Project Cycle: [ Resemblance ]

The bell shrieked out, ringing into everybody’s ears. Their eardrums shook hard, causing every student to feel dizzy. It was lunch time, the time where the students were almost free, well, for the day anyways.

“So what is you answer, Mr. Ferdinand?” Ms. Rain looked at Jonathan, like a hawk stalking it’s prey. Jonathan was day-dreaming…again. He was dreaming of riding one of an amazing vehicle in the world, the Light Cycle. Hard to get these days. Ms. Rain snapped in front of Jonathan, waking him up from his dream.

“Sorry, Ms. Rain.” Jonathan replied at once. He saw the question on the board. As he looked, everything slowed down, allowing him to have some time to answer before Ms. Rain would scowl him off. On the board, it said, “Do the Digital World hurt anybody?” The world started to move normally again, and Jonathan took a deep breath.

“And yes, Ms. Rain. The digital world does, hurt many people because of the cyber-bullies that is all around the world, using the internet.” Jonathan smiled, as Ms. Rain was looking at him in awe.

“I know you are very educated, and very talented towards your academic works, however, I still need you to pay attention, even if you already learnt all of this. Anyways, it’s lunch time, and I already kept you in for a couple of minutes. Next class, I will let you guys go earlier. Promise.” Ms. Rain laughed, and everyone stood up, packing their things and tucking their chairs underneath the desks. Just as everyone left, Ms. Rain spoke to herself.

“I really need to have a raise.”

“Awesome comeback, Johnny!” a girl called out, as Jonathan sat down. It was Renny Saber, one of Jonathan’s best friend. Renny walked up to Jonathan, giving him a hug. Not only was she his best friend, but she was a close one. A very, very close one indeed.

“Wanna head into Argon City for a few minutes?” Jonathan asked, grabbing his laptop out of his bag. Renny nodded, as she grabbed hers out. They also grabbed a helmet, that seemed to be from a distant future, making it so electronic and futuristic. They placed the helmets over their heads, opened their laptops and opened an application. Meanwhile, across the playground from Jonathan and Renny, was Ms. Rain. She noticed the partners placing the odd looking futuristic helmet on.

“What are they up to?” she asked herself. No one else noticed, as if the partner were invisible.

Jonathan grabbed a USB cord and attached the two laptops. He opened an application called, “Enter Argon City,” which had an odd looking icon of a Frisbee with a blue glow on the outside of the Frisbee. The two then froze in place, and just stared at their laptops.

The camera blinked a couple of times, and started to do something different. It acted like a projector and revealed a grid. The grid scanned the two and disappeared, acting as if they were taken into the world.

“What in the blazes?” Ms. Rain asked herself. She ran towards the partner and saw that their pupils has turned bright white. She tried to take off their helmets, however, it wouldn’t budge. She knew there was something wrong with them.

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“Jonathan! Renny! It’s been a while!” Two men walked up to the pair, and gave a hug. They were dressed in a futuristic style of clothing, with a glowing blue strip flashing down the middle of the clothing.

“Chairman Rodriguez! And Origal! It’s been a while. What did we miss?” Chairman Rodriguez carried a blue identity disc, and a yellow baton, pulsing a circle-type of symbol. Origal wore a helmet that seems to have a function to shield his eyes when needed, and he carried a yellow identity disc and a blue baton. But they didn’t speak. The answer was just in front of them. There were data pieces scattered all over the city, the floorings crumbled as they walked around, and buildings collapsing.