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Context:I-CIA ngokuyimfihlo iqasha uProfesa Jerry Hathaway wasePacific Technical University ukuba athuthukise umthombo wamandla we-"Crossbow": isikhali se-laser esinembe ngokwanele ukuba senze ukubulala okungekho emthethweni kwezombangazwe sisendaweni engaphandle. UHathaway usebenzisa isikhundla sakhe ukuze athole abafundi abakhaliphile ukuba bamenzele umsebenzi kodwa, ngaphandle komfundi wakhe ophumelele neziphukuphuku uKent, akabatsheli isizathu sokucwaninga kwabo.  Ithemba lakamuva likaHathaway liyingcweti yesikole esiphakeme uMitch Taylor. Naphezu kokuba osemusha futhi engenakho okuhlangenwe nakho, uHathaway wenza uMitch abe umholi wephrojekthi ngenxa yemibono yakhe emisha neyangempela emkhakheni we-laser physics. UMitch uhlala noChris Knight, elinye ilungu leqembu, inganekwane "eNational Physics Club" futhi ingenye yezithombe zikaMitch. Nokho, umbono kaMitch ngoChris uyaphazamiseka, lapho uChris ebonakala eyisiphukuphuku kunokuba abe umfundi osebenza kanzima. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uHathaway unethemba lokuthi uMitch uzokhuthaza uChris ukuba alungise isenzo sakhe nokuthi izingqondo zabo ezimbili ezivelele zingathuthukisa umthombo wamandla ofanele.  Njengoba isikhathi esibekiwe sisondela ngokushesha, uMitch uzizwa ecindezelwa ukuba aqedele lo msebenzi kuyilapho uChris eqhubeka nesimo sakhe sengqondo sokunganaki. Ngemuva kokumema uMitch ephathini yokubhukuda ukuze akhulule umoya, uKent ubika lokhu kuHathaway, obamba uMitch. UMitch udabuka kakhulu futhi ubiza abazali bakhe ekhala izinyembezi, ebatshela ukuthi ufuna ukuya ekhaya. UKent uqopha ucingo ngaphandle kolwazi lukaMitch futhi kamuva udlala lokho kuqoshwa ohlelweni lwesikhulumi sesikole, ehlazisa uMitch. Njengoba uMitch eqala ukupakisha ukuze ahambe, uChris uchaza ngengcindezi yesikole nemithwalo yokuba umuntu okhaliphe kakhulu ngokuxoxa ngomlando walowo owayengumfundi wasePacific Tech uLazlo Hollyfeld. ULazlo waquleka ngaphansi kwengcindezi futhi wanyamalala (empeleni manje uhlala emhubheni waseyunivesithi ngaphansi kwendlu kaChris noMitch). UChris, esaba ukuthi kungenzeka okufanayo kuye, wafunda ukuzikhulula futhi aqale ukujabulela ukuphila. UMitch uyavuma ukuhlala futhi baphindisela kuKent ngokuqaqa imoto yakhe bese beyihlanganisa ekamelweni lakhe.  UHathaway, uthukuthele ngephrojekthi engakaqedi kanye nesimo sengqondo sikaChris, wazisa uChris ukuthi uhlose ukwehluleka emfundweni yakhe yokugcina edingekayo ukuze aphothule iziqu futhi uzonikeza umsebenzi wokufundela umsebenzi, ekuqaleni othenjiswe uChris, eKent esikhundleni, kanye nokuthatha izinyathelo zokuqinisekisa ukuthi uChris akasoze athola umsebenzi emkhakheni we-laser physics. UChris uphelelwe amandla futhi uMitch kumelwe asebenzise impikiswano efanayo nekaChris ukuze amenze ahlale. Laba ababili bazibophezela ekuqedeni i-laser engamamegawathi amahlanu futhi baqiniseke ukuthi uChris uphasa isivivinyo sokugcina sikaHathaway.  UKent uhlambalaza umshini wabo wakamuva, osuzophumelela. Yize uChris azi ukuthi uKent ubhubhise i-laser, akukho angakwenza ngakho futhi ushiywe ukuba azindle ngokungabi nabulungisa; lokhu kumkhuthaza ukuba eze nohlelo olusha ngokuphelele. Isixazululo esisha sisebenza kahle, sihlaba umxhwele uHathaway; uhalalisela uChris futhi umqinisekisa ukuthi uzophothula. UChris noMitch bayahamba bayogubha, kodwa uLazlo ufika ezobatshela ngokusola kwakhe mayelana nokusetshenziswa okungenzeka kwe-laser enjalo. Lapho bebona ukuthi uqinisile, babuyela elabhorethri, kodwa uHathaway ususe yonke imishini ye-laser.  Ngokucashile bafaka umsakazo emlonyeni kaKent futhi bawusebenzise ukumenza akholelwe ukuthi ukhuluma noJesu. UKent uveza indawo yesikhungo seMpi Yezindiza lapho imishini efakwe khona ebhomberini iB-1. UChris noMitch bangena ngesinyenyela esikhungweni sezindiza futhi bahlela kabusha izixhumanisi zomgomo ngaphambi kokuba baye ekhaya likaHathaway bayomisa i-prism encane. Babuthana ngaphandle kwekhaya likaHathaway ukuze babukele njengoba kufika omunye uprofesa wesikole kanye nelungu leCongress, ebelitshelwe ngovivinyo. UKent uyafika futhi, nakuba uJesu emtshele ukuba ahlale ngaphandle, ungena ngaphakathi. Ukuhlolwa kwe-laser kuyaqala, lapho umgomo omusha uyindlu kaHathaway. Isikhwama esikhulu kakhulu sama-popcorn (u-Hathaway uyasizonda i-popcorn) sishiswa yi-laser ephulwa yi-prism, egcwalisa indlu ngokuphelele futhi ibangele ukuthi iqhume emathangeni, noKent egibela igagasi le-popcorn ngomnyango wangaphambili. ULazlo ufika nge-RV - ayiwine esebenzisa izibalo emncintiswaneni wokubheja ongaboni - ukuze abatshele ukuthi uyahamba. Kamuva, uHathaway ufika ezobona ukuthi kwenzekeni endlini yakhe.
I-CIA iqasha uProfesa Jerry Hathaway ukuba athuthukise umthombo wamandla we-laser enamandla futhi eqondile ngokwanele ukuba iphefumulele imigomo yabantu evela emkhathini. Umqondo omusha kaHathaway uMitch, kanye ne-prodigy yakhe yangaphambilini, uChris, basebenza ndawonye ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe futhi baphumelele, kuphela ukuze kamuva bafunde ngenhloso kaHathaway yangempela ngomsebenzi wabo. Abafundi nabangane babo bacekela phansi okusunguliwe kwabo futhi bafundise uHathaway isifundo ngokuba i-laser iqhume isikhwama esikhulu sama-popcorn endlini kaJerry, bazi ukuthi uyazizonda ama-popcorn.