Chapter 10: The orb
''As we all know it's been raining irregular amounts lately and officials say that there is most likely to be a flood if the rain does not stop. And so it is advised to evacuate the city or stay at your own risk, for the time being schools have been canceled so that they can prepare IF there is a flood. Back to you Derrick. ' A man with a husky low voice then began to talk butas his words spilled out the radio, gently resting on the table next to a strange floating orb, they were bellowed out with the loud bangs of Ratchet slamming down on a suitcase, trying to squeeze in what appeared to be a stack of technology and other items. Clank was at the other end of the room checking statics and occasionally looking out the window and gazing at rouge raindrops that travel down the window pain only to rest on the windowsill. 'A little help here buddy' Ratchet grunted as he slammed down yet again on the gluttonous suitcase although it looked less like a suitcase and more like a mutant frabric lump than a suitcase, 'Sorry, but right now I'm running diagnostics on this unusual weather also you know that Manuel labor is not my strong suit' Clank let out a little chuckle while Ratchet grunted and pressed onto the suitcase which appeared to be almost completely sealed 'you could have still helped' Ratchet gasped as he finally sealed the suitcase, he callapsed onto the suitcase exhausted. He looked around the room and focused on the floating orb, he was silent for a few seconds before realising that it was meant to go into the suit case... 'AAAAUGH!' 'are you ok?' 'why is the puzzle still out!' Clank looked to the left and glanced at the orb, subtely floating there 'Oh, I was solving it and I guess I forgot to put it I the suitcase' 'HOW do you you forget your a robot!' 'robots can forget too Ratchet.' 'WHY! ' KNOCK KNOCK, they both paused at the violent knocking on the door befo- KNOCKKNOCKKNOCKKNOCKKNOCK KNOCK 'OPEN UP RYAN!' Ratchet quickly turned on his hologuise and Clank sat still lifeless on the table and putting the device which he used for diagnostics away safely in his hatch. Ryan paused a moment before quickly opening the door 'hello Jim'.
Ryan smiled sweetly while Jim scowled at him, there was a brief silence with just Ryan smiling and Jim staring... It was definitely awkward. Cough cough, Jim cleared his throat breaking the silence 'anyway Ryan as you probably know the school is evacuating all students and temporarily placing them in a different academy until either the flood happens and what not or the rain stops and exec tra' Ryan tuned out the rest of his ramblings since it was mostly what he already knew until Jim said this 'what's that' Jim pointed into the Ryan's room gaze fixated on a particular object 'what's what' Ryan looked behind him to see what he was pointing at only to briefly ghasp, the orb was still out and still noticeably floating which Ryan knew was not a particularly common thing for 3D objects to do on earth. 'Umm I still don't know what your talking about' Ryan softly chuckled and bit his lip, Jim barged into his room and approached the orb. '' what the... ' Jim tried picking up the orb only for it to suddenly shuffle into an entirely different complex shape, Jim almost fell over the extensive suitcase but managed to retain his balance somehow. Jeremy and Odd were walking along the corridor only to see the unusual scene of Jim just stood there in Ryan's room while Ryan tries but fails to move Jim out his room. With such an Odd scene it was impossible not to get involved so they waltzed on in and shut the door behind them.
'So what'...' Odd just stopped when he saw the multicoloured misshapen floating object on the table and Ryan stared at him what seemed to be a few seconds before Jeremy rushed over to the orb as fast as he could when he saw the peculiar piece of technology. 'what is this!' his face was lit up like a Christmas tree and could not stop smiling. 'it's a puzzle' Ryan said trying to remain calm and think of a way to worm his way out of the situation and make a excuse as to what they're seeing 'is it an alien puzzle' 'it does explain the whole Henry the VIII thing' 'Jim aliens have not been proven to exist and a lack of knowledge about history is definitely not proof' Jeremy said trying to pick up the object. 'but how do you explain the floating' for once they all thought that Jim had a point HOW was the orb floating. 'well it quite simple really... Helium? Ah yes Helim' everyone in the room was of course sceptical but it was probably the best awnser they were going to get so they all left the room, but unfortunately Ryan knew that sooner or later the topic was going to be brought up again.
Ryan looked at Clank as he picked himself up off the wooden surface of the table and realised that Ryan was glaring at him, 'why was the puzzle still out...' 'I... Was in a rush also I forgot' 'you forgot huh?' Clank grabbed the puzzle and stuffed it inside his hatch but noticed that his diagnostic devise was beeping like mad. Beep Beep Beep 'hey why's it beeping?' Clank paused for a moment before telling Ryan twhy it was beeping 'It's just found out the exact time when the flood is cooming' 'well When's it coming' '...now' Crash!
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Hello im back back again... I know it took tooooooooooooooo long but truthly I lost inspiration and eventually forgot about this until it suddenly came to mind. So sorry and just as usualy
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