Part III: The Search and The Girl?
Lewis Robinson had a photographic memory so he had no need to use his Memory Scanner to see the vision that was his mother. He memorized every little detail that he saw and yet he was still stuck. A face without a name is no help at all. So during the day Lewis spends time with his parents and works on his inventions. During the night he ponders a way to find her.
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It was a beautiful day and Lewis was up in his lab working on his latest project, a robot, or so he hoped it would be one day. He just couldn't seem to make it work. Getting frustrated he slams his hand down on the desk table angrily as the door to the lab opens.
"Cornelius honey do you need any help?"
"No, Lucille." he says confidently getting used to Lucille and Bud entering just when he needed them. He did care for them but for some reason he couldn't call them Mom and Dad.
"Ok then, I'll be down in the kitchen making lunch if you need anything."
"Ok Lucille, but I think I'm gonna go take a walk." he stands and stretches as his muscles crack slightly from being hunched over a desk most of the day.
"Ok hon, have a good time." and she leaves quietly
Lewis stretches once again and leaves the lab almost hesitantly. He heads towards his bedroom and goes to his bed, reaching underneath the pillow he pulls out a picture, not just any picture, but a picture of his mother.
Lucille and Bud knew their son was working diligently on a robot that just wouldn't work, but what they didn't know was that Lewis had been really working on another invention to go along with the Memory Scanner.
That invention made pictures from the lost memories. It was still a prototype where instead of one useful picture, the one he held dearly, but it took pictures of the whole lost memories. Which means one good pictures out of about a million useless one.
Hiding and securing the picture safely he sets out for his walk.
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Lewis sits down at a park bench lost in thought.
Children all around him are playing there games and having fun in there youth so not so much younger then him. This all goes unnoticed by him, his mind is set on a way to find his mother. He takes out the picture and touches the face gently as if caressing it.
A young girl with black pigtails notices the boy with spiky blonde hair sitting on the bench right across from where she is seated with her frogs. She hadn't noticed him at first because she was to busy recapturing her frogs who seemed to think a fly was more important then her.
She walks up to the boy, "Um, hello."
Lewis blinks and stares at the weird girl with a frog in her hair and one clutched tightly in her hands. "Hello.
"My names Franny. What's yours?"
"Cornelius" he answers automatically.
"Cornel..eh that's a long name."
He blinks and blushes not realizing his mistake until now, coughing lightly he says "call me Lewis. Everyone else does."
Franny Smiles larger "ok Lewis it is then" she speaks energetically as her frogs begin to croak in unison.
Lewis raises an eyebrow at the frogs.
"Frogs..?" He questions lightly.
Franny beams at him proudly, "Yup, frogs have more musical talent then humans, but no one believes me." she then turns sad as she says the last part.
Lewis not knowing what to say decides to cheer her up, "I believe you."
Franny immediately cheers up and give a delightful sigh, while eyeing Lewis.
Lewis gets a little creeped out but smiles in return.
"So whatcha doing?" Franny asks as she takes a seat next to him.
"Nothing just thinking."
Franny looks at him funny and then notices the picture in his hand.
"Is that your girlfriend?" She snatches it as she examines the picture, "She looks to old to be your girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend!" Lewis cries as he snatches the picture back and puts it back where it will be safe from others eyes.
Franny blinks at the venom in his voice and says quietly, "I'm sorry. She was cute though." as she blushes.
"Thank you."
An uncomfortable silence hits them before Franny decides to question once again, looking at him with serious eyes "Who is she?"
Looking down Lewis answers in a whisper "My mother."
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AN: Sorry for the wait. I'm kinda struggling with ideas. I know where I wanna go with this story, but can't get there. This chapter was just a way for Lewis to meet Franny.
The look Franny gives Lewis at the end of the Science Fair is a little creepy and although he himself has his own goofy grin, it's just the high of finding out what his family will be like. Eventually it will run off and freak him out. At least that's what I think.
Again thanks for the reviews.
