Jayde climbed onto the roof seeing the tower slowly fall to the ground. Because of its size, it took some time before it fully fell but a storm of dust could be seen from the base of the tower.
'I need to keep running.' Jayde turned and hopped over a few roofs before she made her way back down.
Jayde could feel the rumbling of the building hitting the ground and knew that she did not have much time before she would be blown away.
She made it to the out wall and was able to see gate 11 ahead but still was unable to see Aoi.
'Please be behind the gate.' Jayde hoped that Aoi had already gone through and she would be on the other side.
A few mutants had also seen Jayde and began to chase her but she did not care, continuing to sprint for the gate. After a couple of minutes, the tower was on the verge of landing right next to Jayde and if she wasn't through the gate she would most likely be killed.
Jayde made it to the gate and bashed through the door, then landed on her face as she did not expect it to open so easily.
"Ow!" The tower had toppled over and now a big gust of wind came through and since the tower extended over the wall, debris was sent flying toward the city.
Jayde, however, found herself getting picked up by the updraft.
Because the base was on a hill it was higher than the main city, Jayde found herself falling towards the city which was in a panic. Many buildings were falling apart and were on fire from the eruption causing chaos everywhere. Lava had spilled everywhere and the mutants were running rampant through the streets transforming more people.
Jayde was sent flying off the road landing on the slope below, beginning to roll down. The slope however, did not go all the way to the ground meaning at the bottom Jayde would be sent flying into a building
Jayde on the way down hit her head, knocking her out. Once she reached the bottom of the slope was launched into the air as expected. Luckily, thanks to her speed got high enough in the air to land on the roof of a nearby building, temporarily making her safe from the mutants.
***
Aoi wanted to wait for Jayde but there was no guarantee that she would be able to make it to gate 12 and went for gate 11 instead.
"Dammit I want to wait but this gate is too close to the tower." Aoi looked up seeing that the edge of the tower was rather close making it extremely dangerous to hang around.
"Sorry, Jayde but hopefully you made it to gate 11." Aoi started to run down the road which went straight into the city.
Mutants had started pushing through the gate chasing after Aoi.
'I really don't need this right now.' Aoi did not have time to deal with the mutants.
Aoi kept sprinting down the road and because of the downhill she started to find it difficult to control her sprint.
'Shit!' Aoi started to lose balance and was close to tumbling forward. She tried to slow herself down but each attempt almost resulted in her falling over.
Aoi was getting close to the bottom but the tower started crashing into the ground. The ground shook and a massive gush of wind headed straight towards Aoi.
Finding herself getting pushed by the wind made Aoi lose control of her body.
Aoi was then picked up by the wind, launching her in the air slightly. Aoi rolled on the ground injuring herself but it helped her slow down allowing her to not accidentally become mashed up on a wall.
"Ow!" Aoi grabbed her knee in pain and a red patch started to form through her white uniform.
Debris of the tower came crashing around Aoi with a bit of a metal bar landing right next to her. Aoi felt her heart sink but still pushed on, thankful she was still alive.
Ignoring the pain She got up from the ground and continued to limp as fast as She could.
Massive chunks of the tower were raining down on the city causing more destruction and killing civilians that were trying to get away from the mutants.
Aoi approached the bottom seeing many people running for their lives and the sound of explosions and guns could be heard echoing throughout the city.
Aoi made it to the bottom reaching the security gate praying that no debris would hit her. Walking through the security check gate went towards one of the nearby buildings to hide in.
However, a massive chunk of the tower smashed into the building in front of her causing it to collapse.
Aoi tried to move out of the way, but being unable to run properly was caught in the rubble.
"Damn it!" Aoi started getting buried by the rubble until finally getting hit in the head knocking her out.
***
Reia, Echo, Lou and Kim were at the bottom of the road watching the chaos as they saw people run through the streets. Mutants were also popping up as the cracks in the earth extend all through the city.
"Looks like Aoi and Jayde might be at a different gate." Reia assumed that they would have encountered mutants and had to go elsewhere.
"Seeing as Jayde would have most likely met up with Aoi, wouldn't that mean they would be towards gate 2?" Kim, who was still being carried by Lou, spoke up.
