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Chapter 3: The Jumper Machine

Jewel is walking home, along the way she just bowed her face, and seeing snow at her feet. Her house is in the middle of the meadow. Her father was a very important man in Minnesota, but since the death of his wife, Clairine. Eduardo decided to stop working at the city hall and choose to buy a house with a yard is very broad. He uses it to raise cattle and plant some vegetables. Somehow suddenly Eduardo shut himself from the public. However, Jewel and her father felt quite comfortable to stay in their house and has a fairly extensive farms and generate considerable income.

But, since Jewel grew up and frequently asking about her mother to her father, because since the incident Jewel was shocked and a little depressed for a few days. Eduardo began to protect her excessively. Examples such as school, she should not be late and do not let her out of the house and hang out with her peers.

Back to the present

Jewel arrived home, right after the sunset. She opens the door and she wonders why the lamp in the living room has not been lit. She's looking for the switch, and when she turned on the light, she was surprised by her father sitting in a chair beside her, "Dad ?! You shocked me."

Eduardo crossing his wings and sat while looked at his daughter with a furrowed brow, "You're 15 minutes late, young lady."

"Come on, dad. Do not do that again!" Jewel said calmly,"I'm just running late to enjoyed the sunset. And can you hold your questions for one minute and let me rest? I'm tired, dad."

"No, Jewel. I should interrogating you like a witnesses in a case. It's my job. "

"Okay, let me clarify. I know it's your job, dad. But you excessive. Please dad, I'm not a kid anymore. I'm not a child who must always be feared." Jewel then, walking past her father to the stairs heading her room.

"Jewel!" Snapped her father, when Jewel was climb the stairs, and then he flips his body and looks at his daughter was walking climb the stairs, "This is not only my duty as a father, but also a message from your mother. She was wanted you to be safe, and I promised that I would protect you."

Hearing her father statement, Jewel stops climb the stairs and lowered her head for a moment, then looked up at her father. Eduardo looks at his daughter's eyes are glisten. Jewel was silent, does not budge. Then, she climbed the stairs back. Jewel climb the stairs and reached the second floor, and her room was located in the end of the hallway, which is not too long.

She opened the door with a family painting, Jewel was in her mother's lap and Eduardo were behind his wife. She and her parents of course, her mother was still alive. It's depicts a happiness of family and taken when Jewel was a kid with the background of the old house, the big house and luxurious impression, and looked a Christmas tree with the presents that were under it, and slightly covered by snow. Written Merry Christmas at the right bottom, December 25, 2010. It is a painting of her mother for the last time, because the painting was made two months before the death of her mother. The painting was deliberately she put on her bedroom door, so she always remembered her mother, but sometimes it makes her remember the pain when a relationship is lost.

Jewel looked at the painting with a smile for a moment, and then she opened the door and enter into her room. The state of her room is simple, there is only a bed, a cupboard beside it, and a study table near the window. Jewel put her bag near the closet and walked towards her desk. On it there are a few photos, which showed Jewel as a child, was in the garden, play swing, and her mother encouraged her.

Jewel took the picture and was silent, perhaps she wants to remember a time like that, but it was too painful, remembering his mother was dead.

"Mom." Jewel finally said, "It had been years ..."

Suddenly she gets a flashback. She sees her mother when she were in the garden like in the photo. She saw herself playing slide, and because she is too fast, causing Jewel fall down. Jewel cried and her mother, Clairine, came to her. With a smile, she helped Jewel stood up and said very gently, "It's okay, it's okay." After Clairine cleaning the dust that were in Jewel's feather, Clairine said something to her daughter, "Jewel. You're a strong kid, right? Hence, Jewel will not cry, no matter what happens. Although I have gone, but I'll always protect you."

Jewel of the present, saw the incident and she shed tears, and she wiped the tears, "Mom, you're right. I won't cry." she closed her eyes and when she opened her eyes, she was back to see her room and still holding the photograph. Jewel looked at the photo again, and with a smile she put it.

