Book One: Alpha World

Eps 2's.Our Secrets

 

I'm so confused. My eyes looked at my mother in wonder as I pointed at the card.

"Eh, Mama want to put that clock on that card? It's just a picture." I said confused.

My mom smiled at me. "It's not just a picture of Lian's clock, it's a clock that's stored on the card." My mother said that made me more confused.

Mama took the scissors out of the stationery box on my study desk. He cut the picture according to the curve of the clock. Make it clock-shaped. The piece was then put into my hand. Suddenly slowly the clock-shaped piece of card faded, then fused with the color of my skin, disappearing.

"Udah, let's eat first, then mama clear everything, papa already waiting in the dining room like that." Mama said and left me dumbstruck to see the card disappear from my hand.

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My name is Lian, more complete is Dahlia Lian. I am now a second grade high school senior, which is more often abbreviated as High School. I live in a large residential complex that is a bit far from urban. My housing name is arguably rare, Housing S. Yes, only the letter S is written large at the entrance gate. Even so, this housing has reached decades and is expanding every year. This year it has increased by about half an acre.

Actually my day feels very boring with repeated activities. I rarely go for a walk, a tour, or anything like that.

I'm the only boy in my family. My parents are always busy with their jobs as employees of a company. Both, my mom and dad. Just like all these residents of housing, everything. Yes, except Mr. Sarip, Mr. Manto, and Mr. Suri. They are the gate guards who always keep watch alternately there.

But somehow my parents are always at home. Usually on holidays that before they have additional duties.

But, even though there are those in this vacation home still feels ordinary. Because papa even sleeps a lot because of exhaustion. Also the mother who was addicted to making delicious dishes and then distributed it to the neighboring house and surely I will be told to share it, yes, although this vacation is a bit different but still the routine is boring.

But not after dinner. Not after mom put the piece of the card on. Although it was strange at first, I felt that there was something new in my life when the card was installed. Whether it's passion, challenge, or something like that. There is something new in my life that erases all this boredom. Mom's gaze showed her a big secret.

"Pa, Lian already has a watch like us!" Mom said at dinner.

"Yes, where did papa see!" Papa said in amazement.

"Lian show me!! Hold the place you put the clock on!" Said mom.

I also held the hand where my mother had attached the card. It was a little loud when I touched it.

Instantly the card patch slowly came back in color, then bulged and suddenly formed a cool clock in ocean blue. I tried to hold the clock in amazement. Wow original, not the card that mama had put up.

"Can't Ma? What clock is this too? What's this doing?" I asked Mama about the clock. Clock of the Zam card.

@-@-@-@-@

It has been more than a century that this housing was formed. There is a lot of history going on in this house. The original name is S, it stands for another abbreviation. Confused? I was also confused by my mother's explanation on this one. S has the abbreviation SILAM, well THIS PAST HAS the abbreviation "Secretariat of Pure Natural Sciences". I don't really understand what it is, but everyone in this housing is a member of this SILAM, hence the name of this housing S. This housing is inhabited by each family on a hereditary basis. So no wonder if this housing is getting wider. Even my grandparents are nearby.

Mama started a story about this clock from my house. It turns out that not only this housing has initials only. There are twenty-six housing that use initials of letters from A to Z. It is owned by a company called Alpha. Strange name, I thought.

Actually, all the housing was almost the same area and arrangement of his house. Everything is almost the same as the residents of 500-600 families per housing. It's so big, isn't it. Although the name is strange but surely the company must be very rich can accommodate many families.

Mama continued her story, "All the housing was actually a producer of members of the company's organization who carried out certain tasks according to expertise, we call these Alpha Bet members 'Rin'. Including mom and dad. You'll be Lian." Mama touched my hand.

My eyes were round hearing that. Heh, the company underground? This must be exciting, my inner.

"Lian, you have to go there two days after you receive this hour, there's a physical and mental ability test to get a job and a place to live there." I was surprised to hear that.

"Two days, Ma? Isn't it too fast? I haven't prepared anything." I said quickly. I haven't packed a suitcase let alone I'm still in second grade High School still have to go to school, if I'm there long I can't go to school after the holidays. I can't graduate if I don't go to school. I also want to be with my mom and dad.

Mama looks at me softly. "You'll meet my mom there, baby. You'll go to school there too."

"Really Ma?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Trus what should I bring? I don't know anything there either."

"You're given white paper with Zam?"

"I..Yes Ma. Why?"

"Where's the paper?"

I also took the paper in my room. A stack of white paper the size of hvs paper I gave to mama.

Mom looked at the paper one by one. "This is called mechanical paper, this paper is usually made by replacement robots." Said mom.

Mama took the most paper bags and formed origami shaped people's heads, then the next paper was shaped hands, then arms until all the paper was exhausted to form one whole body.

Mama arranged it into origami shaped people. "This will be your replacement here as long as you go there."

"How is ma?" I said I was getting interested in my new world.

"You'll just hug Lian!"

I hugged the origami to see what was going on.

A red light appeared on the origami's head. The longer the red light gets brighter and brighter.

"Start to scan artificial subjects." The origami let out a voice that shocked me.

"Wow!Cool!!" I said, holding onto the origami body.

When the light was perfectly red, my mother said to me, "Later there will be a little electricity that will hit your body to scan your organs, get ready!"

It was true that a few seconds later electricity hit my body. I was shocked when the electricity grew and shocked my body.

"Maa, what's the matter?" I shouted out loud. My mother just smiled and answered me. My consciousness began to disappear, I just felt an excruciating pain, and I finally collapsed, fainting.