Please note! This is a two-parted drabble, it continues in the next chapter.
Bomb
"Okay, I'd say we have 40 seconds. You want to do it Mole?"
"Yeah, just don't distract me."
Mole dropped to his knees in front of the small box. He inspected it for few seconds and opened the lid. The explosive was wrapped in plastic and a bunch of wires swirled around it, attached to different parts of the device. The timer didn't have a clock to show how much time he had left. He moved the wires carefully to see under them. Sweat formed on his forehead when more and more time went on. Gregory became worried after ten seconds. Mole had just kept observing the thing with his back to him and not saying a word.
30 seconds
"Is something wrong?" he asked. When Mole didn't answer him immediately, he became anxious.
Mole gulped and turned his face towards Gregory. Gregory saw a weird expression on his face, one he had never seen before.
Is he… afraid?
"This isn't a normal one. I… I can't find the wire that I'm supposed to cut.
20 seconds
"You mean… We can't shut it down?"
Mole shook his head.
15 seconds
"We don't have any time to escape it either."
Mole closed his eyes and nodded. They were doomed, absolutely, completely doomed.
"Bloody Hell!"
"Désolé, Gregory," Mole said quietly.
10 seconds
"Don't be. Oh Christophe, I'm sorry that you have to die again."
"At least not by guard dogs and I'm with you."
5 seconds
They smiled at each other. Gregory wrapped his arms quickly around Christophe.
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