47 The Calm Before the Storm

Chapter 47 The Calm Before the Storm After a quick discussion about the tactics they'd employ once inside the control room at the top of the Spire, everybody wished Josephine luck and then piled into the cramped service elevator. Peanut pressed the buttons marked G and 99, the doors slid closed and they started to go up. Ten seconds later, the lift stopped at the ground floor and the doors opened. As promised, 72 was there, waiting to join them. Little-Bit gave the robot a big hug as they squeezed into the lift. 'OK,' said Peanut as the doors closed. 'We're all here now.

I think everybody knows their roles and what they need to do once we get to the top, right?' Everyone nodded silently, nervous about the task at hand. Peanut continued, putting on her bravest voice. '72, we'll need you to tie up 67 and Alan once we've grabbed them. Can you do that?' Affirmative,' replied the robot. The digital readout of the floor numbers was changing rapidly. 32, 33, 34, 35... 'OK,' Peanut said, taking a deep breath. 'Is everybody ready?' 56, 57, 58, 59... I was born ready,' said Rockwell, unconvincingly. 70, 71, 72... I spent twenty years in jail thinking about ways to stop White,' said Dad, 'and now that we've finally got him in custody, I'm not about to let a rogue RAZER carry on from where he left off. Let's do this!' 96, 97, 98... 99. There was a collective intake of breath as the elevator pinged and its doors slid open. 'OK,' whispered Leo. 'Here we go...'