Before taking anyone inside, Steven decided to say something important. "Alright, for those of you who will have to wait out here, I would highly recommend that you all wait right here and not go anywhere. Trust me, an urban environment like this is one of the last places you would ever want to get lost in. There are probably nearly a million Rainbowfaces living in this city, and not all of them are friendly. So for your own safety, please don't leave this parking lot." Steven then headed for the door. "Alright, let's go." He then opened the door and allowed everyone in the small group to walk in. Once they all had walked in, he followed them inside.
Littlefoot was amazed at the interior of the building. The floor was completely smooth and appeared to have cracks that went in straight lines in only two directions, making each piece shaped like a square. The whole room was shape like a perfect box, with four white walls. The ceiling, which was only one-and-a-half times the height of a Rainbowface, was also white, but what amazed him the most was that there were multiple lights in it. He was very curious about where lights like these came from. He was about to ask Steven, but then noticed that he and Elizabeth had already walked ahead of everyone.
The help desk happened to be on the other side of the room, so Steven walked up to it and asked the Rainbowface sitting behind it, "Excuse me, we're here to speak with the mayor. We're the ones that police helicopter found at the edge of the city."
The desk person that grabbed a piece of paper with notes written on it. After quickly reading it, she said, "Hang on just a second." She then pressed a button and spoke into a small microphone, "Mr. Thompson, the outsiders are here."
"Tell them to wait a few minutes, I'm busy," replied a voice from the small speaker.
"I'm sorry you have to wait, things have just been very crazy today."
"What do you mean?" asked Elizabeth.
"Perhaps this will explain everything." The desk person then grabbed the remote nearby and turned on the TV at the corner of the room.
The local news was currently on. The newscaster on the TV said, "For those of you just tuning in, yes, the rumors you've been hearing all day are true. All traces of civilization outside of Green City have suddenly disappeared." Steven and Elizabeth looked at each other in confusion then turned back to the TV. "Roads, railways, power lines, radio signals, satellites, everything is gone, and nobody has any idea why or how this could have happened." Shown on the screen was an image of a highway at the edge of the city, which appeared to have been suddenly cut-off. The road within the city limits was still there, but outside the city limits there was nothing, as if the road had never existed. This forced all outbound traffic to come to a complete stop in order to avoid going off the road.
