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Oct 28/10/10 Justin JM  ** Mike Gold’s Quest: Part 1 **  It all started one winter day when I was watching the news. It was the Top Story of the night, if not the Top Story of the century. The US government had found the Fountain of Youth. At first the news only mildly interested me. I had known for years that the US government was going to find the Fountain of Youth eventually or just make one of their own. I knew this because many years ago my best friend revealed that he was in a secret society that was devoted to stopping all attempts to find the Fountain of Youth. He asked me to join the cause and I said no because I knew that the US government was going to find the Fountain of Youth eventually since they had already launched a search effort to finding the Fountain. I told him this but, he didn’t believe me. One week after he asked me to join the society they killed each and every member. I was spared because I wasn’t a member. This had almost faded from my memory, so the news report went almost unnoticed until the next day.  I woke up the next day with this feeling that something important had happened yesterday. Then I remembered the news report and it all came flooding back. My best friend revealing the society, their deaths, the message, and my vow to destroy the Fountain when it was found or made. All the old anger, sorrow, and bitterness came back like a volcanic eruption. I went straight to my computer to look at the news channel’s website to see if there was a link to the government website that would tell me where the Fountain was located, there wasn’t one.  It was time for me to go to work but, I was debating whether or not I should call in sick. I felt like I should keep on looking for the location of the Fountain of Youth without stopping but, reason told me that I had to go to work. So I went to work, I spent most of my work day listening for anything on the Fountain of Youth’ location and if there was anyone who could hack into the US government’s mainframe. While surfing the internet I found out about this guy who was rumoured to be able to hack his way into anything. The only problem was that he was on the run as I found out when I asked about him. After work I went to the local black market. Everyone knew that if you had enough money and resources you could find anything and anyone through the black market.  I followed many leads from people who were thought to know the where a bouts of the hacker. I spent thousands on traveling and on information. Then one day I found him by accident. I was on my way to meet a new lead it was a promising one too. It was not until 3 o’clock that I was to meet the new lead so I decided to go get some food at the local McDonalds when I heard his name, Brian Zhu. He was right next to me in broad daylight, the last place where he ought to be. Once I got my food I went over to where he was sitting. I bluntly asked him if he was the hacker I was looking for and he finally said yes. Though he at first tried to kill me. When I first asked his if he was the man that I was looking for, he pointed a gun at my chest until I had convinced him that I was not part of any government. Once he understood that I was a friend I told him that I would like to employ his services. He of course agreed to help me for a price, and it was quite a hefty one as well, if it was worth his time. So I told him that I was looking to destroy the Fountain of Youth and that I needed him to hack his way into the US government mainframe. He then told me that he needed to collect some equipment for the job and that I would have to pay for the transportation, I of course happily obliged.  The train ride was long, but we were almost at the place where he kept his hacking equipment when we were suddenly getting shot at. Apparently the FBI and CIA had been following my movements in order to find Mr. Brian Zhu. We made it to where he was staying before they were upon us. We quickly collected his equipment, only taking what was needed. Once that was done Brian pulled up a piece of the floor to reveal a passageway. He said it was for emergencies like this one. I don’t know how long we spent walking along the passage way, but after awhile the pressing blackness had started to get to me. Then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, we were out no light at the end of the tunnel just a sudden revealing of light. We were in the middle of an old growth forest, beside a stone cottage. Brian led me to the cottage and opened the door. Brian told me to stay by the door and wait while he disabled some traps. It was almost an hour till he came back outside. When he came back I asked him how many traps he had to disable and he said about 20. He led me inside and shut the door. He then led me to the living room and told me to start setting up the equipment. He then proceeded to hack into the US mainframe. This took him about 10 minutes. While he was hacking I explored this secret hide out that Brian had. It was like any other cottage; expect for that it belonged to a wanted criminal. Brian called me back to the living room to show me the information that I was looking for. The Fountain of Youth was in Hawaii on the island of Honolulu. It was on the south side of the island in the middle of the jungle. All I had to do was explore the jungle until I found it. The only problem was how I would get there; the FBI and CIA had surrounded the cottage.

1. List 5 Positive consequences and 5 Negative consequences? Negative a. over population b. faster spread of diase c. to many people for the world to support d. not enough water for everyone e. tyrabts could live forever Positive

a. smart minds could live forever b. always with those you love c. you can forever look young d. forever feel young

e. you will never die

2. Describe your character. Complete these questions on your wiki. Create a page called "Character Development"

3. Describe the setting. Takes place all over the world in the begining then the story ends in Hawii. Time- 2020 AD

4. What is the main conflict? A guy wants to destroy the Fountain of Youth in revenage for his dead friend, but the US goverment wants to stop him because they want to sell the water and make invincible super soldiers.

5. How does the main character change over the course of the story? He goes from being a normal hard working average US worker to being a super dangerous man who is feared throughout the world's underground. He becomes a person who has a major criminal record when before they didn't have one.

6. Describe the use of Irony in your story. I used irony as a tool to help ad more feeling interesting themes in the story.

7. What symbols are present in your story? The fountain is a symbol of death and danger and Brian Zhu is a symbol for help and the world's underground.

8. What is the theme of your story? The theme of the story is death, destruction, peace, and that people should not mess with the Fountain of Youth.