Meanwhile, in the neighboring small town of Delaware, Timu made his way to work.
"Yes, baby… I don't know. Why did I tell you this already? The government said it should be fine…yes, I'll check into it when I get there for you. Give Krissy a big hug for me when she gets back… yes, love you too,o baby." timu hung up the phone, cranking up his music.
"Fucking leaks everywhere," Timu acknowledged, looking at the green rays of light seeping from the ground.
"Gonna have to move,e" Timu thought before arriving at the Well
Timu, finding a good place to park, quickly ran over to his friend Christian
"Extra guards here or what?" timu asked his friend before flashing his lunch box
Christian flashed before reaching his hand out to greet timu
"I don't know something's up," Christian said, switching to a serious tone
"They are hard to hear, but helis are flying in and out of the plant," Christian said before pointing at a thin heli quietly zipping by
"Marshall might know he should be here still trying to get overtime," timu said, blocking his eyes from the sun
The two reached the entry gate before being patted down by guards
"No phones for today. If you've got a problem, talk to your lead supervisor," an armed guard said, snatching the phones from the men
"Alright, tough guy," Christian noted back
"Ya, somethings up. 'll meet you at the station BC. I need to talk to my supervisor, "Christian said as he put on his work badge, which was beeping red.
"Alright, see you," Timu said with a light pat.t
Timu walked to the cafeteria to find Marshall, the head chef for the entire plant crew.
"Marshall Wassup, ma," Timu said as he walked towards the food line
"Timu, come here," Marshall responded happily
"What's going on, man? Extra security and Zon1 Chopper?" Timu questioned
"Easy, military man," Marshall said with a reassuring pat
"Some top inspectors are here, even some from TV, so they had me prepare a lot for them. Want some of the extras to take to Krissy?" Marshall said cheerfully
"Aw, thanks, man. So what did the inspectors say," Timu asked, looking through the sweet treats
"Ahh, something about the well dying, but others argued that's impossible with all this leakage, so they concluded the well can run," Marshall said before pointing to a yellow custard slice pie
"Nice, at first I thought some group of hippies raided the place again like big news jackasses destroying this place just makes it trash," Timu said,d causing the men to laugh
"No, but I'll catch you later; thanks again for this; Krissy will love it," timu added, heading out
"Hey, stay away from the gases as well," Marshall said
"It's light radiation, but you too, brother," Timu responded
"Hey Wassup Mark"
"Timu, what happened? I thought the angles had this," Mark jokingly greeted his superior
"My dear young apprentice, you have so much to learn about Ohtani and the angles he does this shit," timu said confidently, leading his apprentice to BC.
"You're full of it. Put some money on it," Mark quickly snapped back
"Fin,e what score"? Timu said, scanning his ID on the door
"13-3 unicorns up," Mark confidently replied
"Shit, who hit a tac" timu said, waving to his supervisor and Christian
'What's up with them,' timu thought as he received a concerned face and a wave to come here
"Alexander love, I'll wait for you," Mark said before returning to his workstation
Timu approached the two
"Sup, what's going on?" Timu asked the two
"There were some inspectors here earlier, but they gave the green light. However, the condition has only worsened since then, faster than before…. We might have to shut down," Christian said before being interrupted.
"No, if we shut down, 60% of the planet will lose power, and then the rest of us by next week," Samuel said to the two.
"What happens after the well drains?" Timu said before walking towards his workstation with the two of them.
"It's not a drain. The Well pushes out more than we want to consume, and the pipes will explode."
Christian said in a slight panic.
"Calm down. I want you to get a group down there to take pictures of the pipes. I need to see what I can do in terms of replacing them," Samuel said, leaving the men
"We should be good if we go now if it stays constant. That being said, it has been anything but constant over the last few days. Look at these charts; almost every well we have filled is experiencing the same thing," Christian remarked, looking at the schematics for the plant with Timu
20 minutes late and gathering four more volunteers, the group of 6 headed down
"So, how does 20 sound?" Mark asked timu as the elevator shaft reached its lowest floor
"Come on, bro, I'm not betting anything under 75, " Timu complained, following behind Christian, who led the group
'Fucking hell,' Timu thought as he entered the heart of the Well. It pulsed ray beams, destroying the structure inside
"Fuck new pipes. We need new containment and stairs," Timu said, trying to get closer, but beams of green light sliced through the air, tearing into a pipe and causing a small leak
"Well, take the best pictures we can, and let's head back before it breaks the elevator," Christian joked
The men used factory-grade cameras to take the best pictures they could
*Zip* a beam whipped towards Mark
Timu quickly pulled him back
"Thanks," Mark said, still a little shocked
"Let's go. Samuel doesn't pay us enough for this," Timu told the group, and they all subtly agreed.
