Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Everyone Agreed To Be Cool Part 1

What might the tunnel hold? How far would the subterranean trail lead? Jessica considered these questions as they drove into the dark underground, where the headlights revealed nothing but rock and old mining equipment.

"Where exactly are we going?" said Shannon, glancing at the passenger seat. "Oh, c'mon!"

Raptor was asleep.

"That's just great timing," said Valerie.

"Unlike us, I don't think he got any sleep this morning," said Jessica. Nevertheless, she felt tempted to smack him awake. To their luck, Amon's vehicle served as the convoy's focal point. Shannon would simply play it by ear and follow.

Five minutes into the tunnel, they encountered a fork in the road. Three more dark tunnels spiraled before the Sub Terran convoy.

"Turn right, Shannon," Valerie told her.

Jessica eyed her friend. "Are you communicating with them somehow?"

"Yes, I am." She fingered a wireless earbud.