The floor was caving in quickly now and the staircase shook, Vic looked at the floor above them which despite shaking violently was holding quite well. Vic decided to do the decent thing for the first time in his life, but not before pushing his luck. He grabbed the small feral woman to him and kissed her passionately, she squeaked in surprise and put her hands on his chest. He knew the fall wouldn't kill him, but who knew when they would see each other again. Before she could push him away and punch him, he got a good grip on her and threw her up the stairs, he heard her land and shout his name but in the instant that he threw her, the ground beneath him crumbled away and he fell with the stairs into the darkness below.
Back on the ground floor,unaware that Victor had fallen with the rest of the basement she grumbled and clung close to the wall "I can't believe that arrogant, self-centred prick! Victor Creed just you wait till i get down there again! I have half a mind to report you to The Director!" The communicator on her shoulder crackled and she frowned before a familiar voice spoke.
"Stop your yapping frail and get down here, you wont believe what i found..." She frowned and snarled back at the voice, still incredibly irritated.
"Now how am i supposed to do that Creed, the floor is caving in and you threw me up here!" She bit her lip and edged closer to the hole where the stairs were. "I can't see you, where are you?"
"I'm down the fucking hole, where do you think i am woman!" She growled and peered down into the darkness, straining her eyes for a glimpse of him, she couldn't see anything and it spooked her.
"I can't see you Creed... I can't see anything..." There was a loud huff on the other end of the communicator and Lottie growled. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
"I can't see nothing either, you make it sound like a big deal, get your ass down here now!" She growled back at him.
"Of course its a big deal, I should be able to see something damn it! So should you!" The voice on the other end just laughed.
"Hurry up and get down here, this thing i found explains everythin'." She hesitated and smelled the air getting a faint scent of blood on the air.
"Are you hurt Creed? I smell blood." There was a chuckle on the other end.
"Of course i got hurt i fell down a fucking hole! The bleedings stopped now, c'mon quit stalling!" She whined softly, she didn't like the thought of lowering herself into something she couldn't see but she needed to complete her mission... And hit Creed for kissing her. She crawled over to the hole where the stairs used to be and peeped over the edge, looking for anything to land on. As she leaned down the floor beneath her creaked and shook, out of instinct she froze. Te floor stabilised but she knew it wouldn't hold and see needed to get Creed out of there. She spotted part of the stairs and made her jump, she landed easily and looked around. On the ground under a pile of rubble she spotted something under a pile of rubble, as she was making her way over to it the voice spoke through the communicator again. "I see you Buckley, get off the stairs and head to the rear of the building."
"There's something here under the rubble..." She edges forward and tries not to audibly gasp.
Creed groaned softly as Lottie Moved some rubble off of him, he had been impaled on part of the stairs and his body was trying, unsuccessfully to head around it. The communicator crackled and Creeds voice spoke through it. "Where are you Buckley?"
"Just trying to climb down without breaking my neck, calm down would you?" She snapped back, careful not to betray her anger at being deceived or her regret that Vic had gotten hurt to protect her. She pulled Creed, with some difficulty as he was such a big man and she was only small, off of the wood that had penetrated his chest trying to be as gentle with him as possible. He opened his eyes and smiles softly as she lay him on the floor. She pressed a finger to his lips and shook her head as he went to say something.
The communicator spoke again "I'm at the back of the building remember? I know its dark but try to stay with it will ya?" she watched Creed narrow his eyes at the voice, his blue eyes turning white as his lip curled in a silent snarl, he knew now why she had silenced him but he wasn't pleased about it.
"Yeah yeah I'm on my way." She strokes a hand across Creeds now healed chest to make sure he was alright. He surprised her by grabbing her wrist and purring softly.
"Stop Lott, your putting me off my bad mood..." He grinned and let go of her wrist, just about managing to spot her blush in the dark. They both got to their feet and started towards the rear of where the house would be, Creed hanging back to surprise whoever was doing all this.
Lottie came to a stop at the rear of the property growling softly at what she saw there. Vic put a hand on her shoulder and looked down at her. She looked back and sighed. "It just had to be a tunnel didn't it?"
"What's life without a tunnel or two? C'mon lets finish this and get the fuck outta here." She couldn't agree more, so they headed into the cave together, Creed staying closer to her this time.
Vic backed away as the mouth of the tunnel opened out into a cave, a dim light glowing in the centre. There appeared to be someone standing by it, though in this light it could easily just be a pile of rock. Lottie crouched down and slowly started to approach the light, Vic hung back by the tunnel, waiting for the opportune moment to make his presence known. Lottie was almost at the light when the figure moved and stood properly in the light. The massive frame and shaggy blonde hair cluing her in, as Lottie watched Sabretooth stand before her in the light and knowing that Vic stood behind her at the mouth of the tunnel.