The Spectroscopy Theory

Part Five

Activating the Network

Elias walked downstairs, bottle of Azulryllium in his hand.

“Hey, is the welding almost done?” Elias asked Gage who was working on welding a metal triangular prism to the bottom of a ¾ circle.

“Almost done,” Gage responded lifting his welding mask to respond and then putting it back down to continue his welding. And then Elias almost forgot.

“Gage, wait,” Elias exclaimed before Gage could weld the first side of the prism onto one of the side of the circle. Elias ran upstairs, into his study, and opened his supply closet. He grabbed two rubber cylinders that were about one inch tall and ran back downstairs. “Here, make sure that before you weld the prism to the circle that you put these rubber cylinders in between the prism and the circle.”

“Sure,” Gage said “Except, I’ll have to get some materials to cement the rubber to the metal.” Gage took off his mask and went up the stairs, back outside, to his supple crate in his backyard, grabbed the cementing material he needed, back to the house, and, finally, back downstairs.

“Ok, well I’ll just go back upstairs and play some Dragon Age,” Elias said.

“Ok,” Gage replied as he got to work on the rubber. Elias walked upstairs and into Gage’s room. Elias turned on the x-box and put in Dragon Age. Elias played for a few minutes until Rainbow Dash came in.

“So how is the portal thing going?” she asked.

“Pretty nice, the frame is almost done. Once it is done, I will set up the actual portal and then activate it so, basically, you will be able to go to Equestria pretty soon,” Elias replied.

“So, are you going to be coming with me?”

“Do you want me to come?”

“Of course!” she said.

“Then I will go.”

“What about your friend Gage here?”

“I will figure that out once the portal is active,” Elias pressed the X in the middle of the controller and the menu was brought up. “Ooh, it is getting late,” Elias said looking at the time on the menu which said 10:58. “We might want to get ready for bed.”

“Ok,” Rainbow Dash got up, followed by Elias, and went to the bathroom to brush their teeth. In case you were wondering, Rainbow Dash was able to brush her teeth, only, she would had struggle with it but either way she got it done. Elias tucked Rainbow Dash into her bed.

“Ok, well, I’ll be back, I’m going to check on Gage’s work,” Elias said turning on a rainbow night light, for Rainbow Dash, and turned off the light that wasn’t the night light. Elias went downstairs and saw Gage gathering up his supplies.

“Oh great, you’re done?” Elias inquired.

“Yeah,” he responded as he walked up the stairs and outside to put his supplies back in his supply crate. Elias went back to Gage’s room, which shall be called his bedroom henceforth, and started to climb up the ladder that led up to his lofted bed, but he was interrupted in his climb by Rainbow Dash.

“Eli?” she asked for Elias’s attention.

“Yes, Rainbow Dash?” he asked back.

“I can’t go to sleep. I keep hearing scary noise from outside,” she said. Elias started to climb back down the ladder and sat down next to Rainbow Dash’s bed.

“There is nothing to be scared of Dashie. Dashie, you got to stand up tall. Learn to face your fears; you’ll see that they can’t hurt you. Just laugh and make them disappear,” Elias sang.

“Ha, ha, ha,” Rainbow Dash laughed, or so tried to laugh since people normally don’t laugh at something that isn’t funny, more or less. “Huh, that does make me feel a bit better.”

“Remember, there isn’t anything to be scared of and if there is anything that poses any threat to you I would make sure that they would have to get through Gage and I before they get to you.”

“Thanks, that makes me feel a lot better.” And at that, Rainbow Dash gave Elias a hug that of which Elias returned. At that moment Gage came into the room.

“Aw,” Gage sarcastically said. Elias looked at Gage and rolled his eyes. Gage changed into his pajamas as Elias climbed up to his bed and fell asleep.

*The Next Day*

Gage opened his eyes.

“What the heck IS Elias doing?” Gage thought. He leaned up and got out of his bed. Rainbow Dash was still snoozing away but Elias was out of bed as usual, him being an early bird. Gage walked into the hallway and down into the kitchen where Elias was eating a breakfast of Cheerileeos (yet again another lawl).

“So, have you been working on that frame you have down there?” Gage asked.

“Not yet. Today I’m going to need to get some way of conducting electricity onto the circle part of the frame,” Elias responded.

“Ah, I think my mom’s boyfriend has exactly what you need. Be right back.” Gage’s parents also had a divorce but that was a long time ago. His mom has a boyfriend, Mike, that she has been dating for a while and Elias got along with him very well. After a couple minutes Gage came out of his mom’s bedroom followed by Mike. Gage took a seat but Mike went outside. After a minute or so, Mike came back inside with a circuit breaker with copper wires coming out of it.

“Gage, remember to be very careful with that,” Mike said.

“Ok, Mike,” Gage said.

“Awesome, this is just what I was looking for,” Elias said. Gage took the breaker and went downstairs followed by Elias. Once they were downstairs, Gage set down the breaker, grabbed the copper wires, and stretched them across to the frame.

