But he recoils from her, rises on his crutches, sullenly makes another trip to the liquor cabinet, and shelters himself from reality by drinking himself into oblivion.Most of the officials were either killed or held hostage.The main mob of rioting apes then proceeded to march toward the city, under the command of Caesar - who was referred to by an apprehensive newscaster as "a supernormally intelligent chimpanzee who has acquired the power of speech.Ron and Hermione went off to find a basilisk fang, while Harry rushed on to the Ravenclaw common room to start his search.Trying to make sense of things, almost all of the principal characters were working on a book (or aspiring to do so).The power surges came from a central electrical source located underneath a sidewalk grating.Max ripped open the grate cover and gripped a major power cable-pipe with both hands, causing sparks as he absorbed its energy.