A few seconds later, heard a knocking at door from the outside, "Sweetheart, it's me." The sound of Eduardo audible, "I need to talk to you a minute." Jewel then opened the door, "Thank you." Eduardo then got into his daughter's room and walking around for a while and pay attention to her daughter's room, and then he sees photos of his wife and beloved daughter, "Jewel ..."

Before Eduardo completed his words, Jewel approached him and cut him off, "Dad, I'm sorry. It's all my fault, sorry to made you worry."

Eduardo was silent, then he hugged his daughter and began to speak softly, "No, sweetie. It is my fault, I was too protective of you, and therefore you feel uncomfortable." he then took off his arms and saw his daughter silent with teary eyes. He then saw pictures of his wife, "Your mother, she was very incredible. The greatest woman I have ever met, and your mother," Eduardo paused, trying to hold back tears,"Died as a hero, a hero to us."

"So..." Jewel started talking, "What really happened?"

Eduardo stunned, look like he was remembering something horrible, "No matter what happens. But the important thing now she can rest in peace. Anyway, you hungry?" Jewel silent for a moment, then she nodded,"Okay, I've cooking something special. Let's have dinner together."

They came down together and enjoy dinner together with fun between fathers and daughters. Actually, there is still hampered in Jewel's mind, she was still wondering what really happened to her mother. She keeps it to herself and never say it to her father.

In the Gunderson family residence, Blu and his mother were having dinner together as usual. Helen cafe still show posts open, but there is no customer anymore, so Helen decided to close the café after dinner. "Blu!" Helen called her son when she would close her cafe, "Could you please put the tables into the garage?"

Blu come out of the house, "Okay, Mom." Then, he helped his mother, bringing tables and chairs into the garage. Routines at night, she was always helped his mother closed the café. While in the morning, Helen is assisted by his robot. The garage where Blu laid tables and chairs, has a wide fairly to park two cars. The garage unused after Blu's father died, and be used by Helen to put the fixtures of cafe, and she was sold his car to open the cafe.

When Blu raised last table, she wasn't accidentally dropped the table, and injuring his leg, "Blu, you okay." Helen said with worry as she was approaching her son.

"Yes Mom. Just a little bruise." Blu answered with a little laugh

Helen saw his son's feet, "What's funny, Blu, your legs swollen. Let's get into the house, we see what there is still ice in the refrigerator."

Blu walking with a limp and he was assisted by his mother, "I'm sorry, Mom. I can not be relied like father."

Helen chuckled, "No, actually you're just like your father, careless." Blu also chuckled, "Okay, you sit here and I'll get the ice cube." Helen helped Blu sit in a chair after they arrived in the dining room. And Helen returned with a bag of ice cubes, "This is, Blu. Compress on your feet."

"Thank you, Mom." Blu grabbed the bag of ice cubes, and compresses his leg, "Ouch-"

"Next time, you must learn to be more careful." Helen said as she sat in a chair next to her son, "Blu, is there anything interesting in school today?"

Blu looked confused, he was could not have said he had a fight, although from his point of view is considered as a defense, "No, Mom. Thanks for asking." Blu lied.

"Oh yes, talk about exciting. I've got exciting news that might interest you." Helen reached into her pocket and grabbed a paper," This is a brochure about the demonstration of a tool, this tool they named it as 'The Jumper Machine'."

Blu grabbed the brochure and read it, "Oh, I know. It's a wormhole. The Tool that allow the bird to explore the universe. You must get it from Professor Eva, is not it?"

"Yes, and it seems you are faster to know about it than your mother. I guess I should not have to tell you because the things like this you can know early." Helen replied with an irritated smiley.

"No, Mom. All the news already talked about it and it will be a demonstration of technological advancement. I heard a lot of important bird will come there. "

They chat between mother and son for a few minutes, and after Blu legs feel better, they started to say good night and go into the individual rooms. Blu walking into his room with a slight limp, but it's not too swollen as before. Blu went into his room and saw in the corner there is Roboy which is charging the battery, and then he was threw himself on the bed,

"Tomorrow..." Blu took a deep breath and exhale, "...is a new day."

