They slowly encircled the chamber from opposite direction trying to crush as few alien skeletal bones as possible. It was Candace who came across the stairs to a lower level.
“Come here, there is a lower level.”
The stairway was steep, and there was a large gap in between each step.
“The aliens had large large legs. We’d be better off climbing down backwards.”
Candace nodded in agreement.
With that, they climbed downward into the unknown. They found themselves in a dimly lit cavern with three passageways. In the centre on a pedastal, was the Negativum.
Candace immediately went to take it and put it in her backpack.
“Wait, if you remove it our protection will be gone!”
“What should we do then? Stay and starve like the dead ones above? The Danu won’t wait for us much longer, if they still are at all.”
“Okay, but what then?”
“We’ll take that passageway in the middle and go as fast as possible. When we get to ground level, we’ll request assistance.”
“Well, that sounds as good as anything I can think of.”
With that Candace activated her storage device and gathered the prize.
A few seconds later they were in total darkness until lights activated on their suits and they immediately began to run.
Soon the ground beneath their feet began to shake as the building above them was obliterated. After ten minutes of intense running they reached the exit. Hesitantly, they walked out and surveyed their surroundings from behind a boulder.
They were shocked by what they saw.
A multitude of droids and large dreadnoughts dotted and swarmed the land while drones dotted the sky.
“Danu, can you read me?” Candace whispered.
“Danu here, what is your situation?”
“Only two survivors. We have the Negativum. Need emergency evacuation.”
“On way. Take immediate precautions as Danu will have to provide cover fire.”
(To be continued)
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