THE REJECTED TECHNOLOGY

Quest for Power

Day after day, Joe became more desperate in a bid to see that he could control the world. It’s been four days, and I haven’t heard from him; unfortunately for me, I never asked for his home address, nor did I know any of his friends or relatives. I became more worried because Joe is just a young boy of 17 years, and if he commits a crime, he may end up spending the rest of his life behind bars. I began to search for him; I informed the police and other more giant media to help me with the search; after about six days, I was able to get a trace, the neighboring villagers informed me that Joe was last seen heading towards a forest, the most dangerous forest in the village called Karisan Zuga forest.

I remembered confronting Joe about magical powers, and he denied having any magical or supernatural powers. Instead, he said he was looking forward to using modern technologies to control the world. Karisan Zuga forest is the deadliest forest in the village; no living thing has ever gone there and come back alive, not even the most powerful beings. Things are becoming more complicated, and I became more worried day by day; I didn’t want to conclude so fast because two people can look alike, so I tried to assume that the villager saw the wrong person, not Joe.

Three weeks have gone by; I still hadn’t heard from Joe so I went to the border of the village and lucky enough, I met a young lady taking a walk; I greeted her “Hello, good morning” she responded, “Morning, how can I help you?” I replied, “I am looking for someone, a very young boy to be precise; I was told that he was last seen entering the Karisan Zuga forest, his name is Joe, did you by any chance see him” she replied me by reminding me about how dangerous the Karisan Zuga forest is and she further explained that anyone who can go into the forest and make it out alive will be the most powerful person that will ever live. I paused for about a minute; I began to think and wonder where and how a young boy like Joe could get such information from and how confident he was to put his life at risk for the quest for power. What exactly could be his reason for being so desperate to have control over the world? I asked myself silently. “Are you okay? Is everything all right?” the girl asked, “Yes! Yes! Everything is fine; thank you for your time,” I replied and left.

Days turn to weeks, and weeks turn to months. Still, Joe is nowhere to be found; I couldn’t do anything as this was beyond me; I lost hope of ever seeing Joe again. The business has been moving fine for me, and I planned to move to a more extensive shop the following year.

Two years later, on my way returning home after a long day at my new shop, someone shouted my name from afar “Mr. Khan! Mr. Khan.” I turned back, and the person was running closer to me, immediately the person got close, I noticed it was Joe, I screamed out so loud “Joe, is this you? Where have you been all this while I thought you were dead long ago” he responded, “No I am alive, hale and hearty, it’s a long story sir. Let’s go to your home, and I’ll tell you all you need to know.”. Considering the circumstances behind his disappearance, I was initially skeptical of allowing him to follow me home, but I took the risk and allowed him. We both went to my home, but I still have some doubts running in my head, will this still be the same Joe I knew years ago? Or is this another person in Joe’s skin?