The Disparate One

Chapter 76 - Flood

Ray wasn't talking at the time when they were putting bandages, it took them a while because the entire facility is shaking every time the giant robot makes a step. When they've finished, Chap and Ray helped Oxford to get back on his feet so that they can leave the place before its too late.

"He has them.", Oxford suddenly murmured as he was being carefully dragged by the two in the hallway. "Cal has my family.", he said it again, this time clearer.

Ray and Chap came to a stop and looked at each other after hearing those words. Chap was surprised that Oxford has a family, he was wrong all along.

"Get him out of here, I'll find them.", said Ray to Chap but he was distracted by the environment.

People and robots are now lined up in the hallways, armed and ready. Chap found Sion holding a weapon in his right hand, it was his first time seeing him holding a weapon. Chap excused himself to Ray before approaching Sion who was about to leave when the line started to move.

"What's going on?", questioned Chap.

"Uprising, aren't you going to come with us?", replied Sion when he stepped out of the line so that he doesn't disrupt the flow.

Chap looked behind him, he stared at Ray and Oxford for a couple of seconds before focusing back to the person in front of him. Taking down the high societies is what Chap wanted to do after he witnessed the massacre of his friends decades ago.

"Help us get Oxford out of this place first.", said Chap to Sion who just grabbed another weapon to hand it to Chap since he already knew that he wanted to join them.

Oxford glanced at Chap and Sion who were talking nearby. He couldn't hear their conversation, but he can read Sion's lips. He turned to Ray and said to him that they should get going because the likelihood of Chap joining them is extremely high. Ray nodded at him and they started to walk again. Ray was curious when he couldn't find the three robots in the hallway. He guessed that they must've left the facility already.

Chap turned back around again and there he found that Ray and Oxford are leaving him. He wished them luck. He looked at Sion and out of nowhere grabbed the other weapon whilst saying, "Let's do this together."

Ray and Oxford were walking up the stairs when suddenly they heard a loud explosion coming from down below. The emergency lights are starting to flicker as the reserved power is running low and anytime soon, the emergency power will kick in.

"Why are we leaving?", Oxford let out a question.

"We're not leaving, I'm just getting you to somewhere safe.", answered the man wearing a white general suit.

Ray was staring at the man's eyes, he can definitely see that he also wants to fight.

"I can't leave them behind.", said Oxford when they stopped somewhere in the hallway.

Ray stepped away from the man, giving him space as he decided to sit down on the floor.

"What's your decision.", asked Ray after being quiet for a moment.

Chap was standing close between Sion and Ony, they are located somewhere in the huge rally that is marching towards the dome, to blow it up since it is almost just made out of glass under the sea floor. The doors to the dome were closed but not locked. Two robots, holding a pulse grenade, moved towards the door, carefully opened it and threw the grenades quickly after they pulled the pin. After hearing the loud bang, a dozen men and robots rushed in with their weapons ready to shoot. They scanned the entire area and found no one. The group was standing in the middle of the area, questioning themselves when suddenly a robot called out. They focused on the robot that was standing in front of the doors, pointing down on the floor where a red laser can easily be seen.

The group inside the dome immediately ran away when they started to hear a very high pitch coming from somewhere. The frequency was so intense that the glasses in all the robot's eyes that protect the insides from the outside shattered into pieces. The humans, covered their ears as they started to move away from the dome. The sound can be heard throughout the facility, even Ray and Oxford, who were near the exit, can hear it. All the glass in the facility started to break, even the ones in the dome. Millions of tons of seawater came gushing in, flooding the dome and the hallway that connects to it.

Chap, Sion, and Ony were running to the stairs, completely wet, when the lights in the hallway suddenly went off. The elevators weren't working, so the only way for everyone to survive are the stairs.

Every hallway in the entire facility is connected to the ceiling by giant and robust steel cables, just like a giant catwalk. There are a lot of advantages, one of them is efficient. Of course, there are also disadvantages, one of them is that every hallway has a different maximum weight capacity. If it exceeds that limit, it's either the hallway gives in or the ceiling. That's what is going to happen since the only hallway that is connected to the dome is getting heavier as the water fills it up. The entire hallway is completely sealed tight, the water has nowhere to go except the stairs where robots and humans are evacuating.

Chap went ahead with Ony, leaving Sion a couple of feet behind. They started to hear the cables snapping in half as they were running up the stairs. A few more people are still in the flooding hallway, a few dozens died, drowned. In just a couple of seconds, the hallway finally gave up. Everyone witnessed the structure that is falling down to the bottom of the facility, claiming more lives. The dome formed a gigantic waterfall since the hallway doesn't exist anymore.

"We should've left the facility.", said Chap to the two of his friends.

"Coward.", Ony replied before moving away from Chap.

Chap knew that they still aren't safe, especially from that huge amounts of water pouring in. The ventilation room is located near the bottom of the facility, it is the largest flaw when it comes to designing the third facility. The pumps are located on the bottom, but they guessed that those are completely destroyed due to the structure that just fell. The facility starts to get dark as some of its emergency lights have already consumed their juices.