The cold concrete puddles blended in with the new drizzling rain that fell from the sky. Emi and her class, including Allen, approached Zedra Labs; the bright white color of the building contrasted with the usual gray of most skyscrapers. It was also oddly windowless.

Ness and Wendy gabbed on about the rest of their class's adventures in the city on the previous days, but Emi was more focused on what lay ahead of them.

"Do you girls wonder why there's no windows?" she asked them.

Ness shrugged. "Maybe they just don't like sunlight. Scientists are weird y'know."

Wendy facepalmed. "Ness, I want to major in science. Am I weird?"

"Yes," Emi and Ness said together. Wendy faked a laugh.

The double doors of the building opened and a bright light burst from the interior. When everyone's eyes had adjusted, a woman dressed in a blue skintight spandex jumpsuit was revealed to be standing in the doorway.

"Hello, Johnston High! Welcome to Zedra Labs. I am Zedra the 5th."

Emi heard Wendy squeal as Zedra continued. "My great-great-great-grandmother was the founder of this establishment, and my mother currently is the CEO. If you all would follow me, we could get started on the tour."

Emi tied up her long brown hair and followed the rest of her classmates into the building. The lobby was all-white, with a large fountain in the middle and stairwells going up on either side. She looked up and saw that you could see the ceiling from the lobby, with each floor having a balcony to look over.

"This is the main floor," Zedra said. She continued on about the history of the building itself, but Emi paid it no mind. The thoughts returned to her.

"When?" Allen would say.

"I'm not sure."

"We're getting old enough to where it's legal now. I'm 16, you're 17. Why not?"

"Just...leave it alone."

"If you say so."

Before she knew it, they were on the 7th floor touring the building's chemistry labs.

"Before working on robotics like we saw previously, Zedra Labs was a primary source for chemical research," said Zedra. "We even have a 'gas chamber'. Don't worry though, it's for inanimate objects. Not people or animals." She motioned to a large glass box in the back of the room. It had a door on it.

"For you naughty teens or chaperones out there, we're working on a vaporous 'aphrodisiac' of sorts. Like....Viagra gas." The audience laughed, and the male chaperone in the back was oddly silent. Emi scrunched her face up at the thought.

"And now...if you would follow me to the next room, we'll be able to see and taste the food-flavoured vapors that we've produced." The class began to file out of the chamber room. Emi began to follow but she felt a hand grab her arm.

She whipped around to see the face of Allen. His face had an unusual expression on it.

"Allen?" she said with concern.

He only said, "That aphrodisiac stuff might fix you, and then we can have fun."

"I'm not so sure that I'm okay with that."

"I wasn't asking." Allen pulled her towards the gas chamber with force. She tried getting free, but her efforts were fruitless. Before she had a chance to scream for help, Allen forced her inside and sealed the door. The glass was soundproof.

The eerie silence bothered her as she watched Allen slowly walk to the control panel and press a few buttons. She wasn't sure he knew what he was doing, but she could hear a hissing sound come from the corners of the box. 

Emi ran to try and shove the door open but couldn't. She began to cough from the vapor, not exactly sure what settings Allen had added to activate it. The coughing got so bad that she was leaning against the wall, struggling for air.

An odd surge of strength came about her and she smashed open the side of the wall that lead to the outside world, 7 stories up. She wasn't aware that she'd broken the wrong side because she was blinded and jumped out of the hole, falling 7 stories down.