This choice: Tell them the truth - you are innocent, after all • Go Back...Chapter #4Tell them the truth - you are innocent, after all by: rockstatic   "OK, fine," you say. "I'll tell you the truth, but you're not going to believe me. I'm innocent and I can prove it." So you back up and explain the situation, from when you first found out about the gun to seeing the secretary stomp Dr. Marks out of existence to your inability to integrate in three dimensions on your exam. "But I'm going to throw it away right now," you say. (OK, you're only partly telling these cops the truth.) "It's not good for anyone to have this much power."
"Still sounds like bullshit," says one of the cops. "Time to take you in."
"Wait!" you shout. "I can show it to you. I have it right here." (Of course you're not letting the gun leave your sight. Are you crazy?) You slowly pull out the gun, which fortunately looks different enough from a real gun that none of the cops think you're trying anything. "Look, you can see the settings."
"Kid, you've got a toy. If you don't do anything stupid, we might get you into a mental hospital, but either way you're a danger to yourself and others."
"Seriously?" you ask, finally losing your patience. "I'll grow you back in a second." With that, you turn the gun to shrink and fire at the overzealous cop in one fluid motion, shrinking him down to an inch tall within seconds. "So," you say with a grin. "Believe me now?" You look around at the other cops to make sure they're not moving in on you, but they seem stunned past the capability to do much of anything. You note that the female officer is staring at her inch-high colleague without even bothering to hide how much she's squirming.
Well, the cops will get their wits back any second, and you don't really want to scare anyone, so you flip the switch to grow and enlarge the poor guy back to his normal height. He's visibly shaken, and seems to have lost his aggressive stance on your arrest.
"All right guys, show's over," you say. "As I said, this is way too powerful for any of us, so I'm just going to get rid of it. For the record, I think the police report should skip mentioning this thing, or else people are going to try to make their own. Once they know what's possible, it's only a matter of time before imitators can do it too."
The cops listen, but don't seem to react as they shuffle out of your dorm. That, to say the least, was a close one.  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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