"Aoi usually is in the weapons district so it would make sense." Reia knew Aoi loved to play around with different guns. With the base having different designated areas it made sense for Aoi to be towards gate 2 which was the closest entrance to the weapon district.
What they didn't know was Aoi actually went to pick up Jayde who was at a parkour training session making them closer to Gate 11 and 12. The reason for Aoi picking Jayde up was because Jayde had no way home and not wanting to walk called Aoi who was the closest to Jayde.
"We do not have much time before the tower hits the ground. Let's start running towards gate 2 then." Deciding to push forward they all started to run towards gate 2. The tower was close to hitting the ground but they were confident they would be fine as they were far from the building itself.
The ground shook as the tower was hitting the ground and the strong winds could be felt.
'If anyone were on those roads they would have been blown off.' Because of their distance, the winds were not as strong but she could imagine if they were closer to the blast they would be sent flying off.
Pieces of the tower started to rain down on the city and were landing in the buildings around them.
"Keep running and keep an eye out for any flying pieces of the tower." Not wanting to stop they continued to run with Reia getting ahead making sure no mutants jumped onto Lou and Kim.
Echo lagged behind Kim and Lou watching their backs, however, he noticed a rather large piece of tower flying towards them.
"WATCH OUT ABOVE!" Echo screamed out and everyone looked up seeing a massive piece of the tower coming toward them.
The piece crashed into the building they were next to creating a wall in between Echo and everyone else. It was not impossible to get around but it attracted the mutants' attention.
"ECHO!" Kim yelled out as her heart dropped for a moment.
"I"M OKAY! But the mutants are coming." Echo could hear the growls of the mutants coming toward him.
"Echo, meet up at the safe haven, don't worry about us and just try to survive." Reia did not want to leave Echo behind but they needed to think about themselves and not waste time on something that could get them killed.
"Alright, try not to die." Echo started feeling anxious but he knew this was the only efficient choice.
"Lou, let's go." Reia continued to run with Lou and Kim leaving Echo behind.
Echo took a deep breath and ran into the city hoping to run into them again soon.
**
"Do we have to leave Echo?" Kim was stressed out as Echo was not the most independent person.
"He will be fine as long as he doesn't try to do anything stupid like use essence on himself again." Reia was confident in his abilities but he always tended to do something that if he was alone would get him killed.
"Reia is right, the idiot will be fine just gotta hope he doesn't try to do more than he can take." Lou, who had fought with Echo in the past, knew that he would always try something new, but always caused him to be easily defeated afterwards.
Lou and Reia's words gave Kim some peace of mind, but it wouldn't last for long as a loud screech was heard right next to them.
They all stopped in their tracks from the pain of the screech and covered their ears.
After the scream, the sound of footsteps and a building falling apart was heard right next to them.
"What the fuck!" Lou screamed out as the building right next to them began to crumble and a massive mutant came from it.
The mutant did not take any major traits of an animal but looked like a bigger and fatter version of the human mutant. However, one of its arms was bigger than the other and dragged across the ground.
"There is no way." Reia was in disbelief as the mutant was the size of the small apartment building it just destroyed.
"Lou, I don't think we can kill this one." Reia looked at Lou who was itching to pull out her gun but she had Kim to worry about.
"As much as I want to try I think I will have to come back later." Lou did not want to admit she couldn't kill it but right now was not the time.
The mutant seeing the 3 girls swung down on the ground with its bigger arm causing Lou to jump to the left and Reia to the Right.
"Lou I will distract it while, if you don't see me at gate 2 in the next hour make your way to the haven with Kim." Reia was unsure if she would live but if it was just to distract the mutant she believed she could.
"Don't die!" Lou understood and started to run away with Kim in hand.
"Reia, please be safe." Kim yelled out as she felt utterly useless being unable to move or help.
The mutant seeing them run tried to chase after them, but Reia fired a charge shot of her lightning bullet taking a small chunk out of the mutant.
Mutant turned aggravated as Reia just harmed it.
"Hey there, why don't we play a little game."