Lunar Escape by C. P. MacDonald

Author:C. P. MacDonald [MacDonald, C. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-02T12:41:06+00:00

Chapter 14

Calin and Shona sneaked down the strange tunnel, guns held ready. The strange architecture of the tunnel was almost memorizing the look at, the smooth walls shone like glass. At regular intervals, there were arches across the tunnel with strange writing carved into them. The low light made details difficult to see, but the flashlights built into their suit chest provide enough illumination for them to navigate by.

Calin routinely checked their position on the map displayed on his arm. They passed through multiple intersections with tunnels fading away into the darkness. Strangely enough, the tunnels are eerily quiet. Living on the Moon you became accustomed to a wide variety of background noise, other people, machinery, generators, even air flow. But these tunnels were possibly the quietest place Calin had ever been on the Moon. Even their footsteps were barely perceptible.

Shona moved to a lead position and moved quicker the closer they got to the spot marked MG10 on the map. Calin watched her move, the tenseness in her posture revealed her hidden anxiety and the worry she could never admit. He couldn’t help but admire her dedication and loyalty to her brother, even when they didn't get along that well. That kind of loyalty was hard to come by on the Moon. Sure, he would do just about anything for Dean, they have been buddies for years. But they worked and talked together literally every day. Yet Shona was here, risking prison, or worse, to find her brother. He wondered if her talk of leaving her criminal past behind her due to her brother was nothing more than an excuse to leave. He knew from personal experience an outlaw was a lonely career, luckily he had Dean and the Sea Rover.

He hissed slightly to get her attention as they passed into yet another intersection and silently indicated the left tunnel. Just before he got to the corner he paused and held up his hand to signal a stop. He turned his head and peered down the dark tunnel behind them. He thought he had heard a slight scruff or movement. After a minute of silence, he shrugged and they continued down the tunnel into the blackness before them. He was unaccustomed to this level of quiet, his ears were playing tricks on him he thought.

Around the next curve in the tunnel, they came upon another temporary airlock inflated across the tunnel before them. Normally used in emergency situations to block off areas exposed to vacuum, this type of lock was a large inflatable that pressed against the ceiling and walls with a double door air chamber inside. The low-tech inflatable was a stark contrast to the almost alien technology of the tunnel they had been skulking through.

“What the hell?” Shona exclaimed. “Why in the world is this here?”

“No idea,” he remarked and pointed at its control panel. “That shows there’s a vacuum on the other side. They typically use these as a temporary lock for a leaking section of a hall or tunnel back in Caldera City.

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