Hey guys, I decided to join in on the Storybook Collab. So to contribute my part, here is my story, Teenagers. This is a series, so I might post some of the rest up.
TEENAGERS
By sAcReD
The clock was ticking...
Everyone in Donald Ganaway College was just waiting for that bell to ring.
Only 30 seconds left, all the students in there desks, ready to pop up and out of that school.
5....4.....3.....2...................
The last second felt as if it were another 10 seconds....but still...
*BBRRRRRIINNGGG!!*
SCHOOL WAS OUT! SUMMER IS IN!
Teenagers were rushing through the hallways like Japan in fast forward. People were being pushed and shoved, some pushing and shoving.
Everyone just wanted to run out those two doors as if it were some kind of barricade that would hold them in a torture chamber for all eternity.
And they busted out of them to the front yard of the school where cars with parents and other relatives waited.
The yard seemed like a battlefield.
Over 100 different stuff was all happening at once, fighting, talking, dancing, etc.
Luckily enough, one small group of 5 was able to take a way out back, away from all the commotion.
"Whew, I thought I was gonna die in that hall!" exclaimed Jade, a long blond-haired girl.
"I don't blame you, I thought the same thing." replied Ned, a long-short green haired dude.
"Let's just be glad Terry knew the way out back" explained Claire, same hair as Jade, only orange instead.
"Hey, I know my ways around this area." proudly said Terry, a mid-long red haired guy.
"Ya, whatever." stubbornly said Bray, an average-long brown haired man. Not as long as Terry's.
"You're just jealous because your way last time got you to the principal's office." teased Terry.
"Oh, shut up." said Bray
"Anyway," started Jade, "So what's our first thing we're gonna do during summer?"
"Well, my dad said he wanted me to head straight to his labs as soon as school was over because they just found some type of experiment. And he wanted me to
bring you guys." explained Ned.
"Oh cool. I want to see what he found this time." said Terry.
"Alright, but I call driving." said Ned.
The labs that Ned's dad worked at, Nuclear Stimuli Labs, was in a desert just outside of town.
Surrounding it was a large electric fence.
You could say it was like Area 51 over there, except without all the UFO crap.
After driving in the desert for 5 minutes, they pulled up to a gate.
"Verification please." said the man in the booth
Ned handed him a card through the car window.
"Ned Molar sir." said Ned
The man handed him his card back...
"Nice to see you again Ned." said the man.
"You too." replied Ned
And he drove off.
"So Ned," started Terry in the passenger's seat, "What did your dad find or find out?"
"He said it would be a surprise." replied Ned.
"I can't wait to see a surprise." sarcastically said Bray.
"Oh lighten up Bray, I bet it's worth it." said Claire.
"I know, I know. I was just kidding." said Bray
They pulled up to a VIP garage and got out.
After entering through a door, Ned's dad stood there waiting.
"Hey dad." said Ned after giving his dad a quick hug.
"Hey Pete" said Terry
"Please, Terry, call me Dr.Molar" replied Dr.Molar
"Whatever you say doc." said Terry
"Anyway," started Jade, "What did you want to show us?"
"Oh right." said Dr. Molar, "Please come with me."
While walking through the labs Dr.Molar explained to them what they found.
"Well," he started off, "Out here in this desert, one of our drillers found something big."
"Like big in size?" said Claire.
"Actually, it was really tiny." chuckled Dr.Molar
"Our miner called over an excavation group that put this glowing green liquid in a test tube. Once they did so, they transfered it back to the labs."
continued Dr.Molar.
"So whats so big about a some slime?" asked Bray
"Didn't you hear him say glowing?" said Claire
"Precisely," said Dr. Molar, "So we have tested this liquid and found something amazing."
"Like what?" asked Terry
"Thats why I wanted you kids here. So we can find out." said Dr.Molar
Just then he came up to this door. And opened it.
