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- Tower Climber
- Jakob Tanner
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The instructor flicked the butt of his cigarette to the floor and rubbed it out with his boot.
“Now,” said the instructor. “Wait right here.”
The man suddenly disintegrated in the white light, disappearing entirely.
The whole group of students gasped.
Thirty seconds later, he reappeared in the white glow.
Casey nudged Max. “See? That’s a lot more impressive than the blue flames, right?”
The instructor took a little bow. He then stepped to the side. “I went up just to make sure there were defense climbers on duty guarding the teleporter and that there were no roaming monsters in the immediate vicinity. Now, if you could all form a single-file line and one by one, ascend to the next floor.”
27
Max wasn’t sure how it happened, but all the other student climbers had ended up behind him, making him the first in line to enter the teleporter.
“Looks like you’re the guinea pig,” giggled Casey.
Max shook his head, disappointed with the other students. Were none of them brave enough to face the teleporter first?
Sure, they’d all seen their instructor do it, but it was a totally different thing to watch someone teleport than to do it yourself. Was he really going to voluntarily walk into the light and then willingly let himself disintegrate?
I guess I am, gulped Max, taking a step forward into the light.
He expected to teleport as soon as he stood in the glowing light of the teleporter, but nothing happened at first.
“Close your eyes,” said the instructor, “and think to yourself: ascend to floor-2”
Max did as he was told. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He then thought to himself: ascend to floor-2.
SWOOSH!
Max felt his stomach lurch and then settle within the span of a millisecond.
Was that it? Had he teleported to the floor above?
He kept his eyes closed. He didn’t want to disrupt the teleportation process.
His nose twitched. He could smell pine trees and dirt. He then heard laughter.
“You can open your eyes, kid,” said a voice.
Max opened his eyes and found himself standing in the middle of a forest. The glowing white light of the teleporter was still at his feet. He swerved around to see two defense climbers with E-rank badges standing guard.
“You might want to move?”
“Huh?” said Max. “What do you mean?”
CRASH!
Max was on the forest floor and Casey was lying on top of him. Her eyes were closed and her lips were pouting slightly.
Max’s whole body froze. He wasn’t sure what to do, whether he should grab hold of Casey and move her off him.
“Mmm,” she said, before her eyes opened. “Ahh! What are you doing!? You pervert! Get off of me!”
She kneed Max in the groin and jumped to her feet.
“You were on top of me,” Max cried, rolling over in pain from Casey’s attack.