Fall, Rise, Repeat by Matthew Schneider

Author:Matthew Schneider [Schneider, Matthew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: GenZ Publishing
Published: 2019-04-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Zav saw Marx and Jaiyana through the closing elevator doors across the lobby as he entered. He saw Marx glance at him for a moment, and then the elevator doors clamped shut.

Zav sniffled and took a mint out of the woven wooden basket on the front counter. He sucked on it, tasting the strength of the peppermint. Mint was, of course, effective at clearing a stuffy nose.

Zav crossed the lobby and pressed for the elevator. It took close to a minute, but it finally arrived and he stepped in. As he looked at the many floor buttons, a small lightbulb in his head flickered and he pushed for the top floor. The doors closed in front of him and and the smooth jazz hummed in the background.

He went up, up, up, for what felt like a very long time, before he felt the lift come to a stop and settle in. The doors creaked open and he stepped out into the vacant hallway. There was a different smell in the air, like the carpets and interior had not been cleaned for a while and somebody had placed moth balls all over the corridor to cover up the smell of filth.

Zav creeped to the doorway at the end of the hall, unsure of the vibes he was getting from the whole place. He twisted the knob and the poorly painted white door swung open to a metal ladder. He pulled himself up, already tired from the day, and followed the small walkway to a door at the end.

He climbed onto the scaffolding at the very top of the tower. It was circular, with a massive satellite antenna in the middle and steel beams crossing on the outside.

It was an amazing sight. The many tall skyscrapers, the large towers, the small buildings scattered about everywhere were glistening in the sun.

There were a few areas where there was black smoke, and even visible fires, but what surprised Zav most was the busy streets. The Russian invasion had done little to change people’s flow of business. Wabash Avenue had many cars driving on both sides of the street, but traffic stopped where the roadblocks had been set up.

Crime had previously been at an all-time low because of laws that benefited those in poverty and new methods of law enforcement that kept people in line. But it seemed it had cultured people too – despite the whole country falling into organized chaos, people were not completely disorderly.

Men and women who once wore the police badge still roamed the streets, attempting to keep the peace. Even with a crumpled economy, businessmen traveled to work and continued their services. It was a situation in which nobody was really working against one another; all knew the severity of the attacks, and that the country could only recover if everyone worked together.

However, there was something different about the city. It was a small detail, hardly noticeable at all unless you saw the movement of the flag or the ripple of the banner.

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