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Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Sept 25, 2005 2:07:40 GMT -5
"Kind of awkward to follow. Hope it picks up soon." Shar muttered gently.
TBCB WEndy
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Post by Norris on Sept 25, 2005 2:11:09 GMT -5
"I can't make head or tail of it, to tell the truth." answered Wendy.
Having taken the lift towards the topmost floor, the gangsters barricaded the door and used the other lift to beat Crowther and Harrington to the top.
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Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Sept 25, 2005 2:27:15 GMT -5
"I bet the fire will start when they rech the top floor." Shra chuckled.
TBCB Wendy
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Post by Norris on Sept 25, 2005 2:34:38 GMT -5
"Very probably."
At the top floor, several gangsters were awaiting the arrival of Crowther and Harrington.
CROWTHER: What is the meaning of this?
GANGSTER #1: Globotech sent us; we're the Minnesota Maulers.
CROWTHER: But why would Globotech send thugs as representatives?
HARRINGTON: I somehow doubt that they are representatives.
GANGSTER #1: That's right, we're here to sort out that market problem.
HARRINGTON: So many arguements and it still boils down to money!
GANGSTER #3: That's right, kid. We were hoping for others to turn up, but you'll have to do.
GANGSTER #4: We have shares in your rival companies, and they'll triple once you're dead!
CROWTHER: What about security? Surely, they'll...
There is a sudden smell of burning from the lower floors.
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Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Sept 25, 2005 2:41:28 GMT -5
"Right on cue." SHar chuckled.
TBCB Wendy
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Post by Norris on Sept 25, 2005 7:41:51 GMT -5
Wendy laughed in response.
CROWTHER: (Yells) What are you doing?!
GANGSTER #1: We plan to burn this place to the ground, with you in it!
HARRINGTON: Hey, stupid, you're still inside, though!
GANGSTER #4: Oh, s***! He's right!
The gangsters all clumsily pile into an elevator to reach the ground floor, where Gangster #2 has ran out of the building after setting some couch padding alight and pouring kerosene all over the lobby floor.
However, embers from the flames have burnt the elevator cable, and the gangsters all die as the elevator plunges uncontrollably into the flames.
CROWTHER: What a grisly way to go!
HARRINGTON: But why haven't the fire systems activated?
CROWTHER: The main switch is on the fourth floor, but we can access the backup switch on the 63rd floor.
HARRINGTON: No such hope for the main switch, so we'll have to take the stairs and try to get to the backup switch before the fire can spread.
They both run to the emergency stairs, while outside, firefighters and helicopters battle the fearsome blaze, that has already reached the 7th floor.
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Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Sept 26, 2005 0:23:30 GMT -5
Shar watcehd the movie adn bit off a piece of meat.
TBCB Wendy
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Post by Norris on Sept 26, 2005 8:39:45 GMT -5
The going downstairs was tough for the two, especially when you had to descend 138 flights of steps, but they both knew that they couldn't stop. The longer they rested, the higher the flames rose, and continued to descend, having reached the 192nd floor.
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Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Sept 26, 2005 19:14:06 GMT -5
Shar stiffled a yawn and kept watching teh movie.
TBCB Wendy
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Post by Norris on Sept 27, 2005 11:46:54 GMT -5
Outside, a news helicopter was filming the blazing building as the inferno began to burn away at the 12th floor.
NEWSREPORTER: NBC News, Paul Kane reporting. The newly-opened Crowther Tower has just caught fire, and two people, Edwina Crowther herself and Thomas Harrington of Munsters Inc are believed to be inside. Police have arrested one man fleeing the building, who has been suspected to have started the fire, but fire crews are struggling to battle the blaze.
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Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Sept 27, 2005 21:34:56 GMT -5
Shar sighed again and looked closer to the screen.
"WHere are teh waves created by the heat?" He thought as he watched teh movie.
TBCB Wendy
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Post by Norris on Sept 28, 2005 1:05:49 GMT -5
"More to the point, why is that strong wind not blowing the fire out?" remarked Wendy.
Inside the tower, Crowther and Harrington had reached the 173rd floor, but Crowther was growing tired.
CROWTHER: (Pants) I can't do it! You go on without me!
HARRINGTON: Crowther, I can't do it without you! You're the only one who knows how to activate the system! Now come on!
Crowther reluctantly battles on, and picks up the pace by the time they reach the 169th floor, but the fire has now reached the 15th floor, and is still climbing.
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Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Sept 28, 2005 1:19:31 GMT -5
"Break out the marshmellows!" Shar teased playfully.
TBCB WEndy
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Post by Norris on Sept 28, 2005 1:24:02 GMT -5
Wendy smiled, and continued to watch the film.
A few fire helicopters were holding the fire at bay on the 15th floor, while fire tenders on the ground dealt with the fire on the lower floors, but as hard as they tried, the fire still fought back, trying to engulf the upper floors, and by this time, the duo had reached the 148th floor.
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Post by The psyko ninja rabbit 2000 on Sept 28, 2005 1:33:50 GMT -5
"Amazing that the skeletal structure has collapsed yet under the wieght." Shar mused.
TBCB WEndy
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