The Storyteller

by Wonder

The power of Ion

Personal log- Entry 44
This is better than I could have imagined. The building is almost perfectly preserved. The northern spiral has been damaged between floors twelve and thirty-four and seven of the connector bridges have been sheared right off from the initial blast but thanks to the Kinetic Field most of the debris that would have struck the building was deflected. It seems that only the shockwave caused any real damage. Upon further inspection I have found that many of the facilities systems are functional although they lack the power required to use them.

Eve has been speaking non-stop since she entered the Helix. She seems excited. She has probably never seen technology from my time before. The equivalent would be me walking onto an alien mothership. While alien life hasn't been disproven, it would still surprise the hell out of me.

I have checked some of the labs in hope of finding something useful but everything in the damn place requires power. It is unlikely but perhaps the Ion reactor is still operable. If I see what is wrong with it I may have a chance of fixing but I don't want to get my hopes up. The lights are off for a reason and I doubt it's a good one. Thankfully I managed to find a flashlight is one of the labs. As with everything from my time it is powered by Ion. Specifically an Ion cell. From memory I can recall several Ion storage devices. Cells powered small electronics such as phones and remotes. A core could power large object like cars. Ion generator were less common and were expensive but could power small towns if required. Mostly people got their power from the grid so it was uncommon to see them outside of hospitals and places that required emergency power supplies.

Ion reactors were the second most powerful of the series. Reactors were large in size, being twelves meters in height and eight in diameter. They could provide power to an entire city with plenty to spare. For this reason they were always kept secure as they were also very dangerous. A reactor overload could result in catastrophic damage. My father taught me much of what he knew in while he worked here much to my mother's chagrin but at least the information was usefull. He once told me of the most powerful Ion system ever created, although most of it was just rumors. The Ion Drive was suspected to have been build in secret to power some sort of military device. Unfortunately that was the extent of the rumors.

But I'm getting off topic. With the lights of it was difficult to explore far but the torch did help. I made sure to keep the ponies in my sight. It would be easy for them to get lost in here. After all, the Helix was appropriately named after its design. It was originally going to be called Double Helix but everyone thought Helix by itself sounded better. Every corridor looked the same and if you weren't careful you could find yourself lost in its labyrinth.

The blue flying pony seems to be getting restless as a write this and keeps pulling m҉~y҉ ҉a҉m҉nrm҉ my arm. I believe she wishes to go further into the helix. I looked to the main group for confirmation and Eve nods to me. For a moment it seemed like she understood what I wanted without words being relayed. Are we developing a bond from being in close proximity or is this just coincidence... maybe it's just common sense. I never really was one for logic. I just wish I could talk to these adorable ponies. It would make things so much easier.

Author's Note:

To keep things simply I'm keeping the chapters short since they are meant to be journal entries. It also makes them super easy to write. I did this one in something like ten minutes...... which probably explains the quality.
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