All this room had was a rectangular prism shape with a window that viewed a larger cylinder shaped room.
On the other side of the room was a window on the second floor. With the same shape, only with a large machine inside.
"This, is our natural disasters room." explained Dr.Molar
"So it creates natural disasters?" asked Terry
"No Terry, it gives you ice cream, of course it creates natural disasters." teased Ned
"Anyway, so that test tube in the middle of the room on that indestructible steel pedistool, is the one with the mysterious liquid." explained Dr. Molar
"My brains hurting with all this talking..." said Bray
"Yes, well, anyway," started Dr.Molar trying to ignore that last statement, "We shall begin testing. JENKINS!"
He shouted to a man on the 2nd floor room.
"BEGIN THE TEST!"
"Right away!" Jenkins replied
He turned the knob to a giant machine in front of him.
"Setting Hurricane Level to 1" said Jenkins.
And of course a level 1 hurricane started in the room.
"You sure its safe to be right next to this?" asked Claire
"Don't worry, you're perfectly safe. This window is made of Plastitic. It can't break." explained Dr. Molar
As the hurricane brewed, the test tube sat still, not moving one bit.
"Jenkins! Turn it up to level 2!" shouted Molar.
"On it!" Jenkins shouted back.
The hurricane got stronger.
"Now add a lightning storm!" Molar shouted.
"You sure?" shouted back Jenkins.
"Just do it!" shouted Molar.
Just then lightning started flying everywhere. Along with more rain.
"Level 3!" shouted Molar.
The storms got stronger.
"I don't understand what's happening." said Jade, "It's just sitting there, not being moved an inch."
"We don't understand it either, but we're testing it's strength. And we've been getting unknown readings from the scans. It's making no sense." explained
Molar.
Lightning and rain was thrashing against the walls and windows.
"4!" shouted Molar.
It just got stronger.
"Jeese, how much levels does this thing have?" said Bray.
"Now 5!" shouted Molar
"Didn't some kind of Level 5 hurricane destroy some city in Texas?" asked Terry
"Galveston, Texas." answered Ned, "It was totally wiped off the map."
"And it's still sitting there..." said Claire.
"OK Jenkins! I want you to try Level 6!" shouted Molar.
"But sir!" said Jenkins, "It's totally untested! We don't know if its even safe for the windows!"
"Its worth a shot!" shouted Molar.
"Wait what?!" freaked Terry
The storms were unbelievably strong. You could barely see what was inside.
Lightning reflected off the test tube, the rain brewed, and the wind shook the windows.
One area of a wall was being hit by the lightning a lot. One strike was able to crash through and hit a vital wire to the machine controlling the room.
The machine went haywire.
"Oh no!" shouted Jenkins, as he dove for cover.
The entire room doubled in strength.
"HOLY CRAP!" shouted Bray, though you could barely hear his voice over the storm.
The machine caused the test tube to shatter, exposing the liquid to the storm.
And it committed a large explosion which shattered straight through the Plastitic window to the room with Molar and the kids.
Everything blacked out.
Molar's eyes opened.
The entire room was trashed.
The window was closed in by walls, the other walls were barely standing with breaks and cracks.
He noticed the kids on the ground.
He checked their pulse. They were still alive.
Their only way out, the door, was blocked by a peice of the ceiling fallen in front of it.
He could hear alarms going of on the other side.
"I guess I'll have to try to get out somehow." said Molar.
He went up to the fallen ceiling piece. Trying to push it.
"It won't budge." said Molar
Then Terry woke up.
"Terry!" said Molar, "I was hoping for Bray but you'll do. Help me move this."
Obviously Bray was the tough guy of the group.
"Ya sure." said Terry getting up.
"All right, on 3, we both push it out of the way." said Molar.
"One."
"Two."
"Thr-"
That second Terry chunked that thing across 10 different walls in other rooms and hallways.
It landed about 15 doors down.
