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- Tower Climber
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Max and Casey nodded and rushed forward as their instructor began trading blows with the D-ranked climber.
They sprinted as fast as they could.
They were almost at the generator.
96
Max and Casey arrived at the huge looming wall that separated the tower-zone and the outer-rim.
There was a building attached to the wall. It was where the duty guards’ locker room and lounge area was together with the city’s back-up generator.
“There it is,” cheered Casey.
Max ignored the horrible noises of the monsters wreaking havoc on the city. Every second wasted was another moment of life or death for the hundreds of thousands of civilians who lived in the tower-zone without any powers to defend themselves with.
They rushed forward to the door.
“Oh crap,” said Casey. “What if the door’s locked?”
They hadn’t considered that.
Max reached out and turned the knob and thankfully the door opened.
They stepped inside the building. The entrance hall was a mess. Items were toppled over and blood smeared against the wall.
There had been a fight here of some kind. Maybe the climbers on guard duty had fought against each other or a monster or had hurried out into the city to fight battles there. Regardless, Max wasn’t sure. All he knew was that this place was a mess.
“Oh my,” said Casey. “What do you think happened here?”
“Same as what’s going on outside these walls,” Max muttered. “Chaos.”
They hurried down the hall and headed towards what looked like a janitor’s closet. Beyond the door though was a huge manatech generator. Behind the giant device was a large glass chamber full of monster cores like a gumball machine. The generator must continuously consume those monster cores to help power itself.
“Look,” said Casey.
On the generator was a giant red button labeled, ‘Emergency Back-Up.”
“That must trigger the defensive wards,” said Max.
SLAM!
Casey wasted no time slamming her hand against the red button.
Max expected a massive alarm to go off, but nothing much happened, other than the pile of monster cores in the generator got consumed by the manatech device.
“That should protect the buildings and everyone who’s in it,” said Max, sighing with relief. “We’re halfway there to winning this battle now. All that’s left is defeating the actual monsters. Let’s go!”
They hurried back through the hall, returning to the city streets.
As soon as they stepped outside they froze with terror.
ROOOOAAAARRRR!
A huge black dragon flapped its wings in the sky, flying above the city’s skyscrapers.
“That doesn’t look good,” said Casey.
Toto covered his eyes with his tiny hands, peeking occasionally through them.
How the heck were they going to fight a dragon? Even with the other climbers’ help. This was a next-level threat.