Updated-two in one night! Please comment. Again, I need Allie ideas! I've been focusing mostly on Charlie and Skye. Thanks in advance.

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SCIENCE COMPLEX

MARIE CURIE INVENTORS' LAB

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17

11:50 AM

Charlie's POV

"Wonderful, Lydia, just wonderful," Prof. G nodded, surveying the ten-course meal that Lydia had made (with the help of a fellow cooking-savvy Alpha cabin mate) out of one small cube of steak, which she had placed in the center of a dominating silver platter.

"Nice," Charlie smiled.

"Next up, Charlie," Prof. G read out, smiling widely at her star student as Lydia pushed the long rolling table to the back of the room.

Charlie grabbed the edge of another table waiting at the back of the room, setting up while her classmates talked and discussed Lydia's project. Then, ready, she signaled her mentor who clapped for attention.

Charlie stood by a garbage can at the front of the room. Beside her was a lab table holding a small potted ficus, her bracelet, and an aluminum tray.

"As you all know, I have been working on a teleporting device. So far, I have teleported this bracelet—" she lifted her charm bracelet "—along with this ficus tree." Charlie indicated the potted plant and continued. "The tests have come back successful. The plant is as healthy as it was before teleportation. Based on that, I decided to then try my device on this earthworm, which is stored in this tray.

"Now I would like to teleport this earthworm here again in front of you." An excited chatter broke out as Charlie lifted the worm from the tray and placed it, nestled inside a small plastic tube, into the can. Under the tense, watchful eyes of her fellow Alphas, Charlie placed the lid back on the can and pulled out her aPod, which was also the teleportation device's control remote. She was scrolling through the Controls menu when it emitted a faint ping.

It was as if a switch had been flipped. Suddenly every single girl in the room dove into their pockets and bags, fishing out their own aPods and studying the screen intently, seeing if the text was theirs.

Taking advantage of the confusion, Charlie opened the text. It was from—Jess.

Jessupha: Do you want to meet me at the beach to watch the sunset?

Oh,no.Charlie thought, as Prof. G chastised the class. Oh, no, oh, no, oh, no no no.What would she reply?

She realized with a sudden jolt that the class had gone quiet and were all staring at her, waiting for her to finish. Prof. G cleared her throat.

"Ah, Charlie," she hemmed.

"Oh! Um…okay." In a daze she manipulated the controls so a blinding flash momentarily brightened the room and when she whipped off the can lid, the worm was gone.

Her fellow Alphas all cheered. Charlie barely noticed. Somehow she managed to complete her presentation, stumbling to the back of the room and retrieving the transported worm then receiving more hearty compliments and clearing up for the next person.

When the class departed for lunch, Charlie was congratulated a lot on her invention. As she waved goodbye to her friends, she thought, sighing, At least one thing in my life is going smoothly.

Another question-why is it that FanFic always squishes your italics together if you transfer it? That's something I never understood. It's okay-I just wondered.

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