Three kids were surrounding a small girl who looked very tired and pale. When she opened her eyes, she asked, "Where... am I?"
One of the kids surrounding her replied, "You're in the Supreme Tower. The men who captured you took you here as a slave like us to build the Tower."
The girl, Erica, didn't say anything. She looked at the kids who... uh, helped her? She noticed that the black spots on her because of the fire were gone.
"Umm, thank you?" she just said, and sits down on the floor.
"By the way, I'm Minna," the kid who first talked to her, said.
"The name's Judy," another kid said.
"My name's Simon," the last kid said, "How about you? What's your name?"
"I'm Erica. Erica Yukina," Erica said. Suddenly, a horrible flashback replayed in her mind. Then, she noticed that Kyle's not around. Her pale face became that of worried, "Kyle! My brother! Where is he?!"
Minna, Judy, and Simon looked at her sadly. Judy said, "We too lost our families because of child hunting... our parents, siblings, all of them."
"It's possible that your brother was either captured or," Simon paused for a while. He knew that he would hurt his new friend if he would say things like, 'your sister died' or 'they killed her'. He sighed, "Or maybe she died in the fire."
"NO!!!" Erica was in complete shock. First it was her mother, but now, her brother?! She couldn't believe it. Why would they take away her family? And her father; she doesn't know where he is now.
Minna comforted her by saying, "But it's also possible that he escaped or survived. Don't worry, we'll save him."
"But how?" Erica said.
"We'll start a slave revolt. Let's gather several slaves to help us in our plan until the word spreads out to the other slaves. That way, we can work together to escape," Judy suggested.
Simon continues, "And that way, we can find your brother."
"Thank you very much," Erica said, gratitude and faith filling her once hopeless eyes.
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"Hey kid! Get lost!" a guard said as he shoos away Simon and Minna, who keep on bugging him to give them the weapons. Their excuse was that they will help on guarding the tower while constructing it, and might as well use it in constructing the tower, too. Sounds like nobody's going to buy it, right? But nothing's bad in trying.
"Please? It's just a suggestion. Pleeease, oh almighty guard of the tower?" Minna tells the guard with matching puppy eyes.
"I SAID NO! Can't you kids understand?! Go back to work!"
Minna pouted and walked away with Simon, but the boy stops and quickly picks stones and threw them at the guard, "CHARGE!!!"
Groups of people suddenly jumped out from nowhere and mimicked what Simon had done awhile ago, leaving the guard fleeing in pain.
"Yes! Success!" Minna and Simon jumped and punched their fists into the air. However, guards nearby who heard the incident came dashing towards them.
"Erica! Judy! Get the weapons! We'll take off the guards!" Simon yelled, and with Minna and the other slaves, they blocked the group of guards who were attacking them.
Erica and Judy quickly rushed to the room filled with weapons, and grabbed them. Another group of slaves helped them, and they walked their way toward the exit of the constructed Tower. Simon, Minna, and the other slaves followed them as they defeated the enraged guards.
