Meanwhile, the human world, Manhattan and the Top Volt headquarters, in front of the high-rush building on the outskirts of the city, two employees appeared, finishing their daily work, the first of them was a blond man in a black shirt and blue pants named Steven, who always walked firmly on the earth and the world that healed, but his friend Lucas Nowak, a brunet with blue eyes, dressed in black pants, brown shoes and a blue shirt with geometric elements, Lucas always looked at the world completely differently, from the engines of his own discoveries and notions of the world, and the one who he told him about many of the familiar issues that ruled the human world.

Lucas Nowak, as always, outside of work, he observed the world in completely different colors, often stuttering and stopping when he wandered in his unlimited imagination, whether he was an unreal man, as his friend Steven called him, today it was similar when two other employees dressed in yellow and orange costumes it almost collided with Lucas, and he, as usual, looked ahead and behind him at the two employees and waved his hand at everything.

- you know what Lucas, one day you will really get hit by a car or a train and a tragedy will happen, why you always have to wander in your imagination in an unknown direction. Steven said shaking his head.

- what do I like, and do not be afraid of not doing it at work, here I keep my full seriousness. Lucas said saluting a laugh but his friend was not in all good humor.

- do not try to make me laugh here because what you do, you have to cry, cry, someday you will really get lost in your world and you will end up under the wheels on the street, look how they drive here. Steven said as he showed off two speeding cars, one was a black sedan and the other was a police car.

Seeing this, Henry was lost in these cities again, looking more at the race than at what he had in front of him on the sidewalk.

- Lucas, you can see me. Steven asked, shaking his hand in front of his friend's eyes.

- Em, sure, of course, I can see what. Lucas asked.

- you see, and what you saw before, maybe you can explain to me what did your imagination tell you something again what? what did you see. Steven asked.

- you know, many different things. Lucas said, looking confidently at the world around him this time as he and his friend stopped in front of the lanes and traffic lights.

- Sometimes it seems to me that you prefer to live in a world of fiction. Steven said.

Actually, Lucas couldn't agree, he preferred the world of fiction to the real world that concerned him, and he had to explain everything when the traffic lights flashed green, everything was stopped by a blonde girl running to two friends.

- hey, Steven, Lucas, wait for me!. Screamed Kendra, wearing a white shirt with a rather prominent neckline and red skinny pants.

Although Kendra usually caused quite a stir with her appearance, when she was running on the sidewalk that day, not one guy looked back with a blonde beauty, you are growing Steven looked at her in a rather meaningful way, but Lucas was actually looking away from her, it was as if Kendra made it more irritating to Lucas.

- the same thing again, it makes me tired. Lucas stated.

- well, Kendra is a very nice girl, and very beautiful, watch the guys watching her and more importantly she is one of the few girls working in the company with electronics and high voltages, and you do not see what a treasure under with your nose, it is known that you are not just anyone to her. Steven said patting the back and his friend's blue shirt.

Lucas breathed heavily because he knew perfectly well that what Kendra felt towards him was not the same as he felt towards her.

- I feel sorry for her, sorry.

- no why, Lucas, what do you mean.

- and this is Steven, because I don't feel anything for her, my heart never chose and probably will never choose, someday I will have to talk to her seriously. Lucas said, and hearing his friend's words, Steven grabbed his face and shook his head.

- Well, I have no obligation to feel the same way towards her as she does. Lucas added.

- well, because you prefer to feel something like that in your world. Steven said.

- it's a question of choices, it's not my choice but my heart, I'll tell you one day. Lucas said.

- what will you tell, hey Lucas, what do you want to tell. Kendra asked as she reached her friends and went to the other side with them.

- and the fact that our friend prefers the world of imagination and fiction, you know, in cinemas they will probably show a new movie again or make movie marathons, which will be Lucas, DC or MARVEL or maybe BOND this time. Steven asked.

Lucas grinned with a ticket in his pocket for one of his favorite DC movies showing that day, Lucas was so pensive in the instant that he almost crashed into a container on the side of the sidewalk.

- Lucas, be careful when you walk, you'll really get hit by a car one day. Kendra said as she pulled Lucas from under the container.

- I'm sorry, I thought. Lucas said.

- as usual, you and your world, really, but maybe you can tell us what you keep thinking about, because not only about the world of fiction, you told me something about the elections, yes?. Steven asked, watching his question create a veritable storm in his friend's mind.

Lucas's blue eyes twitched and he grinned as he stopped and his friends.

- the world is full of choices, at least it seems so, but it is not so, sometimes it seems that everything, the whole future is a written card, all because of fear and lies, and the nothingness and destiny that collide below, but something has recently started to change. Lucas said, staring at the newspaper stand and a photo of a man who went missing four months ago, a man named Alex Kowalski.

