Colin grabbed a few lines of code and strung them together.
"You've done good, Colin." he smiled to himself, "You've done-"
Alarms began to blare as a message popped up.
"SELF DESTRUCT SEQUENCE ENGAGED. DETONATION IN T-MINUS FIFTEEN MINUTES."
"-Good grief..." he groaned.
Red lights flashed through the halls as sirens began to blare.
Guards, scientists, and escaped citizens alike screamed and panicked as they started running for the the exits and frantically driving away.
"OH CRAP, OH CRAP, OH CRAP!" Colin panicked, "LetseeheremaybeIcan..."
He frantically added some more code, bringing up another message.
"SEALING ALL EXITS, ALL EXITS SEALED IN TEN MINUTES. THIRTEEN MINUTES UNTIL DETONATION."
The panicked screams grew louder as the doors to the surface began to close.
Screams grew louder as people shoved each other aside in order to get to the surface.
People shoved and trampled one and other jumping into the guards' vehicles or just making a mad dash into the forest.
"EXITS SEALED IN FIVE MINUTES. DETONATION IN EIGHT MINUTES."
"Dammit there has to he something!' Colin screamed.
The crowds crawled under the closing gates, clawing and biting each other like savage animals.
The doors came down with an echoing clunk, screams now deathening as people beat on the doors in desperation.
"Come on, come onnnnnn! THIS!" Colin shouted as he sent a line of code in.
"TIME ADJUSTED."
"How much?" he asked.
"DETONATION IN 5...4...3..."
Colin angrily bellowed "MOTHER FU-"
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Josephine had managed to board a Jeep with two other guards.
"You two were out here when the countdown began?" Josephine asked.
"Yes, I sent a text on accident telling her I wanted to leave together." the man said.
"Hunk, I'd follow you in a heartbeat." Pamella smiled.
The base erupted in a massive ball of flames and debris that singed the treetops.
Josephine just stared on at the inferno, wondering what became of her newfound friend...
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Game Over: ..... I have nothing to say to you.