Both Terry and Molar stood there shocked. Along with all the other people looking through the holes that was made in the walls in the rooms they were in.
*Later*
All five of teenagers were on lab beds.
Terry was the only one awake.
And a scientist was scanning him.
"Well?" Molar said.
"It seems that when the explosion happened, that liquid got re-fabricated from the weather into his genetic DNA causing his molecular structure to
increase." said the scientist in a Swedish accent.
"In English?" said Terry
"That liquid reacted to the weather and it got inside your body. And it somehow made your cells stronger." explained the scientist.
"Well, what about the rest of them?" asked Molar
"I can't scan them if their not awake. Their cells need to be active." the scientist explained
Just then Ned woke up.
"Woah, what happened?" he said
"We blew up." said Terry
"Ouch" replied Ned.
"Scan Ned." said Molar
"No problem." said the scientist.
"Hey Ned." said Terry
"Ya?" Ned said.
"Is it me, or have you realized you're not hurt at all." said Terry.
"What the heck are you talking about?" said Ned
He then looked at his chest, and he was surprised at what he saw.
Where there were many cuts in his shirt, there were none on him.
"How the heck did that happen?" said Ned
"Because," started the scientist, "the explosion caused your cells to refurbish and organize themselves better. In other words, you have complete control
over your cells, which includes your scratches and cuts to heal in a matter of seconds!"
"You pretty much have the force dude." laughed Terry
"Ya kinda." said Ned still taking all this in.
"So now all we have to do is wait for the rest to wake up so we can scan them." said Molar
"Not possible." said the scientist
"Why not?" said Terry
"Because, my shift is over." and he walked away.
"You might want to drive back to your apartment. Let the other ones rest." said Molar.
"No prob." said Ned.
The crew was now on their way back. The 3 still unconcess in the back, with Ned driving, and Terry thinking in the passenger's seat.
"You know, this might be a dream." said Terry
"Huh?" said Ned
"This is all a dream. It's gotta be. I mean, superpowers? Bull. Watch, I'm gonna wake myself up."
"..."
"..."
"..."
*PINCH*
"Ouch!" said Terry
"You're awake." said Ned
"Well...." said Terry
"So, if I got super strength, and you have the force,"
"Stop calling it that."
"Then what do they have?"
"Only time will tell."
Then Jade woke up.
Suddenly a lightning bolt shot down in front of the car and almost struck it.
"HOLY CRAP" shouted Ned
"It looks more like time wants to kill us!" said Terry
Now the car was passing through a forest.
"This makes no sense, there were clear skies a second ago." said Ned.
Then they heard heavy breathing behind them and turned around.
Jade was awake and shocked(get it?).
"She must have lightning abilities." said Ned
"And what makes you say that?" said Terry
Just then, lightning struck the forest and caused a forest fire.
"Oh." said Terry
Then Claire woke up, and the flames went out.
"And she's got fire abilities." said Terry.
"So now we need to know about Bray's powers." said Ned.
Then the road started to get bumpy.
"Dang it Ned keep your eye on the road." said Terry
"If you don't realize doofus, I am on the road." said Ned
"Then what's going on?" said Terry
Bray woke up, he yawned and lifted his arms.
As he did, the road in front of them got picked up.
"WHAT THE...." said Ned
Then Bray dropped his arms and the road fell.
"And, Bray has earth powers." said Ned.
"Can someone please explain what's going on?" asked Claire
Thus, Ned and Terry explained what had happened.
IN EARTH'S ORBIT AT THE TIME OF THE MYSTERIOUS LIQUID EXPLODING!
"Staln mi sod!" said an alien!
(Oh, right, you Earthlings need a translation.)
"Sir! We've been getting a high power of an unkown substance on Earth!" said an alien.
"Scan where the area came from." replied the captain.
MEANWHILE! BACK ON EARTH!
Terry was waiting, it was gonna pop up soon, but where.
