Looking out
the window, I see the sun that never set glaring at the land below and the nearly
deserted town. No matter where I looked, all I could see were empty streets and
the town seemed deserted except for the few drunks sprawled under lamp posts and
the stray dogs that were busy chasing a few cars that passed through the town
main intersection. Taking a deep breath, I started to close the heavy curtains
to shut out the burning light and wisps of smoke started to rise from my skin.
I started to curse out loud and thought about doing something about that cursed
yellow object.
Wandering
down the dimly lit hallway, I made my way to the far end where the lab was
located. Tripping over a pile of coiled wire, I fell face down onto the floor.
Getting up, I felt pain shoot through my head and grabbed my nose only to
realize that I had bloodied my nose. A loud explosion was heard and smoke
started to pour out of the room. A bean stalk thin man wearing divers goggles
and hair standing on ends stepped out, flipped me out and yelled “Why oh why
did you have to short circuit my equipment? Now go away before you mess up
something else.”
Feeling a
little sorry and guilty at the same time, I looked around mournfully wondering
why I had even come wandering down this hallway when professor Smith was busy
with finding a solution on how to reduce the strength of the sun so that the
creatures of the night can safely walk out. So far, he was only able to get
half the equipment to work and the other half simply refused to light up like a
Christmas tree. The service tech guys came, did some fiddling with the dials,
gave a bill with a smirk and told us that they’ll come back once more as
another bill was handed to the professor. This process had been repeated three
times yet no solution so far.
My eyes
wandered down the hallway where the wires finally ended and the bank of wall
sockets started. All plugs were plugged into the sockets except one and one was
partially pulled out. With what seemed like the weight of the world on my
shoulder, I wanted to find a solution to the problem I had caused. Walking up
to the wall, I pushed the loose plug back in and inserted the plug lying on the
floor into the socket. I heard instruments hiss, crackle and pop. I felt the
house shake as the huge dish on the roof started to move and align itself
towards the sun. A loud excited voice was heard wanting me to come quick and
lend a hand. Stepping into a dark room, all I saw was bright lights flashing,
dials and needles flashing all types of numbers. Opening the blinds just a wee
bit, I saw the sun go dark. As I drove off, I turned around a final time to
look back and wondered if I’ll ever be back at this place. The streets and the
shops which had worn a deserted till awhile back were starting to fill up with
customers. People were seen on the sidewalks were rushing to catch an elusive
bus or a taxi.
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