Dunk, dunk, dunk. Dunk, dunk, dunk. Thomas slammed his head against his locker as he couldn't believe his luck.
"Hey man, you know it's almost time right? Just two hours of class and we can go finally celebrate the weekend. Woohoo, party man!" David said giving his pal a playful push.
"You don't understand man, you know what class we got?" Thomas asked still facing his locker.
"Um science?" David answered.
"Yeah, man. Science, Ms. Melnyk's class." Thomas looked again at David who just shrugged his shoulders. "Dude, have you paid any attention in class?" Thomas asked his best friend. "I got an F on my last test. You know what she does with people who get an F?
"Sit in the front row?" David asked again.
"No, way worse, you need to participate in her latest experiment. And I'm not looking forward to it. Have you seen that thing at the back of the class? David shook his head as Thomas rolled his eyes. Of course not, David was always listening to his music during class. He just got in and out without paying attention to anything in the room.
"That thing is huge. You know what could happen to me inside of that thing?" David just shook his head again. "Ugh, that's why I'd rather get a concussion." Thomas said but before he could continue his banging David pulled him back.
"No way man, you know who would sit next to me if you're not there?" David grabbed his friend by his neck tie as he pulled him along on the way to class. "Julie "ask me anything"." I'd rather sit next to your unconscious corpse than next to her."
"Yeah, I get you." Thomas straightened his tie. Why did they had to wear clothes like this? If he was in charge things would change around here.
The bell rang as the pair just arrived in front of the class room, people started to walk inside and Thomas and David found their usual spot in the back.
"Good afternoon class." Ms. Melnyk said as she closed the door behind her. With a cup of coffee in her hand she made her way to the front of the class. Ms. Melnyk was short, but made herself be known. Her red dyed hair was in a bob and she wore a knitted sweater, a pair of formal slacks and a pair of heels. "As you know it's my job to teach you science class, an honorable position, however that doesn't mean that I stop being a scientist myself. As such I'm still in the process of making inventions. So I would like you to pay attention to the contraption behind you."Everyone looked at the back of the class. Thomas already noticed the huge cylindrical object when he entered. A door with a small window let's you get inside the machine.
"Now, I need a volunteer for the machine." As usual the class went silent. Nobody would volunteer out of his free will. "Ah, I think you'd like to volunteer, wouldn't you Mr. Flinton, considering your last score.
Thomas knew he didn't have any choice. He looked at David for a moment, but he was in his own world. Typical. With nobody else volunteering he didn't have any choice. Yes, Ms. Melnyk. Thomas replied. She took him to the large machine in the back. She opened the door of the machine to let Thomas inside. It was dark inside the machine as the only light came from the open door. "So what did you want me to do? Hey!" Thomas asked as he turned around to see the door already being shut. Thomas tried to push the door open from the inside but there was no door handle to grab. She trapped him inside!
"Let me out! Let me out!" Thomas banged his hands against the glass window but it wouldn't break. Nobody was paying him any attention either as Ms. Melnyk was telling the class something. He couldn't hear it though. Thomas tried to look around but it was pitch dark except for the little light that came through the little window. It was then that the machine began to rumble. Lights began to turn on as Thomas could see again. There he saw it! A toolbox. Thomas immediately sat down by the toolbox and began to open it. A wrench, a screwdriver. But where to use those tools? Thomas looked at the walls but it looked like they were welded.
Thomas began to feel hot. It was like some kind of oven inside the place. Thomas began to loosen his tie. It was feeling like an oven inside.
"Hey, somebody get me out of here!" Thomas knocked against the window using the wrench but the window wouldn't break or budge. Then he noticed the center of the cylindrical object. A circle shaped plate was covering something. The screwdriver Thomas had was perfect so he quickly undid the screws as he wrestled the plate from it's place.
"Wow." Thomas could only say. Underneath the plate was a crystal a little bigger than his hand. It shined a bright white light. The light was so bright he saw spots just staring at it. Trying to grab the crystal Thomas could feel the heat emanating from it.
"Ms. Melnyk, please get me out of here." Thomas tried a desperate last attempt to get the attention from Ms. Melnyk. She however was showing the class something on her phone. The crystal began to emanate more heat, Thomas was burning alive. Pulling off the last of his clothes, Thomas was standing naked still looking at Ms. Melnyk and the crystal. Ms. Melnyk then wrote something on the blackboard. It were a bunch of numbers. Ms. Melnyk then typed something on her phone and the crystal began to work overtime. He then saw Ms. Melnyk looking at him and her face became grim. She tried to type something on her phone as she ran towards the machine. Just as he thought he was saved the crystal gave off a brighter light than before as he felt himself slipping away. His last thought wondering what would happen to him.
After an eternity Thomas experienced a different sensation; freedom. He was completely free, he didn't feel his body, he didn't feel any strain. He was totally free. But just as he got used to it, he felt himself being pushed down by some kind of force. Into the body of someone? But who?
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