I typed away at my keyboard, glancing up as cars passed. My aunt tapped the steering wheel patiently, waiting to be able to turn. I glance down at my laptop, waiting for her to start talking.

"So what time do you want me to pick you up?" she asked. I sigh and close the computer, knowing I had to leave it behind anyways.

"When the movie is over, I'll call you," I replied. She nods and pulls into the school parking lot. I say a hastened goodbye, spotting some of my friends waiting for me by the doors.

My sneakered feet hit the pavement and I tug down my school sweatshirt further down onto my worn jeans, hoping to ward off the fifty degree chill that cooled the September air.

"What's up?" I ask as I reach them, shivering slightly.

"Not much, just waiting for Michael," Luke replies, shaking some of his ginger hair out of his eyes. I roll my eyes in distaste. Of course he was late.

"So Caity, are you going to watch Transformers with us, or that chick flick they're playing in the library?" Kain asked, teasing.

I lightly flick him, amused when he ducks away in mock terror, laughing all the same. "Transformers, dummy. I have enough drama in my life, don't need someone elses," I said. I bounced on the balls of my feet, not liking standing still and waiting so long.

When Michael finally arrived, they were about to start the movie and we had to dash up the stairs to the cafe.

"No quoting, Caity," Luke warned, poking me in the side.

I squealed and jumped away, glaring at him while he and the others laughed. I grinned as well, knowing that I probably sounded pretty funny. Still, I lightly shoved him in retaliation, which he lightly bounced back from and went back to walking beside me, hands buried in his pockets.

We grin at Mrs. Jorgensen politely as we rush in. Like last year, where we watched the same movie, we are the only ones there, everyone else at the chick flick.

"Okay, we're going to start the movie now. Behave, because I'm going to go sit in on the other movie for a little bit because there are more kids there," Mrs. J explained, and we nodded.

I watched the introduction, entranced even though I had seen it a thousand times before. I found myself muttering the words lowly, getting poked in the side once more by Luke, who shushed me as well.

"Hey, guys… what's that over there?" Michael asked, pointing his arm at a strange device left on one of the tables.

"Probably someone's project, and they just forgot it," Kain reasoned.

"Dude, I should take it," Michael said eagerly. I shook my head.

"Don't. It's not yours," I say.

"So? It's their fault for leaving it," Luke said. The movie was forgotten as the four of us crowded around the thing.

"I wonder who made it? It's pretty good," I comment, carefully lifting it. It beeped and I nearly dropped it, having jumped about a foot in the air.

"Don't drop it!" Luke said.

"I didn't! Don't poke me, or I will drop it!" I warned, holding it away from him.

"Here, hand it over. Maybe someone made it with the 3D printer and painted it," Kain said.

I look at it more carefully. Definitely metal. "It's metal," I say.

"Caity, hand it over!" Kain said again, grabbing for it. I laughed and dodged, tucking it close to my chest. It beeped again, accompanied by a blue light. This time I did drop it.

The blue light passed over all of us, before retracting back into the device with another beep.

"What did you do?" Luke asked, going to pick it up again.

"I don't know!" I say, looking at the thing worriedly.

"Luke, don't touch it, it could explode!" Michael said, as he himself went to touch it. I grabbed both of their arms and pulled them back, Kain helping me, but it was too late, they had touched it.