Chapter 2: the long afternoon.
At the laboratory, Rafael Salazar was studying the graphic design of the nanite project. They had been wondering about ideas that would change humanity for a couple of years now. They finally settled on nano robotics. Or nanites. This was now, day 127. This would be a very serious and even dangerous project. Something top secret. Which was one of the reasons why Rafael told Cesar, "don't let Rex get near the blue folder." His wife was somewhere around the base, copying papers, highlighting material and such. It was a little boring, Violeta wanted to be in the heart of science. She finished copying the 100 sheets of paper and she grabbed the thick, warm, stack from the copying machine and headed out the door, nearly bumping into Dr. Van Kleiss. "Oh!" "Hello!" he said. "Good afternoon." Said Violeta. Mr. Van Kleiss was sort of a strange man. Rafael had even told Violeta to stay away from him. But Violeta was 99.999% sure he was just overreacting. The leftover 1% she left for God to decide. Back at the house, Cesar and Rex came back inside from there long walk. They were sweaty and red from the heat. "phew!" "It's blazing outside!" Cesar cried. He opened the fridge for a cup of HI-C. He drank half and gave the rest to his little brother. "I'm bored!" Rex cried out. "Good!" said Cesar. "Maybe we can watch a movie!" "The little mermaid!" Rex cried out. "Oh no!" said Cesar. He didn't even have the faith of a mustard seed to tolerate THAT movie! "You want to watch Atlantis: the lost empire?" Cesar asked. Rex shook his head. "He reached into the shelf and pulled out THE BOURNE IDENITY. "Uh… Rex, that movie is PG-13". Said Cesar. "You can't watch it." "Rex sighed in sadness. Cesar reached in and pulled out, THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER. Rex finally accepted that movie. "Popcorn!" He said excitedly. "No more snacks for you!" said Cesar. "Besides, there isn't any more popcorn." "Shoot!" said Rex. He LOVED popcorn. While the movie was playing, Rex was fidgeting and kept putting his hands on the TV screen. Finally, he said, that he wanted to watch TRANSFORMERS instead. Then he got tired of that movie! So Cesar brought out his big book on THE HUMAN BODY. But Rex had no interest in science and anatomy, and he dozed off. Cesar picked up his little brother and laid him down for a nap. Cesar quietly went downstairs to get a drawing paper from the office. But 25 minutes only passed before Rex woke up and came scrambling down stairs. "Cesar!" "Cesar!" 'When are mommy and daddy coming back?" he cried. "Probably in another hour." Cesar yawned. He was tired. Rex tugged at his sleeve. "Cesar lets go play something!" "Let's go out!" he said. "Go where?" said Cesar. "I can't drive!" " But I wanna do something!" Rex whined. "Then you'll have to wait until mom and dad come back." Said Cesar. Rex whined and stomped his feet on the ground. He dragged himself over to the kitchen table and slumped on it. Cesar lowered his head on the table. "Boy." He thought. "do mom and dad have this much trouble?"