Chapter 25: The Ray Sphere
The two laid on the ground, head next to each other and looks around them. "I spy with my little eyes something that begins with a T." Cassie states and Cole looks around. "Tree?" he asks, she shook her head. "No." she answers. "Truck?" he asks again and she giggles. "Wh-Where do you see a truck?" she asks as she giggles. Cole giggles as well and shrugs. "First thing that came to mind." he answers her, "Well try again." she tells him, "Strut…ure?" he asks and she looks at him from the corner of her eye, "You're doing this on purpose!" she accuses and he shook his head, "Oh no, I'm pretty sure that was from the top of my head." he tells her, she then rolls her eyes. "Okay, fine if you guess it right, we'll stop." she tells him, "Trash." he immediately answers and she looks at him, "You were doing it on purpose." she states and Cole smirks to himself.
"Oh that was mean." she states as she sat up, Cole sat up too, "I know, I'm more fun like that." he states she looks at him and rolls her eyes. "Whatever you say ace." she states and they both brush themselves off. Then Zeke ran up to them and stood next to Cole as they were ready. "Was a little worried you weren't going to show." Cole tells him and Zeke looks at him, "So what's going on?"
He asks and Cassie looks up at the tower, "The Ray Sphere's on top of this tower." Cassie states as she points up at the very top. "Once we have it, we're getting the hell out of here. You in?" Cole tells him. Zeke looks up as well "It's up there? Hell yeah, I'm in." Zeke answers and Cole looks at the way up. "C'mon, we need to climb this damn thing. Head over to the elevator, and I'll figure out a way to bring you up." Cole tells him as Cassie climbs onto Cole's back and he held her legs from under.
Zeke ran to the elevator and Cole climbs up onto the pipes, Cole looks at the big fan, "Cassie, fire at that thing." Cole tells her, she nods, held out her arm and fires at the fan, making it spin. She then stops and got off Cole's back and fought with the Transients clearing them out of the way, "So how'd you track down the Ray Sphere anyway?" Zeke asks him. "Ran into John? Told me it's up here." Cole answers him as Cassie slams her foot into the Transient's chest and sent it flying off and the train hits him, "John? You mean Moya's husband?" Zeke asks him, as he ran to the next elevator. "He says he's not her husband. Never heard of her." Cole informs him then pulls Cassie back onto his back. "What does the hell does that mean?" Zeke asks him, as Cole started to climb. "It means one of them is lying. Just don't know which one." Cole answers.
"Dammit Cole, I told you not to trust the feds! You ain't still thinkin' about turning over the Ray Sphere to 'em, are you?" Zeke asks as Cole stop on the side of a sign and Cassie keeps her grip tight. "John says he wants us to help him destroy it. Seems like a good idea to me." Cole answer as he continued to climbs and Cassie nods in agreement.
Zeke scoffs at that statement, "Destroy it? Yeah, right. I'd bet bottom dollar he just wants to fire that baby up. Or sell it off to someone for some serious cashola." Zeke tells them, then Cassie looks back down at him, "I'd thought you wanted to used it to give everyone powers?" she asks him, "That I do." he states. Then looks up, "Climb on up there, Cole. We're runnin' out of time." he tells them. The reach the second level and Cassie fires at the Dust Men on the level. Once the coast was clear, Cole jumps over and onto the floor and sets Cassie onto her feet. Then the container opens up and Cassie fires Hammers at them and makes them fly right off the level and fall down to the ground below.
Then Cole walks over and fires at the big fan and started the elevator and it moves up, pulling Zeke onto the second level, then shotgun Transient ran out, but Cassie send a shockwave out and send them right off the level and fall to their death.
Cole rolls his eyes, knowing the Transients would never learn to not mess with Cassie. The two then walk over to the edge, Cole then pulls Cassie back onto his back and started to climb back to the third level, but he stop as the tower was shaking a little, making Cassie squeak a little and clung lighter to Cole. "It's okay, just keep her eyes shut and don't looks down." he tells her, she nods, "Right, don't look down, no pressure." she mutters and kept her eyes forward. He nods and glides over ti the next metal construction and pulls himself to the third level. Once on the platform, Cole sets Cassie down and she goes all crazy on the Dust Men, kicking them making them fly off the platform as Cole fires at the fan and brings Zeke right up to the next next level. Once he was one, Cole sighs. "You know, I wish this had never happened to me. I'm nothing but a damn errand boy, same as before. Going where people tell me, when they tell me. And I'm starting to think that's never going to change." Cole states.
Cassie walks over to him and press his hand to his arm. Then Zeke shook his head, "No way man. Once we get that Ray Sphere, nobody will say much as 'boo'' to either of us. You can make my words on that one." Zeke states and Cole sighs, placing his hand on Cassie's.
