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Chapter 37: The Hidden Bunker
Bailey:
"Wow," I say after walking through the steel door and seeing the bunker. "This isn't much."
The bunker is smaller than the one in Boston and with fewer lights. All of the buildings I can see aren't much more than makeshift tents, put mostly together with what looks like rope and sheet metals. It doesn't have metal walls. In fact, it doesn't have any walls at all. I can see the exposed dirt.
As soon as I said those words, I feel a slap on the back of my head. While rubbing my head, I turn around to see Rebecca glaring at me with red eyes.
"Sorry," I say, lowering my head. Tristan, Rebecca, and I turn around when we hear a grinding sound. We see two of the soldiers closing the steel door. With the door close, the soldiers around us take off their gas masks, revealing their sweaty, dirt-covered faces.
"So now what," I ask, taking off my own mask.
"You three will have to come with us," Marcus answers. He shakes his
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