Chapter 39 Frank

• The only sound in the dark tunnel was the echo of my footsteps, and I pushed myself onward, adrenaline flowing through my veins. I had no clue where Melissa and her mother had gone, but I couldn't allow worry to take hold. They were counting on me, and I couldn't let them down now.
• My phone's faint light filled the tiny hallway, flashing as if to mock my desperation. I needed to think clearly. The last transmission I got suggested that they were heading west, toward the city's outskirts. They wouldn’t risk going into the heart of the chaos. That much I knew.
• As I rounded a curve, I pushed myself to pay attention to every aspect. The wet odor of dirt and concrete combined with the metallic tang of fear in the air. I remembered the layout of the underground passages from our previous expeditions. They wound like veins beneath the city. I swore behind my breath.