Chapter 25: The Tunnels

It was crazy, the entire story that she had told us, as none of it seemed to be real at all, if I was going to be for real with my self, as it just seemed to be a story that she had made up, all at the exact same time too. She liked to say that she was not friends with Noah, but with how much time it was that she had told us that she had spent with him through out her life, I kind of found that a little hard to believe.

If I had to take a good guess, as to the reason that she was saying as such a thing, was based off of the way that she had talked about him, it was clear that she felt some thing different about him, rather than just being a friend. I would say that the both of them were in love, but based off of what it was that she had said, I had to guess that she was in love with Noah, and Noah did not love her back.

I felt a bit bad for the poor lady, all at the exact same time as well, as based off of all that she had said, and all that she had told us about, she actually seemed to be a fairly good woman, all at the exact same time as well. I was not all too sure as to just why it was that Noah would not want to fall in love with some one as beautiful as this woman, all at the exact same time as well, none the less.

Hell, I would, if I was not already in love with my wife Sandy, and I really did not know her all too well just yet, all at the exact same time too, as I blinked my eyes a few times, and I then all of the sudden shook my head, as I shook away all of those thoughts, all at the exact same time too, as I was not all too sure as to just why it was that I was even thinking on all of that, in the very first place any ways.

I knew that I had a wife, and she was a wife that I really loved. I also knew that it was none of my business as well, and it was all besides the point, as to just what it was that I was thinking on right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways. I breathed in quite a bit to my self, as I then all of the sudden shook my head, as I did my best to try to shake off all of those thoughts from out of my mind, all at once, as I tried to think on something else instead of that.

What it was that I could think about right now, was fairly obvious to me, which was the simple fact that I knew that I could just be paying attention as to just what it was that was even going on in this room right at this very moment in time, which was of course the fact that both Dwayne and Kenton were looking each other, as it was clear that the both of them for some odd reason or another, were a little bit lost perhaps, on the story that she had just told us.

I was not all too sure as to just how it was that it was the case for them, as it seemed to be quite a bit obvious, as to just what it was that she had said to us in the very first place any ways. She had told us how Noah's family had been killed, which I already knew about that, due to the fact that he had already told us that. It did in fact, at the very least, get my full trust in to Noah at this point, as I knew that he was not lying with what it was that she had said.

But what it was that she had said to us, that was some thing that Noah had not told us, was the fact that his family had been killed, because he refused to go and kill a few of his friends that had been at his work place. He had in fact worked for the government all along, as he had tried to tell us that he had killed another government worker, and he was simply impersonating that person that he had killed.

I knew some thing in that story did not make sense, though at the exact same time too, I also felt like it felt a bit guilty to tell us that he actually was a government worker, and he felt a bit embarrassed to tell us the real reason that he had lost his wife, parents, and children. Though I still did in fact trust him at the very least, as I knew that it would make me angry to, and I would do some thing about it, such as he was doing.

Though what it was that he was doing, was taking some time, and he had planned it out. I felt like, if it had not been for the rebellion, I would have just gone ape shit, and done some thing crazy. It was clear to me that Noah knew as to just what it was that he was doing, all at the exact same time as well, never the less. I breathed in just a bit to my self, as I got my focus off of those thoughts too.

I then got my focus on the fact that Kenton now, all of the sudden, had turned his head over to Susana, as he seemed to be squinting his eyes at her, all at once, as it seemed like he was about to ask her another question, all at the exact same time too, which I let out a heavy sigh, at just the thought of that, as it kind of felt like we had asked plenty of questions as it was so far, none the less.

I just wanted to get all of this started, and I wanted to get back to Noah before it was too late, and before it was cold out, all at the exact same time too, as I was worried about the fact that some one would steal, and take the most valuable things that I had left on me, in my tent, all at the exact same time too, as I wondered as to just why it was that I had not brought the pack with me, in the very first place any ways.

Though, I knew as to why, as Noah had told us not to, as he had said that it would make us fishy, if we were doing some thing like that, whilst we were walking around the city. I was just a little bit worried, and a little bit too over the top right at the very moment in time, as I did my best to get my mind off of all of those thoughts, all at once, as I then all of the sudden, got my mind on to some completely different thoughts, all at once, that had to do with the fact that I had all of the sudden seen Kenton nod to Susana.

I blinked my eyes a few times, as it was fairly clear to me as to just what it was that was going on right now, and just what it was that was about to happen, all at the exact same time too, as I looked over to Susana, to make sure that she was in fact paying attention as to just what it was that Kenton had done, all at the exact same time as well. As far as I had come to learn from her so far, she seemed to be like a very smart lady, even in her young age that she had, all at the exact same time too, as I was fairly certain that she had in fact been paying full attention as to just what it was that Kenton had just done, and just what it was that he had signified to her, all at the exact same time as well.

