Chapter 21
**Fremantle City, Western Australia.**
There was a building that went all the way up to the cloud that was entirely devoted to gaming on each of its levels.
Some slides allowed one to descend many stories at once. It also contained elevators, but since having fun was seen as being so vital, slides were incorporated into the design as well.
Restaurants, movie theatres, and bowling lanes were all located inside the building itself. They were entertaining, and everyone who worked in the building also lived there, and they completely forgot what it meant to be lonely.
In one of the rooms in the facility is a collection of cutting-edge technologies, the majority of which are being utilised to conduct experiments on human subjects. These technologies include a variety of apparatuses.
Steve Darlene sat in his luxurious office, high up in the cloud-reaching gaming structure that towered over Fremantle City.
His grey eyes scanned the documents on his desk, his mind drifting between business deals and his lifelong pursuit of a cure for his illness.
Despite his impeccable appearance in his fashionable t-shirt and blue jeans, there was a lingering tension in the air around him, a hidden truth that no one but his closest ally knew.
A sharp knock on the door broke the silence.
"Come in," Steve called, his voice firm but distant.
Shane Morris, Steve’s most trusted friend and right-hand man, stepped inside. He was dressed casually, but there was a formality in his demeanor that never seemed to fade, even after years of working closely together.