Anubis House, The tunnels, England
(A/N: SO sorry to start a chapter like this, but, as I was thinking about the story, I think I may want to do a couple Amy and Bernadette chapters? I know, I know, I said I wouldn't do those, but I was thinking and maybe I will. They're not going to be soon, but I may have an idea for an Amy chapter. DON'T HOLD ME TO IT, THOUGH!)
Nina looked over her shoulder and saw Howard, Leonard, and Sheldon staring at the tunnels in front of them. Howard still looked horrified, but you could see the relief wash over Sheldon and Leonard as they went deeper and deeper into the tunnels. Fabian was leading the pack as they walked through the dark passageways. He seemed the most comfortable here, not above ground.
He jumped over the huge crack in the rocks, one of the many obstacles in the tunnels that Robert Frobisher-Smythe built. Howard stopped and threw his arms out straight out to stop Leonard and Sheldon.
"Jump, weaklings!" Patricia called. Nina nudged her and gave her a warning glance.
"That's not nice, Patricia," she said.
"Well, they need to jump otherwise they won't see anything cool tonight. Or ever." She crossed her arms across her chest and jutted her hip out. Amber stood there, her sparkly high heels shining from the flashlight beams, her hair flipped over her shoulder.
"You guys had better jump soon. We'll leave without you," she threatened.
Leonard shoved Howard's arm out of his way and stood at the crack of the rocks. He took off his glasses so they wouldn't break if he plummeted to his doom and put them in his pocket, even though he was freaking blind without them. He blinked to clear his vision and jumped across the crevice. Leonard landed on his feet shakily with his arms out to the side. Fabian and Alfie each grabbed one of his arms as he slipped his glasses back on his face. He turned.
"Okay Sheldon and Howard, jump," he said.
Howard and Sheldon were shaking gently over on the other side of the crevice. It almost was like Sheldon was going to jump into Howard's arms at any moment. Leonard wouldn't be surprised if he did. Howard stepped forward and peered over the edge, seeing nothing but darkness for feet upon feet below. He picked up a rock that had come off of the edge and tossed it over the edge. You couldn't even hear it hit. Howard gave it one final glance and then, getting a running start, he jumped.
Howard landed perfectly, apparently he had better balance than they thought.
"Okay, Sheldon. Jump, Moonpie." Leonard grinned.
"Didn't we just have this conversation? Only Mee-Maw calls me Moonpie." Sheldon shrugged his shoulders and shook his hands out like a track and field runner in the Olympics.
He stood there, and kept standing there.
Fabian leaned over to Leonard.
"He going to jump?" he asked.
"Probably not." Leonard shook his head and kicked a pebble with his toe.
"Sheldon! Hurry up!" Howard said.
"But the gap!" he said, casting a scared look over to the rest.
"Screw the gap!" Howard said.
Sheldon sighed another time and closing his eyes tightly jumped.