Here's a story that I wrote and never put up. It was written for Science class. We were all given a different element off the Periodic Table and had to write a story about that element. I got Silicon. My sister gave me the idea to write about Silicon Women who fights against the forces of evil (in this case Flouro, Chloro and Carbon man). The writing isn't that great but it's funny (at least I think it is) so I still like it. (Grade 9)


Silicon Women

A light breeze blew the hot sand across the beach. Rhiannon pushed her hair behind her ears and rolled onto her stomach to even out her tan.

“Ah, a nice day at the beach,” Rhiannon said.

Pressing a hand to her arm, Rhiannon checked her tan.

“Drat, I’m already getting burnt! Everyday I spend less time outside and everyday I get redder. This isn’t right. Could the ozone layer be deteriorating faster then believed? My chemistry teacher said it’s weakening slowly, but in the past few days it seems to have sped up. I’ll look into it. Maybe this is my chance to prove myself.”

Rolling up her towel Rhiannon trekked back to residence.

“I’m back, Sally!” Rhiannon called.

“Hey! Rhiannon, can ya help me on my chem. project? Don’t understand it. Ya said silicon is your fav. element. Figured ya could tell me all ‘bout it.” Sally asked.

“Sorry, I can’t right now. I’m just stopping to get something.” Rhiannon said, crossing to the closet. “Then I’m going out. I might not be back until tonight. Depends how it goes.”

“What, off to save the world again?” Sally joked. “That’s what ya always tell me. ‘Spect me to believe ya. Come on. I’m not that stupid. Does anyone believe ya? Come on, tell me.”

“No, most people don’t let me mention it. It is true. I am going to save the world.”

“Grow up Rhiannon, who d’you think ya are? Silicon Women? Element Gal? Geez, grow up. You’re wasting ya brain on dreams. You’d do better as a chem. teacher.”

“That’s what you may think, but not me. I am going to save the world. Just you see.”

“Well Silicon Women if ya ain’t gonna help me, I’m off to the library.” laughed Sally, grabbing her bag and exiting.

“Don’t believe me. Just you wait; I’ve hit my big chance.”

If you looked inside the closet you would believe it to be your regular closet. Clothes hung on two racks. One at the top and one in the middle. The only thing that was different was that the clothes were very close to the door. Ducking under the bottom rack Rhiannon stood in front of a shrine. The shrine was simple. A desk, with three photographs and a dozen or so hard, dark gray stones with metallic luster. If you picked up a stone you would soon realize that it was harder then glass, softer then steel file but very brittle. It was silicon.

“My heroes; Jöns J. Berzelius, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard. The inventors of silicon, symbol Si, found in the earth’s crust, stars, the sun, rocks, clay, sand, bricks, glass, electronic chips and even in me! Found everywhere! It is always found as a compound, makes up 28% of the earth’s crust, is believed to strengthen your bones, arteries, tendons and skin, is in group 14 on the periodic table and is a metalloid. My greatest wish is to see silicon in both liquid and gas state. The only thing stopping me is that is melts at 1687 K (1414°C) and boils at 3538K (3265°C), temperatures I cannot reach. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard didn’t even know they had discovered it back in 1811, France. They heated potassium and silicon tetra fluoride, they reacted together and made silicon. Jöns J. Berzelius in 1823, Sweden, used the same method but purified the silicon by washing it repeatedly. I have followed the same steps to create the silicon I have here. I also mixed it with sodium to form shiny black silicon crystals which I keep in these vials. Ah, silicon. In Latin it is called silex or silicis which means flint or rock. With my silicon I shall create a computer and learn what could be destroying the ozone layer.”

Rhiannon set out to work, by using the 7th most plentiful element in the universe and her knowledge of silicon to create a computer. In ten minutes time Rhiannon was surfing the net.

“Chlorofluorocarbons are destroying the ozone layer! This could mean only one thing. Chloro Man and Fluoro Man have escaped and have joined forces with Carbon Man!”

Grabbing a dozen of the silicon stones Rhiannon exited the building. She was headed for the home of her enemies, Chloro Man and Fluoro Man. Both in the rock band Halogens. Halogens and Dilute Alkalis are the only groups silicon reacts with; most acids don’t affect it. The house of Chloro Man and Fluoro Man was very close to the home of Rhiannon, only a couple of blocks away. Regularly it would take only a few minutes for Rhiannon to arrive at the front door but she had a stop to make.

~*~

Chloro Man, Fluoro Man and Carbon Man were sitting around a long table discussing their plans when suddenly the door burst open and there stood Silicon Women. Jumping up Chloro Man, Fluoro Man and Carbon Man got into the battle formation they had discussed the previous day. They had heard rumours that Helium Girl was looking for them. They had no idea that they would have an encounter with Silicon Women or just how powerful she was.

“Chloro Man, Fluoro Man and Carbon Man it is time to meet your doom!” Silicon Women cried!

“Silicon Women, who do you think you are? I, Carbon Man, have no reason to fear you. How old are you? Twenty? This is ridiculous. I was hoping for a worthy opponent,” Carbon Man replied.

“You think I am not worthy, well you are wrong. I am your worst nightmare! I have come to put your plans to an end. Surrender now and..”

“Surrender? Who do you think we are? The Boron Men? Please,” Fluoro Man asked.

“If you won’t surrender then I will have to fight you,” yelled Silicon Women.

“So be it,” Chloro Man said.

Quickly, not giving Chloro Man, Fluoro Man and Carbon Man time to think, Silicon Women attacked. Pulling a dark gray stone from a pocket in her cape, Silicon Women created a sandstorm in the blink of an eye. Chloro Man, Fluoro Man and Carbon Man tried to attack but were blinded with sand and were unable. Silicon Women, with another dark gray stone, transformed the sand into a glass prison.

“Let us out!” They cried.

“Never. I shall turn you over to the Police.”

Leaving the premises Silicon Women left for the Police Station, on the way stopping in a dark alley.

~*~

“I need to talk to the Chief of Police. I have caught the criminals who were deteriorating the ozone layer.” Rhiannon said to a receptionist.

“Who do you think you are girl. Do you expect me to believe you. No one is destroying the ozone layer,” he replied.

“That’s because I stopped them. Please, listen to me,” pleaded Rhiannon.

“The Chief of Police is busy.”

At that moment the Chief of Police came into view.

“I’m not anymore. What is your name girl?” He said.

“Rhiannon. Will you listen to me?”

“Yes. I will come and check on your so called, problem. Meet me outside.”

Rhiannon headed outside.

“Kids these days,” the Chief said to the receptionist, “You’re better off to pretend to believe them.”

Rhiannon showed the Chief to Chloro Man and Fluoro Man’s house.

“Oh my! You weren’t lying!” The Chief exclaimed. “Who are they?”

“Chloro Man, Fluoro Man and Carbon Man. And no, I’m not kidding. Look at their outfits if you don’t believe me. Their names are on the back.” Rhiannon said.

~*~

The Chief called for backup to bring Chloro Man, Fluoro Man and Carbon Man in. They had a trial and were put in jail. Meanwhile Rhiannon went back to her regular life studying chemistry. Later Rhiannon became a Chemistry teacher at a local High School.

All super heroes remembered Silicon Women and no villain tried anything that might land them in jail, for fear that Silicon Women would catch them. However, Silicon Women was never seen again. Or was she?

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