Short Circuit Chapter 2
Apartment block, New York City,
Breathing evenly, Circuit Breaker lay on the bed with her eyes closed… Images in her mind playing back in slow motion like a movie.
/
It was like any other day.. She was working on one of the eco
generators. She said hello to one of her colleagues in passing,
making friendly conversation, laughing.
Being one of the top
technicians in her field, she worked with some of the best scientific
minds. She really loved her work.
Then all hell broke loose. The
Decepticon, Shockwave, attacked the power plant. Alarms were blaring,
almost deafening her, but she could still hear her supervisor yelling
orders to shut down the generators before they overloaded. People
were running about shouting wildly – she wasted no time and
attempted to shut the generators down. Then she felt searing pain as
a thousand volts shot through her system, the alarm was still blaring
as all went black./
/Then…
Another
image –This one of being in hospital having woken up from her coma,
her sister, Naomi was with her at her bedside holding her hand in
support trying hard not to cry. Mr Blackrock, the CEO of the company,
was standing by the door his expression solemn as the doctor
explained what had happened.
"It is grim news I'm afraid, the
electric shock that went through your body fried your neural pathways
that controls your mobility, so the chances of you walking again are
very slim. However, we have a team of experts flying in from
Washington that specialize in dealing with quadriplegics
so please don't give up hope just yet."
Nodding weakly Josie
swallowed down her tears "Thank you doctor."
Nodding, the
doctor left with Blackrock following behind deciding to give the
sisters privacy.
"Never walk again?" Josie said weakly the
tears that she had been holding in spilled down onto her pillow;
Naomi tightened her grip on her sister's hand supportively.
"You
can't say that Jose!" Naomi said "Remember what Mom always used
to say to us? 'Never give up, never give in', so you can't give
up!" Naomi's lip trembled slightly as she tried to be strong for
her sister.
In that instant, acute rage welled up inside Josie,
she wanted to get even! She would do what ever it took to get her
mobility back and then she would make them all suffer. Josie smiled
at her sister wishing she could feel her touch.
"Don't worry
dear sister, I am not giving up. I refuse to let those monstors
defeat me. You will see I will make them pay!" Josie whispered. Her
sister smiled too…/
Circuit
breaker jolted awake, sweat poring from her body as she attempted to
shake off the nightmare she had experienced.
"No,
not a nightmare, a memory that will be with me until I die. Until I
kill those monstors responsible for this, I will never rest!"
Circuit
Breaker sighed, getting up off the makeshift creaky bed she headed to
the table to examine her invention. Smiling to herself, she picked up
the small welding tool to adjust it, preparing it for the next time
she ran into the Transformers.
"When I am through with the Transformers, they are going to wish they never set foot on this planet!"
Dun! Dun! Dun!! Ohh nasty girl! I just wanted to show the human side of Circuit Breaker, the comics never delved much into her background so I just wanted to add a touch more humanity to her personality. Naomi Beller is © (Jumana Pearl)
