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Chapter 20: static shock
I woke the whole hose with my screaming, and it took at least an hour to get me to stop crying. After everyone else had gone back to bed, I couldn't sleep, so I started the procedures for the return home feature, making sure to put the right programming in.
I put some thought about what Star and Starlet had said. I don't think the memory I had discovered was the memory they had wanted me to remember, but there wasn't anything else I knew about. I shrugged it off and started working out how to fight this person, and how to figure out who he or she was.
The others woke up before I had figured it out, and I got dressed and ate breakfast, then went to school.
Today in electrical engineering, the others had to build another machine, but me and the former pikmin were told to solve an electrical puzzle that some of the students had made trying to fix the lights, which had a habit of flickering from time to time.
"Aqua, give me the wire clippers" Daisy said.
"Which ones are those?" Aqua replied, looking through the tool belt. Me and Daisy were the only ones actually getting anything done, and I was afraid something would happen and we'd all end up in trouble. We were deep into the electrical system, and the power to the area was shut off so that we wouldn't get hurt. There were several loose wires and metal beams that were supposed to control electrical currents, and if they were charged there would be no way out. Not only that, but the wire Daisy wanted to cut was a stabilizer. If she cut that and the power came on, we would have maybe ten minutes before the florescent bulbs above us would burst, causing the flow of electricity to go throughout the entire area.
She cut the wire. "Give me the pliers" she said
"Piers?" Aqua asked
"I know where they are!" Ariel said
"No way, I know it!" Toxic said competitively
The two girls fought over the tool bag, knocking Flame into the electricity switch
"Watch it!" Flame said, not paying attention. Suddenly the light behind Rocky lit up, signifying an electric current.
"Ow! Isn't the electricity off?" Daisy asked, rubbing her hand
"Did you hit the switch?" I asked Flame
"Oppse…" Toxic and Ariel said at the same time
The lights started Flashing above us "ok, can you guys hit it again?" I asked.
Flame tried to press it, but yelped in surprise as it shocked him "nope, its charged" he said
"Ok, can one of you get outside and shut the power off there?" I asked
"The bar is too high, and the one above it too low. We can't get through" Muscles said
"I could" Daisy said, sliding down
"Daisy, you're not shock proof anymore. You could get hurt" I said
"Don't you think I know that?" she asked, showing her finger, which was darker "I can maneuver better than the others, and I'm shock resistant. I have the best chance of surviving"
The lights sparked, signifying 5 minutes until they overloaded "fine, just be careful" I said. She immediately dove in-between the bars and took off.
It was a good thing I let her go, because right before the lights burst, the power turned off. I took the chance to look at the circuitry, and saw a disabled safety trigger near the power switch. It wasn't supposed to be activated, even if someone pressed it, unless there was a full current. Without the safety lock, not only would it activate when pressed no matter what, it would become charged. The safety switch could only be disabled intentionally, which meant someone knew it would be pressed, and wanted us to be trapped. I knew it was whatever had messed with my machine.
We came out to applause, and I saw the lights brighter than ever, and I realized I had accidentally fixed the lights, as well as reactivate the stabilizer, when I was looking through the circuits. Then I saw there was video from inside, showing Daisy going through the electrical obstacle course.
"That was amazing Daisy!" Static said. "How could you stand the pain of getting your leg shocked?"
She shrugged, and I saw on the video she had tripped over one of the bars, and kept going, ignoring the pain. "Daisy, can I see your leg?" I said. She looked at me, and then rolled up her pant sleeve to her knee, showing blackened skin "you don't feel that?" I asked
"I can say it was worse when I was trying to run through that electrified obstacle course." She said, gingerly rubbing her leg.
"And it feels ok? Not too much pain?" I asked
"I'm fine Alex, Flame passed out because of the fire and look where he is now" she said, nodding at Flame. Flame was talking to a group of kids who kept glancing at Daisy.
"Ok, you've convinced me, just be careful, ok?" I asked. She nodded, and Static took her over to a different group of kids.
I wondered how anyone would get into the electrical system, and why was this happening before the dream pikmin said it would? Did I do something wrong in the programming? No, I couldn't have, I wouldn't be here, and I'd be being attacked. Oh well, I'd have to wait and see.
The rest of the day was uneventful, except for Daisy being sent to the nurse during swimming when she suddenly couldn't move her leg anymore. She turned out to be alright though, so I wasn't worried.
I was way too tired to do anything, or even think about anything for that matter. I looked at my machines' log and saw it said the process was going as planned, so I left it. I got into bed and fell asleep quickly, hoping nothing else would go wrong.
Another chapter done! I'm coming up on the end of this story since I'm low on ideas, but I'll make another one afterwards…probably. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I love input. bye for now!