"Why do they call it the heart? It's more like a volcano," Mark asked Timu
"Well, usually the energy should be a lot deeper, not overflowing and splashing out," Timu said before adding
"And there it pulses like a heart up and down…" Timu stopped in his tracks, and so did the rest of the crew
'Silence,' Timu thought to himself before glancing back toward the heart
'Did it die?' Timu thought to himself before taking a step to see
"Wait," Christian said, reaching out to his friend
"Guys, did the well just die?" Mark asked
"Shhh…" Christian whispered
…
..
'Hm' 'mm'
'Is that humming?' Timu began to sweat as the thought ran through his mind
'Nobody should be in here.'
'Long you have suffered, my boy ' x3, a soft singing voice glided towards the men.
"Who?" Mark tried to speak
"Shh," Christian quickly replied
A yellowish smoke slowly entered the hall where the men were.
"Position, maybe only a ranker of some sort could be down here. Let go now," Christian said, causing the group to jog toward the elevator.
"Why is a ranker down there?" Timu asked Christian
"I don't know, we may have taken a picture of them without knowing; either way, they're not down here for a good reason," Christian said as the group arrived at the elevator
'Fuck fuck' Timu panicked, slamming the up button to no movement
"AH, WHAT THE HELL?" Mark yelled as a green vine leaked into the elevator
"Fuck its hold the elevator down to the emergency stairs," Christian said, leading the group back down the hallway
The yellow smoke had contaminated their walk space. The men rushed to cover their mouths and up the stairs
"Fuck wasn't there 6 of us," Christian said,d looking back
'Huh, where did Mark go?'
Timu froze before running back.
"Don't worry, I'll go back for him. Go ahead without me," Timu said before running back.
The fog had gotten thicker as Timu re-entered the halls
"MARK," his voice echoed through
"HEL!P" A voice responded back
Wasting no time, timu rushed towards the voice
It didn't take him long to find a young black woman with green curly hair staring at him.
"Who are you, and where is my friend?" Timu said, trying to push the smoke from his view
"Aw, you came back for your friend," she responded before adding
"And you call Miamor," she said with a smile
"What do you want?" Timu questioned, searching for his friend
Miamore just smiled before her hand and pointed behind Timu
Timu gasped in horror as he looked at his friend
"What the fuck did you" Timu shouted at Miamor
"What I plan to do to all of you," Miamor said before nodding at what remained of Mark.
His body was transforming into a tough tree, with stems of leaves emerging from its skin.
He pounced on Timu, grabbing his old friend and trying to wrap his arm around his neck.
Miamor began walking towards the stairs to pursue the others
Gasping for air, Timu used what energy remained to lift his hand towards Miamor, shooting a bolt of lightning toward striking her in the back
"Really… that was pathetic. Do you want to see real power?" Miamor asked, waving her minion off
Smashing her hands together to form a basket, she let out a loud grunt, stepping hard on the floor
A massive magic rune appeared under him
'I can't even see the whole thing. I'm standing in the middle of it. Timu panicked, raising his arm again
"Ha," Miamor responded
*BOOM*
The ground erupted with a massive eruption, grabbing Timu in its awakening
Before he knew it, a massive tree had expanded from the Well
He tried grabbing a branch but could never get a full grip. He was crashing downwards as the tree smashed past, smacking him with massive branches
Gasping for air after every hit
'Please'
*Thonk*
His head smashes into another branch
'Someone'
*bang*
This time, his back
His vision blurred, but he could make out something down below, a person
"Krissy," Timu struggled to say
*Splat*
Back at the stadium
After the sudden exit, a trio of holy, uniformed men entered the room
"Great priest Zorah has a few words of wisdom." Cloe introduced Priest Zorah to the group, his companions close behind
"After hearing the boy, I believe someone that a tune with soul energy like himself can indeed truly grasp soul power and connect to Rhodes. Beyond that's why you will do it, Amber. I don't need someone like Nicholas making him fight on the front. He needs to be near the church, and for the rest of you, I advise you to prepare yourselves. I have word the government is pushing a law through that forces this demon pill on noncombatants," Zorah finished.
"That's ridiculous. Most jobs require magic to be run," Axel threw up his hands in disagreement.
