07-02-2014, 11:46 AM
Squinting, trying to differentiate the shadows behind her fire, and attempting to use her periphery at the same time, Serena bit her lower lip as she thought. Gods, this is worse than being up for five days and seeing shadow people.
Hallucinating from sleep deprivation, and running from things that may or may not be there was quite different than hiding in the shadows from things that actually were there. Although, it wasn’t like these were the strange creatures the people of the Underground had mentioned. From what it sounded like, they were human.
It’s totally a cop, Serena. Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck...prooobably not an elephant.
Breathing heavily, trying not to make more sound than she already had, she reached out shakily with her hands, grasping the edge of the tunnel with her fingers.
“You don’t need to be scared. I’m here to trade, that’s all.”
The voice was calmer this time, coaxing the rabbit out of it’s hole.
Serena snorted. “Bullshit.”
She whispered as she used her hands to pull herself slowly towards the mouth of the tunnel, attempting to merely peer over the edge. She needed to know what she was dealing with, how many there were. Surely, he hadn’t come down here alone like an idiot.<big> Like me.
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Firelight danced in her eyes, most likely revealing herself and her position. Before she ducked back into the tunnel, she caught a glimpse of three large men, one a little plumper than the rest. No doubt she could outrun THAT one, but the others? Not so much.
Hunkering back down in her position, she shook her head, and wrung her hands before aimlessly playing with one of the buttons on her coat. Without thinking, she grazed her hand over her secret pocket. What was her plan of action? There was no way in hell she was just going to come out there. Surely, they’d pounce on her, or cuff her, or interrogate her with a barrage of questions. Her breath came shorter, and her chest tightened with anxiety again. Why did she always get herself in these predicaments?
As she was pressing her lips together, thinking of her escape, the sound of what could have been a heavy door interrupted her train of thought. They have doors in the dirt?
Feeling ridiculous, her eyes darted in the direction of the sound, it seemed to come from just ahead of her, out in the cavern. There, another shadow upon more shadows, was a figure of what appeared to be another man.
Oh, for the love of the…
Her silent curse was cut short at the echoing sound of a large rock hitting the tunnel floor behind her, which was closely followed by an inhuman snarl, and a strange “schlick, schlick”. The only thing that sounds like that is...cutting meat..
She furrowed her brow, and tried to focus further down the tunnel
“Wha…?”
The small woman’s heart jumped into her throat, and if she had been asked, she would have sworn she could feel it beating in her forehead and fingertips. Legs trembling, she watched the shadows on the tunnel wall. No longer did she care of the men that were now behind her, what she was concerned with was what the hell was further back in the tunnel. A large hulking shadow seemed to wrestle with a smaller, quicker one. Every so often, the smaller shadow raised something thin, something much too long to be an arm, and that’s when the strange sound came, followed by more snarling.
It was then, that she realized what was happening. The large shadow WAS something inhuman, something she had been told about, but never could have believed to actually SEE one. Serena’s breath came quickly, shaking in her chest. She didn’t know whether to run back to the cops, or just risk trying to find a tunnel to shove herself into. A trembling hand rubbed at her forehead, Now, would be a great time to just have<em> something. Just numb this and run! Forget I ever saw it. </em>
Instead, she just yelled to the men in the cavern. Biting the bullet.. “Hey! I don’t care who you are out there, or what you think I’m doing here! But there’s something freaking crazy goin’ on down here!”
Hallucinating from sleep deprivation, and running from things that may or may not be there was quite different than hiding in the shadows from things that actually were there. Although, it wasn’t like these were the strange creatures the people of the Underground had mentioned. From what it sounded like, they were human.
It’s totally a cop, Serena. Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck...prooobably not an elephant.
Breathing heavily, trying not to make more sound than she already had, she reached out shakily with her hands, grasping the edge of the tunnel with her fingers.
“You don’t need to be scared. I’m here to trade, that’s all.”
The voice was calmer this time, coaxing the rabbit out of it’s hole.
Serena snorted. “Bullshit.”
She whispered as she used her hands to pull herself slowly towards the mouth of the tunnel, attempting to merely peer over the edge. She needed to know what she was dealing with, how many there were. Surely, he hadn’t come down here alone like an idiot.<big> Like me.
</big>
Firelight danced in her eyes, most likely revealing herself and her position. Before she ducked back into the tunnel, she caught a glimpse of three large men, one a little plumper than the rest. No doubt she could outrun THAT one, but the others? Not so much.
Hunkering back down in her position, she shook her head, and wrung her hands before aimlessly playing with one of the buttons on her coat. Without thinking, she grazed her hand over her secret pocket. What was her plan of action? There was no way in hell she was just going to come out there. Surely, they’d pounce on her, or cuff her, or interrogate her with a barrage of questions. Her breath came shorter, and her chest tightened with anxiety again. Why did she always get herself in these predicaments?
As she was pressing her lips together, thinking of her escape, the sound of what could have been a heavy door interrupted her train of thought. They have doors in the dirt?
Feeling ridiculous, her eyes darted in the direction of the sound, it seemed to come from just ahead of her, out in the cavern. There, another shadow upon more shadows, was a figure of what appeared to be another man.
Oh, for the love of the…
Her silent curse was cut short at the echoing sound of a large rock hitting the tunnel floor behind her, which was closely followed by an inhuman snarl, and a strange “schlick, schlick”. The only thing that sounds like that is...cutting meat..
She furrowed her brow, and tried to focus further down the tunnel
“Wha…?”
The small woman’s heart jumped into her throat, and if she had been asked, she would have sworn she could feel it beating in her forehead and fingertips. Legs trembling, she watched the shadows on the tunnel wall. No longer did she care of the men that were now behind her, what she was concerned with was what the hell was further back in the tunnel. A large hulking shadow seemed to wrestle with a smaller, quicker one. Every so often, the smaller shadow raised something thin, something much too long to be an arm, and that’s when the strange sound came, followed by more snarling.
It was then, that she realized what was happening. The large shadow WAS something inhuman, something she had been told about, but never could have believed to actually SEE one. Serena’s breath came quickly, shaking in her chest. She didn’t know whether to run back to the cops, or just risk trying to find a tunnel to shove herself into. A trembling hand rubbed at her forehead, Now, would be a great time to just have<em> something. Just numb this and run! Forget I ever saw it. </em>
Instead, she just yelled to the men in the cavern. Biting the bullet.. “Hey! I don’t care who you are out there, or what you think I’m doing here! But there’s something freaking crazy goin’ on down here!”