When I am at the mid section of the tower, Tobias arrives to run beside me.
"Ihaventfindanysurviver.Onlylizardguardseating human flesh!" says the speedster, lowering progressively his velocity.
"I have find only this man. Larry Lance, meet Tobias Christopher!"
"Hi!" says Tobias laconically, while the metahuman on my back is mute from the shock of running at mach 1.
Then, the temperature suddenly lower.
"It looks Kristogar has succeded!" says Tobias, happy.
"Yeah!" I exclaim.
It's easy to find the infirmary, then, where all our friends have met, after they accomplished their tasks. In front the door, dozens of Leviathans guards are lying on the floor, immobilized by the extreme cold.
"Well done!" I say, stopping in front of the gathered heroes.
Then I notice the cryogenic womb. Jason is inside, but the device is not working.
Naecken says: "It was not wise, Edulcore. He is resting in peace, now".
"We could have found a way to restore him to life. I know a doctor, in Europe, that..."
"For who, Eurostar, all this struggle?" says Nowhereman. "For him, or for you?"
The question takes me off guard. Nowhereman is right. The truth is that I don't want a fallen right out of our first mission. I don't want to take the responsability of the death of a fourteen years old boy.
I don't want to recognize that giving his life to freed us, he has been the true hero among us.
I haven't ever shed tears in all my life, even when my parents died. But a tear, a single tear, this time runs over my fake Santa's beard.
"After all, you have gained membership in our team, son" I whisper.
And then, a giant tremble shaken the tower to its foundation.
"The Leviathan! The marine serpent!" I shout.
We run to the windows. In the dense mist, lighten by the tower projectors, the gigant form of the Leviathan appears and disappears.
"We haven't finished yet, guys!" says Kristogar.
"Let's smash him!" shouts Nowhereman.
"Yes, let's go" says Danny, with a fiery expression that I never seen before on his face.
"No, wait a moment. That thing is poisonus. It produces this mist, that destroy each person's will. If we go out there right now, we will be reduced to mindless slave.
We must bring it inside the tower, and AT THE SAME TIME we have to left it. Then, when it is imprisoned here, we'll take down the whole building. OK?"
