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Chapter 2 - The Tower

21/2/21,

Last night after checking up on Ashley and Ceaser, Alex bought some clothes using his mother's credit card, that she left with him before leaving for her trip.

After waking up Alex took a quick shower, ordered breakfast and turned on the TV to see if any new information was out about that monster.

"The government has stated that they will release an official announcement about the seven monsters, that appeared in different parts of the world leading to destruction on the level of natural disasters" said the anchor.

' WHAT??, there were seven of those things' Alex immediately checked for more info on his phone, which he had charged overnight.

He opened the top article with the title "The Seven monsters"

"Last night on 20/2/21, Seven gigantic monsters appeared out of thin air, without the slightest warning.

The monster's appearance resulted in a death toll of millions.

The thing to take note of is that no two of them looked the same, from the currently available photos, it can clearly be seen that all of them have distinct features that can be used to differentiate them. The governments all over the world had refrained from releasing an immediate statment but we're able to respond to the threat within minutes, this leads ne to believe that..." after this the article trailed off into conspiracy theories, which were not that intresting to him.

Alex then called his parents to ensure they were all right and away from these monsters, while also ensuring them that he was safe.

Alex exited the hotel after having his breakfast and went to the hospital. Upon entering Ashley's room he found Ceaser sitting by her side asleep, while Ashley was sitting there fiddling with her phone.

"Are you sure you can use that right now?"

" The doctor said that I was only unconscious and nothing else, so I can do what ever I want."

"Well do what you want not like anyone can stop you."

After saying this he checked up on Ceaser who had slightly woken up due their talking.

"You know you should go get some real sleep instead of just sitting there."

"I can sleep later, tell me, did something was released about that thing."

"The government is going to release an official statement later today."

before Alex could finish Ashley inturpted him,

"Brother Alex, why does it say seven monsters in the news"

"Seriously, the answer is simple because there were seven of them around the world." Alex sighed at her while answering.

"Seven!! there are seven of those black things?"asked Ceaser in suprise.

"Well they aren't the same but yes, seven monsters appeared last night around the world."

"Seven, huh, as if one wasn't bad enough."

"Nothing we can do man, now both you should eat something"

Later that day,

Goverments all around the world released a similar statement about the events that took place yesterday,

that can be summarised as,

"We have successfully contained all seven monsters in areas where they appeared. The loss of life due to these monsters is one of the highest ever seen. We will be providing aid to those whose homes have been lost and see that they can safely settle down.

Further more the countries around the world have decided to lable all land within a ten kilometre radius around all of the monsters a prohibited danger zone. No civilians are allowed to be near them for safety reasons.

We believe the appearance of these monsters to be related to an unnatural tower made of materials that are hard to find on Earth that appeared in the wilderness at supposedly the same time.

We promise to find a more permanent solution for the current situation but we request of you to remain calm and not to spread any false rumors"

Alex watched the broadcast with Ceaser and Ashley in the hospital room on his phone.

"It seems that this is gonna take a long time to be tidied up." commented Alex

"So what?, you thought they would disappear like they appeared." retorted Ceaser

"Well I sure did hope so."

"By the way when are they going to discharge you, Ashley?"

"The doctor said after a some tests in the morning I will be free to leave" answered Ashley

"Hey Ceaser, where is Aunt I haven't seen her all day?"

"She went to look for a place to stay because she thought we were going to need it, and seems like she was right."

As they talking all three of them heard a sound,

[ Humanity is in grave danger, are you willing to prevent its extinction?]

[ Y/N ]

After the sound the message appeared in front of all three,

Ashley accidentally pressed yes, when she was surprised by the message.

As soon as she touched yes she disappeared with a flash of light.

"What the hell, where did she go?!" asked Ceaser in suprise

"The message must have taken her somewhere"

"Alex, I need to go after her she could be in danger!"

"What do you mean? Both of us are going."

With that the two pressed yes without thinking anymore.

They saw bright flash and as their vision slowly cleared they saw a grandiose hall filled with what looked to be thousands of people.

"Where in hell's name are we?" quietly asked Alex.