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Grade 7
Fantasy/SciFi, Narrative, STEM
Writing

The Particle Accelerator / El Acelerador de Partículas

Angel, 826CHI
Several friends harness a new source of energy and develop superpowers—with a surprise ending! Both Spanish and English versions available.

There was a boy named Amro and his friend, Alex. As Amro saw how they were affected by the particle accelerator—which is a machine that, through advanced technology and medicine, allows people to have a new source of energy (which will help out the world)—the friends got power. Amro was able to control stuff because he had a mind gift (which could have killed them, in a funny but sad way). As he walked, Alex’s power was to teleport or even see the future. As for Naruto, I forgot to mention he was the middle friend. So first it is Amro, then Naruto, then Alex. Naruto had the power to multiply energy. He had the Phoenix Forces like wind, gas, lava, fire, and even more, and he could also absorb people’s powers. He could also take away their power, so this is their story of who and how all of the friends got their powers.

This is how the story happened: it was a Friday, 9:35 p.m. Naruto, Alex, and Amro were all talking about how the world could change with only a machine. Then, they heard a large explosion—the particle accelerator had a dark matter explosion! Amro was pushed up to the sky, where he forced himself to be ready in case he fell really hard to the ground. He didn’t want to get hurt.

The explosion pushed Alex, too, and he thought about what would happen if he died—about all the stuff he would miss. He thought about how he could discover a new world if he lived. Then, by thinking about what would happen if he died—thinking about all the places he could have traveled with his energy—the Phoenix Force was trapped inside of him. He wanted to cut a weird circle in the sky with his energy beam.

A rare comastic energy got Naruto. His body tried to absorb it, and the Phoenix Force that was inside the comastic energy helped him survive. All ninety-nine Phoenix Force elements got to him, so he gained the Phoenix Force with the most powerful gift: absorbing other people’s powers.

It was one year after the particle accelerator exploded. Sadly, Alex and Amro did not make it.

EL ACELERADOR DE PARTÍCULAS

Había un niño llamado Anro y su amigo, Alex. En cuanto supo Anro cómo les afectaba el acelerador de partículas, que es una máquina que le permite a la gente tener una nueva fuente de energía y que permite una tecnología nueva y avanzada y una medicina avanzada que ayudará el mundo, ellos adquirieron poder. Anro podía controlar las cosas porque tenía un talento de mente (el cual podría haberlos matado de una manera cómica, pero triste).
Mientras caminaba, el poder de Alex era poder teletransportarse o incluso ver el futuro y abrir fisuras del mundo. En cuanto a Naruto, se me olvidó mencionar que era el amigo de enmedio. Así que primero viene Amro, Naruto, Alex. Naruto tenía poder de energías múltiples. Tenía la fuerza del fénix, como viento, gas, lava, fuego y aún más y también podía absorber los poderes de otras personas cuando quería hacerlo. También podía quitarles su poder, entonces ésta es la historia de quiénes y cómo consiguieron su poder y cuál sería la razón de esto.

Así sucedió la historia: era un viernes a las 9:35 de la noche. Naruto, Alex y Anro estaban hablando de cómo se podría cambiar el mundo solamente con una máquina y luego escucharon una explosión cuando supo Starlad quien podía o no podía afectar a las personas. El acelerador de partículas produjo una explosión de materia oscura. A Anro lo empujó hacia el cielo dónde estaba pensando y obligándolo a prepararse en caso de que se cayera muy duro al piso para asegurarse de no hacerse daño. Empujó a Alex y él pensó en lo que pasaría si se muriera y pensó en todas las cosas que se perdería. Pensó que si estuviera vivo cómo podría cambiarse y pensó en un picador nuevo y mundo nuevo que se descubriría. Luego, con pensar en qué pasaría si muriera y en todos los lugares a los que pudiera haber viajado con esa energía en que estaba atrapado el fénix. A ese rayo de energía era donde quería llegar para cortar un círculo raro en el cielo.

A Naruto, en la otra mitad, lo agarró una rara energía cósmica. Su cuerpo trató de absorberla y luego la fuerza del fénix que estaba dentro de la energía cósmica lo ayudó a sobrevivir, pero todos los 99 elementos de la fuerza del fénix le llegaron y consiguió la fuerza del fénix con el talento más poderoso de absorber los poderes de los demás. Por un poco de trabajo o el rayo central tenían poder para siempre, pero dejaba la persona ó muerta ó en coma. Si lo agarraba a otro por mucho tiempo, lograba su poder para siempre, y lograba el usuario comandante. Podía entrar en la piel de otros.

Había pasado un año desde el extractor de partículas, pero tristemente, Alex y Anro sí sobrevivieron.

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