Edison looked across the city lit by his
- Edison looked across the city lit by his electric lights. He smiled privately; only one man stood in his way, that damned Tesla.
- As Edison turned around, his eyes met Tesla's, and a tense moment of silence followed. Edison made his move first, making a beeline straight for his centre mass.
- "Oh Tommy..." gasped Tesla, "You always did like to be... direct". Another moment of silence followed, this one more awkward than the last, before Edison took the upper hand by
- offering an activity. "Hey! I hear ol' Franklin plans to electrocute himself with a kite! You guys wanna come with?" Intrigued, Tommy and Tesla left with Edison to go
- watch ol'Ben fry himself. Nicola snickered, 'cause he knew Tommy had told him to go fly a kite, and Nicola was gonna charge up his lighting machine as soon as Ben's kite was aloft.
- Nicola waited for Ben's kite to catch wind. Every light breeze that took the kite made him giddy. "Well, well, well..." Nicola grimaced as he recognized the voice.
- It was his arch-nemesis, Thomas Edison. "What a pleasant surprise, Tesla! I'll bet you're SHOCKED to see me!" Nicola smirked and replied, "Negative, Tom, but you do CHARGE me up."
- Thomas Edison smirked sarcastically. "I know what you're trying to do here, Tesla, but it's not going to work. Not this time. Not ever." "Tom, Tom," Tesla chuckled. "When are you
- ever going to understand. I don't need your petty inventions. My only goal here is for the greater good of our society." She paused at the door. "Although, it's not like you'd unde
- rstand." "You said that already. I understand that I'll never understand, OK? Are you satisfied?! You win. YOU WIN!" he slammed the drawer in frustration, along with his thumb.
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- 2015-04-19 16:39:19
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- 2015-05-04 21:23:24
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KieferSkunk May 04 2015 @ 23:03
What an odd relationship between Edison and Tesla... :)
SlimWhitman May 05 2015 @ 03:03
Opposites attract.
Chaz May 05 2015 @ 09:18
Sort of AC/DC.
Theepicone May 25 2015 @ 18:50
Only if my History teacher taught me the part of History when Edison and Tesla tried to electrocute Ben Franklin. :\