Chapter 25
"Okay, the very last one." Rei stopped in front of the rusted door. They were in the generator room, in the very back, surrounded by thrumming generators and shifting shadows. She turned to Quatre and Wufei and sighed. "Once we capture the lightning one, the walls will fall apart and the game ends. We'll most likely have to fight Nia head on then."
Quatre finished loading his gun and looked up at her. "Hurry."
Rei turned the handle and pushed. The door squeaked, but remained shut. She jammed her shoulder against the cold metal and pushed harder. Wufei and Quatre stood on either side of her and leveled themselves against the door as well. After moments of grunts and scraping, the door finally screeched open and landed the three on their knees in front of a shaking, squealing generator. Electric bolts shot from exposed wires, and the shaking seemed to increase with their presence.
"Hurry up, any one of us could be taken while we're so close to the end..." Wufei warned, handing Rei the pot and eyeing the convulsing machine warily.
"Okay, okay..." Rei said absently, taking the pot as she got up.
Stepping forward, Rei held up the pot towards the machine as the electric bolts suddenly began forming a shape and the familiar music found its way through the grinding metal and drone of the electricity. The bolt suddenly snapped together, forming a shape in front of Rei, a long, thin creature that roared at her as the pot began to glow. The roar changed to one of anger as a wind felt only by the creature pulled it towards the pot. With a crack of light, it was suddenly gone, leaving the machine calm, only hissing softly as it returned to an un-possessed state.
The jar turned to a dull gold in Rei's hands and she suddenly clutched it to her chest and whipped around. "Is everyone still here?!"
Wufei and Quatre looked at each other. "Yes." Quatre frowned.
"She didn't take anyone this time." Wufei murmured and looked past Rei at the machine. "Didn't you say the walls were supposed to cave in?"
Realization hit Rei and she slowly turned around. The walls were intact and looked as strong as ever. "What... But what... What are we supposed to do?"
Once again, sorry for the incredibly short chapter... I finally forced myself to sit down and plan out the rest of the story, so I have what's going to happen. I just can't get it all down. I'm sorry, I'm glad you all are being so patient with me, and thank all of you for the reviews, they really helped. I'm going to try to get something down tomorrow, maybe I can force something to come out. Since I'm only giving you this for a chapter, I'm going to try to give you a bunch of little ones until my mind stops being a brat and lets me type. Sorry... Please review, it really does help...
"Okay, the very last one." Rei stopped in front of the rusted door. They were in the generator room, in the very back, surrounded by thrumming generators and shifting shadows. She turned to Quatre and Wufei and sighed. "Once we capture the lightning one, the walls will fall apart and the game ends. We'll most likely have to fight Nia head on then."
Quatre finished loading his gun and looked up at her. "Hurry."
Rei turned the handle and pushed. The door squeaked, but remained shut. She jammed her shoulder against the cold metal and pushed harder. Wufei and Quatre stood on either side of her and leveled themselves against the door as well. After moments of grunts and scraping, the door finally screeched open and landed the three on their knees in front of a shaking, squealing generator. Electric bolts shot from exposed wires, and the shaking seemed to increase with their presence.
"Hurry up, any one of us could be taken while we're so close to the end..." Wufei warned, handing Rei the pot and eyeing the convulsing machine warily.
"Okay, okay..." Rei said absently, taking the pot as she got up.
Stepping forward, Rei held up the pot towards the machine as the electric bolts suddenly began forming a shape and the familiar music found its way through the grinding metal and drone of the electricity. The bolt suddenly snapped together, forming a shape in front of Rei, a long, thin creature that roared at her as the pot began to glow. The roar changed to one of anger as a wind felt only by the creature pulled it towards the pot. With a crack of light, it was suddenly gone, leaving the machine calm, only hissing softly as it returned to an un-possessed state.
The jar turned to a dull gold in Rei's hands and she suddenly clutched it to her chest and whipped around. "Is everyone still here?!"
Wufei and Quatre looked at each other. "Yes." Quatre frowned.
"She didn't take anyone this time." Wufei murmured and looked past Rei at the machine. "Didn't you say the walls were supposed to cave in?"
Realization hit Rei and she slowly turned around. The walls were intact and looked as strong as ever. "What... But what... What are we supposed to do?"
Once again, sorry for the incredibly short chapter... I finally forced myself to sit down and plan out the rest of the story, so I have what's going to happen. I just can't get it all down. I'm sorry, I'm glad you all are being so patient with me, and thank all of you for the reviews, they really helped. I'm going to try to get something down tomorrow, maybe I can force something to come out. Since I'm only giving you this for a chapter, I'm going to try to give you a bunch of little ones until my mind stops being a brat and lets me type. Sorry... Please review, it really does help...