He was alone, but he wasn't scared, espicially with his super strength.
Waiting.
When then.
*POP*
It popped out with it's evil look.
The second he heard it, Terry turned around and punched.
It went hurdling into the sky.
"All in a day's work." he said
"Nice reaction time," said Jade, "But you might want to control your strength a bit more."
"Why so?" asked Terry
"Because if we need to ask something a question, we obviously have to beat it down first, but they might already have left the building with you to blame." said Jade.
"Well then what am I supposed to do?" asked Terry
"Well I've studied fighting for a while now for self-defense. And I think you can control it with the right stance." explained Jade
"Which is what?" asked Terry
"Well here, lemme help." said Jade
"Huh?" Terry wondered
Jade walked up to Terry and started to move his stance.
"You have to be in a stance to where you can be ready for defense and offense. That way you balance your strength." said Jade
By now Terry was blushing because she was all over him(literally).
Though Jade was oblivious of it.
"See, like that." she said.
"Umm, thanks." said Terry
"Alright let's see it now" she said
"Ok."
A log popped up.
When he punched it flew to the ground and skidded a few feet.
"That'll work" she said
"Well, well. I see you've gotten better." said Ned who was sitting nearby.
"How long were you there" asked Terry
"Pretty much when I noticed the log land on my head." said Ned, "Oh, and by the looks of it, I think you guys would make a great couple."
"Cmon Ned we're just training." said Terry.
"Alright, alright calm down, I was only joking." said Ned
"So what've you figured out?" asked Jade
"Well check this out." said Ned
He raised his right hand.
Suddenly a bunch of rocks and other items in the grass started floating.
"Woah dude, you really do have the force." said Terry
"I call it Cell Shooting." said Ned as he dropped everything.
"So then how's Bray and Claire's training coming along?" ask Jade
"Not sure, I haven't checked on them." said Ned
Then Bray walked in.
"Hey guys, wat'd I miss?" Bray asked
"Bray, why is Claire's lipstick on your cheek?" asked Ned
Jade and Terry giggled.
"Oh this? Ya, Claire was doing her make-up, and when I slammed a rock into the ground, her lipstick kinda flew out of her hand and went into my face." said Bray.
"Oh really? It seems more like she kissed you." said Terry while Jade was still giggling.
"Trust me man. I'm telling the truth." said Bray
"How do we know?" said Ned
"Because it did." said Claire coming out of nowhere.
"Oh, umm, hi Claire." said Terry
"We were, uh, just talking abou-"
"Shut it." Claire interupted Ned, "We didn't do anything, got it?"
"Got it." they both said.
"So what did you guys learn?" asked Jade.
"Well, watch this." said Claire
She closed her eyes and sat still for a few seconds.
Then her eyes opened up in a bright while light.
Next thing you know, Claire's body is covered in flames!
"Woah!" said Ned, "That's freakin awesome!"
Claire came out of her "fire" form.
"Ya thanks." she said
"Now it's my turn." said Bray
He closed his arms around his chest.
A bunch of dirt, rocks, and sand started to come together, surrounding Bray.
You weren't even able to see him now, just fast moving earth.
Then it started to form.
Towering over them, was a 300 ft colossus.
"HOLY CRAP" shouted Terry
Then the rocks all fell to the ground, and everything returned to normal.
Then Bray popped up from the dust.
"That was some crazy stuff man." said Ned
"I can't believe what the enemy would think if they saw you like that." said Jade
"Ya, I would be pretty intimidating." said Bray
"What about you Jade?" asked Claire
"Well, not only did I learn to fly, but I also learned to contol lightning and use it as a weapon." Jade said
Then she lifted her hand up into the air and a storm passed over.
Then lightning came down right into her hand and she caught it.
Next you thing you know, she's using the lightning as a whip!
"Man that looks like it hurts!" said Terry as everything turned back to normal.
