Chapter 2
1 year later
"excuse me, coming through!" A boy rushed through the halls of his school, carrying his science books with desperation, "can't be late again!" He stumbled into the science room and into his seat right as the teacher entered the classroom, "whew!" He blew out a sigh of relief, "that was lucky, Elijah, you should be glad you came in at that time" Elijah's friend patted his shoulder, congratulating him on not being late again "you said it, Luke" Elijah was still panting from exhaustion as the teacher strode up to her desk, "good afternoon class" the teacher spoke, "good morning, Mrs. Feyner" the students replied in a lifeless tone, considering how this was the 8th grade, you'd expect the students to have the ability to reply in their own way, but no, Elijah considered this as if they were being treated like kindergarteners. "Today we'll be discussing the effects of magnetic wave-pulses on certain metals with different attractions to the magnet" (while I am a legitimate science geek, this was the first thing that came to mind, so that's why it's not the most logical type of experiment) Mrs. Feyner explained their activity for the day, "whoever is sitting in the seat next to you will be your work partner" Mrs. Feyner waved her hand around the room, "that's all now" she clapped her hands together and class commenced. "Hey Luke?" Elijah asked his friend as they tested Magnetite on a magnetic surface, Elijah already knew the results would be a large magnetic attraction to the magnet, since it was Magnetite, "yeah, Elijah?" Luke looked up from his lab notebook, "I am offering you the opportunity to come with me to go visit the newly-constructed Oscorp here in Minneapolis" Elijah answered his question, "you mean, the Oscorp?" Luke asked again, unsure, Elijah nodded, "wasn't the whole reason they built a location here was because they had to relocate after that incident in New York?" Luke pressed Elijah with more questions, "I would imagine so" Elijah answered to the fullest of his abilities, "and...their new CEO, Mr. Gerald Fredrick, is letting anybody in for a free grand-opening tour of the building" Elijah's voice turned to a whisper, "so...it's free?" Luke asked, "yep, totally free, no cash required, so...what do you say?" Elijah asked, "count me in" Luke replied , "3:10 PM? That's when school ends, we could meet outside and take a public bus to Minneapolis" Luke suggested, "sure, 3:10 it is" Elijah confirmed, and they resumed work on their project