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Supernormal Chapter 1

The Machine:

Zhane looked at the machine that he has been building for the last two months. He started thinking about how he got to this point in life. Yeah, he really enjoys being alone - secluding himself from the outside world. No distractions, no noise. Just good ole peace and quiet. Unfortunately for him, his thinking was about to be interrupted.

The door to Zhane’s lab opened and in came his sister, Sarah, holding a bag that said ‘Grga’s’. Zhane looked at her with a look of confusion on his face. “What is ‘Grga’s’?” he asked.

“You know, it doesn’t even surprise me that you don’t know about the new restaurant that opened a few blocks away from the house,” replied Sarah.

“It's not my fault that I’ve been busy,” said Zhane.

“Not your fault? No offence, but you haven’t left the house in two months. You sleep on the couch in the storage closet. It’s not healthy, so I decided to bring you a real lunch and not crackers.” Sarah pulled a box of food from the bag.

“I haven’t had the chance to go out and get food. I have been busy with my machine,” he responded.

“I almost forgot about the monstrocity you have been creating for the past two years. You still haven’t told me exactly what it does.”

“I told you so many times; this machine is going to split dimensions. Do I really have to go into the details?” he explained in an exasperated voice.

“Yeah, that is basically all you have told me. Anything else you want to fill me in on?”

“You will know the rest in due time,” he replied.

Sarah walked over to the table against the wall, sat the food down, and took a seat. “Come on, you need to eat.”

Zhane sighed and slowly went over to the table. All he wanted was for his sister to leave him to his work and not worry about him. He took a seat and looked at what he was given: a burger, fries, and a coffee. This was normal for him. Not Sarah buying him food - Cosmin usually does that for him - but getting treated like he can’t take care of himself.

Zhane ate the burger, got up and walked to the chalkboard, grabbed a piece of chalk, and started to write down his thoughts about what to do next. The voice in his head never stops talking; it keeps him moving forward.

“Didn’t Cosmin buy you a new chalkboard to replace that one with?” Sarah asked while eating her food.

Zhane, while still writing on the chalkboard, replied, “I don’t like replacing old things; that kills memories that will never return.”

Sarah looked at Zhane and said, “Oh, I always forget that Chase gave you that chalkboard, but that was six years ago and he killed our parents, or did you forget?”

As soon as he heard that, anger filled his heart. He wanted to scream at her, but there was no way he could tell her. “Could you leave? I have a lot of work to do.”

“Fine, but if you keep running from the truth, it will eventually catch up to you, and sometimes that is the worst possible thing.”

Sarah got up and went through the door to the lab.

Zhane could hear her go upstairs and leave. ‘Finally,’ Zhane thought, ‘I have the whole house to myself.’ He went over to the weirdly beautiful machine. ‘Beautiful isn’t it? Just a little more time and we can finally find your brother.’

“How much more time? We have been doing this for two months. My brain hurts,” Zhane said out loud.

‘After we get these parts from your boyfriend, we will finally be done.’

Zhane entered the storage closet and layed down on the couch. Before he knew it, he dozed off into the world of dreams.

He was suddenly jolted awake by the sound of the basement door opening, he slowly got up off the couch. “Zhane! I’ve got something for you,” said a familiar voice.

As soon as he heard who it was he was relieved; he had thought someone had broken in. Zhane slowly got up from his position on the couch, and he walked out of the storage closet. He saw Cosmin standing in front of the table with something in his hands.

“Did you get what I sent you to get?” Zhane asked before he knew what he was saying.

“Yeah, it’s right here, but before we get to that I have something to give to you.”

“It can wait, this has to be done right now; if this succeeds, my work won’t be for nothing.”

“Fine, I’ll wait, but it better be worth it,” said Cosmin.

Zhane walked over to the machine and went straight to work. After all this time he could finally finish what he started. His journey would finally be over. About two hours later, the machine was finally finished.

“Behold! This device will stretch beyond what science can explain. It will bend our reality opening it up to new ones.”

“Finally, it took you long enough! Do we turn it on now?” Cosmin asked.

“Not yet? The magnetic polarity might malfunction, and it could cause a magnetic overload.”

“So that means…”

“Oh right, meaning that it will go boom and destroy the lab,” replied Zhane.

Zhane took a panel off the back off the machine and started rearranging wires.

“That’s weird the wires are out of place.”

When Zhane finished rearranging the wires, he put the panel back on the machine. He walked over to the front of the machine and started pressing buttons in what seemed like a random order. Suddenly the machine burst to life, lights flashed, and the motor seemed to be running properly. Zhane noted all of this in his mind.

“Now we can turn it on; this is both of our achievements. Well, more mine than yours, but ours nonetheless.”

“Stop talking and just turn it on.”

“Okay!” Yelled Zhane.

“Who are you talking to?”

“No one! Do you want to pull the switch together?” Zhane asked.

“Sure, Let's do this.”

“On the count of three. Ready?” Cosmin nodded, “One, two, three!”

The machine buzzed to life.

The machine was finally alive. After months of building, their biggest project was finally done. Zhane watched in amazement as their creation finally came to life. His amazement was soon cut off when he heard someone screaming his name.

“Is that Sarah!?” Cosmin asked over the loud buzzing of the machine.

“I told her to...” Zhane was cut off when Sarah opened the door.

“Zhane what did you do?!”

Zhane never got to answer the question that he was asked because suddenly the machine blew, throwing all of them in different directions. There was a bright light that filled the room. As the light slowly dimmed, they were gone. All that remained was the machine, sitting there like nothing had happened.

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