Chapter 7

Amy got up from her laying on the floor.

"I'm going to go look around. There's got to be some reason why the lights in this room are still on."

"Yeah there is it's an old power plant built by a gym leader." Cash yelled as she rounded a corner. Cash promptly took his mask off but kept his coat on.

Amy stood in the generator room. Cash was sat down in a chair looking at the controls to it. A fresh lemon was lying in the corner.

"So, how does it work?" Amy asked.

"Uh…I think it's powered by a natural gas pipeline. I don't know I'm not trained in this stuff. I beefed up diesel engines for a living."

"You mean like a truck engine?" Amy asked.

"Yup! Oh it's a fun job! Especially those Seven-Three power strokes. You can squeeze so much power ou-"

"I don't really care about your dodge powermax." Amy said frankly.

Cash's expression suddenly became extremely serious. He simply stared at Amy. She then realized she had struck a nerve.

"Okay. I will say this once and only once and you had better listen." He said with a highly irritated tone. "Do not insult my job like that. I take pride in my work just like Bill Hewitt. You cannot comprehend the blasphemy you just said. There is no such thing as a Dodge powermax. Dodge; is a company that puts Cummins diesel engines in their trucks. And its pronounced and spelled Cummins not Cummings. Ford puts what they call their "powerstroke" engines in their trucks. And GMC and Chevrolet put what they call "Duramax" diesels in their trucks. If you don't know what you're talking about then don't say anything got it?"

"O-okay." Amy said. Currently she was very scared.

"Thank you." Cash said he returned to his fiddling with the controls. He calmed down.

"Hey could you go over there to that panel on the northern wall next to the generator and flip the switches in the order I tell you?" Cash asked.

"Yeah sure. But, why are we trying to get this generator going?" Amy asked.

"We need to mess with the power grid. If we can get this generator to output the power in a specific way we can bring the entire region's power grid to its knees."

"Why on earth would you do that?!" Amy asked astonished.

"We need a distraction. Something to throw them off our trail for a day at least. We need to draw their attention here while we escape to Meteor Falls and then eventually to Fallarbour." Cash said.

"But why are we going to Meteor Falls? Why won't you tell me?" Amy whined.

"I don't know myself okay" Cask said irritated. "I just know for some reason in my gut that I have to get there!"…"Now could you please flip those switches for me. It takes two to start this thing up."

"Okay. Now I need you to flip the green switch that says fuel on."

"Kay, fuel on!"

"Now the red switch that says PREHEAT on it. It won't stay switched you have to hold it till a little green light comes on then let it go."

"Okay Preheating…Now what?"

"Press the big red button on three."

"I'm ready!" She said sullenly. But she had forgotten to stop preheating. The little green light turned red and flashed. Amy didn't notice it.

"One…Two…Three."

The generator spun up and began buzzing, then a low hum started up and gradualy over the course of 3 seconds rose up to a loud droning sound then a soon after a roar!

"AMY RUN NOW IT'S GONNA BLOWUP! RUN NOW!" Cash screamed!

Amy ran out of the room but soon returned to the doorway to find cash limping towards the door. The generator rumble began to violently shaking the ground it was cracking the tiles of the floor, lights were shattering left and right.

"AMY THERE IS NO TIME TO RESCUE ME YOU HAVE TO RUN NOW!" Cash ordered.

"NO!" Amy ran to Cash who was halfway three quarters of the way across the room…She picked him up over her shoulder and ran for the door.

That's when a piece of shrapnel went flying out of the generator at the speed of sound and nearly sliced Amy's head off. It put a gash on her cheek.

She had just made it out of the room when the generator exploded. It subsequently sprayed enormous amounts of natural gas into the room which fed the resulting fire making it insanely hot. It spread rapidly.

"Amy don't stop! The gas leak is feeding the fire we have to get out of here before it catches us and we cooks us to death!" Cash yelled as his face was beholding the entire thing.

"I won't let that happen! I'll dig us a way out!" She cried.

"Don't dig down! Dig up to the surface we need to get out now!"

Amy set Cash down in the room they had dug into originally. She found a nearby wall and began digging the tunnel up. Cash crawled in behind her as she dug. She was digging in the northern direction.

"I think were safe now" Amy said as she dug her way upwards. Although the ground she was digging in was getting hotter, even as she dug up. She dug up about fifty feet

The dirt beneath her suddenly gave way! Cash instinctively grabbed onto Amy's hand. She screamed. She had accidently dug directly above what was left of the generator room. The fire below them was like the flaming gates of hell. Hot blue and white flames licked Amy's legs as she dangled there. The heat was unbearable. It was melting what was left of the generators steel structure.

"Pull me up!" She screamed "Pull me up please whatever you do don't let go please!" She looked up as he looked down at her.

Cash looked down into her pale blue eyes. In a slit moment he could see her life flashing before her eyes. The fear her face expressed was horrific in itself.

"I'm trying to pull you up!" Cash screamed back. His entire body was pulling her up slowly. He reached down for her other hand which he grabbed. He slowly inched her up and pulled her up to safety.

He quickly realized her legs were on fire! He quickly took off his coat to smother the flames and put them out. He looked over at her. She was crying tears streaming down her face. He simply hugged her. He didn't know what else to do. Her legs had been badly burnt by the flames and she was terrified.

"It's okay I've got you. You are going to be fine. I won't let go I promise." He reassured her.

Amy dug them out. Tears streaming down her face. She hugged Cash. She held him tight. She cried in his shirt. He simply hugged her back. He was still holding her hand.

"Thank you Cash." She cried. She released him from the hug and pulled him by the collar of his shirt into a kiss. A deep passionate kiss.