The tunnels
The police convoy started moving, the first two vans were full as they slowly started moving while the last van was only half full. The three vans were accompanied by a cruiser leading the convoy and the helicopter that was already heading for tundra town. The convoy had no problem navigating through the busy streets as they met up with two other dark black vehicles while on the move.
One of the officers spotted the vehicles as they started to follow them, "Sarge. What are those two vehicles following us?"
Nick briefly looks through the tinted backdoor window and continues to examine the dossiers, "That Daniels are our glorious military riding in heavily armored apcs while we get to enjoy the view."
The convoy continued driving down the long highway, traffic was starting to become lighter as rush hour ended. They finally reached their first drop off point near the train yard and the convoy stopped.
Nick's radio buzzed, "Delta 5 come in."
"This is Delta 5 I hear you loud and clear Chief."
"I told you it's Alpha 1. Arg fine, dismount and head across the street."
Nick and his team exit through the back of the van and head across the street while the convoy continues driving down the street. They reach a sewer mammalhole and attempt to open it up.
"Damnit there's no way we are going in without prying it open it with something. Any ideas Willard?"
Corporal Willard responds, "Officer Gorkey, don't you have a tool for this job?"
Officer Gorkey slings his carbine onto his back and exchanges it with a crowbar, "This should do it sir."
Gorkey places the crowbar into the sewer cover and with his sheer force he pops it out and two other officers move it away.
Nick pats Gorkey on the back, "Great job Gorkey, we should close the cover once we descend down the ladder."
As Nick climbed down the ladder his radio buzzed again, "Delta 5 here's the navigation – follow the second tunnel – don't turn- *static*"
Nick desperately speaks into the radio, "Chief? Come in chief! Damn static."
Once Nick reached the bottom he turned on his flashlight and aimed it up the ladder so the rest of his team could safely climb down once the cover was closed. Gorkey was the last to climb down and close the cover due to him being the strongest. The team grouped up on Nick who was shining his flashlight on a crude map of the sewers.
"Let's see, the train yard is north from here so we have to follow the tunnel that way. Chief said something about following the second tunnel but he got cut off as I descended. Let's see, each tunnel has a designation number near the ladder."
Nick looks at the ladder and spots a number. He looks back down on the map, "E-65... E-65… Oh here it is, this tunnel merges with... E-64 which leads straight into the train yard. We just have to stick to the right wall."
Nick folds his map and attaches the flashlight onto his rifle. He turns it on and speaks to his team, "If our intelligence is correct the Shadow Riders are pretty much exclusively predators meaning they have some good night vision. If we keep our flashlights on we could confuse the enemy and take the first strike."
Everyone turns on their already attached flashlights and start following Nick down the long tunnel, "Daniels watch our back, Bryan take point you got the shotgun. Gorkey watch left and i'll watch right."
They continue walking down the long tunnel, water starting to rise in level as they descend further down the endless tunnels. The team reaches a grate with a lock on it that's blocking them from going deeper into the sewers.
Nick assesses the situation and gives orders, "Gorkey break this grate lock, everyone else setup a perimeter while he does that."
As Gorkey pulls out his crowbar faint sounds echo from the distant tunnel on the other side of the grate. Gorkey briefly stops and waits for the signal from Nick to continue breaking the lock. After a few seconds Nick gives the all clear and Gorkey breaks the lock in no time. Nick signals to Bryan who rushes through the open entrance, the rest of the team soon follow.
Nick pulls out the map, "Willard shine your flashlight. Alright lets see, this tunnel leads straight to an intersection with E-64 so we just have to turn right and follow the tunnel which should lead us straight to the train yard." Nick folds his map and readies his rifle, "Lets get a move on, I'll take lead rest of you follow me. Now move."
The team start jogging along the tunnel, water was now at Nick's knees as he attempted to lift his feet. They were jogging with heavy combat gear for at least 10 minutes Everyone was now panting as the tunnel was finally ascending.
Nick ordered a short rest break which resulted in everyone collapsing into a neat pile. All of the officers pulled out snacks while Nick was studying the sewer map with a fixed glaze. Daniel stood up and sat next to Nick, "Sarge, when are we gonna even reach the train yard? We've been running for over 20 minutes now."
Nick responds to Daniel while his eyes are fixed on the endless tunnel, "Jogging not running and 10 minutes not 20. Also based on this map we need to turn right but I see a small dug out passage way that seems to lead straight towards the train yard."
Daniel stands up faces the passage way and starts sniffing, "I can sense something through this passage way... I have a bad feeling about this."
Nick instantly stands up and brandishes his rifle, "Everyone up break over! We're gonna head through the small dug out passage, follow me."
The team approaches the passage way and follow Nick through it. The dug out passage way seemed to be done by paw and the ceiling was being holdup by wooden logs so it won't cave in. The whole passage way seemed to have been dug out in a hurry as it wasn't done in a professional manner. As they started reaching the end of the passage way they could see a bright light. Nick had to cover his eyes as they adjust to the brightness which seemed to be produced by artificial light. Once he finally reached the end of dug out tunnel, he opened his eyes and he couldn't believe what he saw.
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