Two: Alone Together. Part Two.

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It was night, and Bobby was talking to the chief...

"From what the women are saying, it sounds like some kind of illegal adoption ring. They get lured in by being promised help and then coerced into giving up their babies. The deceased, we found, was selling them." Bobby said.

"How many women are down there?" She asked.

"Four: one in active labour and one infant. Clearing the roof now for extraction." Said Bobby.

"Sounds like you guys have a handle on things. I'll notify the LAPD. They'll want to talk to these women." She said, staring at Bobby and signing softly. "There's something else I'd like to brief you on."

"What is it?" Asked Bobby.

Buck was standing by the chimney with Eddie

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Buck was standing by the chimney with Eddie...

"Skylight's all dug out, so let's do this like a relay." Buck says.

"I go in, get 'em in the harness, and send 'em up to you and Hen." Eddie said, seeing Hen walking over.

"Copy that." Said Buck.

Buck ran over to the window, shouting at the girls to clear a path, and smashed the window with an axe.

"You are doing so good, Amber." Chimney says.

"I can't believe I'm having a kid down here. Alone." Amber said.

"What about the father?" Chimney asked.

"He doesn't know. I didn't tell him. He, uh, he wasn't a good guy." Said Amber.

Amber groaned.

"I'm sorry. That's how you ended up here?" Asked Chimney.

"Yeah, I didn't have anybody." Amber tells Chimney.

"No one?" Chimney asked, staring at Amber.

"My parents kicked me out. I had nowhere to go. Then I met Carol, and she made it seem like this was the best option. My only option. And she promised me that I wouldn't be doing this by myself and that my baby would be better off. And I believed her. I was an idiot." Amber muttered.

"No, no, no, no. You were scared. We don't always make the best decisions when we're operating out of fear, right?" Asked Chimney.

Back with Athena and Ashleigh...

"I'm gonna get you out of here." Athena said.

"How? I've tried helping, Athena. It's too heavy. You're wasting your time." Ashleigh says.

"If I could just find something and use it as leverage to lift it off of you." Athena said, holding the flashlight and shining it around the room.

Athena pulled some plastic wrap off a pole, looking back at Ashleigh.

"Bingo." Said Athena.

Athena and Ashleigh grunted, trying to push it off of Ashleigh.

"Athena, the longer you stay, there's a chance neither of us is getting out of here. Go and get help. If you really want, you can come back for me, not like I'm going anywhere." Ashleigh tells Athena.

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