Jabberwock Jack by Dennis Liggio

Author:Dennis Liggio [Liggio, Dennis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Amazon: B015WXYR44
Goodreads: 27147406
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-11-10T11:00:00+00:00

The Undersystem was vastly different from the Sewers, more so than I realized the few times I had been down. I had never been in this section. The first thing I noticed was the largeness of it. The sewer tunnels were mostly cramped affairs outside the main tunnels, a rats warren of twisting pipes, access tunnels, and carved out spaces for water to run. The Undersystem was full of gigantic spaces. Large tunnels for vast amounts of water, holding and drainage tanks, overflow spaces, and other constructions to make sure the sheer volume of water did not overwhelm the bowels of Avalon even in the rainy season.

That scale contributed to the feeling we were unwelcome. The Sewers felt like they were designed to be hospitable; water could work its way through, but there were plenty of tunnels and pathways for people to get around. The Undersystem, on the other hand, seemed design for water. A few concessions had been made for humans to travel down here for maintenance, but this was not our realm. Any changes made for human travel were an afterthought, an addition. Metal catwalks were the most popular in sections, which despite Szandor being shown wrong, were a concern. In such a wet environment, decades, possibly even nearly a century old metal constructions were still less trustworthy than stone or cement.

Darkness felt even more impenetrable down here. Up above it was just as dark, but beyond the darkness was often a wall, a pipe, some structure. But down here with such large spaces, the darkness just masked more empty space, a greater void. Above in the tunnels, sometimes our LED lights showed a little of the walls, an unintended but reassuring reveal. But down here we didn't see the walls unless we stood next to them or shined our lights on them.

The sound of water was ever present, either dripping, rushing, or spilling. In this first area, we had descended onto a catwalk that was suspended about twenty feet above rushing water. We shined our flashlights down into it but saw nothing but black water. When we didn't shine our lights down, we couldn't even see the water which flowed beneath us.

I wasn't the only one unnerved by this. "I think you guys made a mistake," said Diego, shining his light down into that dark river beneath us. "Like I said, I can't track things in the water. I can track in both cities and wilderness, yes, but even I won't claim I could do this. I can't track a creature that just swims everywhere. You didn't tell me it was like this, I thought it was just tunnels." He took off his hat and ran his hand through his hair. "I'm not going to be much help. I'm out of my depth."

"There are still regular tunnels down here," said Meat. "I think you'll still have a chance to track."

"Regardless of whether you can use your specialty," said Jericho, "you are still a hunter and I expect you to handle yourself appropriately.

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