Lovers of Babel

Lovers of Babel by Valerie Walker

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disappear!”
    “Um, I’ve never done this before. I’m not sure if it’s possible!”
    “What!!? You brought a 500 pound lion to my house and wasn’t sure how to remove it!?”
    “I thought I could control it better. I just assumed-“
    “You assumed!? My mother is about to get eaten!”
    George was panicking. He closed his eyes tightly and clinched is fists. Her mother could see the lion’s molars from where she was.
    “Get out! I command you! GET OUT!” George yelled. The lion immediately disappeared. Cameron’s mother fainted on the tile floor. Cameron ran to her aid. She placed a warm towel on her forehead. The Australian and George were standing there watching her.
    “Help me move her to the bed.”
    The Australian lifted her torso while George lifted her legs. They waddled to her bedroom and placed her gently on the bed and tucked her in.
    “We’ll tell her that we were trying out the latest 4D technology and she thought the lion was real and fainted.” Cameron told them.
    “She would believe that?”
    She shrugged. “It’s worth a try. Plus it’s much easier to explain right now.”
    They left the room.
    “Well now we know that our power isn’t inherited,” the Australian said.
    “We have the power to create, to transform and to teleport…do you think there are any more powers beyond the three?” Cameron asked.
    “I believe in the power of three. The best things come in threes. It’s a symbol of complete wholeness. If I had to guess I’d say this is it.” George said.
    “So the new human race is composed of three types of super-humans who can create objects out of nowhere, transform themselves into anything, and teleport to any destination. Also, the old world has even changed. Nothing on earth is the same. How do we tell everyone?” The Australian asked George.
    “We’ll need Mr. Riley and a video camera.”
     
    Amias was meeting with robot manufacturers in the leader’s headquarters to discuss a new line of humanoid androids, when the secretary interrupted them with important news.
    “I’m so sorry for interrupting Mr. Riley, but you have some people here from the cosmology institute here to see you. One of them says he’s been to the surface, and it’s habitable.”
    Amias turned to address his guests.
    “Sorry about this, but do you mind if we reschedule our meeting? This seems to be of the utmost importance,” He asked the two men.
    “Of course. We can reschedule for the same time next week?” One of them suggested.
    “Sounds great. Rachel can you please put that on the schedule?”
    As they were walking out of the room, Amias whispered in the secretary’s ear.
    “And next time try not to announce sensitive information in front of my guests.”   
    She nodded shamefully and walked away toward her office. Amias entered a yellow office and after greeting his young guests offered them a seat.
    “Now, my secretary interrupted a very important meeting to announce that you were here. I take it you all have something very serious regarding your trip to the surface that you’d like to share with me.” He looked at George who was preparing to greet Amias.
    “Yes Mr. Riley we have something of the upmost importance to tell you. First, let me say that on my trip to the surface I discovered that many things have changed. Of course, I was born here, underground five years after the equinox, but I had seen pictures of earth and I know that what I saw a few weeks ago was very different. The poles have shifted. The atmosphere has changed. The earth’s position in the solar system has moved closer to the Milky Way. It’s as if the earth has transformed into another planet altogether.”
    “Well you and I both weren’t born on the surface, but I imagine those things are shockingly different from the old earth. However, I, along with every scientist in the underground, knew this would happen. It was inevitable. I imagine this isn’t the pressing topic you want to discuss,

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