Hundred of police surrounded the house of Ryan. He felt dreadful and he started to shiver. He held the safe deposit box tightly, but nobody would give him a helping hand. ‘It is not my fault. This is all because of you!’
‘Ryan! See what it is! It is a brand new radioactive element.’ shouted Alan loudly. ‘This is what we strive for, we did it!’ said Ryan excitedly. Ryan and Alan had discovered a brand new element, it was the new beginning of chemistry. However, it was the nightmare of Ryan and Alan.
After they discovered the new element, they were busy with extracting more of it and they aimed to trade for money. After about a month, they successfully extracted a hundred grams of the element. It can be an advance technology in radiography. They could earn much money from this. However, many people doubted whether the radioactive element was genuine or not, and many people thought that it would be bad for health.
However, the element attracted scientists from worldwide to come to England to see the greatness of this newfound treasure. Two brilliant scientists, Ryan and Alan were highly appreciated of their efforts. Nevertheless, one scientist from France suggested that the element was dangerous to health because of radiation. But, at the moment, nobody believed in this suggestion.
Soon, Ryan and Alan’s efforts were well-known in the world. They became rich and gained a lot of money. They greatly developed their discovery, this brought wealth to them. They equally distributed the money they received. However, there was discontent in Ryan’s heart. He thought that Alan didn’t contribute as much as himself and he deserved more than Alan.
Ryan and Alan continued their experimental works in their laboratory. They tried to extract more and more elements. Alan was always the one who represented them. He received awards and challenges. But he seldom took part in research. Ryan always did the work solely. The longer they worked together, the more discontented Ryan became. He never told Alan and kept this secret.
Time flew after a year of hard work, they further developed their research and again raised the attention of the world. Conversely, Ryan gradually felt annoyed by Alan and one day, they had an argument. They argued for the distribution of wealth, rewards and Ryan finally couldn’t endure anymore. Because he discovered that Alan got more than half of the income he got. Therefore, Ryan planned to kidnap Alan.
Alan asked nervously ‘Help! Help! Where am I? Did anyone hear me?’ Then, there was a sardonic sound of laughter. ‘Who are you? Why do you do this to me!’ asked Alan. ‘I am your partner before, but you owed me a lot.’ Reprimanded Ryan. Ryan put a hundred grams of the radioactive element which was worth ten thousand each single gram in the safe deposit box. ‘Are you Ryan? My dear partner?’ asked Alan. ‘You are not my friend!’ answered Ryan fiercely. Ryan was very furious and he kidnapped Alan to punish him, but he didn’t realize that many policemen were already chasing him.
The police received information that Dr. Alan was kidnapped and they started to look for him. The fame they each commanded made the police interested to find Alan. One day, they started to suspect that Ryan was the one who kidnapped Alan, so they chased Ryan. After a couple of weeks, the police successfully found the place where Alan was kidnapped. Ryan had carelessly left a loophole in the kidnap of Alan. They found it was an abandoned house in the suburb of London.
‘You are surrounded by us, please put down your weapons and surrenders!’ shouted the police to Ryan.
Ryan finally felt nervous and helpless, he couldn’t calm down. ‘Surrender yourself! It is never too late to repent.’ said Alan. Alan tried to encourage him, but it was useless to Ryan.
Suddenly ‘Bomb! Bomb! An explosion broke out!’ Many people were shocked by the news and wondered why there was an explosion. Ryan and Alan’s partnership ended tragically. Alan died in the explosion and Ryan luckily survived but he never smiles again. ‘I didn’t intend to cause the explosion. I didn’t realize that the element shouldn’t be placed in a box for a long time or it will lead to serious explosion.’ explained Ryan sadly.
However, nobody trusted Ryan and believed that he killed Alan intentionally. Ryan finally faced a life-time prison sentence because of manslaughter Alan and he finally died of cancer in prison because of radiation effects.
From good partner to enemies, two genii had sacrified their lives because of personal interests. Is money, fame or fortune the most valuable things in life, even better than friendship and lives? Ryan and Alan couldn’t answer it and stayed in bewilderment.