City of Ember Page #3

- What's that?

- We'll cope.

But what about the blackouts?

They're getting worse.

- They're-They're-They're-

- Slow down, kid.

You have to learn

to take things as they come.

Well, what's th-

What's this tunnel called?

It's Tunnel 25. And this is 26.

How do you know?

Come on.

- What's that for?

- Pressure.

Waterwheel.

And this?

Don't know. It's not my job.

But you've worked here forever.

How could you not know?

Mindin' my own business keeps me-

keeps me busy enough.

Uh, can we go into the Generator?

There's gotta be another way

into the Generator.

Huh. This tunnel's been erased.

Hey! What are you doing here?

- You don't work in the storeroom.

- You're-You're Looper.

- Uh, your brother was in my class.

- Oh.

Thanks for the enlightening information.

Is that why you're here?

- No. I'm training in the Pipeworks.

- Huh?

- I'm-I'm training in the Pipeworks. I saw this-

- Huh?

This rope. L-l-I got lost. I'm sorry.

- Yeah, well, get lost again!

- Oh!

You okay?

Huh.

I'm over here!

Lights, come on.

- Help me!

- Please.

Please come on.

Lina? Lina?

- Doon?

- Lina, keep talking.

Doon, where are you?

Where are you? Hey, you okay?

- Yeah.

- Keep talking. Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Something's not right.

They never last this long.

- What's that sound?

- It's the Generator.

- But they can fix it, right?

- Maybe for now.

But we're-

We're running out of time.

We have to do something.

There was a man this morning.

He came back from the Unknown Regions.

He said he heard water.

Did you ever think

there might be a way out?

A way out of Ember?

All Pipeworkers.

All Pipeworkers,

Electricians and Engineers-

- Look, I need to get down the Pipeworks.

- Report immediately.

- You stay safe, Lina, okay?

- Doon.

- Attention, all Pipeworkers.

- Doon!

- Wait!

- All Pipeworkers, Electricians, Engineers, report immediately.

Where'd you get that?

- L-I think it came from some kind of animal.

- No, where did you get it?

A man came back with it

from the Unknown Regions.

It's from a beetle.

- Messenger!

- It's beautiful.

- Can I keep it?

- I have a message.

Miss Sample, I need to get home

and check on my granny first.

Pass the message as you go.

Tell everybody.

Seven minutes!

The power failure lasted seven minutes!

Twice as long as we've ever had!

# It was so strong #

# But we live by the joy of our song #

#The city shines-##

Granny!

No time! You better move!

It's out of control!

- It's here somewhere.

- What's here?

Somewhere. Something.

It's very, very important.

My great granddaddy-

He told me this.

Wait here.

Poppy, no. Give me that.

Spit it out.

Poppy, come on.

Pop- Mmm! Fine.

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