Steve had been walking for a long time untill he finally found the sign he was looking for "Rapture Metro" "Thank god" Steve thought enjoying the prospect of a nice secure battysphere.

He heard a commotion coming from the metro station. He carefully proceded inside the station. There he saw a large group of people standing around screaming to let them through. Looking further he saw a group of armed splicers blocking the entrance to the battysphere.

He heard several machine gun rounds go off, and everyone but the splicers blocking the way through, threw himself to the ground. Steve saw the splicer who fired the gun into the air, beginning to speak, "By order of Andrew Ryan the metro is closed".

"you cant do that to us" someone from the group said "let us trough, their coming goddamn it" the splicer pointed his gun in the direction of the troublemaker "sit down and shut up" the splicer said "ryan is in charge, and Ryan says the Metro is closed"

"Fuck Ryan" the troublemaker said "I dont see him down here. Come on people were all going to die if we dont...".

Suddenly through the speakers a familiar voice came trough, Andrew Ryan. "The parasites have made their move at last. Already our streets are crawling with these bandits. But do not despair. their movements are but that of a chicken without a head, they simply do not yet realise that their actions are futile, that their rebelion holds no surprise, and that actions have been planned far ahead of time to deal with this situation. This is after all the behavior of the parasites, to act without reason, to think without possesing knowledge. Yes there are dead in the streets, but of what use are our beliefs if we chose to hide at the first sign of trouble. The parasites have only there weapon of fear to use against us, only if we doubt our own strenght do we give the parasites a chance. Through doubt we weaken ourselfs and strenghten the parasites. Doubt only serves the parasites. Citizens of Rapture, doubt not, dispair not, for our victory is inevitable. And when this whole mess is finished we will rebuild Rapture beyond even its former glory."

steve had listend intently. He knew that Ryan was right, the only weapon the parasite has is the weapon we grant them. Through our own doubt the parasite would control us all.

the crowd had gone silent. Now obeying the splicers that were guarding the metro. Steve went to one of the splicers. standing besides the splicer steve said "I have information in about where the rioters are heading, Let me through the battysphere so I can tell Ryan" the splicer responded "Like hell you will. Give me one good reason that would make me believe you." Steve was at a loss for words because of this, he didnt expect to be doubted, but then it stood to reason that the splicer wouldnt believe him, he propably had been hearing these kind of things all the time. He knew though that he couldnt just give this information away, he had to think of the city, but he also had to think of himself.

"Are the phones still working" Steve asked the splicer "yeah" he aswered "alright" Steve said "put me through to Ryan and ill tell him myself" "You tell me what you know, and ill tell Ryan" the splicer responded. "So you can credit for it" Steve replied "I have essential information, now put me through to Ryan." "If it wastes mr Ryan his time, ill kill you myself" the splicer said.

the splicer picked up the phone "can you get me mr Ryan, someone here says he has some information about where the Rioters are heading." the splicer apperantly waited for a response "No I dont know where it is, this guy wont tell me but only mr Ryan" The splicer said in the phone "here" the splicer said brusqly to Steve "Mr Ryan". steve picked up the phone "mr Ryan, Im Steve Davenport, I posses some valuable information, If you let me through the battysphere I will tell you where the rioters are going. I overheard it from the rioters myself."

Ryans voice came through from the other side "so you posses information. But you shouldnt expect me to pay without knowing what Im paying for. Tell me, and if its worthwhile, Ill let you pass."

Steve was nervous he didnt expect bargaining for this information. But he trusted Ryan "Alright, Ill tell you mr Ryan. The rioters are going to Arcadia." "That stands to reason, of course. And they wont take Arcadia in a million years." Ryan responded "Nevertheless, you have confirmed the rightness of my actions. You are free to use the battysphere to take you to safety."

"Thank you..." Steve started to say but the other side had already hung up. "You got lucky" the splicer who listend in on the conversation said.

Steve moved to the battysphere, the splicers guarding him moved out of the way.

"Why does he get to go" the troublemaker from the crowd yelled in indignation "quit down you" one of the splicers said "he is valuable". "and were not" the troublemaker responded. "dont make me come down there and mess you up" the splicer said.

Steve closed the battysphere door, he just wanted to get out of here as fast as possible. Then he saw that rioters were suddenly storming in from all directions. The rioters were killing the people from the crowd left and right. Steve saw bodies falling limply to the ground in a pool of there own blood.

The crowd became hysterical, they were running towards the battysphere. The splicers were trying to move towards the rioters so that they could put up a fight, but they couldnt get through the wall of people before them. As the batysphere went down steve could see a woman being pushed over by the crowd an and trampled upon.

He saw people trying to clutch on to the battysphere as it went down. He saw people jumping into the freezing cool water just as a way to escape, whilst Steve knew that they wouldnt last more then a few minutes in that cold.

As the battysphere went down the last he could see was the rioters breaking through the crowd and killing the splicer that had given him a phone.

A woman jumped down to the Battsphere just where Steve could see her. She got her foot stuck, and was unable to move though. Steve watched in horror as the woman before him was drowning. She banged on the door at first, But there was no way to let her in. She stopped banging, to weakend to continue, Steve saw her face go pale, she was losing her life. Then Steve saw her opening her mouth as if to breath. He knew that, that was the last movement of drowning. The lungs open up in a desperate attempt to catch some breath. By know her lungs would be filled by seawater though. As the battysphere twisted and turned so did the limp body of the woman before him.

Steve simply sat there though, watching the body of the woman before him. Had it really been just a few hours since the riots started. He felt like he aged a decade since then. He was watching the dead woman outside the battysphere. No longer in horror but in a curious fasination, as if it wasa spectacle to behold.

The body was pulled from the battysphere as it made a particulary violent twist.

Steve was going to safety at last, at least he assumed that Hapheautus was safe surely the rioters wouldnt be able to penetrate al the way into the core. No Steve thought. Ryan would protect the city.