Alterin Saga: Biohazard
Episode 23: The Explosion

"By the way, you've never told me about yourself. Where the hell are you from?" ask Jin.

"Eitherway. I've forgotten that place. More precisely, someone made me forget about it," Rave and Jin now arrived at the end of the room. There was only a door there, made of steel and frozen.

"Yep, back door. I thought it was here" said Rave.

"Huh.but this door is frozen. And I don't think it's been opened for a long time"

Rave glanced at the pile of wooden boxes next to that door. Then he opened it, and whistled. A large hammer clasped in his hand.

"The hammer? You want to break this door?" ask Jin.

"Hey, this is easy. An object would be more easily destroyed if the structure became rigid," Rave prepared to swing his hammer.

"Whose theory is that?"

"My friend. Well. maybe he's dead by now," Rave swung the heavy hammer.

Brak!

The door flinched. Rave looked at her in disbelief. Jin patted her on the shoulder, "Your friend may not be in school, or perhaps he's lacking in explaining the theory."

"Huh. shit. So what's your plan, genius?" ask Rave. He put the hammer back into the box.

Jin sat on top of the box and said, "Waiting for help to come."

...---...

1 Hour later

"It's been an hour. You still strong with this temperature?" ask Rave. He looked at Jin who had started shaking from the cold.

"Why don't you just give me that jacket?"

"Huh? Because.you stink of sweat. I don't want to lend it if it's not washed, I can get scolded by the authorities for making this jacket stink."

"Damn! Just give it up, Rave!" Jin got up from his seat and started fighting over the jacket.

"No! I know your irresponsible habits for the things you borrow. You broke Charles' work pencil and didn't replace it because it was expensive!" Rave ran away, down a hallway made of ice blocks.

"The rave!" Jin tried to chase after her, "Please! I could have Hypothermia if you didn't lend it!"

"No will! At least if you can reimburse her for the laundry," Rave was caught, but he quickly tightened the jacket until the zipper was unplugged. Jin and Rave stopped scrambling and stared at the zipper of the broken jacket.

"Huh? Just yummy. Give it!"

Duars!

An explosive sound coming from outside again stopped them. The sound of people panicking and falling objects made them look at each other.

"What's? What's outside?"

Rave looked at Jin who was glaring at the ceiling of the room, "Where do I know. If there's an explosion outside, we're done. No one's gonna check this room and pick us up."

Blars!

The ceiling of the frozen room partially collapsed, hitting the shattered ice blocks instantly. There were explosions and sirens everywhere.

"Well, can you climb it?" ask Rave. Jin flicked his shoulders.

"Let's go, just try it"

"Okay, lend me your shoulder. I'll go up first" said Rave. Jin refused firmly.

"I first! I'm cold in here! Raise me!"

"Huh? Your body is bigger, Jin! Me first!"

"No, me!"

"Me!"

"Silence!" the screams from the roof above them stopped the quarrel. A woman dressed as an officer was about to lower the stairs.

"You are silent! Who are you? Go, Jin! I go first, huh? Later I will eat at a roadside restaurant," urged Rave.

"Restaurant? You never buy food in the store. How could you take me to a restaurant?"

"HEY! HURRY UP ON THE STAIRS OR I'LL LIFT YOU BACK UP, YOU FOOLS!"

said the officer.

"You are stupid! We don't need these stairs!" Rave kicked the ladder down, "We have another way!"

Jin looked at her in disbelief, "You.it's the rescue ladder! Ticket to get out of here!"