I'm trying something new, and hoping it gets somewhere. Please do tell me what you think.
MY HOME (Chp 1)
Having to go through emotional pain is very sobering. I was no longer a teenager, I was growing into a man and after that I will be an old man. I am not able to take care of myself financially yet but I have to, fast, because soon I will be leaving school. As a young man, I was supposed to take care of my old man and I want to take care of him. I didn't care what my mother thought but I had to. I was turning 18 and finally having to decide what I will do.
Growing up I was taught by him. Everything I know is knowledge from him. He has been my father when I needed a father, and a friend, when no one would be. Losing him would break me completely. And that's why I want to stay with him as long as possible.
With only two weeks to decide what I will do with my life, I wasn't sure what it was. When I was young I dreamed of becoming a doctor. As a 14 year old teen I wanted to be an engineer, but now, almost a man, I don't even know what I want any more. Perhaps just providing for the family will be enough.
I lived in a sleepy town somewhere in Africa. I had a pretty good education and all. The year was 2023 and science had made many advances, especially in transportation. Flying cars were finally able to fly with the efficiency of a bird. Teleportation was now science fact. Space was just a tourist destination. Life seemed to be going great, until things changed.
I was looking for work all round the city, but no one was hiring. I went home every day for one week, feeling useless. I wanted to give up and just start work as a farmer or something on my own, but I told myself to give it one last try.
I went into town early in the morning. I had been through almost the whole town, and the only place left to search was the sports area of the town where bike tools, bikes, balls and anything concerning sports was sold.
I started with a shop that had a sign reading "New Things." I walked in. it had the smell of old shops. Everything looked old, even the man at the counter. I walked up to him and asked.
"Morning sir, I was wondering if you were offering work, any kind of work." I said, hoping I asked as politely as possible.
He looked at me as if he hadn't heard a word I said. Then he opened his mouth, which looked like tape being removed from a surface.
"Well, as a matter of fact, I am offering work. But the work I'm offering will change or even save this earth as we know it. Are you up for it?"
His words puzzled me, and I was just about to leave when he spoke again.
"You will be getting paid about $10 000 per week, and that's if you do good work." He said, in a serious tone.
I wasn't ready to believe him but he spoke again, it almost seemed as though he wanted me to take the job.
"Before you start you will receive a small amount of $500 to sustain you through the week." He said.
I really needed a job and this seemed like the only place I would get one before I complete school.
"How do I know you are not pulling my leg?" I asked, turning to face him.
"I have the $500 right here." He pulled out a bunch of fifties.
A famous old saying that my grandpa used to tell me was 'If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't" and it was ringing like church bells in my head, but I still thought to myself, what was I to lose? so I walked up to him and got the money from his hands, counted it to make sure, and put it on the table.
"So what am I supposed to do?" I asked, folding my arms forming a knot.
"As I said, it's a world changing Job. But I have to know if you accept before I tell you exactly what it is."
"Ok then, I accept." I said.
"I was hoping you would say that because you really will enjoy this." He said, then walked to the back of the shop and motioned for me to follow him.
The first thing I saw when I entered the store room was boxes, a lot of them. Then the man walked to a shelf. He pulled out his phone and typed in something, and then the shelf moved back and into the wall, he walked through the wall.
The wall was still visible but somehow like wavy and slightly transparent. I was spooked and thought it was one of those future tech agents in those sci-fi movies. I followed him into the wall.
I was in a bright room with all sorts of computers and machines. He was standing at what seemed like a command point.
He then pulled at his neck and the old skin I was looking at was peeled off revealing a younger person underneath the mask. At this point I thought I was being punked or something, but I couldn't see any cameras.
"We've been monitoring you, CJ. Out of all the possible matches, you performed better than them all. I know you have no idea what is happening but you will soon."
"Please tell me I'm being punked." Was all I could say. I couldn't wait to tell grandpa all about what I was seeing.
"Who would spend this much money just to punk you?" he asked, and he had a point.
"Start explaining…. What is all this, and why am I the best, and who are the other matches, and…."
"Woow…. Hold your horse's kid. In time, you will understand, but for now all I have to show you is this." He said.
He pressed a button and an image of some sort of energy sphere floating appeared. It was swirling and twisting and turning as if it was in zero gravity. My jaw just dropped.
"What you see there, is a portal to another dimension. You can call it 'parallel earth' or Pearth."
It's a start. The next update will be in this week. Just wait.
