Power Relic

Chapter Seven: The Genetic Harp

"Oooh it did something Reegan!" One child shouted as he rushed to the scene.

"Hey it's my turn next!" June scolded them.

Reegan was answering the questions of one of the parents and had not witnessed what happened, he walked over to investigate. Before he came close Sam felt a sharp tug on his arm. Andrew had maneuvered through the crowd of children and in all of the commotion grabbed Sam to pull him away.

Rufus was curious and began to follow, which irritated Andrew.

"Here, go roast Marshmallows," Andrew said to Rufus as he handed him the marshmallow bag and the sticks that Toido had burdened him with.

"Go and see that Protolian. I will do the rest," Andrew told Sam.

Sam walked calmly towards the testing grounds that Toido had assembled.  Seeing how anxious his uncle was reminded Sam what he had told him of the imminent attack coming from outer space. 

Sam looked up at the stars as he walked but all he could see was a calm clear night sky. 

Peaceful, no enemies up there he thought.

"I'm not letting you get stronger than me freak boy!" Kenneth yelled as he pushed past Sam.

"Cut that out Ken!" Sam yelled.

Kenneth started running towards Toido's testing grounds followed by his girlfriend Rachel and two other girls. They giggled at Sam as he ran to catch up with them. 

Sam watched the girls run past him, he then looked around at all of the people having so much fun that he forgot about what was troubling him. 

Toido stood waiting as the five youths approached him with their consent forms ready.

He looked over each consent form, the Extraterrestrials believed that consent was not something to be taken lightly and if the individual did not fully comprehend what it was that they were consenting to, it must be ascertained.

Toido played a projection of a short introductory video of the device for the children.

"Greetings people of Earth, I am Captain Nallany Choleska of the Poladean fleet," Nallany was on the screen speaking to them wearing her captain's outfit, she had a very serious look on her face.

"I would like to Introduce to you the latest discovery of our Poladean Scientists," 

The camera cut to an image of the device.

"The G.H.A.R.P. Genetic Healing Advanced Repair Prototype or simply called the Genetic Harp is a healing device designed to remove the inhibitors within an individual's genetic code, inhibitors that were created with the darkest of negative energy. We have already determined this to be safe and will only cause a temporary but extraordinary result upon your human forms,"

"Do each of you fully comprehend what it is that you are consenting to?" The projection of Captain Choleska asked as Toido scanned the eyes of each of the children.

The children each nodded and said yes to Nallany.

"Very good now before we activate the device we need to ascertain your current abilities unaided by the device," 

Toido pointed to the weights and trampoline. This was to gauge each participants physical abilities before they were affected by the frequencies of the Genetic Harp. He decided that for the first test it will be two at a time and so Kenneth and Sam stepped forward while the three girls watched.

There was a row of weights laid out on the grass ranging from ten to one hundred pounds. Sam decided to lift the ten first. He was able to lift the weight above his head and then placed it back down on the ground. Kenneth grabbed the twenty pound weight and lifted it above his head and proceeded to boast while doing a few curls. Neither of the two boys could lift the fifty pounds for longer than a few seconds.

Toido moved them on to jumping, he tested them with and without the trampoline. This was to measure the distance of how high Kenneth and Sam could jump with their current strength.

Toido had finished his observations and was ready to turn on the machine and study the results.

"The device will now be activated. If either of you wish to change your decisions, now is the time," Nallany informed them. 

Sam and Kenneth proceeded to walk towards the device. Sam felt worried, he clutched the pendant, he looked back at the camp fire. There were many people that were there still, smiling and having fun. He saw some children roasting marshmallows laughing and playing, many still remained at the event even though the hour was getting late

"You ain't backing out now?" Kenneth glared at Sam and challenged.

Toido was just about to turn the nob on the device when turned to look back at the children. He wanted to make sure none of them were having second thoughts.

Kenneth saw that his cousin had a concerned look and was clutching the pendant under his shirt. Sam stopped to look back up at the stars with growing concern that was apparent all over his face. 

Toido almost noticed before Kenneth jumped in front of Sam.

"No Problem here! No problem at all! Let's go!" He said.

The Genetic Harp was activated. 

A whoosh sound emanated from the device followed by a visible wave that spread out and then dissipated at the border where Toido had placed the flags. Sam pulled his pendant from under his shirt to see if the device had any effect but nothing was happening. 

Toido wanted to begin the testing and directed that Sam try the fifty pound weight again.

Sam walked over to the fifty pound weight. He bent his knees and gave a deep breath in preparation to lift the heavy object.

"WOW!" Sam exclaimed. To his amazement the fifty pound weight felt very light, he could lift it over his head with ease. 

Kenneth walked up to Sam and grabbed the fifty pound weight from him.

"Hey ladies check it out," Kenneth said as he curled the fifty pound weight. The girls smiled and then looked over to Sam who was now jumping on the trampoline.

"This is fun!" Sam said as he jumped higher than he'd ever jumped before.

Kenneth glared at Sam who was doing flips and twirling in the air with each jump on the trampoline. Sam was gaining altitude with each jump. 

Kenneth noticed the pendant did not appear to be effected by the Genetic Harps frequencies. He walked over to his father who had been watching among a group of onlookers.

"Look nothing is happening, Dad!" Kenneth whispered impatiently.

"Let me do this, I should be the one to use that power!" He said with frustration in his voice.

"Keep watching!" Andrew replied with confidence.