Chapter 215: Towers


    This was our third time getting sent back, no matter how fast we were. Thest room had six globes with twenty bands on each. Neither of us could even get close to finishing the second one, and now we were both sitting against the far wall where we had entered. This was the worst kind of test, no matter how many times we fail, we have to keep trying, or be stuck here forever.


    I had even tried smashing the wall, but our weapons didn''t even reach the wall, the weapons would float a hand width away. I tried to spin all the rings and stop each one as they lit up, but thest two rooms'' globes had two ss rings. They made it much harder to track and in the end spinning them two or three at a time was faster, but not fast enough.


    "What are we going to do?" Latisha asked from my shoulder where her head was resting.


    "I''m not really sure yet. No matter how fast we go, we are still short, by a long shot, but if we had one more person, then I think we would be fine."


    "But, there are only the two of us that are here, so that doesn''t really help us."


    "There are a couple things I haven''t tried yet, not all is lost. Though they might not be reliable options, we can try getting ahold of Ivan."


    I had noticed that there was a radio in the armor, so I reached in and grabbed it. I turned it on and pressed the button to talk.


    "Ivan?"


    "Mary, is that you calling me from the grave? Shit stain! It''s been a while, what can this drunken cosmonaut do for you?"


    "Who is Mary?" Latisha asked.


    "That doesn''t matter! Ivan, we are stuck in a room with a time trial thing, we need another person or extra arms to be able toplete this!"


    "She was my first wife, but I am not some mail order bride service!" Ivanined.


    "You brought me, Diamond,st time, can''t you do it again?"


    "What? Do you think I just go around dropping goodies off for free? How would I ever stay drunk?"


    "I freed you from the game, and if we get stuck in here, so do you. Put it on a tab!"


    "Fine! But you better watch out, I will have to beam him in."


    "Wait, send me gue Strider instead."


    "Whatever you want, but you will owe me, and the drunk Russian always collects his debts!" Shouted Ivan into the speaker.


    Both of us moved back and a red crosshair started to weave back and forth, but then headed for me. I started to back up but forgot how close to the wall I was and backed right into it. Instantly a suit of grey tes with blue and bright pink lines appeared in front of me.


    ''General Valthan Star Strider? Is that you? You feel like him, but you look different; why am I here?'' -gue Strider.


    ''I am the same, but we need your help.''


    I then exined what we needed to do, and after hearing, gue Strider agreed to help. If MainFrame could see this he would be having a kitten. Twelve copies of the MAS unit helped usplete the puzzle within a matter of moments, and we all ran through thest door. It led into arge open tropical ind, and we all ran out into the sand as the trial closed.


    "This is a lot better but, this still isn''t the city we were in" But Latisha''s voice cut off at the sound of my name.


    "Dave?!" A familiar voice called from behind.


    I turned around just in time to catch Sandra, as she jumped into my arms. I hugged her tight, she was wearing torn clothes and she was more tanned than when I had found her in the desert. Just how long had she been here?


    "Where is Aquina?" Sandra asked after finally pulling away from me.


    "Wait for us, this is Latisha, and this is"


    I looked around, but gue Strider Had helped out a lot; I just wish I could have thanked it. I turned back to the girls who were already talking, and I started to get a sinking feeling in my stomach. Then I noticed the blue circle that was starting to appear in the sand, finally, I was legit tired.


    "Dave, what have you been doing while I was away?" Latisha asked from off to the side.


    I ignored her and waved for them to follow, and both the girls started tough, but they still followed. Once all three of us stood around the circle, we stepped inside. In a sh of light, we were transported back to the street in front of the tower where the other women were waiting with worried looks.


    "You guys did die!" Tenten cheered.


    "Aquina!"


    "Sister?"


    Both girls rushed to each other and wrapped each other in a tight embrace. Then Grace and Kierra rushed to Latisha and me, both of them squeezing us. Grace had a big smile on her face after we kissed, and I guess she wasn''t just happy to see me.


    "We have an address from a dry cleaning receipt we found. Not for the person''s ce, but maybe we can find something at theundry ce or near it," Grace exined.


    "How did thest meeting go? Do I need to go and fix anything?"


    "No, this one was just a normal woman who had her ce broken into and had a vibrator stolen. The woman was really nice, and she made us tea," Kierra exined smiling.


    "Of course the one you all went to visit was normal, and I get the crazy ones," Iined while rubbing the back of my head.


    "I know, I was pretty disappointed that she was so vani. I was hoping to get someone wild, but looks like you got to have all the fun again! So, did you guys do it already?" Grace asked while nudging me and raising her eyebrows.


    "No, not yet, the system is different now, there was no mating sequence or Harem Member mission. I''m not really sure what this means, but I will have to do it on my own time now. Not that is a bad thing."


    "Maybe you could convince the sister to tag along, hey?" Grace nudged me again.


    I looked over at her with a raised eyebrow.


    "If you need help convincing them, I could tag along, you know, help out? I can be pretty convincing, and they look like a good time."


    "Who are you? Is there really a man hiding inside of you? I have never heard of a woman with such sexual cravings before! I''m not saying I don''t like it, but I can''t believe half the things thate out of your mouth!"


    "Mmm, I like to eat with both hands, and as a woman gets older, her other appetites tend to grow, but what can I say? I guess I''m just a special treasure meant to be cherished!" Grace said while giving a little twirl.


    The sisters had finally finished hugging it out and joined the group. They were both holding hands and they looked cute, but now all I could do was think about them both naked and lying on my bed. I rubbed my hands over my face and gave my head a shake, disperse thoughts!


    "Okay, I think we have done enough detective work for one day and I am exhausted. Let''s head back to the hotel and have something to eat. Afterward, I want a nice long bath and bed."


    That was my n, but I always made ns, but they hardly ever turn out exactly how I nned them.


    My group of five girls walked with me back to the hotel, and I took a look in the armory that was doubling for a bag it seemed. Fifteen thousand gold coins more than I had before was now stashed away and a new R-type Sword. I had thought that we had got the short end of things after we left the dungeon, not that finding Sandra wasn''t great, but there was a lot of work involved in getting to her.


    My guess was that these towers were normally required to get past this city, but more of a challenge for special items. That meant that the other towers could have girls in them, but now that I had started the thief investigation, I couldn''t just abandon it. No, we would catch the pervert and return all the missing vibrators, that alone would be a mission.


    After about thirty minutes, we made it to the hotel and checked ourselves in, and got an extra room. There were five of us now, and we were not poor, so there was no need for us to all pack into the same room. At least that was Grace''s reasoning, but she gave me an eyebrow lift when the other girls turned away.


    I rolled my eyes, not that this wouldn''t be fun, but it almost felt like it was part of an act that we did. She would make some lewdment or gesture, I wouldin, but then I would end up having a great time as a result. Grace was right, she was a treasure, so I went behind her as the girls walked ahead to the elevator and pped my hand on her ass, then giving her a kiss on the cheek.


    Grace put her arm around me and leaned into me as we walked into the elevator as I had just said something cute to her. The ride up was uneventful and once we got to our floor, all of us piled out and headed to our original room. Grace unlocked the door and let me in, but I stopped.


    gue Strider was inside the room, standing near the window, but the ss of the facete was down and the suit was looking out the window. I waspletely surprised when the suit turned around.