Tunnels chapter 2
Here it is the second instalment. Still in the underground network, our three characters have a little fun with a very smart creature.
They just waited there for ages. Unknowing what to do next. "We've got to find a way out. These guns are useless!" Connor cried.
"Are you ready to go scout out a route?" Becker asked. He looked around the corner for the umpteenth time. There was no sign of them.
"I suppose so. Wait- why aren't Comms working?" Abby asked.
"We're underground Abby," Connor muttered. There must have been a lot of interference, as the lines were fuzzy and barely audible. The black boxes were fine as they didn't work on the same circuits.
Jess looked back as Matt walked into Lester's office. What were they up to? And why was matt back and everyone else still at the incursion? But most of all why were the others not replying? Jess stared at the screens.
They could be underground as there was a pretty old network there; but why would they have gone underground?
"Jess can you find my phone," murmured Lester peering around the door to look at her.
"It's on the floor in your office!" Jess cried turning on her chair to point to it on the floor beside his desk. Lester picked it up and walked off with matt. What was going on with those two? But Jess just sat back down and tried to get through to the others.
Abby crawled along the narrowing tunnel- "I see light!" Abby cried. They saw it was a very small crawl space. Barely wide enough for Connor to crawl along, not even considering Becker.
"Abby, go first," Connor explained. He stared over at Becker and they exchanged brief looks. Connor would have used to be scared of this kind of thing; but he was more concerned about Abby getting out.
And it didn't look like it'd support much weight. Connor watched Abby crawl through easily. "It won't take my weight and probably not your weight either," Becker whispered to Connor what they knew to be the truth. Connor nodded and tried to smile at Abby at the other end of the tunnel.
"Should I try it?" Connor asked Becker.
"It may be stronger than we think," Becker noted and then he nodded and Connor began to crawl towards Abby.
Then he heard it; a kind of grinding cracking sound beneath him. Connor just stared at Abby and smiled. "Get out and get help, Abby. I love you."
Connor yelled as the small tunnel he was in began to rupture and split. It fell and so did Connor trapped inside.
Abby just sat there in daylight. The tunnel she had been in had disappeared and the earth had sunk. "Connor! Connor?" she yelled. At that moment neither of them knew whether he was even alive, or where he was.
I had to end it there. I could have gone on to explain more about where Connor was. Next chapter reveals more surprises as Connor and Becker still has to deal with the creature.
