The Bonnies

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty Two

One thing that we had calculated correctly was the length of the sewer. We covered more length by running and I could only imagine where we would have been had we still been walking. We came to a stop at a crossroad in the sewer.

"Just Great! Now which way do we go?" Yuri threw up her hands annoyed.

I pressed the headset. "Taylor we're at a crossroad in the sewer, which way should we take."

"One sec." She beeped back in.

"Can you like hurry it up Taylor, it stinks down here." Yuri fussed.

"Relax Yul. We'll be out of here soon." I said with a shake of my head even though I silently agreed with her. The smell from the sewer was awful and I had to take several deep breaths so I wouldn't keep ingesting it in. There were rats crawling on a ledge near the side of the wall as they squeaked on by. The ledge was also littered with trash that had gotten wash down here from the water. We could barely see through the dirty water as it came up to our knees. It was a very good thing that we had these suits on—even though I was pretty sure we would have to burn them when we were done.

"Okay I got it." Taylor beeped in. "You guys need to keep straight."

"But wouldn't the left tunnel lead in the direction of the museum?" Kerry asked.

"No it will lead back to where you came from. You guys forgot you came to a curve when you first started in the sewer. The left way just doubles back. If you go straight ahead, you will be in the direction of the museum."

I nodded. "That sounds about right. Thanks Taylor. Any signs of the guards waking?"

"Nope, there still out. I think Yuri gave them too much."

"Did not!" Yuri fussed. "I gave the amount you said."

"I surely doubt—"

"Guys we don't have time for this." I said interrupting another one in a million of their arguments. "Thanks Taylor, just keep us updated. Come on ladies."

We ran straight ahead down the sewer in the direction that Taylor gave us. Had this been a couple months earlier, my legs would be screaming and begging me to sit down. Thanks to boot camp trainer Kerry, they weren't. A couple of rats we ran passed started to squeak and some even dove into the water. Yuri hollered before kicking one across the sewer. The look and kick on her face was priceless that I almost busted out into laughter. Instead I just file the memory into to the back of my head for later to use to pick on her.

As we ran deeper into the tunnel, I noticed a small glimpse of light shining. The closer we got, the brighter it got.

"Do you guys see that?" Kerry asked. Yuri and I nodded.

We slowed down as we got closer to the light that was coming from a hole in the wall. At first glance I thought it was the sunlight from outside shining through the hole in the wall, until I remembered it was night time. Plus the fact the light had kind of an orange glow to it. The tunnel we were in still continued straight, but I had a feeling we were supposed to go through this opening. I slowly approached the opening as Yuri grabbed hold to my arm.

"Autumn where are you going? Taylor said to continue straight."

I shrugged her arm off. "For once, I think Taylor is wrong."

"I heard that!" She piped in. "Just what exactly am I wrong about?"

"There's an opening in the side of the wall in the sewer pipe you told us to go." Kerry supplied.