Meanwhile, in Xeform laboratory, where the Jumper Machine will be demonstrated. At one room, there is a tool with the size and shape of circular. The tool is in the middle of that room, on the top there is a control room which is coated by the glass. In the control room there are some computer devices that are run by some scientists, they all wore a lab coat with X logo on the backs of their jackets.

"Gentlemen, please come in." A scientist named Eva, opened the door for the two birds neatly in a suit with a red tie. They apparently came from the central government, they are assigned to write a report, a day before the tool is demonstrated and reported it to Mr. President, "This is the control room. In this room, we can tame a wormhole and make it succeed in bringing the bird to another universe. As you can see, below it is a tool that we call the Jumper Machines. It is only a prototype, and the original will be completed and its size will be two times bigger than this one."

"So, who's going to try it?" One of them asked.

"Good thing you asked, gentlemen." Then came a yellow macaw female coming toward them, "Gentlemen, introduce the bird who will try this tool, Emma Gianna.

With a friendly smile, Emma said, "Good evening, gentlemen. I'm Emma Gianna. "

"Alright gentlemen. We go to the energy room." Eva said as she walking out of the control room, followed by the birds in suits.

They walked a few meters from the control room through a hallway, until finally they got an elevator that was end of the hallway, "This way gentlemen." Eva pressed the elevator button and a few seconds later, the elevator door opened and they entered into it.

"So," one of the birds in suits said, "Where is the energy room?"

"The energy room, or something we call space power is under the ground, 10 meters from the surface, because the energy is very dangerous if not kept at the right depth." Eva explains, "The energy was discovered by a scientist, in a small village near the volcano, a few months ago."

"What kind of energy?"

"The energy of the rarest in the world, and estimated to be under by a giant asteroid that resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs. Energy was buried under the ground, as deep as 15 km. That energy we called Excalibur. We took that name because it was so deadly energy." The bird suit listen carefully, and Eva went on to explain,"Recently, we found something beyond common sense. It is known that energy if 100 grams, can provide electricity supply to the whole world for five centuries. However, there is a terrible effect, that Excalibur generate a wave of radiation that can control the brains of all living beings.

"What do you mean?"

"You'll know when we get to the energy space."

Elevator indicate one floor and continue to fall until they reached a basement. They could see a door that says 'highly radioactive' next to it.

"Gentlemen, I beg of you, use a mask which is located in a corner shelf there. Because the inside will be very dangerous. "

After they were wearing masks, Eva opened the door and they entered into it. The room was very spacious, almost equal to the area of the building. The room was covered by a thick glass, "Well, this is the energy space, and as you can see." Eva shows around, "This room is protected by bullet-proof glass and explosions, thus not allowing criminals get into it."

They only see the rooms were protected by glass, and many pipes coming from the center of the room and pointing upwards. They could clearly see a piece of crystal that create a red light, "The pipes is delivers energy derived from the crystal and bring it to spread throughout the building."

"So, what caused the energy is dangerous?"

"You can see it." Eva showed in the corner contained a cage, in which there is a rat who is always growling and biting cage. The rat eyes is blood red with claws and fangs elongated and tapered.

"What happened to it?"

"The energy is generate a wave that is not yet known, somehow is ruin the brain of this rat." Eva replied.

"More like rabies."

"Granted." Eva walking toward the rat and take a test tube with blood in it,"If this creature smell the blood, then ..." Eva opened the test tube to the the rat, and a few moments later, the rat is transformed into terrible. Its body becomes big with claws and fangs become twice as large and sharp, "...this rat has become a monster."

"This energy is very dangerous." The Birds suit said with surprised, "But, whether this energy safe?"

"Yes. During stored correctly and not fall in the wrong hands, then there's nothing to worry about it."

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The energy is incredible, is not it? I hope, what is Eva said true if the energy will be safe. Then, what if someone stole it for their own interests? Is it possible to destroy the world? The next chapter, the Jumper Machine will be demonstrated. I know, in the second chapter, I said that the third chapter would told what happened to Blu and Jewel. But as you can see, just got here the story is already long, and rather than too long, I proceed in the next chapter.

My special thanks to you who have read this chapter and still wait for the next chapter.