Chapter 26: Back on Track

Alex's footsteps echoed off the concrete sides of the old cracked sewer walls. She kicked a small rock that skipped across the smooth stone floor along until it tumbled up the curved edges of the wall. She was still upset over the loss of her boots along with her handy crowbar, but at least she was still alive. Small sacrifices to get Lexi back. Any sacrifice would be enough, as long as she got her back. The starlight revealed their path as it lazily slunk through the clouds and lit the jagged path ahead.

They'd been walking for five days now and their food was running low. She still felt gritty and reeked of sulfur. They hadn't found a decent amount of clean water to shower off within their long trek. All the water from these huge pipes had dried up long ago. Alex knew she was ripe, but Jack stunk so bad he was starting to draw vultures, which seemed one of the many things still alive on the surface. They circled high up in the moonlit sky, cawing their aching hunger. They spoke nast