“Just come and get me when you want the wires connected,” Gage said and at that, he went back upstairs. Elias walked over to where he left the Azulryllium downstairs and picked it up.

Next, Elias had to setup the portal. He walked over to the frame and uncorked the bottle. Elias poured out the liquid, which pours out rather slowly due to the Fraunhofer lines that hold the liquid in its place. Once a good amount was in his hands, he started to fill up the inside of the circle with the material. Now normally, if you tried to stack up a liquid, it would end up falling down but due to the Fraunhofer lines that existed within the spectrum, it prevented the liquid from going anywhere, it just stood in place. Elias continued his work on filling up the circle with the blue spectrum.

***

Rainbow Dash opened her eyes. She awoke from a dream of what it would be like once in Equestria. She went out into the kitchen and reached for an apple on the counter with here hoofs. Gage’s sister, Lyric, walked out into the kitchen to eat her breakfast but she noticed the pony struggling to get her breakfast.

“Oh, you need some help, Rainbow Dash?” Lyric said as she walked towards the counter and gave Rainbow Dash the
apple.

“Thanks,” Rainbow Dash said and held the apple with her mouth. Rainbow Dash sat down at the table and ate her breakfast. Once she was done, she went to go check on Elias. She looked around the house until she decided that he might be downstairs. She walked down the stairs and saw Elias halfway done with filling the circle with a thin sheet of blue spectrum.

“Hey, how’s it going,” Rainbow Dash asked.

“Almost done,” Elias responded.

“Awesome. Well, I’m going to go outside and work on some flying.”

“Ok, have fun, be safe, and make sure you stay below the tree line so the neighbors don’t see you,” Elias said. Rainbow Dash gave a nod, she understood that humans would be absolutely bewildered if they were to see a pegasus flying through the sky. She went up the stairs and outside into the backyard. Rainbow Dash was excited to get back into the air. She started to run across the field and once she felt that she had good speed and momentum, she leapt into the air and flapped her wings fast. She was about five feet in the air and slowly started gaining altitude. Soon, she was at seven feet and at that point she leveled out and flew straight.

Rainbow Dash loved the feeling of the wind going through her rainbow mane and tail. She wanted to go faster. She increased the power of her flapping wings and she gained speed. “So awesome,” Rainbow Dash thought as she flew through the air. She started to reduce the power of her flapping wings bit by bit and she started to decrease her altitude until she touched the ground. Rainbow Dash repeated this process for a while until her adrenaline need was satisfied.

***

Elias poured the last of the Azulryllium into his hands. “This should finish off the rest,” Elias thought as he started to put the Azulryllium onto the rest of the inside of the circle. Soon, the entire circle was filled with a thin layer of Azulryllium.

“Aw finally,” Elias said.

***

Gage walked next down the hallway, but when he passed the staircase, he heard Elias.

“Aw finally,” Elias said as Gage passed. Gage took this as a sign that Elias was done setting up the portal.

***

Rainbow Dash landed on the ground and started to walk towards the house. She went into her bedroom (which, again, is also where Gage and Elias sleep) and drank some water out of a water bottle of hers, which she managed to open, although, with some struggle. When she went out into the hall she caught a glimpse of Gage walking down into the basement. She decided to both check on Elias and see what Gage was doing.

When she reached the bottom of the stairs, she heard Elias and Gage talking.

“Eli, what exactly are you doing?” Gage asked.

“I am making a portal to Equestria,” Elias responded, restraining a bit because he wasn’t sure how ridiculous this would sound to Gage. Gage stared at Elias.

“Ok,” Gage said walking over to the circuit breaker “You ready?”

“Yeah,” Elias said. At that moment, Rainbow Dash emerged from the shadows “Hey, Rainbow Dash.”

“So, you got it done,” Rainbow Dash said “Good job, Eli. You’re the greatest scientist I know.”

“Thanks,”

“So, what is going to happen with you and Gage? Is he going to come with us?”

“I don’t know. What do you say Gage?”

“Well, I could always visit, I mean, there has to be a portal on the other side, right?” Gage asked.

“There could be. If there is I’ll come back through the portal,” Elias replied.

“Ok,”

“Rainbow Dash, prepare to be back in Equestria,” Elias said. Gage moved towards the breaker. Gage flicked the switch on.

All of a sudden, the light filled with white light that soon started to fade away. Once the lighting of the room was back to normal, Elias examined the portal, it was now different. The blue spectrum turned to a chalky, pastel blue color with a slight white aura coming off it.

“Well, I hope this works,” Elias said “Together, in 3, 2, 1,” and at that, Elias and Rainbow Dash walked towards the portal and stepped in.

***

Gage waited in the basement, hoping and awaiting the arrival of his friend. About a minute passed until… Elias came back through the portal.

“You can visit any time you wish,” is all Elias said and he stepped back in…