3 To The Ground Floor

Raven and Selena after a moments rest started to think of getting down.Selena was exhausted but Raven after resting a little was like ready for going another round.

Selena,"How will one get down from this huge tower?"

Raven,"We have two options one to go through all the floors or to get down OUTSIDE the floors"

Selena,"Sorry, I didn't caught what you meant.By outside do you mean from this veranda to climb down?"

Raven,"Well we could also get down from inside but it's cramped with beasts and I'm not in the mood in killing them,so I prefer the latter."

Selena,"But how can we get down from here"

Raven pointed at another platform down the veranda.

"See that,that's where we'll land"

There was a platform down the tower.Raven was binding some chains to the railings of the veranda.

Selena,"What could you mean by Land...

Raven suddenly grabbed Selena and jumped. Through all the sound of wind, Selena's scream couldn't even be heard. They reached the platform and Raven dropped Selena and pulled the chain back in his arm by a machine set inside his sleeves.

Selena,"Uhh..Are you even senil...

Raven,"Don't got time to chitchat,we have to get down quickly or it will get cloudy."

Selena,"Why would we face any problem if the weather becomes cloudy?"

Raven'"Because we are high above the clouds?"

Selena kept staring at him,"Surely you Jest! How could we be abo..

Raven,"ANYWAY! The sky's still clear but it looks like it will get cloudy soon. We are only five layers down,next time get down on your own."

Selena,"Even if I could get down,there' no platform left to land on."

Raven,"We need to get the other side of this floor, there's a ladder to take about twenty layers down,then we'll be down from the clouds."

Selena,"You aren't saying to go into the monster's den again! I cherish my life."

Raven,"Cherish your life for your whole life but now we got to get down.Besides,there's only few beasts here."

FEW MOMENTS LATER...

Selena was running at her breath,"What did you mean by few?!!"

Raven,"There's few only,are you blind."

Selena,"Few!! But what about their sizes?!!"

They were being chased by humongous creatures with only mouth all over their body which extended upto the ceiling of the room.

Raven,"Well there are FEW and you didn't ask about sizes so. . . keep those feet running."

They reached another metal door and escaped from the room.

Selena was catching her breath..."Wait a momen....

Ignoring her Raven already started going down the ladder.Without any other way Selena also started following him.

SOME TIME LATER . . . .

Selena,"Say,are we close to the grou..

Suddenly a blue beam hit the tower right beside Selena..

Selena, "KYAAAHH!"

Raven,"Stop screaming that was not coming at you!"

Selena,"What do you mean??!!"

Raven,"Well the laser was shot a little beside you.Maybe someone is using you for a target practice or something."

Selena,"What if it was thrown at me?!"

Raven,"Then I would have grabbed you and thrown you down."

Selena,"Either way death would have awaited me!!"

Raven,"Well,that's your problem."

After some time,the clouds became so dense that nothing could be seen except a deep fog.

Selena,"Wow,nothing can be seen past the ladder!"

Raven,"Be cautious or we don't know when you'll be shot at again."

AFTER A LONG TIME OF CLIMBING DOWN . . . . . .

Selena,"How much time have we been climbing down for?"

Raven,"About five hours or so..Oh! I see the platform.I'm going ahead,get down quickly or I'll gonna go ahead."

Selena,"WAIT!!...

Raven let go off the ladder and jumped down through the dense clouds.

Selena,"I have to quickly get down or he will truly leave me behind."

After another half an hour or so,Selena finally reached the end of the ladder.

Selena,"Whoa! How peaceful!!"

The platform was right under the clouds,hanging from the tower like it was floating.

Selena,"I can even touch the bed of clouds!!"

Selena giggled and jumped to touch the clouds.

Raven *Yawn*,"First you take a day to climb down and now your acting like a kid."

Raven took a nap while Selena was climbing down.Selena thought to herself,"How far did he jump from and he is unscathed.Even he said that he could see the platform from there.But thank the lord he took a rest and didn't left me."

Raven was preparing his gears while Selena took some rest.

Raven,"Now listen,I'm not gonna repeat,WE will quickly get down using the 'Run and climb down tactic'."

Selena,"Run and climb..What?!"

Raven,"We'll climb down from platform to platform, if there's no platform we'll run through the floors and repeat the process.There are only 13 levels left and there is a platform right 2 floors down.So get down on your own."

Selena,"I was feeling a little sluggish before but now I can use levitation magic to get down but there is miles of distance between these 'levels'."

Raven,"Then,Get on it!" Saying that Raven jumped off while binding the chain on his hand to the railing.

Selena,"OH for Heaven's sake!!" She quickly followed him.

Raven landed on the ground safely but Selena,not controlling her balance fall flat on her face.

Raven,"We are only at the 11th level.Run quickly or you'll be squashed."

Selena even before saying anything started running and screaming for her life because the whole floor didn't have a single beast but it was filled with traps from saws to boulders.

Raven,"Stop screaming and jump!" Raven quickly jumped binding his chains on the wall.But Selena without knowing anything jumped off.

Raven,"There's the platform." "UUAAAAHHHH!!" Selena kept screaming but this time she maintained her balance and landed safely.

Raven,"Well it's good that you maintained your balance or you would have been dead.We're at the 7th floor now."

Selena,"What consists of this floor?"

Raven,"Why don't you find out yourself?"

. . .ON THE RUN. . .

Selena,"Where did all of these spiders come from?"

Raven,"Well,It's their house and we are passing through but HOLY! This time they had a lot of children!! They were really on it,I guess."

They kept running though the cave crawling with spiders.Mucous and little sacs were all around the walls.

Raven,"Don't step on the eggs we don't want to anger the mom. Look out."

Selena,"Eggs? EEEEEEEK!!" Selena barely escaped from squashing a sac.Those sacs have a lot of egg looking ovules floating in them.

This time Raven jumped off without saying anything planting his chains on the floor.But Selena didn't startle and maintained her composure. She jumped maintaining her balance and was about to land perfectly..

Raven,"What are you doing,idiot!?!" Raven suddenly grabbed Selena by her cloth. He was clinging on the ceiling with his chains.

Selena,"This time I did perfectly,Why are you calling me names?"

Raven,"You ARE an idiot!! These floors are hot enough to melt you off."

Selena,"What do you mean. . . .You can't expect anything from this tower,can you?"She said with a down face.

4th Floor,THE FLOOR IS LAVA.