My City, My Master

Fortunately it could be worst.

David showed to Angel a very huge building. Incredibly huge! The initial structure – made by stone and marble - had around 15 floors, but over it they were other 200 floors made by glass and steel.

- Wow! The Big Master! Whispered Angel, very frightened. What are we looking here?

Angel was shocked. She couldn’t believe that was true what was happening to her. She would like to be awake from this very long nightmare. Maybe it was a try for her. The Great Master was a monster. Its height was more than a mile.

- Do you think It will let us to enter inside? We don’t have permission to enter in the smallest ever building.

- No, you didn’t understand me! I said we will climb it! Ok?

David had put his bag on his shoulders along with some thick strings.

- I’m going forward. You will follow me!

Almost hypnotized, Angel tied to Dave with a string. He throwed the string, which had a magnetic end. The string clinged to a metal bar. They started their ascension. They couldn’t give up anymore.

- How could you have such an idea? Asked Angel when they have started to climb. It won’t execute us?

- Stay cool! Just don’t touch the walls. The string is isolated. And you know, our Masters have very strange behaviors. We have some chances to escape. I use to practice climbing on Masters by many years, after I was declared "pariah". My nickname was "the conqueror". I am the only "pariah" which faced the Master, the only "pariah" which could see the town from Its heights. Unfortunately, no one can ever call me the "conqueror" ‘cause all my friends were killed by the Buildings. With a little luck, this is our escape.

They ascended without any stop around 30 floors. They stopped a little on a frame, after they were sure no menace is behind that wall.

Little by little, they passed over the height of the neighbor buildings. They felt more free and much more free after they surpassed the heights of the other buildings. At a half of mile, they could see the City’s panorama. Far away, at the skyline, Angel saw some irregular and very strange heights. Their color seemed to be white or gray. Their tops entered the clouds.

- What’s there Dave?

- The Outside Masters… They are better and friendly. We will reach there, it’s a promise!

Suddenly an opening broke out upon their eyes and hit Angel’s head. The woman throwed out of balance and her hands slided. Fortunately she was strongly linked by David with a good string.

What happened now was not understandable. The buildings didn’t have any windows by many years. The people hadn’t the right to watch from the heights. From the opening, a very old woman, skeleton-like and almost translucent, screamed at them:

- I will tell to the Masters, you miserables… Bad and uneducated people! Did your parents learned you something like that?

Dave don’t replied to this old woman. What happened was, anyway, a bad sign, a nightmare appearance. He catched Angel and helped her.

- Now I will tell Them! Now I will…

The old crock howled at them in a very hysterical manner. Dave hit her on the head and the woman disappeared behind the window, who also disappeared.