Chapter 8
Alley:
"Let's go this way," I say as I look down the opposite hallway that Hellboy has just gone down.
"Where do we look first? I have a feeling this place is huge," Shadow says looking worried, as she looks at my bandages.
"Well, let's see, if you were a demon rat, where would you go?" I ask grinning as Shadow makes a face like she has something sour in her mouth.
"I really don't want to know!" Shadow says, still making the face.
"Come on, I'm serious, Shadow," I say, as I stop to scratch my bandages in front of one of the glass cases. This one features a big pointy object and something in a jar.
"OK fine, hmmm. I know, how about the kitchen? There were a lot of rats around that old abandoned restaurant that we saw before," Shadow suggests.
"Perfect! Let's go!" I exclaim, getting ready to go when Shadow stops me.
"Wait, how do we find the kitchen?" Shadow asks, looking around.
"Simple, we follow our noses!" I say rolling my eyes.
I put my nose to the floor. Our sense of smell is not as good as a blood hounds, but it is pretty darn close. I can smell many things, the people near by, the other animals in the building, and then finally the pleasant scent of food.
"I've got the scent. Let's go." I say, as I limp down the hallway.
As we go down the hallway, we see many people who are to busy to notice two kittens. We're walking against the wall, so as not to be trampled. We learned that trick while living on the streets. Some people are holding strange objects, some are in suits, and some are in regular clothes. There are even some who are pushing empty carts.
At the end of this strange maze of hallways we come to a dead end in a small room with a very low ceiling. This confuses me because I can still smell food coming from somewhere. I pick up my head and sniff the air. It's coming from above! But how do we get up there?
Just as I'm thinking this, one of the busy people we passed before with an empty cart, steps onto the floor beside us. Suddenly, the wall behind us closes. All of a sudden the floor starts moving upward! Just as suddenly as it started, it stops. The wall opens up again. There's another hallway here ending in a pair of big metal doors a little ways away. The cart starts to move forward towards the doors. This time we hitch a ride because I catch the scent of food on the cart.
Now the scent of food is very strong, so I know we are in the right place.