“Because of the legend.” Nina blurted out.“Oh, now you want to bring up 7th Century myths and legends?” Max laughed. Fred joked.“Well that c...rtainly lets me out ladies. I’m certainly not fearless, ha, ha.” Max shot back. Came back over the link from the other girls.So in a matter of hours we were in the giant cavern thanks to Fred. Since we didn’t know what we were porting into we were all wearing Hazard Suites and our own air tanks. We also brought along huge battery powered work light arrays.. Suddenly, the lights of the city began to disappear. From the right to the left, a wave of darkness crossed the metropolis as the power went out! As the wave passed us I felt the elevator lurch. And then stop. I looked out amazed at the darkness enveloping us. I felt a tremble of fear in the pit of my stomach as I looked out over the moonlit city. A whimper rose in my throat as my long suppressed fear of heights began to return to me. I backed away from the glass, my back against the door. My. " Talk?" Talk," Jessica said. "Not yell, or try and hurt each other. Just talk." Do you realize how hard, what you're asking, is?" No, probably not." Well, at least you're being honest. Jess, I'm not sure if I can." Will you try? For me?" I think your mother has something to say about this. What if she doesn't want to talk?" She will." Special Child Operation Planned Elimination." Scope," I said, wanting to hurl."Sick, isn't it." I think it goes way beyond sick," I said. "How did you find out?". What’s up?”She gave a little laugh. “What’s up? Well, the last time I was here I was invited inside.”“Well, the last time it was my wife who invited you in. But, more importantly, when we met I was wearing clothes.”It was her turn to be surprised, but she replied fast: “Oh, I heard all about your nudity. It won’t shock me. I grew up with three brothers and they were pretty proud of their stuff.”It only took a second to decide. I opened the door for her. As I closed it I gave her a 360 turn..