Were off and running with a few stories already under our belt. I had already penned a little idea into a story, so indulge me as this is just for fun
anyways (as Staff and Moderators are ineligible to compete). I happen to create my flow literally with the theme, but your story can go in any
direction you want it to go in. And if you can swing in a "Strikes Twice" type reference all the better.
AnyWay, just for fun here's:
"The Storage Container"
"Do you think this is going to work?" asked Marco while he kept inflating the balloon with helium.
William shot Marco a friendly stern look and simply replied, "more pumping and less talking please"!
The skies above grew an eerie dark gray color as clouds were beginning to build up. This was the second time William had tried the experiment without
the use of Silver Iodide which would of course induce precipitation in the cumulus clouds. He didn't want the rain... just the millions of Volts being
produced inside them.
"I'm almost at full capacity and the crane is having trouble maintaining the balloon in place" Marco says yelling at the top his voice.
William started slowly releasing the tension on the cable letting the balloon float up even higher into the clouds. The hair on both of the young
scientist was standing straight up and there was the strong smell of Ozone in the air. Unusually loud electrical crackling noises seem to emanate from
everywhere in the laboratory.
"Marco... can you hear me?" William wondered if his voice was getting drowned out by the electrical static build-up. "Are the storage containers ready
to receive a charge?" He took a quick glance over Marco's direction who was immersed in a glowing bright blueish color. "Get ready buddy, it could
happen at any time now"
And in a split second a lightning bolt travels down the cable, immediately being captured and contained into the Storage banks. William runs around
the room switching off and powering down equipment. Marco's ears were ringing yet was able to still ask "do you think we did it?"
William didn't answer as he was busily looking over the recorded data monitor screens. The silence in the room was almost deafening compared to the
sound of the electrical charges they just experienced a few minutes ago.
Marco walked up and lightly touched his friends arm and slowly turned him around. "Bill... I know your ears are ringing but answer me, did we actually
do it again?"
William wasn't known to smile often, but when he did, you knew he was being genuine and there was no doubt about it, William was grinning from ear to
ear. He quickly looked at some data, pulled out his notepad and mini calculator and began chatting with himself.
"Lets see now..... If one megaelectron volt is the energy acquired by an electron when accelerated through a potential difference of 1,000,000 volts.
It is equal to 1.602 × 10âˆ'13 joules." William looks up and down at the storage tanks gauge's and started crunching numbers on his calculator
and then began laughing.
"Oh Marco my friend, not only did we do it again, but we maintained a steady stream of just over 300 million volts for two seconds. Weve captured
enough energy to keep 50 houses powered up for at least 24 hours."
Marco yelled out a loud 'Yahoo' and he and William started jumping up and down just like they did when they were both just a couple of young lads.
The phone rings and William still jumping about and punching more numbers into his calculator asks Marco to answer it for him.
Marco still giddy answers the call, "Tyler Testing, Marco speaking".
"Ahh... Mr. Marco just the person I wished to speak with." Marco's smile disappeared and his face went flush. The voice continues, "was the test a
success".
Marco's hands began to shake. "Yes, yes it was."
"Very good, we will arrange a time and place for you to bring copies of all the data" and then the phoneline went strangely dead.
William was still muttering to himself and without even looking up asked, "who was on the phone Marco?"
Putting the phone down, Marco slowly turns towards William, "just a wrong number".
The End
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I (and the membership) can hardly wait to read what you come up with your story, so lets get crackin'!
Johnny
edit on 8/2/2022 by JohnnyAnonymous because: (no reason given)