- fear, lie, destiny, changed what you mean. Steven asked looking at his friend with some apprehension, as did Kendra standing next to him.

- see for yourself, the world used to be so cold, insensitive, empty, I was probably the few who noticed it, because I did not take my childhood. Lucas said.

- yes, Lucas Nowak, our still great child. Kendra said teasing her friend.

- and now you do not see it, or you do not see how people have become a little different, I see smiles more, I see and hear these conversations, so many people remembered what it is like to be a child, Steven don't you feel it, you told me how you have returned to the old days in your memories. Lucas said.

- yes, I felt something, old moments with my grandparents, these dreams, you know that I always wanted to be cosmonauts. Steven said shaking his head as he straightened his black shirt.

- me too, I remember those times, those pastries and cakes, those stories told with my grandparents, it was a wonderful moment and my dream to be the president. Kendra said chuckling at the last words.

- and you see what has changed, but still it is not as it should be, once I met a man, I call him a visionary today, he told me about the beginning of everything that is bad, fear and lies, and people succumb to it so easily but we are so angry that we can get above it, but I see something else that in my opinion the visionary also agreed, knowing about this third force. Lucas said as he walked away from under the kiosk and newspapers with the image of a gray-haired man.

- which is the third force. Steven asked, perhaps for the first time interested in his friend's stories.

- please tell us that. Kendra said, grabbing Lucas by the right hand.

- it's a lack of choices, you can see the future, but because of the lack of choice, the future seems to be a record. Lucas said.

- no choice, but wait a minute, for what is this happening. Steven asked.

- because by succumbing to the lust for power, greed born out of fear and lies, everyone takes away their chances of choice, and this begins to live its own track and the future is a written card and this is not good, everyone should have power over their own fate, you can call it a twin destiny, the track of the future as it is written, and it is us who should choose. Lucas said shaking his head staring blankly at the sky and the coming clouds.

- it means that we have no choice, and as if I threw myself in front of the bus now, it is also a saved choice. Kendra asked looking at the passing buses.

- it depends if you do it in front of yourself, you know, someone, an oracle, a visionary, someone who sees the future can tell you something about a glass goblet, right, and how do you explain it, but even the oracle does and says it because there is no choice, because the future is predetermined because the world agreed to it, but not me, I did something to my eyebrow and today I am free, today my choices are free. Lucas said, and his words were once crazy and once made a lot of sense.

When Lucas finished his speech, both Steven and Kendra took a really long time to absorb their friend's words, about fear, lies, nothingness and destiny and something in between, i.e. no choices and no future chart written, it was so difficult that both Steven and Kendra shook their heads in thought to look questioningly at their friend now staring at the looming clouds already obscuring the sunlight.

- then what did you do against yourself. Steven asked.

- and I did so that I quit another profession and went to a high voltage electrician. Lucas said.

- it means that you wanted to be someone else in life. Kendra asked.

- and not only me, my parents also wanted to present me to a fait accompli, and I always wanted to sing, but I understood the nature of the lack of choices and I chose to meet myself and today I am free just like my heart which never chose and will probably never choose. Lucas said.

Hearing his friend's words, Steven closed his eyes for a moment because he knew perfectly well that his friend's statement now hurt the blonde beauty very much, and as it was, this was what happened to the girl standing next to him, Kendra pursed his lips tightly, because this was not what she expected, and since Lucas said that his heart did not choose and would not choose it also meant that Lucas decided to be alone, because, as he said himself, his heart did not choose and will not choose.

- so you decided to be always alone, so you prefer your own world, a world of fiction huh?. Kendra asked with clenched teeth.

- I did not say that my heart will never choose, this is the randomness that occurs in the cosmos, it can always change, always, the visionary told me that the cosmos is truly free, everything that happens is total randomness, maybe even tomorrow I will meet this the only one, though, I don't know, it's not my choice but my heart. Lucas said, this time looking between the two friends.

- and maybe today you will meet the one, you know Kendra, I heard that our friend is going to the movie marathon tonight, you know what it's called. Steven said, winking at her blonde friend and her new hope.

- Zack Snyder's Justice League, you know they run a marathon in theaters tonight, I have to see this. Lucas said rubbing his hands together, which of course did not surprise his friends.

Steven and Kendra shook their heads perfectly knowing this little world of their friend and how much he loves the fictional worlds associated with DC and MARVEL, and many more films from SI-FI to crime and family films and even animated films, Lucas never hid that he liked the world fiction and today he emphasized why he prefers the world of fiction more than the real world.

