" Amazing!.... It-- It's unbelievable! You know how painful i had to struggle with this?!... "
" What I do, In case you are so excited that you didn't listen to me, I'll say it again. I 'swap' the aspects and properties of your leg's Bones with this Stainless fork.
So now, Your bones are as hard as stainless. Not only it is harder to break but also very Endurance like a stainless."
"..." Jody was still listening.
" On the other hand, This fork... right here, It has been replaced by the property of your weak bones. So when I squeeze it, It breaks down so Easily. This also shows me that your brittle bone is ...more severe than i thought."
After finished an explanation, Syd asked.
"As you can see,Jody. What do you think of it? "
" .....Amazing... truly amazing...but.."
Jody gulped.
"... If you're offering me this...that means... "
Syd smiles,
" The Joker once said : If you're good at something, Never do it for free."
" How much would i pay you?... I will pay you as much as I can... " Jody asked.
" No need to pay me. In contradict, You don't have to pay any single bit of your money and you can do this for yourself even i'm not here."
" What do you mean by that?"
" I was telling that 'THIS' Is not an ability, Women. But it is Something that could be taught. So when you've already succeed this ability, You can go and adapt whatever you'd like. For instances, you can do with a metal instead of stainless ... or even someting better than that."
" !? "
Jody went astonished.
" This is not...? your Ability?.. You're saying... This power to swap things ...is not your Ability??? And I can learn it?! "
" Correct." Syd continues,
" A long time ago, before you were born, before i was born. Or even before your great grandfather was born. There's an ancient 'Technique' was teached somewhere deep into the northern forest of China. The Chinese developed this technique based on the thought of 'Being One with Nature'."
" Usually, It is being used among the monks to make their activities be more comfortable and faster.At first, I only can handle about 5 seconds. but I kept practicing.... until these days, I can make it about 10-13 minutes."
Syd looks at the clock.
" However, I think the time is running out."
" Running out? time? what do you mean?? "
" See this fork? " Syd lifted the fork up,
" This fork... the fork that you easily broke it?... why?"
Syd tried to squeeze it again, but this time he couldn't make it.
" It has returned back to its normal state."
" !!! "
" This power to swap objects properties don't last for eternity.It's temporary. Once you've succeed, It's up to your experiences. Like riding a bicycle. Once you can ride it, after that it's up to you how far you can go? how long you can ride before running out of steam? Or to be more obvious, It's like a differences between a normal civilain and the 20 years-experiences biker. How long you can hold up this swapping is up to your training and how frequent you used it."
" Would you accept this? wanna learn how to use this ability?"
" ... "
Jody nodded.
" In exchanged, I don't want money but i want you to do something for me."
" Do something? what?"
" DESTROY this school. "
! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
" What-?!..."
" Syd...Y- You are joking, right?!..."
Jody doesn't want to believe what he just say.
" Do I look like i'm joking to you?"
"..."
"...."
"..."
" It's not like i care the school or anything... I admit that i only moved here because it is the popular place... but This school is known as the best school of London! it's directly controlled by the government itself... And... and you are just... a student."
" A student? you say?... " Syd grins in evil.
" You are half correct. I'm a student. But what student on earth will be able to access the patient files?"
" !!!! "
At that moment, Jody realized.
" You... who are you exactly?..." She asked out.
" Don't you already read the wiki? I am who I am, My family is the owner of the many things the wiki said... doesn't matter... They're rich. I'm just a kid with a rich parents."
However,
" That is the only side of the coin. There's much more about me that the google itself doesn't know."
Jody was trembling.
Syd moved his face closer to Jody.
" That's all you need to know... Unless we got a deal."
"....."
" You help me on my job, I help you on curing your disease. So that you won't go back be a cripple-in-disguise again."
"..."
" Why do you need me?... how can i be useful??.."
" Your Power." Syd said,
" Your power. It is 1 of the 4 elements.
It is the reason that makes you stronger than the others. It will make my job easier too."
" Will it... be risky...?..." Jody asked.
" Hell yeah it is." He replied.
"....I'm not gonna force you or anything. but if i were you sitting there, i won't let it slips away."
Jody was thinking about her life. Since that day when the incident occured, she was left alone and nobody cares about her anymore.
The exposing of her act in the middle school went all over the internet, Causing all the people to look down on her that time.
Once she's been exposed that she's a bully, Her father even gave up on her, also her sister.
She's been received so much pressure from the Society that it makes Jody's family move away from philadelphia.
The Only reason Jody moves away from her family to London, to this highschool is to prove her family that she has changed. She has quit being that kind of person, She has already become a new Jody Johanson.
But it's too late now.
Nobody in family gives her a chance. They don't care about Jody anymore.
The last 2 years with this disease, Jody spent most of her life alone.
" I have nothing to lose...so..." She said.
" Fine. I'll join you. Please teach me the way to master this power! "
" That's what i want to hear. "