The next day was the first challenge
The next day was the first challenge. U.S.A. was facing off against Russia, Canada was against France, China was against Italy, England was against Mexico, Ireland against Egypt and Australia against Japan. Most other countries didn't compete in the Child Genius world cup. (Note: I just picked the countries randomly, so please don't be offended if yours isn't here.)
"You ready Jimmy?" May said. They where waiting for the tournament to begin in a room out side the stadium.
"Well, I'm nervous…" He replied.
"Cindy said that she was ok, and she's going to cheer us from the stands." May reassured him.
Jimmy smiled. Cindy is going to cheer for me? He thought
"Hey, May, just how brilliant are you?" Jimmy questioned.
May pivoted on her heal and turned to Jimmy.
"The chronological symposium blockage on mars is relative to the amount of rock based mineral on earth. Was that right?" (A/N: that isn't actually true, I just put a bunch of big words together.)
Jimmy thought for a second "Hmm, Yes, I think your right."
"Good. Lovely. Smashing. Fantastic." May laughed. Then, the intercom came on.
"Kids, the challenge is ready. It's your turn." The intercom blared.
The kids walked out in front of the stadium, and on a hover disk a lady flew over.
"Greeting Children, I'm Andrea Billower, but you may call me Miss Andrea. I will be announcing your tasks, so with out further talking, I will get to the challenge." said the woman.
"When in the stadium, there will be five golden apples hidden on a tree disguised as regular apples, and mixed in with normal apples. You must find the apples, figure out the message they carry by unlocking the code on them, and finish as fast as you can." Miss Andrea said.
May and Jimmy nodded, and then walked in the stadium.
There was the tree, in the middle of a small field, and a grandstand in which all the competitors' friends and family sat, including Carl, Sheen, Libby, and Cindy, who where watching excitedly.
"Team U.S.A. Good luck. On your mark, get set, GO!!" the intercom screeched.
The kids ran to the tree as fast as they could.
"Ok, how can you tell gold from an apple without looking at it?" May yelled over the cheers of the crowd.
"Well, gold is much heavier than an apple, so that branch must be weighed down!" Jimmy replied.
"Over there!" May yelled as she ran over to a branch that was lower than the others. She plucked the apple and rubbed it off, revealing gold.
"Jimmy, the words on here an Angelo-Saxion Ruin script!! I can read it; you go get the other apples!" She screamed.
Jimmy ran to several other dipped branches and checked for apples. He found the four than ran over to May.
"This one says, 'forget'. Here give me that one!" She rubbed of another apple.
"This one says, 'power', and this one," she said motioning to another one, rubbing it of. "-says, 'don't'… This one says, 'your'…and this one says 'brain'' they both paused.
"I know! The massage says: 'Don't forget your brain power!"
"That is correct!!" the intercom said.
The crowd roared with cheers.
"You beat Russia by twenty-three seconds! Congratulations!" it added. The crowd was going insane! People where screaming so loud!
"Nice one May. I didn't know Angelo-Saxion Ruins existed." Jimmy told her.
"Everyone in my family knows it! My ancestors where there when it was invented!" She flashed him a smile then gave him a high five.
The kids heded out of the stadium with Jimmy's parents.
"Jimbo, you did great! And you too May!" Jimmy's dad said.
"Yes Jimmy, where very proud of you!" Jimmy's mom said.
"I wish my parents where here, but there always busy. They didn't have any time to come…" May said sadly.
"Well where here for ya' girl!" Libby told her.
"For ever and ever!" Carl added.
May looked at her new found friends, then at the glimmering city as the sun set below the horizon.
"Thanks guys." She smiled her sweetest smile.
They stood there for a moment, watching the sun sink below the earth.
"Kids! Why don't we go to the theater to celebrate?" Jimmy's mom suggested.
"That would be great Miss Neutron!" Cindy exclaimed.
They headed down to the theater and got tickets, then entered.
They had decided to see the movie "Not to forget" (Note: that isn't a real movie just to tell you.)
The parents sat at the end of the row, next to Carl, then Sheen, then Libby, then May, then Cindy and Jimmy.
The movie started and Sheen's eyes widened. He slurped his Fruitopia uncontrollably, and then turned to Carl.
"Hey Carl?" he said quietly.
"Yes Sheen?" Carl answered.
"I don't understand the movie."
"Sheen, it just started."
"Oh, my bad." Sheen hated being confused.
"So, what was it like to win the first challenge Neutron?" Cindy asked.
"Well, it was just…awesome." Jimmy said, glancing into Cindy's green eyes.
"Um, you want some popcorn?" Jimmy said handing her the popcorn.
"Uh…sure. I'd love some." She replied simply and for a minute Jimmy and Cindy just looked into each other's eyes, until Libby screamed.
"AHHH!! LOOK!!" everyone turned to see a huge spider crawling out of Libby's popcorn bag.
"Goddard, catch that!" Jimmy told Goddard.
A panel on Gonnard's back opened and a mechanical arm reached out and trapped the spider in a see though cup.
"That's a black widow!! It's deadly to anyone it bites!"
"Black Widows don't live in New York… some one did this on purpose." Jimmy said.
Every one went silent.
The kids left and went back to the hotel, but none of them could sleep. This couldn't possibly be coincidence; the creature trapped in the plastic cup wasn't the only poison villain out there...