold, but just slightly uncomfortable. It was pretty dark, with only flickering lights. He had white armor that glowed, and as he walked through the maze he could tell he was getting closer to the monster because he felt the air getting warmer. His right arm twitched. He felt helpless. His weather powers couldn't be used here in the dungeon because the space was so small. Of all the places to get stuck, it had to be indoors, he thought. His right arm was half-experimented on, so he could control the weather with it. The scientist team had been experimenting with all the elemental powers, but the scientists got greedy and experimented on his arm, giving him weather powers. While he was being experimented on, there was an explosion, giving Jared an opportunity to escape. It’d been days since he escaped. All around the labyrinth there were old materials and rusty gadgets that the team of scientists had used. He used these to make his armor. He was trying to find certain gadgets because if you connect them all, it makes one powerful gadget that can suck elemental powers from others. He wanted to make the gadget so he could suck away the monster’s fire power. The monster was a lion with a fiery mane. “Jerad,” the lion growls. He had broken free from his chains, and they dangled above him from the ceiling. Jerad was confused and a little freaked out. How does he know my name? he thought. Jerad tried to back away from the lion, but he hit something. Clang. He looked up and realized the last piece of the rusty gadget was dangling in a protective glass, tangled in the monster’s old chains. Jerad had an idea. He ran up to the lion and jumped on its back. The lion was so strong that he back-kicked Jerad right into the air. Mid-air, Jerad reached for the gadget. His hand brushed the glass, but it did not break through. He looked around on the ground, not seeing anything he could use to break the glass, then he looked back at the glass box. Suddenly, he remembered that he had weather powers. Maybe he could use his power to break the glass and get the gadget out. Jared knew that his lightning rod could help him. By attaching gadgets to the end of the rod, he could channel a specific weather power, even in as small a space as the labyrinth.