Chapter 29: The Tunnel

For the first time in a while the tunnel doesn't branch, just continues on and on. Every time they run past a light bulb

Reid has a moment of fear. All it would take for the hunters to win would be for them to shut off the power. Then either

the black creatures Reid is sure are connected to the experiment or the hunters themselves would be able to sweep in and

clean them up.

But the lights continue to burn and they keep running.

The tunnel has a constant mild curve to the right, making it impossible to see more than one bulb ahead. It feels strange

to Reid for him to be leading the run after following the pack for so long but it doesn't take much time for him to

readjust to the need to move quickly with no one in the way.

Even in the gloomy yellow glow of the well-spaced bulbs, Reid spots the rock fall ahead without much trouble. He slows,

finally stopping in front of it, nerves making him jumpy and more than a little angry. Reid can see the tunnel on the