The Intangibles by Alexander Astremsky & Christy Astremsky

Author:Alexander Astremsky & Christy Astremsky [Astremsky, Alexander & Astremsky, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-07T22:00:00+00:00

“Just face whatever you’re trying to avoid. Be stronger than your fear!” the mentor insisted.

“Look, I don’t want that! Get me back! What the hell do you think you’re doing!”

“You’re wasting time,” Osiris said calmly. “Actually, I didn’t plan to throw you off the roof today. But since you’re so stubborn…” He slightly released his grip.

Athena screamed and froze.

“Enough!” yelled Max.

“You have your bracelet on now. Even if I let you go, just activate it and become intangible. You won’t crash to your death!”

“It’s impossible!”

“You walk through walls! How do you do that? Why don’t you do the same thing now?”

“The floor is solid! I can stand on it! The ground is also solid!” yelled Max.

“Please stop!” interjected Athena, but Osiris paid no attention to her.

“What’s the difference between a wall and a floor? In the intangible state, you can pass through anything! Even through the planet’s core! There is no body, you understand? None!”

Osiris seemed to be deriding Max. “Now, decide who is stronger! Who?”

“I am…” he forced himself to say.

“Prove it!” Osiris insisted.

Max looked down. The street, the tiny spots of cars and people, everything was all blurry.

“Just keep looking!”

“I am looking!” yelled Max.

Down there he saw the city. From this height it looked like a huge toy. And yet it was the same city, with skyscrapers, cars, streets, traffic lights… He looked down at all these and felt that something had changed. As if his head had been under a press and had been suddenly released.

Osiris pulled Max up.

With a tottering pace, Max took a couple steps away from the edge and sat down. His head and hands dropped in exhaustion.

“You’re crazy!” Athena yelled, hugging Max.

“I didn’t say it would be easy. I said it’s feasible,” Osiris said with a smile. “I’m glad you made it. So, let’s continue.”

Max was feeling nauseous. He wanted only one thing, to get to bed and fall asleep.

“Okay,” he said, suddenly looking up. “But this time I’ll do it myself.”

“Awesome! I’m impressed with your courage, my friend!” Osiris offered his hand to help Max stand up.

Athena cast a fearful glance at Max, who was still panting.

They walked back to the edge of the roof. Max walked with a noticeable limp. That’s due to the poison, Athena thought with pain.

“Remember! When you’re intangible, natural laws have no power over you…” Osiris told them.

He seemed about to add something but Max suddenly wobbled, his right leg bent, and he tipped over the edge.

It happened so quickly that Osiris and Athena could only watch him fall. His scream faded into the gaping abyss.

It took less than a second. Athena caught Max’s petrified gaze, and then he was gone in the patchy chaos of streets.

She yelled and rushed forward. Osiris grabbed her by the shoulders and yanked her back.

“Shh… shh… Easy, easy…”

But she didn’t hear him. “It’s you! You did it!” She punched him in the chest and pushed him away.

“He’s got the bracelet, remember.”

“To hell with the bracelet! He crashed!” She broke into tears.

Wind swept the roofs, growing and fading in force.

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