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I WILL CONFESS THAT I have done a lot of dumb things in my life. It may be accurate to say that getting involved with Calvin's misadventure in the first place was one of the biggest. But following him into the laser field is without a doubt the most foolish choice I have ever made. My friend assured me that we would make it, but I in no way shared his confidence. Still, I stepped forward when he began the perilous path through the lasers.
“Just do everything that I do!” Cal said to me as he began.
With surprising skill and dexterity, Calvin began to weave his way through the red-hot beams of light. He would simultaneously bend his upper body under one laser while lifting his legs over another. I watched in amazement as he contorted himself into bizarre shapes to dodge the shafts. At one point, he even dropped completely to the floor and inched his way underneath a laser strand.
I did my best to emulate what Calvin was doing, but I was nowhere near as flexible as he was! Every movement was a struggle and after just a few feet my muscles were screaming at me because of how I was bending myself. Beads of sweat were building on my skin and dropping to the floor. I watched as one fell off my nose and struck one of the laser beams, disintegrating instantly. I shuddered to imagine what would happen if my skin touched it.
By some miracle, I managed to reach the far side without being struck by a laser. There was just one set of them left to pass.
“You'll have to jump through this one,” Cal said, having already reached the Control Room door. “Don't jump too high, but don't jump too low either!”
I closed my eyes and gathered myself then jumped for the small opening. I made it through, but barely! I heard the hissing sound of the laser striking my clothes, and when I stood to my feet on the other side I saw that a large chunk of my shirt had been singed away!
“You made it! I told you it would be easy!” laughed Calvin.
“Sure, easy. Let's just get into that Control Room.” I growled.
We pushed open the door and walked into a room filled with computer screens. From here the Mega corporation was capable of monitoring and controlling nearly every Roblox server in the universe!
“There! That's the Oasis server!” Cal cried, pointing to one of the computer screens.
“Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get it open!”
Cal walked to the computer screen and began to type furiously at a keyboard just below it. After a few minutes, he raised his arms triumphantly.
“It's done! The server has been unlocked for everyone in the Roblox universe to access!” he cried.
“Wow. That was anticlimactic!” I said.
Just then a siren went off overhead. Cal looked back at me.
“They know we're here,” he said. “They know what we've done.”
“Does that mean we're toast?” I asked.
“Perhaps. But before we can leave we have one last thing to do. We're going to the top of this building to confront the leader of the Mega corporation. It's time that he was held accountable for his actions.”
“Well, if I'm going to die today at least it'll be for a good cause! Lead the way.” I said.