"Not with this new rise of technology. Soon, men won't even be needed for 70% of jobs. Shortly, the poor will become extremely violent with the lack of jobs, and their inability to fight back will lead to a straight massacre," Zorah finished, steering daggers in the young man Axel back down, feeling a strange presence in the old man.
"Hopefully, nothing worse happens. My guys on the inside will keep me updated on Octavius despite some of your elites being kicked out," Zorah said before leaving the room.
The group began to prepare for their departure.
"Hey, so about fighting you for a leadership position, is that all it takes?" Axel asked Chloe
"Essentially, why do you think you got what it takes? You haven't even left the military, barely in the top 3 of your class," Chloe mocked
"I know I can, so is that combat room for sure or what?" Axel said, smirking at cloe
They soon found themselves facing each other on a sand-layered training ground
"To be honest, they told me you might do this, and now I'll make you suffer for your ignorance," cloe said, sparking the fight off with ice circles zipping towards Axel
"Tier 2 magic lady, I can bring this building down," Axel said with his growing excitement, slapping one crystal
And dodging the next two, dashing toward cloe in an attempt to close the distance
With a wave of her hand, an ice wall appeared between them. Axel, in response, threw his fist into the wall
*bang* barely a scratch
Cloe placed her hand on the wall
"And that's the game,"cloe announced as the ice wall grew sharp spikes. However, instead of moving out of the growing spikes, Axel let it pierce his skin as he leaned his head back.
"Axel," Nicholas yelled
Axel, seeing his grandfather's reaction, backed off
"Cloe, come here; it's important," Nicholas yelled before moving swiftly out of view
"FUCK" Axel stomped off after
Entering the room with the rest of the elites, cloe found everyone glued to the TV.
"Yes, we have visuals on it now," the news host added.
"As you can see, the Well has been completely pierced by a tree, and there is no police report of any terrorist acts. We will keep you updated," the host said as the TV slowly got a closer view of the tree.
"The hell is that?" Nicholas pointed out
"What?" Cloe responded
"Luther, don't you own stocks in that well? Can't you get in contact with them?"
One of the wealthier elites asked
"Communications are down," Luther said, tapping the table slowly
"The military might call us 'cause we are nearby. What are we going to do?" Cloe asked
"I'm sure it's nothing that needs us, but I don't know how a terrorist could do that. However, perhaps this is the natural death of a well; it's a new technology," a technocratic elite added to the already confused group of elites
Back at the Well
Alarms rang through the plant, and workers ran to find an exit
"Ahhhhhh, a scream yells out in the hall next to Christian's office as he quickly tries to salvage anything of value before the security screen catches his eye. Upon opening it, he couldn't help but gasp in horror
"Green men covered in leaves pouncing on people, butting their flesh off and leaving them to bleed out
His eyes race to another camera, yellow smoke completely taking over rooms with bodies in, and to his horror, they rose and changed to mindless eating monsters
Wasting no more time, Christian bolted through the door and up the halls
"There are still people behind me, so I must have some time," Christian thought aloud before he heard the terrifying sound of hundreds of shoes coming from before him. He slowed down before peeking a look they had heated him to the gate
Christian slowly turned back around. 'I gotta go to the helipad.'
"HEY HEY, IS THE DOOR OPEN?" a man yelled down the hall. He had come from
"Christian could feel the cold gaze lingering in the corner that gave him the only protection he had
He bolted again hundreds of feet and ran after him, screaming, yelling, and growling
Outside, on the tree above the well
"I didn't even get to show him the real purpose of the tree." Miamor peeked down, talking to what was left of Mark
"Dont be sad, peepaw; your friend has been exploiting my juicy lumps far too long."
"…" peepaw
"I knew you would understand,d peepaw; not even a tip didn't ask my name nothing," Miamor chuckled before adding.
"Well, he can watch from the afterlife, though I doubt it's a good view," Miamor said, raising her hand and summing a magic spell around her waist. The rune spun slowly, with three different circles holding images in them.
"Beehive," Miamor said before clicking on a circle on a rune; a massive beehive appeared, and giant bees the size of cars flew out.
"H,m foxhole," Miamor said before clicking the fox on the rune, forming a hole at the bottom of the tree. Soon, foxes the size of houses crawled out from the Well, taking a bite at the facility plant.
"And finally, my favorite," Miamor clapped
"…" peepaw
"The man behind the tree," Miamore said, closing her eyes before clicking on the last circle on the magic rune.
Suddenly, a massive fat man appeared at the tree, almost as tall as the tree.
He wore no clothes and stomped around aimlessly.
"Now, time to rescue my baby boy," Miamor thought, grabbing Peepaw and zooming toward the stadium.