The Book of Abbadon

Detour

Reylesh continues to whine in the background as Tom walks over to the screen and presses a few buttons.

" We can't call for help. I could talk to Amy telepathically, but then she'd know I'm more than just a human and I'm not sure we can fully trust her. We'd preferably have to get out of this little predicament without using our powers. "

You look up at the corner of the elevator and see a camera pointed at you, then you respond to Tom.

" This place is also under constant surveillance as well, so if we do end up using our powers, we're going to be seen. "

Tom then looks up at a screen above the elevator door and sees that you're on the 329th floor.

" Still got over a hundred floors to go. Normally we could just fly up there... "

Gareth chimes in with a supportive tone.

" I suggest that we get the doors open and take a cruiser to the balcony of our suite. I can request one for immediate pickup if you'd like. I would just need your permission, as the leader of this operation. "

Tom looks at Gareth and pats him on the back, grateful for Gareth's support.

" That sounds like a great idea, Gareth. Thank you for running the idea by me first. Let's get these doors open. "

Gareth looks at Tom confused as if Tom's implying that he's incapable of opening them himself, but Tom clarifies so Gareth understands what he means.

" If I rip open the doors, I wouldn't just be a normal human now, would I? "

" Ah. "

Gareth says as he nods, immediately turns, and rips open the doors with his hands. The doors shriek and clang as they're forced open and the first thing you see outside the doors are a bunch of half naked Voldoorians partying in a penthouse of their own. Reylesh shuts her mouth as the music booms and the Voldoorians all silently stare at the four of you in the elevator awkwardly. After a brief moment of silence, the Voldoorians all cheer unanimously and raise their drinks as they welcome you into the penthouse.

Tom releases Reylesh from his telekinetic grasp and the four of you begin walking through the crowd of people to get to the balcony. As you pass the party goers, many women and men offer you drinks and drugs but you respectfully decline as you continue moving through the crowd. Reylesh gladly accepts everything that's given to her and laughs as she follows the three of you having fun. Eventually the four of you reach the balcony and you see a man and a woman having sex up on the ledge. There's a crowd of Voldoorians cheering them on as they surround them and the four of you walk closer to get a better look at what's happening.

The man is standing on the edge of a wall as he's holding the woman's legs with his arms and you see her holding onto his neck, hanging freely over the edge of the building as she gets railed above the city. The woman moans loudly as her bodily fluids squirt onto the windows outside the building and drip down onto the city below with each thrust as the crowd continues to cheer and whistle. Gareth steps forward and interrupts them, reaching up and putting his hand firmly on the man's shoulder.

" I'm gonna have to ask you two to step down from the edge of the balcony. "

The man turns his head and looks at Gareth rudely as he continues to thrust the woman and insults him.

" Fuck off, chump. This is my penthouse. "

Gareth then smiles softly as he gently squeezes his hand, effortlessly crushing the man's shoulder bone and the man yells in pain, falling down from the wall onto the balcony floor. As he falls, he lets go of the woman and she falls over the edge of the building, legs wide open, but she barely grasps the ledge with her arms as she holds on for dear life. She screams in terror as she struggles to pull herself up.