As I looked at Susana, of course, to no surprise, she did in fact nod back to Kenton, to let him know that she was in fact paying attention as to just what it was that he had to say to her, or to ask her, all at the exact same time too, thankfully enough. Once it was that Susana had done as such a thing, all at the exact same time too, I then all of the sudden began to start to hear Kenton speak, as he began to say what it was that he had to say to her, as even though I knew it had nothing to do with me, I did in fact begin to start to listen as to just what it was that he even had to say to her in the very first place any ways, none the less.

"So... We can go ahead and start to head back to where Noah wants to meet us at then? You are coming with us, I would assume, right? That is why it was that he wanted us to meet you in the very first place any ways..." He said to her, as sure enough, it was questions once again, but luckily enough for us, it was questions that got straight to the main point never the less, which was the fact that I knew that we had to go on ahead and start to head back to Noah's right now, before it was too late in the day, as we had wasted enough time as it was so far, listening to her life story that she had with Noah.

I was not going to lie, as I was sure that both Dwayne and Kenton felt the same way as I did, that it was good to at least hear the story of Noah, before it was that we were ready to fully trust him, all at the exact same time as well. Though, if I was going to be for real with my self, we practically already had put our full trust in to him at this point, when ever it was that we had left our homes, to perhaps never see our families ever again, in some city a long ways away.

Believe me, the city was a long ways away, as I was a little bit worried as to just how it was that we were going to get back, but at the exact same time as well, I wondered if I would in fact ever be able to get back. Odds are, a few people in a bit of a smaller rebellion, were not going to do all too much to try to stop an entire government, and tear it apart. If I had to take my best guess, the odds were that we were all going to die.

But what if this did work? What if we in fact, did some how managed to win? What would I do then? I really had a lot of doubt that my wife was still alive at this point, if I had to assume, all at the exact same time too. I felt like I did not want to live the rest of my life out, if I did not have my wife. Sure, maybe people could tell me I would find some thing, and some one new, but I really had a lot of doubt that it would in fact be the case, as there was no one like my Sandy...

I smiled at the thought of that, all at once, as it seemed like I was stuck in my mind right at this very moment in time, as it was clear to me that I was not paying a single clue, or attention as to judt what it was that was even going on right now in the very first place any ways, as I knew that Kenton had just asked her a question, and he had just asked her if she was in fact in with this, and she was going to join us, but I was a little bit too lost in my head right now to care at all.

My mind was in so many different places, as I knew that my mind was in swirls right now. I blinked my eyes all at once, as I felt like I wanted to get my self out of this trance, but at the exact same time too, it kind of felt like it was a bit too hard to be able to do as such a thing right now, as my mind was in pain right now, and I was not all too sure as to just how it was, or how I could cope with all of the pain that I was in right now, in the very first place any ways.

Noah said, that the best way to cope with it, was to 'keep on fighting, and if she is gone, she will know you tried'. How was it that she would know that I tried if she was gone though? That just did not make all too much sense to me at all, as I then all of the sudden got my mind off of all of those thoughts all at once, as I did my best to try to think more on the fact that I was now all of the sudden seeing movement from the corner of my eyes, all at the exact same time too, which seemed to all of the sudden get my attention on that instead, none the less.

I was glad that it was the case none the less, as I was in fact tired of being lost in my head right at this very moment in time, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden, all at once, got my mind off of all of that, and I got my mind instead, on the thoughts that had to do with the fact that Susana was starting to walk away from us, all at the exact same time as well, which had me a little bit confused, due to the fact that I did not have a single clue as to just what it was that was even going on right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways.

Luckily, based off of the confused looks on both the faces of Dwayne and Kenton, it seemed like they were a bit lost as well, as it made me feel a little bit better, to know that I was not alone on this at all, and that I was not some kind of idiot either, as I let out quite a bit of a heavy sigh to my self, all at once, as I then got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of those thoughts instead, which had to do with the fact that Susana had all of the sudden stopped.

She too had a little bit of the confused look on her face, as to just what it was that was going on with all 3 of us right at this very moment in time, as if we should know as to just what it was that was going on right now, and we should be going with her, to where ever it was that she was trying to take us in side of her home right now, when we were clearly just trying to get back to Noah right now.

As Susana seemed to stare at us for just a little bit longer, she then all of the sudden nodded to all 3 of us. All 3 of us just seemed to stare at her for a little bit longer, never the less, as not a single one of us seemed to nod back to her. Seeing us not do as such a thing, none the less, did in fact make her roll her eyes at us, all at the exact same time too, as it was clear that she kind of felt like we were being idiots right now, for some odd reason or another.

