OAKLAND 1995 - Charles ?Think Tank? Jones is potentially the smartest person alive creating robots by the age of three as well as machines no one had ever seen before. Now 17, he as well as the rest of the world toils endlessly to solve 'the PUZZLE', a mysterious code of biological and chemical nature which when solved will grant the prize of one billion dollars. Charles desperately works to solve the puzzle, understanding that if he does figure it out, he'll have the ability to escape the gangs, the violence, the pain and the corruption of the streets of Oakland, California. With his friends Cleopatra and Junior watching and rooting for him, Charles knows he has to figure it out as an invisible clock seems to tick down to something much larger than he fully understands. With a billion dollars at stake, others are watching as well...