Sorry for being so late with the update! But here it is! :)
Gabe- Assertive, mysterious, sarcastic.
Angela- Naive, helpful, and confident.
"So Gabe, what's with these mines? You were so adamant against coming here." Angela broke the silence that had gone on between them ever since she referred to him as a jerk, she thought that Gabe was being overly sensitive towards that but he would just deny it if she told him that. She was also tired of walking by now, they had been walking around for hours and still no sign of the young man or even a way out. There were many places to hide in the mines with the darkness of the mines being helpful in allowing someone or even something to hide, she tried not to think about that one knowing she would just scare herself even more.
Gabe was still agitated with her, he knew that she knew better and was irritated that she still tried suggesting the worst idea of the century. Gabe moved through a small opening that led to a tunnel, he wondered if they could scale down it and if it was even safe to try to chance it. The tunnel could lead deeper into the mines instead of out of them like they wanted, he answered Angela taking his flashlight to peer down into the dark tunnel," The question should be, who would want to come into these mines. It's just one big death trap already claiming countless victims and unless we get out of here we'll be added to that list."
The tunnel looked safe enough, he adjusted the gun over his chest clicking the safety on, "Okay, the tunnel is steep enough we should be able to use it and slide to the next area. You might want to put the safety on your gun. I don't want you shooting me while going down."
Angela mouthed what he was saying behind Gabe's back in a sarcastic fashion while putting the safety on her gun, she watched Gabe go down the tunnel before placing another flare at the entrance to it and going down herself. She winced as a rock hit her in the side and she slide over another rock hurting her butt and inner thigh, she almost hit Gabe when she exited the tunnel. She barely missed him rolling over to a rock sitting up after a moment, Angela reached up to feel a cut on her head gasping in pain," Gabe?.."
She looked over to see he was still on the ground, using her gun as a prop she got up from the cave floor crying out when a sudden jolt of pain went through her leg. She limped towards her partner trying to see if he was alright, she hoped to god that he was alright. She sat down beside him to give her leg some relief and began to lightly shake him asking him as she tried to keep her voice calm," Gabe, are you alright?"
He still didn't answer her, she placed her fingers on his neck feeling a pulse and sighed with relief. Good, he was still alive, Angela rolled him over and noticed a bloody rock laying right where Gabe's head had been. Kneeling down on her knees, she said to the man moving his head a bit to get a better look at the wound, seeing a gash on his temple, she figured that he went down the tunnel the wrong way and hit the rock after exiting it," No, no, no, no. Please be alright..Wake up."
Gabe was easily fifty pounds heavier than her and she wasn't that tall either presenting a problem for her if he didn't wake up soon, she couldn't carry him. She wasn't strong enough to lift him up, carry him, and she doubt that she could even drag him. Maybe this is why he advised her to go to the gym and start a routine when she first began working with him, Angela felt fear seizing her. She had a wounded man with her and no way to get him through the mines. One part of her decided that she would have to leave Gabe and go get help herself, but the other part was worried for her partner. What if the young man finds him? Gabe would have no way to defend herself and with the flares she left behind it wasn't no mystery just where they went as well. She didn't expect something like this to happen when she started to place the flares down for Josh, she tried her best to be calm but a whimper managed to escape her lips.
She really had no choice though, if she stayed and he didn't wake up then they would both die. If she went to get help then they both had a good chance of living or at least both of them wouldn't die, Angela stood up not stopping the cry of pain that came from her when she put weight on her injured leg. She looked down at it seeing that a rock was embedded in her leg and tried not to pass out from the sight, she could stitch up someone with a gash showing bone but she couldn't stand the sight of seeing herself injured or her own blood. Angela said to her unconscious partner taking some of the ammo he kept in his vest pocket," I am so sorry, I have no choice..I have no other choice."
After placing the ammo in her vest pocket and securing her gun over her shoulder she began walking away from Gabe. She hoped that he would be alright, maybe Josh wouldn't go after Gabe since he was unconscious? She didn't want Josh to go after her either, there was no way she could fight him off or even outrun him now. Gabe was supposed to be the smart one and he ended up getting them both injured! She glanced back after a few minutes her partner was now out of sight and the mines were still silent, she didn't want to do this alone though. She felt scared even with the gun strapped to her side, she was scared, but she knew that she had no other choice.
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