The Universe Builders: Bernie and the Putty by LeBel Steve

Author:LeBel, Steve [LeBel, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Argon Press
Published: 2014-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

Ring of Emptiness

Bernie got home, went to his room, and entered his universe through the new backdoor. He did the same thing every night. During Billy’s absence, there had been no new problems, and Bernie had enjoyed the respite. Their conversation today had made it clear Billy was angry. It was a good thing he’d checked his world when he did, because he was barely in time.

At first, the universe looked okay. The sun, the planets, and the yellow moon were just as he’d left them. But something was wrong on the planet. As he studied it more closely, it finally registered: the northern polar icecap was missing. The southern icecap remained, but in the north, there was nothing.

The ocean at the top of the planet was hot. Very hot. The water temperature at the South Pole was cold, as it should be. What had Billy done? The thick mantle of ice covering the North Pole had been melted, yet it seemed unlikely polar ice mixing with ocean water would be particularly harmful. He must have missed something. He flashed to his main continent to see if his plants were okay. That’s when he saw the problem.

All around the planet, in an ever-widening ring, was a wave of surging water. A huge tsunami raced toward his continent. He might not have noticed but for the volcanic islands scattered across the ocean. The tsunami had devastated island after island as it moved to the big continent.

Bernie’s mind raced as he tried to think of a way to stop this giant wave from washing over his land. The wave moved closer. He could see it beginning to rise up as it approached the shallow waters near the northern shore.

A quick solution was not easy. Creation is not a fast process, and Bernie had no putty at home to help him. That left only one option. He must use his power to destroy. Yet if he wasn’t careful, he could destroy more than he intended. He had to act quickly.

Bernie visualized a latitude line that circled the planet twenty miles north of the long northern shore of his continent. He pictured in his mind a strip of water five miles wide and two miles deep that continued around the world. This ring was where he would make his stand.

Bernie held his visualization as the giant wave entered his ring, rearing up higher and higher as it neared the land. Then, before the wave could escape the ring, he blinked. He blinked all the water in his five by two mile ring into nothingness. All around the planet was an empty trench where the water used to be.

An oncoming wall of water from the north rushed to fill the empty channel. Water from the landside was also drained to help fill the trench. As the trench filled, the tsunami prepared to resume its assault on the land. Bernie blinked again. And the water disappeared.

He repeated this until the tsunami faded at last. Only then did he let the ocean fill his ring.

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