Chapter Twenty-Six
School Surprise...
Emma glances at the clock in her classroom and sighed. It was the last day before Christmas break and like most student's, she wanted the day to be over already. She glanced back at the clock and silently moaned. There was still almost two hours left before the final bell. "You're impatient," M'gann asked mentally, "Why the rush?"
"Last day of school for the year and I finished my book," Emma replied looking at her friend. "I see," M'gann said as she stood up, "Then let's have a little fun." "Books down," the Martian said walking over to the chalkboard, "I've noticed that quite a few students have been glancing at the clock, considering what today is. Sense there is an hour left; I thought we could do something a little different." "Just how different are we talking?" Jessie asked holding her hand up. "I was thinking that sense one your classmates will be celebrating a birthday, we could combine our Holiday party with a birthday party for them," M'gann replied smiling. A small murmur broke one out amongst the students before one of the boys raised his hand and asked, "Which student?"
"Emma," M'gann replied. "I like that idea," Cissie said as they heard a knock on the door. M'gann walked over and opened the door as she said, "You're right on time. Come in." Emma's eyes widened as she saw her mother enter the room carrying a large box. "Everyone I'd like you meet Gwendolyn Pendragon," M'gann said closing the door, "She is the owner of Camelot Tech and, as the last name indicates, Emma's mother and Rachel Ross's aunt. She's here because she has a special announcement."
"Thank you, Ms. Morse," Gwendolyn said after setting the box down then looked at the students, "You guys look like I used to when I was in school waiting for the day to end and break to begin." The students laughed a little as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a blue cell phone. "Anyway this," she said holding it up, "Is Camelot Tech's bid into the cell phone war; the Saber. It was designed to be lightweight, able to fit into a person's hand, make a phone call from anywhere, and won't be available till next fall. Kind of cool, huh?"
The class voiced the agreement before she placed a hand on the box. "Now, there are three reasons that I told you all this," she said smiling, "The first being that the Saber phones will have a special docking port on the side of the new computers Wayne Tech has agreed to donate to the school next year. Secondly, this was designed to replace the tablet or laptops you see people carry around with them." She looked over at her daughter for a few seconds then said, "The third reason is because of my daughter. Now I'm not going to go into some tangent about how great she is, because some of you already know that.
"What I will say is that, as some of you may already know, six years of my life was stolen by a group of people that were behind what happened on Thanksgiving. Thanks to some friends of my children; they not only stopped the end of the world, but helped me go home. Which leads me to the third reason I'm telling you all this. This box contains thirty Saber phones; that's enough for everyone here, teacher included. Now each phone comes with a bracelet that has a GPS tracking unit that is cued to that phone. You can either give your parents the bracelet or the phone, but either way you will always be able to find each other."
The class started clapping as Emma walked over and hugged her mom. Gwendolyn returned the hug for a few minutes before patting her daughter on the back before M'gann said, "Ok everyone. Settle down. Cissie, I need you and Abigale to pass out the phones. And you're more than welcome to stay for the rest of the day, Ms. Pendragon." "Only if my daughter wants me to," Gwendolyn said wiping a tear from her eye. Emma nodded as one of the students asked, "Is it possible to get more of the bracelets?" Gwendolyn looked over and said, "The box on the bottom contains extra bracelets if you need more."
"Ah, Ms. Pendragon, I think your one box short," Abigale said. "Have you passed out all the phones?" M'gann asked. "The only one that didn't get one was you, Ms. Morse," Abigale replied. "That's because you put hers on Emma desk," Gwendolyn said holding up a white phone, "I had my daughters." Emma's eyes widened as her mother handed it to her. "T-thanks mom," she said smiling. "You're welcome. Now, how about we get this party started," Gwendolyn said.