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"Fine, doesn't matter, just know that you can't go to the basement because I believe it's ready to start and if I don't know that you're just going to pop out of nowhere, something could go wrong." You said.

He didn't reply, so you weren't entirely sure whether or not he heard you.

I should have thought this through, actually. It's really dangerous what I'm doing, I'm being pretty stupid right now.

Maybe I shouldn't have even said anything. He probably didn't even know I had a massive bunker below this cabin- but also... he might've gone wandering around and come across it in the middle of the activation.

With a sigh, you went to your underground workshop.

- - -

"Shit, what if I get caught?? What if I get arrested? I mean it's not illegal because these are my own powers. I don't remember reading about portals forbidden... right?" You were talking to yourself at this point. You were just starting to realise what consequences could arise from this.

In fact, how were you planning to do all of this anyways?

'I'll power the portal by connecting a circuit to a button and extension cord. Keeping the current running will be my job.'

You've already taken note that your powers work more when you're either happy or absolutely frightened, probably because of natural human instinct. With adrenalin and cortisol pumping in your veins, it was essential that you took advantage of your body's defense as the main fuel for your electrical current.

There was a desk connected to a bunch of buttons and switches. You carefully took a look at them, checking to see which ones to turn off and on. The only ones that you kept turned off were, 'Complete' and 'Emergency'. The switch that you had named 'Complete' was one of the few that you had to keep on if you were absolutely positive that the portal was ready to be opened. 

The 'Emergency' button was kept around for the safety of you and others, in case something were to go wrong, including if the portal doesn't stop with the typical stop button. The Emergency button would go as far as deconstructing the entire thing, which is why you wanted to avoid having to use it.

Now, you had 3 different switches/buttons that had to stay on in order for the test run to work. You made it like that so when the time came to start it up, that someone wouldn't just rush in and accidentally press a button and boom - the portal opens.

You started with cleaning up your work area because you were already aware that the second your dimension comes in contact with another side (which is one of many, comparable to have sides on an infinity dice) that their world of physics - or lack thereof - would leak into ours and make things unstable.

It's as if our world were on a scale, and any slight disturbance or inconvenience that were to threaten our balance would immediately interrupt our stability. Gravity would also change instantly, and you were not having all your paperwork be lost in case this didn't work.

You walked over to a button that you labelled as, "START." It wasn't the typical big red button, but it was bright green to avoid confusion. It was just so it was noticeable and it wouldn't be accidentally pressed. Even if that were to happen, you'd also have to flip a lever near the edge of the portal. You pulled the lever first, then the button.