Getting something dead to rise for Lucas hadn't been hard. Lucas just wanted to know how. He had gotten a fish from the family business and decided to just do the experiment with that. A fish was a fish. It's not like it needed to go outside or anything. It wouldn't be hard to hide and maybe they wouldn't even need to. Once they raised it from the dead they could just get rid of it.
Something that was bothering him though was the thought that Lucas could just keep black mailing him. If Lucas wanted something, he could say "I tell everyone about Sparky if you don'-," then say whatever it is he wanted him to do. And what happened when Lucas got older? Or what if Pastor Galswells' nonsense about 'The dead must not be disturbed' or a bunch of stuff like that got to him, and Lucas exposed Sparky anyway?
Victor shook away his worries and concentrated on what he was doing. He dropped the fish's corpse into a jar of water and heard the storm start to become stronger. He put the electrodes on the jars top, then placed the jar on top of the platform. He rose the jar up threw the attic roof to the storm raging above them and then they waited for lightning to strike.
It didn't take long for a bolt of lightning to strike. Knowing sparks were about fall, he grabbed Lucas by the arm and drew him back before they could hit them. He waited a few seconds before walking back and bringing the platform back down.
Lucas walked over just as the platform hit the table, and they started shocked at the jar, to see the fish was gone.
"What happened to it?" Lucas cried. "What did you do?"
"I don't know," Victor muttered peering closer at the jar.
The water swished around a bit suddenly, even though no one had touched it. He quickly picked up a flashlight, flipped the switch, and pointed it at the jar. They waited a few seconds and then they saw the shadow of a swimming skeleton fish project onto the wall in front of the jar.
"It's invisible!" Victor said amazed.
How had this happened? Was it because maybe it had been dead longer or something? Maybe it was because it was simply a fish? What if it had something to do with the amount of electricity…had there been too much?
Victor decided to let the questions go. It didn't matter. Lucas had his proof and Victor had Sparky back. That was all the mattered.
He walked Lucas back down to the front door.
"You can't tell anyone. Promise?"
"Promise," Lucas said before Victor closed the door.
Lucas knew he had promised to not tell anyone…but how could he not? Victor had raised Sparky, and the fish that was in his hand right now from the dead! And not only was it again alive, but it was invisible! He was so excited he just had to show someone.
Lucas knew he defiantly couldn't show his parents…they thought having pets in general weren't proper, he knew how they would react to him bringing home a brought back from the dead invisible fish. He actually didn't plan on telling anyone in the town…well anyone that lived in the town. He was planning on showing the kids that had come with the families putting on the fair. He was pretty sure they didn't believe in any of the foolish stories about the Van Dorts. They wouldn't have come to town if they had. So they're probably not so scared and paranoid like the rest of the town.
He had always known about the tall tales…he had just never talked to Victor about it. He wasn't exactly sure why though he had never brought it up. Maybe it was because Victor was already an outcast in the town and it would be worse bringing up the situation.
Then something popped into his mind. What if the stories were true? Everyone was freaked out the Van Dorts were cursed and communicated with the dead and stuff, and Victor has just brought back something from the dead.
What if his friend family was cursed?
Fear started to fill him but once he came to the part in town where they were setting up the tents, he forgot about the matter entirely.
He saw three boys his age playing a game Lucas didn't recognize outside of a purple and green stripped tent.
"Hi!" he said cheerfully, walking up to them.
The three boys turned and stared at him.
"Who are you?" one of them asked.
"I'm Lucas," he said, holding out a hand to introduce himself.
"I'm Nassor," the tall one said, ignoring his hand, "And this is Bob and Toshiaki."
Bob looked at him weirdly and asked, "Why are you carrying around a jar of water?"
"Because!" Lucas said excitedly. "There's an invisible fish in here! I can prove it!"
The three exchanged glances before Toshiaki questioned, "And how exactly are we supposed to see an invisible fish?"
Good question, Lucas thought. He didn't have a flashlight. Maybe he should have thought of the possibility that they wouldn't believe him.
"Put your finger in?" he said opening the top. "Maybe you can feel it."
He hopped they would be able to feel it. What if it being invisible made it unable to be touched too?
Bob put a cautious finger into the jar, and the look on his face showed that he felt nothing. He swished his finger around and a few second later, yanked his finger out of the jar and cried, "It bit me!"
"Let me see!" Toshiaki yelled.
Toshiaki put his finger in the jar and felt the fish rub against it and quickly removed it before he could be bit.
"How is that possible?" Toshiaki demanded.
"Boys!" a lady from inside yelled angrily. "Get in here! It's time to go to sleep!"
"You can't tell anyone!" Lucas called as they started to walk away.
He didn't know if they would. He wished he could get the confirmation that they wouldn't tell, but he knew his mother would be furious for him staying out so late, so he quickly left in hope he wouldn't get a lecture when he came home.