Ben Stone

Intelligence. It sounds like something everyone would want but for Ben Stone he wanted nothing more than to be like the other kids. But his brain would not shut off. All day at school he was switched on, learning. As good as it sounds Ben hated his brain. He found it hard to have fun because emotions to him were just chemicals in his brain but he did believe that the maximum amount of dopamine to be received  is a fine line between eating a whole spoon of peanut butter and making a life changing break through.

On the first day of school his teachers had high expectations of him but this year it would be different. He had spent the whole holidays hanging out with his friends being ‘normal’. So when it came to math time Ben pushed his morals to the side and when the teacher left the room he projected all the answers onto the white board for the whole class. At that moment he felt like he was a normal kid, he felt like he had been put on this earth to live. Not just to serve a purpose.

After school his parents lectured him about his genetic purpose and at that moment he realised that there must be something wrong with this town. It was like everyone was brainwashed. Then he realised someone must be behind it! His friends were the only people who would listen so he talked to them about the idea. The investigation began. They planned a ‘sleepover’ to discuss their plan, they had to find out what was going on. After days of research they found what they were looking for…

It was night and the three boys were out walking when they saw a flash and a man duck into a bush. They followed him and he led them far from town to an old amusement park. He lead them to a building where there was a data projector showing multiple symbols and numbers repeating 86149278. The man hung up his trench coat and fedora and said “I’ve been expecting you”

“How?” Ben asked .

“Stop playing games I know why you’re here.”

“What do you want and what do these symbols mean?”

“Meet me at the old chapel at lunchtime. Find me if you want the answers.”

“Why don’t you just tell me?”

“If I had all the answers why would I need you?”

Ben jotted down the symbols only to find the man had left so he went to regroup with his friends.

He found the chapel, showed some men the symbols and then dropped out cold. When he woke up he saw a secret passageway with all the symbols and all their meanings. He knew what he had to do. He flashed the symbols around town.

Next day it felt different, there was no one to be seen. Then he saw it! A rocket coming straight for the town ..

Now the town was nothing but a waste land, a failed experiment. But what happened to Ben Stone will remain locked away in government territory.

By Hunter