He begins disconnecting wire after wire causing the other boy to flinch every time it makes a noise.
"I swear if you get us killed I'm haunting you!" He exclaimed.
"Alright just calm down i need to focus... this thing is complex." He said as he continued working.
He began working the last connector inching the pins out but at the moment of disconnection the machine hummed to life. The men sat in a control room his hand on a large red pressed button.
"Hahaha! We did it! Infinite energy and we get to profit from it all!!!" He yelled as he threw his fists up in the air.
"So how are we gonna do this? Give it and the instructions to our current ancestor and have him make a will to give it to us when we're born?" The other guy asked.
The next moment the entire building is destroyed in a large explosion. Dust hangs in the air as an after effect of the large explosion causing Him to wake up in a coughing fit. His clothes are burnt and torn his skin dirtied and bruised as his head throbs in pain.
"Augh what the hell?" He groans as his climbs to his feet looking around at the debris.
He looks around and finds the machine now with a massive crater covering the entire front of it with wires and nodes strewn about. He looks around for the boy from before but can't find him through the dust, debris, and fire.
Shit, please don't be in the fire!
He sniffs around for the scent of burning flesh but is unable to find it. He continues searching but his head begins throbbing faster and faster.
"Aughhh fuck!" He screams and the next moment he's in bed and it's morning.
He groans as he sits up rubbing his head and begins looking around seeing the familiar mattress on the floor of the low income apartment he lives in. He gets up rubbing his eyes as he pulls some clothes out of his closet and exits his room.
"Where's my fucking beer!?" His mom yells.
"I'll go get it in a second!" He yelled back before entering the bathroom.
He turns the water on letting it warm up while he strips. He steps into the steaming shower letting the hot water wash over him as he closes his eyes and rests on his hands against the wall. After several minutes of basking in the water he moves to get some soap.
What a weird dream...
He finishes his shower and steps out looking at his skinny clearly malnourished body. He snaps out of his trance and puts his clothes on leaving the bathroom. Upon entering his bedroom he finds his mother's wallet the one given to him to buy beer and opens it to make sure the money is still there but it's not.
Wait...
He quickly puts his shoes on and leave's toward the convenience store but when he gets there he finds police and firefighters at the building from last night. The building is still destroyed and the fire is slowly dying from the fire departments efforts.
Wait... it really happened!?
He walks over checking under a truck and finding the case of beer from last night.
But... how did i survive that big ass explosion...
He takes the case and begins walking home with it. While walking home he begins thinking about the machine and that boy. He opens the door and a large dresser slams into him from the top of the stairs.
"Augh what the hell!!?" He yelled from under it.
Wait...
He begins shoving the dresser off himself as his mother stomps down the stairs.
"You lazy bastard! I told you to get me my beer yesterday and you have the balls to act like everythings dandy and bring me them now!?' She yelled.
She waits for his face to be exposed and kicks him in the face but instead of hurting him it let's out a gut wrenching crunch.
"Augh what the hell!? Is your face made of stone!?" She yelled as she clutched her foot.
He pretty easily shoves the dresser off and rises to his feet as his mother grabs her beer and goes back to her room. She slams the door behind herself and vanishes for the rest of the day. He carries the dresser back inside and closes the door behind himself and looking down at his hands.
So light... am i... a Meta-Human!?
He walks to the kitchen and opens the fridge grabbing some cheese, butter and bread but stops when he realizes the fridge is nearly completely empty aside from some milk and a nearly empty case of eggs. He takes the ingredients he grabbed and makes some grilled cheese for his brother and sister before calling them down. They run down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"Breakfast!" They yell as they quickly sit down at the table.
"Eat up, can't go to school on an empty stomach." He said as he sat their plates down before going upstairs to grab his school stuff.
After the kids eat he walks them to school before going to his own. He walks through the front doors and into the cafeteria where hundreds of students are gathered and eating breakfast. He grab his tray of food and sits down at a table alone and begins eating making his empty stomach cry in happiness.
He looks over and finds a girl sitting at the end of the table alone but for some reason the sight of her in all her average glory stirs something within him and his heart begins beating faster than ever before. He quickly looks away and focuses on his food so much that if looks could kill the food would be dust.
"I haven't seen you before... are you new?" He asks still focused on his food.
"M-me? Yeah... i just moved here..." She said jumping in her own skin at the sudden conversation.
"Why... this town is bad... lot's of drug problems... and the people aren't the kindest." He asked before taking another bite of his shitty school pizza.
"I didn't have a choice... my parent's made me come here for some... business." She said as she ate.
"Ah... parent's can be cruel." He said.
She went to speak with some food in her mouth but ended up choking and coughing up the food onto her hoodie.
"Ah... do you have a napkin i can use?" She asked.
"Yeah i have a box of them in my bag... allergies." He said.
"Thank you." She said before reaching for his bag.
"Ah i'm sorry but i don't feel comfortable letting people touch my bag..." He said stopping her arm and picking up his bag.
He opened his bag reaching beside a black and gold box for his napkins and handing her one which is when she asks for his name.
"What's your name?" She asked.
"...Vance... Voss." He answered.
"Ah... that's a unique name... I'm Elizabeth... you can call me Liz..." She replied.
"Nice to meet you..."