- well, what do I prefer this kind of world, because our real world stinks, although you can feel something different in it, it is more free, and so humanity does what it does, maybe to a lesser extent, despite this fear and lies, and it is too full And the lack of choices, and therefore the world is unreal because it seems to be more real than what surrounds us, sometimes it seems to me that I live in a great dream and someday maybe I will wake up. Lucas said.

- It's not the Matrix, man, wake up. Kendra said as she shook her friend who wandered into the world of fiction.

- exactly, if you don't stop then you will really run into a car. Steven said.

- I know, it's not the Matrix, though, no matter what, tell me one thing if you look at the stars sometimes. Lucas asked, looking at the thick clouds heralding the impending change of weather.

- oh yes, sometimes I look at the stars, Tolko, then when I finish my afternoon shift. Steven said.

- and I like to look at the stars, but then I feel so lonely. Kendra said getting closer to her friend staring at the clouds.

- right, lonely, I believe that someone is there. Lucas said, folding his arms in front of him, slightly wrinkling the blue geometric shirt.

- who?, wait, aliens?. Steven asked.

- Lucas, please, isn't it too much?, you think the fictional world mixes too much with the real world, I personally doubt that anyone is there, maybe they are, but must be very poorly developed technologically. Kendra stated.

- and I know that they are there, there must be something there, but if humanity will be able to understand another life, man is limited in his own way, come we have great imagination in creating films and such there, our concept of life in space is really underdeveloped. Lucas said, tearing his eyes away from the thick clouds.

- I mean, what do you mean because you're starting to sound logical, like a scientist, for the first time. Steven said looking along with Kendra at his friend.

- and that according to the limited minds of scientists, life must develop in oxygen and water, that it must be a cellular being, after all, in the cosmos there can be such strange creatures as only I can imagine. Lucas said, looking at everyone in a strange, intense way unlike anything his friends had known.

Both Steven and Kendra probably saw their friend in such an extraordinary state for the first time, this time Lucas did not wander into the world of fiction in any way, he was completely focused and logical, his words were precise and accurate and his theory was more and more attracted the attention of his friends because they probably never saw their friend express himself in such a meticulous and logical way.

- so what do you suspect here, what is your imagination telling you? Curious asked Steven as well as his friend waiting for a response from a crazy mind.

- life can manifest itself in various ways, it can be a living planet, spectral creatures invisible to our eye and even creatures energetically wielding the same indescribable power, everything in the cosmos is possible and human scientists are so limited, let them sometimes look at the universe in a way as small children do, and let them stop being so parochial, because everything is possible. Said Lucas Nowak.

Neither Steven nor Kendra, they did not expect such a statement, actually thought that they would hear something related to the world of Si-Fi, about aliens with unusual technology, of course it was also Si-Fi, but very logical and introducing to new paths of thinking and imagination Lucas had shown himself again, all hesitations and were interrupted by the sudden rain falling.

- ah the kurt must have been raining. Kendra asked, hiding with everyone at the bus stop waiting for her bus.

- these are the matters over which we have no influence and nature, well. Lucas said, staring up at the sky blackened with dense clouds.

- you think that the natural world also has no choices. Steven asked.

- and yes and no, the world of nature is subject to its laws, so it cannot change anything, but if it changed these laws, the balance would be upset or even overthrown. Lucas said as he sat down on the red bench.

- I guess it wouldn't be good. Kendra asked.

- when the equilibrium is destroyed, it will be replaced by a cornfield, evolution, and this is the choice, automatic and subconscious, nature is limited but not there, fortunately there is no nature in the cosmos, it is just randomness of randomness, at least that's how I see it. Lucas said as he suddenly stood up, watching the first bus stop in front of the stop.

- it's time for me, see you tomorrow, have a nice day and see you tomorrow. Lucas said, shaking hands with his friends.

- Lucas, do, I mean. Kendra asked, but her questions suddenly fell silent in her throat as Lucas looked into her eyes with his blue eyes, that calm gaze and smile concealing a pity for her.

- yes, what happened ?. Lucas asked.

- no nothing, I would like to know if you will have some time today or tomorrow to talk about the cosmos and your discoveries, what you said about nature is really breathtaking, it is something completely different from this point of view I did not testify to you. Kendra said without releasing her friend's hand.

- today I don't have time anymore, I have to take care of my home affairs and then I wander into my world, then bye and until tomorrow. Lucas said and he jumped on the bus and drove away.

Kendra watched the bus depart for a moment until it veered behind the large building and was out of sight.

- as I am stupid, I could say something more, why and if I have a chance with him. Kendra asked looking at the blonde friend standing next to her.

