Wired Dawn by Toby Neal

Author:Toby Neal [Neal, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Toby Neal

Chapter Thirty-Five

Sophie stood stock still, afraid to move, afraid to know what she had seen and heard even as the last tremors of the rockfall settled. The smell of freshly turned earth filled her nose.

She felt dizzy.

The tunnel had just collapsed. The way out was closed.

“Sandy?” The disturbance had woken the boy. Nakai’s voice vibrated with terror. She was torn between returning to the frightened kid and investigating what lay ahead.

Finding out what had happened was more important to their survival.

Sophie turned back, calling out, “I’m all right, Nakai. Just relax. I’m investigating a little landslide that happened.”

Nakai wouldn’t be able to see around the bend in the tunnel to the disaster that had occurred. No sense in adding to his fear.

“Come back soon!” The kid’s voice wobbled.

“I’ll be right back.” Sophie injected her voice with cheerfulness and authority.

“And I’ll just be kicking it over here.” Yes, Nakai was a brave kid.

Having been so brave on his own, now that rescue was in sight, he must now be feeling all the feelings he hadn’t let himself have before. Sophie could almost hear Dr. Kinoshita’s voice in her mind explaining what the boy was going through.

Sophie held her glow stick up and forged ahead. She identified several more sticks that Alika had dropped on his way to them, but left them where they were so they could provide illumination for anyone coming to rescue her and Nakai. She refused to think of any alternative

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