**INT. CHRONOS TOWER SERVICE ELEVATOR - CONTINUOUS**
Valentine, Thorne, and Elara step into a service elevator just as alarms begin to blare throughout the tower. The doors slide shut, and they begin to ascend.
How much higher?
Several more levels. The temporal key is housed in a secure laboratory at the top of the tower.
We need to be ready. They'll be expecting us.
The elevator stops with a jolt. The doors open to a dimly lit corridor filled with pipes and conduits.
This is as far as the elevator goes. We'll have to climb the rest of the way.
They exit the elevator, moving cautiously through the maintenance area. The further they go, the stronger the temporal energy becomes.