Chapter 3B - Survivors
"What the… what happened here?"
"Whoa…"
"Shut up, Charmy."
"Hey! Vector talked first!"
The trio make their way further into the desolate laboratory. An enormous indentation in the wall catches their attention.
"The hell…"
"Hey Espio, think anybody's still h-"
"Hello?" a female voice calls out.
The three remain absolutely still.
"Thorn?"
Still no response. They know they have to get out of there quick. Over the years, they've grown accustomed to hearing voices like these; voices unaccompanied by footsteps. The three looters carefully make their way through the door they came in. Not a word is spoken until they're sure they're safe.
"That was a close one."
"Thanks to Charmy, we almost got busted this time."
"Watch it!"
"Calm down, idiots. Do you understand what we just stumbled into?"
"That lab, it appears to be abandoned. Something crazy must have went down. Rubble everywhere, it looked like a warzone."
"And that indentation… something huge must have been in there."
"Yo Espio, that journal we found at the entrance. Didn't it say they were working on some sort of machine?"
"I think so, I'll have another look at it."
A few moments of dead silence pass.
"The dimensional leap machine, it says, seems to be able to… travel between dimensions?"
"Could that have been why the lab was so roughed up?"
"Yeah, maybe, but it doesn't seem to be there anymore."
"Does… that mean it worked?"
"We can only hope, Charmy. We can only hope."