Zilson: A Short Story

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Paying it Forward in the Past The year is 2120, and the sky is a vibrant shade of blue and the sun is shining bright over the city of Zilson. It is a normal Tuesday morning and three people are on their way through the traffic to S.T.A.R. Labs. The noisy hover cars in their varied colors are buzzing about as others don their personal jetpacks and weave through traffic. Nevertheless, this group of friends are just walking, strolling along, ignoring the bustle around them. Soon enough, they reach the entrance to the lab. “Let’s get down to business,” asserts the girl of the group as the light glistens in her hair. These three extraordinary people out ran the Olympian, out thought the brainiac, and have defied all …show more content…

“It’s down the hall to the left but it won’t matter, Mr. Camera won't come, all he does is watch the security footage,” the kid replies barely paying attention to Oliver. “Someone has to do something!” Dexter exclaims, trying to be heard by the rest of his team over the chanting students. Oliver gets the rest of the team who are struggling to get through the crowd. They races down the hallway and lightly knock three times on the Principal’s wooden door. There is no response. Annabeth and Dexter try but they can’t open the lock. Oliver goes to the other side of the hallway and rams into the door, knocking it down with a loud THUD. The team invite themselves in to take a look. When they look inside the dark and bleak room there is not a living thing in sight. Dexter goes behind Mr. Camera’s desk and hacks into his computer. Annabeth is behind him looking at the security footage that comes up. Mr. Camera must have seen them coming and decided to break up the melee in the hallway. That problem is solved, but Daphne is still insecure about her appearance. After the crisis is averted, she runs off like a hunted deer into the girl’s

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