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Cornelius was awakened by loud footsteps.

Someone is coming here and is not trying to be quiet at all.

And whoever he is, he's already in the room...

— Who's here?—Cornelius asks loudly.

Silence.

— I hear you!—Cornelius turned on the light.

A man with glasses and a complete lack of emotion in his eyes was looking at him.

His face even seemed a little bluish from the light of the night light.

— Hello, Cornelius...— in a voice completely devoid of emotion, he said.

— Who are you? And how do you know me?—Cornelius felt a chill run down his spine.

— You and I are relatives, or to be more precise, your father and I are brothers. Regarding the infection that happened in your space, the doctors of this hospital called me and personally General Thomas himself. This situation is very dangerous, so I came here. Now I'll bring you a suit case and this suit will protect the people around and the air

from infection. You will open the zipper in the bubble and take the case, put on the suit and then leave the hospital with me...—

His monotonous, robot—like voice made his head hurt a lot.

— No, I need to see those doctors who just called you and hear confirmation of this!—Cornelius said.

— You need to leave with me!—The man raises his voice.

Three more people entered the room.

— If you don't go of your own free will, my people will cut open this bubble and put you in a lead box!—Mariusz raised his voice slightly.

Cornelius retreated to the opposite edge of the bubble, groping for the nurse's call button.

One of the men took out a knife.

— One more step and I will have no one to negotiate with. And I advise you to let go of the button.—Mariusz pointed to what Cornelius was clutching convulsively in his hand.

Events accelerated so much that they did not even fit into Cornelius' head: the man ripped open the fabric of the bladder, Cornelius pressed the nurse's call button to

all the way, and Mariusz pointed a gun at him.

Cornelius looked down the barrel of the weapon.

— So what? Will you kill me? Then why did you sneak in here at night?—Cornelius screamed in pain when Mariusz pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced his forearm.— And they're coming here anyway!—

He flinches when he hears the soft click of the muffler.

People in military clothes arrive in the room. They also point their weapons at the eldest of the Kaminsky brothers.

Cornelius raises his hands in the air and those who were here and who entered run into the corridor.

Although... There are no wards or corridors right now. The huge gap that had been the wall and door to Cornelius' room was smoking with incinerated plaster.

Cornelius stared at his hands in shock.

— It's unthinkable...—Corey heard Mariusz's muffled whisper.

— Go away.—Cornelius turned around, raising his hands.

The bullet from his forearm flew out by itself and landed on the hospital carpet.

— Take him!—Mariusz shouted.

Cornelius pressed his still-hot palms against the wall behind him and it melted under the heat of his power, opening a passage to another room for him.

Mariusz and his men followed him.

Whoever this Mariusz is, you definitely shouldn't leave with him. There's some kind of unpleasant energy coming from him, and it's clear that you definitely shouldn't leave with him.

One more jump and already in flight Cornelius realizes with horror that the wards are over...

And which floor was it?

The expected impact never happened. It was as if someone had carefully placed it on the ground.

Thick black smoke corrodes the asphalt around.

— Wow!—Cornelius looked at his hands and ran as fast as he could.

The shots were heard from all sides, deafening, but at the same time forcing him to run faster.

Again, the bullet rustles very close, scorching the cheek.

There is a loud buzzing in my ear after that. There is a lot of pressure in my head.

Cornelius runs away, the air seems to pick him up.

It seemed as if he had gained wings, or had subdued the forces of gravity of this planet.

He took one step across the window of the skyscraper, the other...

Realizing that he could walk smoothly, Cornelius ran up the skyscraper.

As far away from everything as possible...

He don't care where his feet lead him...

***

Cornelius was looking out the window. He couldn't even remember how he got home out of fear.

Two suns, one large and the other slightly smaller, slowly rise, illuminating the firmament of the planet Gloriaterra with soft purple hues.

Clouds enveloping the planet in a dense blanket acquire incredible colors, reflecting the radiance of two suns.

Cornelius remembered how he flew yesterday...

his knees were shaking, but there was absolute peace in his soul.

Radek fidgeted in his room, got up and walked down the corridor. You can hear the rustle of your father's robe and loud footsteps.

Radoslav walked past his eldest son's room, returned in reverse, not immediately realizing if he really saw Cornelia on the bed.

— Cory?—Radek ran up and took his son in his arms.— What's going on, Cornelius? Why are you here? Did you run away from the hospital?—

— Yes. Father, do you know a guy named Mariusz?—Cornelius asked.— Is he your brother?—

— Yes, that's right, Corey, has he contacted you?—Radek felt his hands begin to tremble. Controlling them is getting worse by the second.

Cornelius pushes his father away from him.

Radoslav immediately realized that the strange power that Cornelius had received was oozing out of his pores and demanding an exit...

— What am I?— Cornelius falls to the floor.—No, don't come closer... Mariusz... He came to me and tried to kill me!—He slowly crawls back to the corner.—Why did he try to kill me?—

There was a loud knock on the door.

Radek closed his eyes.

— Cornelius... I'll figure it out now. Take Dariusz and go to the cellar under the house!— He said, lifting the chest of drawers.

Cornelius saw many times that Dad was hiding something under the chest of drawers.

There was a blaster lying there.

Cornelius ran to his younger brother's room.

— Kornelek!—The younger brother shouted joyfully, but Cory immediately put his hand over Darek's mouth:

— Shut up! All questions later!—

With his brother in his arms, Cornelius ran to the basement.

Kaminsky's wine cellar was never used for its intended purpose, but it was a very good shelter during natural disasters.

Cornelius closed the door and pressed his back against it.

— Darek, do you know about the energy that tears apart supernovae?—he asked.

— Antimatter? Cornelius, why talk about astronomy now?—Darek paused when Cornelius raised a warning hand.

Darek understood - don't speak out loud.

Cornelius closes his eyes, listening.

The naparu brothers flinch when they hear several shots.

Cornelius feels everything inside begin to tremble. His legs are weak and he just can't get up now.

The door suddenly opens and Cornelius falls, screaming.

The father immediately picked up his eldest son.

— Cornelius, Dariusz...— by the fact that he calls his sons by their full names, it is clear that the situation is not developing for the better.— We need to leave now. Cornelius, you're going to sit in the trunk of my old trailer. I hope you can fit behind the bikes and surfboards. I need to go to an old friend of mine. I hope he now on our planet...—