Arachnoextinction Chapter 14: Chapter Fourteen - Everything is(n’t) fine!

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The only light in the room came from the blinking lights from the monitors. The large tube in the mammoth room was giving off a glow strong enough to make the room bright enough to see wall to wall. "The spiders cut the power?" I asked him. There was no possible way they knew how to do that. "They did something to it. Whatever it was, we are now powerless; with that information, I think we can all assume they somehow have stopped the flow of energy,” Dr. Kale said. “But… they’re spiders ! They can’t know to do that!” I said in disbelief. This was already deep in the realm of the impossible; it had now taken a step past that point. “They must have felt the electricity flowing from the room. That kind of power must have been strong enough to draw the spiders to the energy it was producing... Their intelligence is unrivaled among any animal species we've discovered. That may even include the species alive today," he said and buried his face in his hands. "What have I done?" "This building is full of people with doctorate degrees. Let's hope we can, at least, outsmart them," I said. “Wait. How is the tube in the room creating light? The monitors here, there’s blinking. They’re still getting power?” “The computers are different. They’re getting enough energy to maintain all crucial information stored and keep the mammoth alive, but they are unusable for us. The most important parts of this facility are hooked up to an outside generator in case of a power failure,” sounded his voice from the darkness next to me. “If the computers are getting power, is this room also getting power?” I asked. “No. This room is wired to the building,” he said. A horrible thought hit me. "How are we going to get out of this room with no electricity? Or how will Darren and Justin reach us with no elevator?" I said. "This room has an emergency latch we can pull, but it's a hell of a drop, and it will hurt," Dr. Kale said. "As for the elevator, there are stairs that lead to every floor, but if the spiders are as smart as I know they are, they'll be there waiting." "The stairs will be funneling their meals to them," I said and rubbed my eyes, trying to think. "So what you're saying is that we are just S.O.L.?" "Let's just see if Darren and Justin can get here. Then we'll deal with getting to the weapons," Dr. Kale said. "Okay, so a freshly-hatched spider killed a grown man with ease. I'll chalk some of that up to the element of surprise. But, honestly, how much trouble are we in here? Are spiders as aggressive and dangerous of an insect as I fear they are?" I said. "Not insects. And as I stated before, you might as well forget all that you think you know about spiders. Besides their appearance, there's not much in common. In fact, their appearance is pretty much where the similarities end. Besides my friend who found the eggs, who is smoking freaking hot, by the way, I know more about these creatures than anyone on Earth," Dr. Kale said. "Not the appropriate time to be discussing the physical appearance of your friend, who I highly doubt is really your friend,” I said. Dr. Kale shrugged. “A lonely scientist can have friends.” “Okay, so let's make this easy. In your barely-professional opinion, are we screwed?" I said. "Oh, God, yes. We are the epitome of boned. More than I can express to you," he said. “Becca?” I called out to the dark praying for an AI savior. “Any thoughts or advice?” “No power, so her server is down. She runs on the main grid. It would be really helpful to have a super smart AI right about now. A little weird to introduce her just to have her removed from the story. Almost like she was introduced here to be used in an upcoming series,” Dr. Kale explained. I sat down on the floor with a frustrated sigh and pulled my phone back out, but there was no service. "My service is gone," I said and flipped my phone open and closed a few times to try and get it to work. "Well, yeah, it's not like we are anywhere near phone towers out here in the mi