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Short Story: The Geiger Counter

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But nothing happened. No pulses were ever emitted from the magnetron or even the rhythmic humming commonly associated with the flow of a large amount electricity through hardwired components. No sparks had showed themselves as a result of vast amounts of microwaves striking and then being deflected off the bronze which made up the volunteers statue. And, no reading was ever measured on the Geiger Counter, its needle remaining dead to the world. The crowd had been silenced by the end of Inez’s countdown and in anticipation of the cataclysmic event in which the device was supposed to produce. But now, with its failure, everyone just remained held up in confusion like children having awoken from a deep sleep and unaware of their surroundings. For several seconds the crowd of onlookers remained as unmoving as the …show more content…

“We didn’t mess anything. It’s all just as it should be. They shut us down.” “What?” Cassidy asked as she glanced around for the approaching police. “Who shut us down?” “They shut us down,” Inez answered as he looked up towards the clear blue sky. And, in that moment when he had said, “They” both Cassidy and Phillip knew who he had meant. They had waited too long to fire the Magnetron. They had created to much of a spectacle and the powers that be which controls their world had taken notice and ultimately responded to what was about to happen. “Alright, who’s responsible for all of this?” an officer demanded as the first of the uniforms broke through the leading edge of the crowd. “Everything, was working perfectly,” Inez, said sullenly to both Cassidy and Phillip as a mix of fear and sadness filled his face. “The damn thing was all set up to fire, but they must have removed the power from the battery of your father’s transport.” Another shout of accusation came from the direction of Brooke and Vera, and with it, Inez said, “You two should run, don’t go down with

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