I was not all too sure as to just how it was that she could think of such a thing about us, when we were just simply trying to go back to where it was that her beloved Noah had told us to go and meet him at, all at the exact same time too. I tilted my head at her, as she then all of the sudden let out quite a bit heavy sigh to each one of us, all at once, as she then all of the sudden, began to start to speak to us finally. I blinked my eyes a few times, as this time I did in fact nod back to her, as I then all of the sudden, all at once, began to start to listen as to just what it was that she had to say to us, all at the exact same time as well.

"Come on... I have an easier, and a much faster way to get to him... I know where he is at..." She said to all of us, as I was a little bit lost as to just what it was that she was talking about right now. Did she have some sort of horses or mules that we could go riding on in the streets, to go and get to him faster? I was not all too sure as to just what it was that she was getting at right now, as I looked over to both Dwayne and Kenton, as if I expected to get the answers from them, but based off of the confused looks that were on their faces right at this very moment in time, it was clear to me that I was not going to get a single thing from either one of them right now, either. I breathed in quite a bit to my self, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of that instead, as I then all of the sudden turned my head back over to Susana, as I could hear her beginning to start to talk to us, all at once, once again. I was a little bit lost by it, but I did in fact begin to start to listen to her, just as I had done before. "You will be sleeping in this place the next few weeks, if I am going to assume, so you better come on with me..."

I was a little bit lost as to just what it was that she was getting at still, as I had not a clue as to just what it was that she was talking about right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways, as I then all of the sudden began to start to breath in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of that, and I got my mind on the fact that Susana was all of the sudden starting to walk out of the room that we were in right now, with out us none the less.

It was clear that she had given up on the fact that she was explaining it all to us, as she was now walking to the place that she had been talking about, and she had been telling us about before. I was not all too sure as to just why it was that she could not just tell us what it was, and where it was that she was taking us right now. Perhaps it was just too hard for her to explain maybe, as I was trying to think on just what it was that it could be.

Perhaps, it could just simply be some sort of teleportation device, that would take us from one location, to the next, all at the exact same time too. I was not all too sure if that was possible, but if I was not going to lie to my self, I felt like I could not rule it out of the question, as I felt like I had seen some crazy shit, and some stuff that I thought was impossible over the last few months, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden, all at once, got my mind off of all of those thoughts instead, as I got my mind on some much different thoughts, that had to do with the fact that I knew that it was time to start to follow her.

It was clear that Kenton and Dwayne had the right idea none the less, as I saw that they were already walking over to the other room that she had just gone in to, all at the exact same time too, as I blinked my eyes a few times, and I did my best to try to get my focus, and my mind off of all of those thoughts, as I got my mind on some different thoughts than all of that, which had to do with the fact that I was still worried about all of this.

I was not all too sure as to just why it was that I was so worried in the first place, as I knew that I had been worried a lot as of late, over a bunch of things that had simply not happened at all, as I knew that I had in fact been quit a bit worried that some one was going to go and snitch on us in the rebellion, all at the exact same time as well, none the less. I breathed in quite a bit to my self, as I knew that was always how it went.

To my surprise, it was not the case, as it felt like, if we had gone this far at this point, than there was no way it was going to happen now. Based off of the story that she had told us too, and the fact that she had said that she had known Noah her entire life, all at the exact same time as well. I had to guess that she was not going to stab us in the back, and she was not going to betray us either, as I kind of felt like I just needed to calm my nerves, as I knew that I needed to go with the flow, as I was sure that every thing was going to end up being fine, and it all was going to be okay for us.

I then all of the sudden nodded a bit to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden began to start walk in to the other room, just as the others had gone off to, as I saw that it got a lot darker this way, but as I then turned the corner, I luckily spotted the both of Dwayne and Kenton, as I saw that they too had stopped them selves in the middle of the hall way, all at the exact same time as well, as I was a little bit lost as to just what it was that was going on with them right now.

I breathed in quite a bit to my self, as I saw that they were staring at some thing, but the hall way was not wide enough for me to see as to just what it was that they were staring at with quite a bit of some shocked looks on their faces, as it was also quite a bit dark never the less, all at the exact same time too, as I then all of the sudden nodded a bit to my self, as I tried to poke my head around, but it was too hard to see what it was in the dark.

The only way that I knew that I would be able to see as to just what it was that they were staring at right at this very moment in time, was to do the simple fact of walking past them, to see as to just waht it was that Susana was showing us, and what it was that she was taking us to right now. I knew that I did not have much of any other choice, as I then all of the sudden pushed my self around Kenton, to see what it was that they were staring at.

As I got around him, I then all of the sudden stopped, as I saw what it was that was in front of us right at this very moment in time. Susana was staring at us with quite a bit of a big smile on her face right now, as it was clear that she was waiting for us to go ahead and go down the big stair way that seemed to lead to no where, all at the exact same time too. I gulped, at the thought of going to in a place as dark as that one, all at the exact same time as well.

