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Incredible... incredible, we have to find out more. Does anyone have any theories?
Well, electricity can turn metal into a magnet.
Yeah, so, why not a human?
What are you all talking about?
It's called science. It's what we do here.
I know there's iron in everyone's system, I just didn't think there was enough to become magnetized.
Five words, Professor Z: we're at Black Hole High.
Actually, that's uh, that's six words, because "we're" is a contraction... of "we" and "are"...
And since we're on top of a black hole, all the rules of science go out... the window.
Wh-what black hole?
I thought she said she had a bad cold.
Yeah, that's what I said.
We'll talk about it later, Vaughn.
Uh, excuse me? Human fork holder here. If I'm not important, I can just go.
No, no, no, wait, you can't. We don't know what going to happen. I mean, hopefully, this charge will just drain from you. But until then, it's a good opportunity to, um... study you.
Great, just what I always wanted. To be an experiment.
Please tell me you had nothing to do with what happened upstairs.
I had nothing to do with what happened upstairs.
Don't look at me.
I wasn't even near the place.
I was in my room.
Oh, so it's every man for himself, huh? No problem, I'm used to it.
Vaughn, find me some conduit.
Got it! [Runs to the door and stops abruptly]
It's insulator wire, Vaughn. About 50 ft.
How are you doing, Josie?
Great. What more could a girl want than to be able to power a whole city. You know, having all this power was so much fun. I could control everything, everyone. But now that it controls me... it's not so fun anymore.
This is probably none of my business whatsoever, but you did seem very happy here at Blake Holsey, and tt's like you don't even want to fit in.
I don't. My mom's dumped me at a lot of schools, what works best for me is being the outsider.
Oh, okay, I get it, I get it. Why get too close to someone if you're going to have to leave, anyway?
Gotta go with what works.
And... how has that been working for you, Josie?
Great, I'm totally in control.
Are you?
Hey, wait, this is completely different. The only thing that's the same is that... people... can't get close to me.
No. Not even the people who care about you.
Uh, Professor Z? You know what you're doing, right?
Yeah. I just... never done it before.
... Lucas, what happened to your hand?
It's where the mayfly bit me. It just looks bad, I'm fine...
... Well, it doesn't look like a regular bug bite to me.
I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. [Gets a better look at the bug bite] ... Then again, this is a fairly odd school, so if any of you are really worried, I'm sure you can find some books on the mayflies in the library, that's if you're really-
[All the kids except Lucas leave in the hurry]
-worried.
Remarkable... but what could cause such rapid aging?
Bug bite.
There's gotta be something we can do. Something we've missed.
Can't think of anything. Maybe Lucas is doing something to help himself. Sometimes in even in science we have to learn to just... trust.
I got a big apology to make to you little fella. Huh, I only meant to enjoy you, I didn't mean to cheat you out of your life. I blew it. I wanted to grow up too fast. I should have let nature run its natural course and not worry about being picked last on the softball team. [He releases the mayfly] Enjoy! Enjoy...
[returns to his original age] Hey, guys! I'm back!
You should ask her.
Yeah right, like she's going to listen to me.
But it doesn't matter. You can listen to her. And I mean really listen - no judging and defending. Really listen. Because however much history you have with her, she has the same with you.
Let's recap what I know.
Well, I became invisible, Lucas aged sixty five years, Corrine lived the same day over and over, Josie and Vaughn went back in time.
What we know is that the school has issues.
I'm telling you it's all connected.
Okay. But how?
I don't know. But if we're listing the strange things at this school, don't forget about the black hole.
You were saying something about a wormhole?
Yes, we were discussing... wormholes... as part of our discussion... on, uh, worms.
I see. [referring to Professor Z's drawing on the chalkboard] What's that drawing on the board?
This is the hole... where the worms live.
I wanted to discuss Vaughn's progress.
Very well. He is progressing, isn't he?
Yes and no.
Well, which is it?
Both. Kind of.
And that is how Mendel used pea plants to explain demonstrate how traits are inherited when they reproduce.
Reproduce. How does that work?
Reproduction. You know, the birds and the bees.
Explain it to me.
There is no way I am giving him the talk. My dad had a hard enough time explaining it to me.
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