"Aye Paul keep coming down slowly on the hock you got another 3 meters", looking up Chris eyed the big steel beam attached to the crane hock gauging how he was going to insert it into the nearly four story high steel skeleton structure. Putting his weight back onto his safety rope he let go of the beam and settled back into his harness to have both hands free, "your about 1 meter from the bolt holes now keep it coming just nice and gently" the beam slowly crept down as Chris tucked his radio away and pulled out his steel bar lining up the pointed end with the bolt holes of the current structure. With a loud bang that left the structure ringing a high pitch noise Chris let go of his bar that was now inserted in the 2 holes and started putting bolts in the unoccupied holes.
"Could you be a bit more quieter you noisy bastard some of us don't appreciate all the noise your making" Crackling through the radio Chris could imagine the smirk Paul would be making at the jab he just threw "I know you old cunts are bit sensitive, maybe you should retire so some of us young fella's can jump in that oversized claw machine" the radio crackled to life with Paul laughing through the other end.
The days went by fast when Chris had something to do, he would always get restless if he had to stand around all day sweeping and cleaning up so he usually never lasted to long at companies with a lot of downtime. He was honestly enjoying directing the crane and throwing this giant jigsaw puzzle together, feeling his heart begin to speed up as he unhooked from his rope and began to walk across the swaying beams was a rush. "Aye young fella what you going to do after this job. I think things are going to slow down a fair bit after we finish up with the steel work, at least until they sort their shit out and get those concrete slab ready" the question gave Chris pause.
The only thing he could think of was nothing, he was honestly perfectly content to laze about and do nothing all day. But reality often came calling and bills always needed to be paid. Coming out of his thought's a loud screeching was all the warning he got as the whole structure began to shake and fall to piece, one moment he could feel the pressure of his boots against the steel beam the next moment he was falling. He could hardly process anything as the ground slammed into his body, his next thought was of the pain and agony that crippled his mind and body.
He tried to gather his thoughts as his vision swam and panic filled every part of his conscious mind, he couldn't focus his confusion was overwhelming every rational thought he had, like why couldn't he feel anything past his lower body it felt so cold. Reaching down his hands throbbed with pain as he felt a steel beam on his legs and instinctively tried to push it off. White hot pain flared through his body that left him exhausted and tired, he couldn't do this he was just so tired of everything of the pain the hurt just how empty he had always felt. Chris closed his eyes as he felt his body begin to warm up.
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Opening his eyes they struggled to focus under the harsh light, so he sat up up and tried to rub the sleep out. Faint sounds and noises began to come into focus as several voices began to fil to the room all of them sounding panicked and confused. "Please be calm, we'll answer any questions when everyone wakes up" the voice boomed scaring Chris out of his stupor. Opening his eyes he found the room he was in was a grand chapel like building with a stained glass ceiling, red velvet banners hung on the walls, the room was filled with several individuals at one end was the source of the booming voice an old man dressed in blue robs with a pointed hat, he leant on a knotted tree branch that looked like a staff.
Sporadically dotted around the outside of the room were knights dressed head to toes in golden armor with rune like symbols covering their bodies they barely moved and made no sound. Finally in the middle were a bunch of normal people from all walks of life looking extremely confused. Clearing his throat the look a like wizard started approaching "Your all here because you answered our call, as confusing as that may sound we're in trouble and we need your help to fight off the forces of darkness that threaten our kingdom", coming to a stop he spread his arms as fire shot out of his hands. "You may not realize it but you now process untapped potential to bring this great evil to it's knees and push it back to it's cursed lands, so chosen ones that have answered our calls I hope your ready to fight". His hands began to glow as a set of big golden doors began to creak open.
"Now I know not all of you will be willing to fight or even want to fight and that is what it is, just know that if your able to and willing to you will be rewarded with riches and statuses beyond your wildest dreams so I hope you will consider it" people began to move through the still opening gold doors dressed in long white robes. "Now while you most probably have many questions I'll hope you won't mind waiting a bit more, we've assigned you a priest to make sure your bodies are in tip top shape and they'll be more than happy to answer any questions you have". Hearing the clink of a pair of shoes come to a stop behind him Chris turned around to meet the priest, "It's a pleasure to meet you miss, please here's something to help preserve you modesty" reaching out she presented Chris with a grey robe, it was then he realized 3 firstly the stone floor was pretty cold, secondly he had no clothes on and thirdly he was missing his dick.