Chapter 24: Escape; Hope and Despair

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"Hope can come from many things, be it, hope to see another day, or hope to see a new world. But always remember, always be ready for when the despair of being let down comes along."
-J.P.

In both a physical, and metaphorical sense, gears were moving.

Time was dwindling for both sides as everyone rushed to reach their goal, especially since, a certain train reached it's final stop.

Agent 8: "Looks like we finally made it... The central station."

I helped Cap'n Cuttlefish exit the train as I grabbed the last "Thang", bringing it to the rest of the pieces I had gathered.

But as I got closer to the Telephone, I heard him speaking to himself but in a different language, it sounded angry.

"Hey Telephone! Lookie 'ere! 8 managed to get tha last doohickie! Now how about you stop ya rambling and help us out of here."

Hearing Cap'n Cuttlefish's voice snapped the Telephone back into reality, an upward whirring noise coming from it.

"Oh certainly! You came at just the perfect time! Now then, let's move on and get you to the Promosed Land, wouldn't want the others to worry about you both!" The Telephone said enthusiastically.

With an electrical pulse, the back piece of the Telephone came off, the gear in the back glowing as it connected with the other "Thangs", assembling them into it's final product.

"...Do... n't!... S... top!" A voice from Cap'n Cuttlefish's radio spat out, breaking apart from the signal.

"Hm? Didn't that sound like miss Marina?"

Cap'n Cuttlefish threw the thought to the wind and went along with the Telephone's words, with myself following along.

Walking into the chamber area, it became cramped as it seemed to be only for one person.

With a high pitched screech, Cap'n Cuttlefish's radio finally recieved a good signal.

"DON'T GO! STOP! DON'T GO INSIDE!!"

Hearing Marina shouting for us to leave immediately made us change our minds, looking around for a handle on the way we entered through. But our search was for nothing, there was no way out.

With your bunker's electronics destroyed, Marina and the others had quickly rushed to her workshop to work on reconnecting with everyone.

Marina: "Dang it! We're too late! They're already inside!"

"Isn't there another way to get them out?!" Danica worried.

The situation was stressful and was getting worse over time, Agent 8 and the Cap'n were now stuck inside the chamber as the Telephone began to speak.

"Ingredient acquisition complete. Reformatting matter." He said.

As Marina tried to think of a way to stop the blender, Agent 8 and Cap'n could do nothing but hope that rescue would arrive.

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