"Thanks, I've been practicing." said Jade
"So then, what about you Terry?" asked Ned
"Oh, well I just needed to steady my strength so I wouldn't lose balance. For offense or defense." said Terry
"Sounds good." said Claire
"Hey, it was Jade's idea." said Terry
"Thanks." said Jade
"Good job helping him out then. He needed it." said Bray
"Hey!" Terry started, "............ya I did."
Suddenly, a shadow covered the entire field.
Everyone looked up, squinting their eyes.
"What is this? A solar eclipse?" said Ned
Suddenly, mini squids were flying at each one of them!
"What the-" said Bray
Each one landed on them.
"Agh! Get it off!" said Jade
Everyone fell to the ground.
It was blank.
*GASP*
Terry wakes up.
He was inside some kind of metal prison cell.
"Where the crap am I?" Terry asked himself.
"A metal prison." said Ned sitting up against a wall behind Terry.
Terry turned around to see Ned.
"So we're trapped?" asked Terry
"Pretty much." said Ned.
"Not for long." replied Terry
Then, Terry came to the bars and ripped them out of the joints holding them in their place.
"Let's go." said Terry
"Ok...." said Ned as he stood up.
"Wait, why didn't you just get out of here with your cell powers?" asked Terry.
Ned pointed to his throat.
"Some kind of inhibitor is placed in my neck. Trust me I checked." said Ned
"Well, whatever, let's go look for the others." said Terry
"Alright." Ned shrugged as they walked on in the mysterious steel hallway.
They searched for a while wondering what a lot of the machines were.
"Hmm." Terry said at a door.
He kicked it open to reveal what seemed to be an experimental room.
And there in the middle of a spotlight, is Jade strapped onto a steel mat.
"Well look who it is." said Ned
"Just shut up and get me out of here." said Jade.
"All right, all right." assured Terry.
He hit the metal bar holding Jade down, which set her free.
"Thanks." Jade said.
She then raised her hand and caused a bunch of wires in the walls to rip.
Then, the alert started going off, red lights flashing everywhere.
"Reminds me of the movies." said Ned
"Why did you do that?!" said Terry
"Cause we need to get off this ship." said Jade
"What about Bray and Claire??" said Ned
"You mean guys didn't find them yet?!?!" shouted Jade
"No!" Terry shouted back.
"Oh...crap." said Ned who seems to keep his cool very easily.
The 3 rushed down the hallways, only to have it blocked by aliens.
"Uh, aliens?" said Ned, "I was thinking this was a government thing."
"Either way, they're stopping us from getting farther." said Terry
Jade then put her hand forward, then wires came out of the walls and shocked the aliens.
"Well that was easy." said Ned
The 3 kept rushing until they found another group of holding cells.
One of them holding Bray and Claire.
"Uh, why are you guys still in there?" asked Terry
"Because I have Earth powers not metal, and I'm sure Claire's fire won't do anything to steel, besides heating it up.
"I guess that makes sense." said Terry
He then bent the bars to the side then pulled them out of their sockets.
"Ok," said Terry, "How are we getting out of here?"
"Hello," said Jade, "Flying powers here."
"Oh right..." said Terry feeling stupid.
"It happens to the best of us." said Ned
"Uh, guys, I'd hate to break it to you, but we still got aliens after us." said Jade
"Alright," said Bray, "Then let's head out of here."
"One more thing." said Jade.
She walked to a random spot and ripped out every single wire possible.
The entire ship started to shake and break apart.
"SHIT, COULD YOU BE ANY QUITER?!" shouted Ned.
"Hey, they won't follow us now." said Jade.
Then Jade and Claire flew the guys out of the ship, they looked back only to see the ship explode.
They landed back on Earth fast enough to breathe, though they were kinda hot by the atmosphere, Claire was used to it.
"You think we can take a break now?" asked Bray.
"Ya." said Claire
Terry was only looking to the sky.
"This was only the first." said Terry as he squinted.
END