It looked like a basement, if I was not going to lie to my self, though I knew that did not make all too much sense either, as I knew that an up stairs building could not have a basement. No... What ever it was that this was, that I was staring at, right at this very moment in time, was clear to me that it was different than all of that, as I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I did my best to try to regain a bit of some control over my self all at once, as I then nodded to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I began to see that Susana walked down in to the cellar, all at the exact same time as well, none the less.

I gulped once again, as she stopped her self half way down, as she then turned her head around to us. It was clear to me that she was trying to make sure that we were following her, though not a single one of us actually was doing as such a thing right now, sadly enough for her, as we all simply were just staring, for just a little bit longer. As I stared at her right in to her eyes, I then all of the sudden saw her squint her eyes at us, as it was clear to me, that she really did want us to follow her, and that this was not a trap.

Of course it was not, why would this be a trap? I knew that I needed to calm my self down, as I then all of the sudden shook my head, all at once, as I did my best to shake off all of those thoughts from my mind instead, as I began to start to head through the hall way, taking the lead for both Dwayne and Kenton, all at the exact same time too, to let them know that we did in fact need to follow just where it was that she was even trying to take us to in the very first place any ways.

Once I got down to the top stairs of the stair way that led to darkness, I then all of the sudden heard the foot steps of the other 2, from right behind me, all at the exact same time too. I breathed in quite a bit, all at once, as I felt a lot safer, if I was not going to lie to my self, just have those 2 by my side, at the exact same time as well, as I kept on going down the dark and empty stair way, all at once, as I then heard the door close behind me, as it was now completely dark, where it was that we were heading over to.

There it was... Finally a decent amount of light, from not all too far away, all at the exact same time as well, as I felt quite a bit relieved, if I was not going to lie to my self, none the less, just to see a bit of some light, all at once, as I then all of the sudden breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at the exact same time too, as I was ready to go ahead and get out of this nasty place, if I was not going to lie to my self either. It smelt nasty, and it was wet every where, as I knew that my shoes were ruined at this point, but I once again did not care.

I just wanted to get out of here, as I was not all too sure as to just how it was that she could tell us that we were going to be sleeping in this place for the next few weeks, all at the exact same time too, as I felt like there would be quite a few people in the rebellion that were not going to be able to stand all of that, all at the exact same time too, which I did not blame them for, if that was the case.

I shook off all of those thoughts, all at once how ever, as I saw that Susana was walking over to the small bit of some light that was in fact right in front of us, right at this very moment in time as well, as I saw that it was a door way, with an open little spot, to be able to see through, all at the exact same time as well, as I was in fact, quite a bit relieved to see that it was not dark right now, as I knew that it meant that I was going to be able to get back to the caravan, and that I could go and fetch some new clothes, all at the exact same time as well.

First, though, if I was going to be for real with my self once again, I knew that we had to figure out just where it was that we would be at, when ever it was that we first got out, in the very first place any ways, never the less. I felt like we would worry about it once we came to that point how ever, as I just shook my head, doing my best to try to shake off all of those thoughts, all at once, as I got my mind on some thing altogether completely different than that, all at once.

That was the fact of course, that Susana all of the sudden, all at once, was beginning to open the door, all at the exact same time as well, as it let out quite a bit of a bright light, as soon as the door was opened, as I saw that the sun was burning right in to my eyes, right at this very moment in time too, as it was quite a bit painful sight to see, as I put my hand in front of my eyes, as I stopped my self, along with the other 2, as soon as it had happened.

As soon as it was that I had got used to the lights how ever, all at the exact same time too, I then all of the sudden got my mind of the fact as to the thing that was going on out side of the door that was now open right now. That was of course, the fact that I heard voice, and there was a lot of voices as well, all at the exact same time as well, as I was a little bit lost as to just what it was that was going on right now.

I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I got my mind, and I got my focus off of all of that, all at once, as I then got my focus on the fact that the voices that I heard all of the sudden seemed to stop, all at once. I was a little bit lost by it, and I was quite a bit lost by just what it was that was going on right at this very moment in time, in the very first place any ways. That was of course, until I then all of the sudden heard a familiar voice, as he began to speak up to all of the people that were with him right now.

The voice that I heard, just so happened to be the voice of Noah, as it was too no surprise, as he was the leader of all of this, and he did in fact know as to just what it was that was going on right now. I breathed in quite a bit to my self, all at once, as I seemed to relax all of the tension that had seemed to be brewing in the air, all at the exact same time as well, as I then began to start to listen as to just what it was that he even had to say in the very first place any ways, even though I couldn't see him, none the less.

"This is our key! The tunnels!"