- I think so, his heart didn't choose but he can still choose and you know I can help you with that. Steven said.

Hearing the words of her friend about help, Kendra immediately focused her full attention on him, she even grabbed his black shirt, looking deep into his eyes, for which Steven was not ready and it can be said that he was even enchanted.

- if you want to help me, how, tell me quickly what you know, I need to know. Kendra said, ignoring the four people staring at them, ano for another bus leaving.

- our friend Lucas, today about Iga's twenty for the movie marathon, he meant that I want to take care of my own world. Steven said.

- movie marathon?, let me guess Bond, no Marven, not DC either?. Kendra asked, still looking intensely into her friend's eyes.

- DC. Steven replied shortly.

- DC, I could have guessed, they are going to be showing Jack's Snyder, Justice League right in the local cinema, right?. Kendra asked.

- exactly and now you know what you have to do girl, meet him like that girl, talk to him, tell him how you feel about him and maybe he will finally see what treasure he has. Steven said in the last words, looking at the two treasures of a eyelet from under a white tight shirt.

Kendra immediately saw a focused gaze on her Skabach, immediately released her friend from the embrace and stood sideways to him in a truly indifferent way because she did not want to make such a great impression, and secondly, not to give some false hopes.

Finally, after a moment's silence and quick thinking about what to say to her friend that day, Kendra saw her bus and ended the momentary silence.

- my bus is great, see you tomorrow. Kendra said.

- part and until tomorrow. Steven replied, this time watching the voluptuous blonde run to the bus trying to avoid the rain.

- Steven thanks you for your help. Kendra said looking back for a moment as she stood in front of the open door of the bus.

- you are welcome and until tomorrow, may you do your best. Steven said waving his hand goodbye.

- I will, hello. Kendra said, nodding her head and not only her, which caught the eyes of not only her friend and also the four food service workers waiting for the bus.

When the bus left, Steven could hear the quiet conversation of four employees, a conversation focused mainly on his friend's appearance, even though Steven was also infatuated with what Kendra looks like, he saw something else in her and he was sincerely sorry for her because he expected that his efforts would never go away. will take effect.

Steven knew that Lucas would not choose her, his heart would not choose the greatest girl he had with him, he even felt sorry for his friends, because Lucas did not know and did not see how big his treasure was, on the other hand, you cannot do anything by force, and on the other hand hand knew and saw how badly Kendra would be hurt tonight.

- I can't leave her alone today. Steven thought as he planned the action plan.

- please get in. Shouted the voice box of the stopping bus.

Steven immediately jumped out of his mind and jumped into the half-full bus, but what he saw bent his reasoning of the world, seeing what he thought was paranoid.

When one passenger got off the bus, freeing the window seat, strange charades began among the passengers, one of the passengers quickly took a seat by the window, the second took the first seat with the back to the venom, the third passenger took the second place closest to the exit and the fourth took the third place closest to the validator.

Steven shook his head, fighting with his own thoughts of the strange world around him full of strange paranoia, but he did not allow himself to be overcome by these kinds of thoughts, because he had something else to do that day.

- she can't handle it. Steven whispered to himself as he validated his own ticket, taking an empty seat on the back of the bus.

- you know, he will say no! Steven growled under his breath as he put the validated ticket in his pocket.

- It will definitely hurt her. Steven whispered to himself again, looking at Manhattan, the great skyscrapers where he sometimes works, today the city was rather gray due to the heavy rain.

- I think it's raining for another hour. Steven stated, looking at the clouds and for a moment interrupting his thinking about his friend and friend from work.

- no, you can't think like that, she'll definitely be hurt, but you can't take advantage of it, help her it's the most important thing. Steven said to himself, clenching his fists as he jerked his eyes away from the window.

- you have to help her, but if Lucas did otherwise, if he sees the treasure in front of him, don't be angry with him. Steven added, staring at the bus floor with momentary regret.

Steven was really torn because he couldn't hide the fact that Kendra was special to him, and he wanted the best for her, he didn't want to take advantage of her despair if Lucas said no, he didn't want to be angry if Lucas said yes, everything today it depended mostly on him, but as the bus turned down another avenue, Steven decided to go to the meeting and see how the conversation would go, as he wouldn't leave Kendra alone if she was rejected.

- I will, I will be close, in case of a problem, I will take action. Said Steven, feeling genuinely responsible, come on alone did not know that this day would be truly special and extraordinary for one of them.

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My heroes like Alex and Lucas are always people who are crazy in their own way, they are a bit of children and adults, but differ in their own beliefs and degree of madness, soon Lucas will reveal who he is to everyone in his world and even another because nothing is certain so far.