CFYC PLOT AND ROUGH DRAFTING

Gone

"Besides, it's just a trial presentation. Once the directors approve of it, I'll start working on a synthesized conductor to replace it." He continued, fitting the tank up to the electromagnetic plate of the machine and providing a little spit and shine to make it a little more presentable.

"We have the top minds of the country working on projects in all fields of science, but this is our crown beauty." 'The super collider' Oliver mocked the tour guide's excitement and rolled his eyes.
All it did was smash particles together at a ridiculously high velocity. It wasn't even special, but because the thing was so huge and made the whole lab one giant circle, everyone assumed it did something incredibly important.

The tour moved down the hall toward the biology department and Oliver trailed a bit behind the rest of the class, looking around at some of the things that changed. The east wing looked just about the same, aside from new tile. So, he broke off to explore away from the class to go to the wing his mom last was.

Oliver was familiar with the lab to the point that he remembered it perfectly in his nightmares, and there were plenty of places to hide, if he had to. He didn't usually, when his parents were here, but even the janitor recognized him so he probably should have been discrete.

"Erh..ehem." he overheard Douglass's dad clear his throat and folded himself against the wall to avoid their line of sight.

"I just know that when the board sees this thing, they won't hesitate to- Oliver?"

Crap.

Oliver scrunched up his shoulders in anticipation when the man's hand landed on it and pulled him away from the corner.

"Are you here with the school?" He asked, leading him down the hall, likely back toward that boring tour.

"N-no?" Crap. He panicked. Oliver mentally smacked himself in the face and peeked to see if Chris had bought it.

"Oh, Jon came to see my presentation then? That's good!" He grinned, pressing his hand into Oliver's back and directing him left down a corridor that led to the renovated portion of the lab. "I'm sure Douglass's told you about my project, but I didn't think either of you would be ready to come see."

"Right, yeah- your, uh, energy converter?"

"Electromagnetic frequency disruptor but, yeah, it's also an energy converter." The man corrected.

"It's actually quite interesting, I found this strange substance that works perfectly as a conductor- I'm temporarily using it to act as the conduit for my contained Tesla arc and once the presentation is over, I plan on presenting that to the board too. You should really get a look at this." So that's where Douglass got his talkative nature. Oliver let out a reluctant sigh, rolling his eyes until they caught sight of what exactly Chris had found and put inside his machine.

He froze, staring at the floating amorphous black mass in its container as the scientist went ahead of him to excitedly show him what he had made.

Unmistakable. It was so undoubtedly her that it almost physically hurt.

"Uh, Mr. Furkin, I don't think that's a good idea." He took a small step forward, glancing around to see if anyone else might be around.

"It's a brilliant idea!" Chris argued, waving away Oliver's concern and worry. "I'll show you how it works, real quick."

Oliver moved a little closer, catching a glimpse of Dindet's bright white eye that blinked away and his heart dropped to his feet.

"Mr. Furkin-" He stopped himself, momentarily perplexed by a soft ticking noise that grew into a whir and filled the air until a terrible dread boiled up inside him.