"I hope you're right, Zeke. I really do." he tells him, then pulls Cassie right on his back as Zeke ran to the next elevator. Then Cole climbs right up to the construction then from one to another. Reaching the final platform, Cole throws Cassie onto the platform and she lands on it in a kneel position. She stood on her feet and brush off her knees and hands then Cole turns to the fan, fires at it and brings Zeke right up. Then Cole jumps onto the platform and they walk out to the center "Hey, what the hell's going on? There's no one even up here." Zeke questions as they look around, "It's too quiet." Cassie states and then a speaker phone was turn on.
"I know you! All three of you! Locked me up like an animal, tied me to that bed, tired to electrocute me! I showed you, though. You and those pigs." Alden shouts at them and they look up as Zeke ran over to the side.
Cole and Cassie stood back to back as Dust Men appeared out of nowhere. "Zeke, stay back there. When I give the word, you and Cass go for the Ray Sphere. I'll keep them off you." Cole tells him, "You can't face them alone." Cassie protested, "I know, but I don't want you to get hurt anymore then you already are." Cole tells her and she clutch her, "I have to face my fear, and come out of it. That's the only way." she tells him and started to fired at the Dust Men, Cole smirks to himself, "I was hoping you would say that." he states and fires at the Dust Men as well. "Let's go this." Zeke agrees and fires at the Dust Men and then glass sphere that Alden was in slowly can down and the last Dust Man fell to his death. "I know what you're here, what you want. Nobody's taking a damn thing from me!" Alden shouts and as the glass sphere touch the platform.
"Our only way out of this hellhole runs through you, Alden, and by god you're not stopping me." Cole snaps at him as Cassie send the conduit Dust Man to his dead. "You're a fool, boy. Only seeing what others show you. But you'll learn soon enough." Alden states as Cassie send the other off as well. "Zeke, do it! Go!" Cole calls out and Zeke ran to the glass sphere and started to pull and tug at the Ray Sphere that was radiating off power.
Then a golem on the far side started to stand to it's feet and walk towards them, "You really have a thing for trash monsters, don't you?" Cole questions as Cassie focus on the trash-crabs and rid them of their existence. "When mu tower is complete, I will be reborn. This tired, old body will be gone, replaced with cold steel and concrete. And then I will fulfill my destiny. By god, I'll take what's mine." Alden shouts as a chopper flew around the platform, "Damn thing won't budge. Need more time." Zeke calls out and the two fired at the golem's arm.
Ridding the scraps and took it right out, then it exposes it's core and Cole fires at it as Cassie fires at the other arm, taking off the scraps. Then it pulls itself back up and fired at Cole, but Cassie destroys the arm and exposes it core again. "Keep it up, brother! Almost got it" Zeke calls out and they fires at the care with everything they got.
The glow dimes to dead and the golem collapse into scraps, then chopper then hovers close to the ground and out steps Cole's nemesis. "Kessler! You stole my childhood, my home! You dare come here!" Alden growls at him and Kessler turns and looks at the grizzled man, "Poor, poor Alden. All the potential, squandered. Your father would've been so disappointed." Kessler states as he was disappointed in Alden. "You dare mention my father! I'll kill you, all of you! Tear you from limb to limb!" Alden shouts out as his rage was raising. "Zeke, get out of here! Run!" Cole shouts out and Zeke pulls the Ray Sphere free from the glass sphere.
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Zeke yank the Ray Sphere from itscradle and wastaught between Alden and Kessler. It was definitely time to escape, but he just stood there…
Petrified.
You see, through the fear he realized that the key his dreams, the tool to make him super-powered was right between his hands…
Asshole makes the choice to kill thousands… stealing their lives so that they'll be transformed. And then…
Nothing. Everyone was fine. No change at all.
Then before anyone could move or say anything. Cassie charge forward, yanksthe Ray Sphere right from Zeke's handsand steps away from them. She then turns and looks at us, but her eyes were directed right at me.
She held the Sphere tightly in her arms and I saw that she want to run to me, God, she was dying to get to me. But Kessler, Alden and Zeke stood in her way.
Kessler offers her power beyond her wildest dream, but I knew that there was only one thing she wanted.
She shouts at Kessler, telling him he can rot in hell and turns to run.
I couldn't believe what I saw happen next. Zeke, holding out his, the barrel was smoking and it was aimed at Cassie and from her shoulder, whereblood had flew out.
She fell from the tower and Kessler turns to Zeke and offers him the answers to unlocking the powers he wanted, the powers he craved for if he helps him find and brings the Ray Sphere to him.
My best friend looks me in the eye and makes his third mistake.
Alden go ballistic at the loss of his sphere. The tower shakes and it starts to rip apart.
I was just dumbfounded. Barley felt the impact.