fly. “ Grenade out! ” They kept running down the small, trivisium-lit tunnel.
Three seconds later the tunnels reverberated with an earth shattering explosion. At the same moment the floor opened up and swallowed David.
Letsego could hear the explosion from half a kilometer away. He and Jankowski had been tracking the Dominguez ’ s through the tunnels, being careful to avoid the glassers. The tracking had been relatively easy. Glassers don ’ t wear combat boots.
“ What was that? ” Ski said when he heard the explosion.
Letsego picked up the pace and raised his wrist mic. “ Conway, come in. ”
“ What was that, boss? ” Sergeant Conway ’ s voice was slightly broken. The trivisium must be interfering with their transmissions.
“ Do you have me on your locator? ” Conway said he did. “ Good. Get to my location. We ’ ve found them. ”
Letsego and Ski double timed it down the tunnel, weapons drawn. The footprints they were following matched the direction where the explosion had come from. That had to have been Dominguez.
Just as Letsego and Ski were coming upon a large cavern was when Conway and his team finally caught up to them.
“ Are they here? ” Conway asked, slightly out of breathe.
Letsego peered around the corner into the cavern. “ No, but they ’ re close. ”
Conway saw what his boss was looking at. “ Are you kidding me! There ’ s hundreds of them! ”
The cavern was full of glassers. They were oriented on a tunnel entrance on the other side. They moved about like rats, jumping over one another, all trying to get to what was in the tunnel.
Letsego pulled a submachine gun out of his rucksack. “ Wait a second, staff sergeant, ” Ski exclaimed when he saw what Letsego was doing. “ We can ’ t go in there. We ’ ll get torn to pieces. ”
“ I know, ” Letsego said. “ Conway, did you see any other tunnels going up and to the left back there? ”
The sergeant thought about it for the second. “ Yeah, there was one. But Lets, if that was our guys the glassers must have gotten them by now. ”
Letsego laughed. “ No. They are alive, and cleverer than we thought. ”
The five of them backtracked to the tunnel Conway had seen. He was right. It led upward and around the large cavern. With Ski on point, they moved up into the new tunnel. The team advanced quickly but cautiously, weapons at the ready.
Letsego froze when he saw Ski hold up a fist. The point man turned around and motioned toward the tunnel floor ahead of them. Lestsego had not noticed the large hole in the floor at first, but now it was unmistakable from the dust rising out of it.
Letsego motioned for Smith and Yang to cover the rear while he and Conway moved up to join Ski. Silently they moved up to the edge of the hole. Halfway there they hit the deck when they heard a gunshot go off.
“ Get up, D! ”
David came to. Everything around him was dark and blurry. The air was filled with dust. He took a deep breath and immediately coughed.
“ Get the hell up, we ’ ve got to get going! ” Alana ’ s voice seemed far away.
The sound of a gunshot brought David completely back to reality. The fog immediately cleared from his mind. He looked around and realized what had happened. He was no longer in the same tunnel he had been in before. The explosion had blown a crater in the walls of the tunnel. He had fallen through the floor into another tunnel system. He looked up and saw Alana standing a level above him. She was facing down the tunnel from where they had come from, firing at a steady rate.
“ You okay? ”
David got up and brushed himself off. He picked up his pistol off the floor. “ Yeah I ’ m fine, ” he yelled. “ What the hell are you shooting at? ”
“ These bastards are clawing their way through the rock. It ’ s like shooting fish in a barrel. ” She had a slight grin on her face. This was just target practice. “ What ’ s the plan? ”
David assessed the
Three seconds later the tunnels reverberated with an earth shattering explosion. At the same moment the floor opened up and swallowed David.
Letsego could hear the explosion from half a kilometer away. He and Jankowski had been tracking the Dominguez ’ s through the tunnels, being careful to avoid the glassers. The tracking had been relatively easy. Glassers don ’ t wear combat boots.
“ What was that? ” Ski said when he heard the explosion.
Letsego picked up the pace and raised his wrist mic. “ Conway, come in. ”
“ What was that, boss? ” Sergeant Conway ’ s voice was slightly broken. The trivisium must be interfering with their transmissions.
“ Do you have me on your locator? ” Conway said he did. “ Good. Get to my location. We ’ ve found them. ”
Letsego and Ski double timed it down the tunnel, weapons drawn. The footprints they were following matched the direction where the explosion had come from. That had to have been Dominguez.
Just as Letsego and Ski were coming upon a large cavern was when Conway and his team finally caught up to them.
“ Are they here? ” Conway asked, slightly out of breathe.
Letsego peered around the corner into the cavern. “ No, but they ’ re close. ”
Conway saw what his boss was looking at. “ Are you kidding me! There ’ s hundreds of them! ”
The cavern was full of glassers. They were oriented on a tunnel entrance on the other side. They moved about like rats, jumping over one another, all trying to get to what was in the tunnel.
Letsego pulled a submachine gun out of his rucksack. “ Wait a second, staff sergeant, ” Ski exclaimed when he saw what Letsego was doing. “ We can ’ t go in there. We ’ ll get torn to pieces. ”
“ I know, ” Letsego said. “ Conway, did you see any other tunnels going up and to the left back there? ”
The sergeant thought about it for the second. “ Yeah, there was one. But Lets, if that was our guys the glassers must have gotten them by now. ”
Letsego laughed. “ No. They are alive, and cleverer than we thought. ”
The five of them backtracked to the tunnel Conway had seen. He was right. It led upward and around the large cavern. With Ski on point, they moved up into the new tunnel. The team advanced quickly but cautiously, weapons at the ready.
Letsego froze when he saw Ski hold up a fist. The point man turned around and motioned toward the tunnel floor ahead of them. Lestsego had not noticed the large hole in the floor at first, but now it was unmistakable from the dust rising out of it.
Letsego motioned for Smith and Yang to cover the rear while he and Conway moved up to join Ski. Silently they moved up to the edge of the hole. Halfway there they hit the deck when they heard a gunshot go off.
“ Get up, D! ”
David came to. Everything around him was dark and blurry. The air was filled with dust. He took a deep breath and immediately coughed.
“ Get the hell up, we ’ ve got to get going! ” Alana ’ s voice seemed far away.
The sound of a gunshot brought David completely back to reality. The fog immediately cleared from his mind. He looked around and realized what had happened. He was no longer in the same tunnel he had been in before. The explosion had blown a crater in the walls of the tunnel. He had fallen through the floor into another tunnel system. He looked up and saw Alana standing a level above him. She was facing down the tunnel from where they had come from, firing at a steady rate.
“ You okay? ”
David got up and brushed himself off. He picked up his pistol off the floor. “ Yeah I ’ m fine, ” he yelled. “ What the hell are you shooting at? ”
“ These bastards are clawing their way through the rock. It ’ s like shooting fish in a barrel. ” She had a slight grin on her face. This was just target practice. “ What ’ s the plan? ”
David assessed the
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