Escape From Cidhna Mine Novels & Stories

Sofia Leaves the Hospital An hour later, I stood beside Alessandro's bed one last time. I adjusted the blanket gently over his chest. "I'm going to handle this," I whispered. "So hold on for me." I pressed a soft kiss against his forehead. Then I turned and walked out of the room. The corridor felt strangely quiet. Too quiet. I stepped into the elevator and pressed the button. The doors slid shut. And just like that— I left the hospital to meet Victor Kane. The Fake Doctor Arrives

Part of the ceiling collapsed, missing them by inches. "We need to move now," Cassian said. "This whole section is unstable." They ran right. The passage twisted and turned. Water dripped from somewhere. Rats scattered as they passed. Finally, after what felt like hours but was probably only minutes, they emerged into the smuggler tunnels Jasmina recognized from her earlier escape. "This way," she said with more confidence now. They heard voices behind them. The guards had broken through. "They're in pursuit," Lyanna said. "How far to the exit?"

Nadia’s partial code had pinged them: micro-thaws from climate shifts releasing dormant nanos into groundwater. We landed on a private strip met by Katarina’s contact: a Yakut elder named Lena, fur-clad, eyes sharp as permafrost shards. “The mines are cursed,” she said leading us by snowcat to the site. “Volkov dug too deep. Disturbed the spirits.” The mission intensified: descent into Shaft 47 abandoned, iced-over. Ropes and harnesses down sheer drops, headlamps cutting blue gloom. Tension built with every creak of ice fissures widening, nanos potentially stirring in the meltwater dripping from ceilings.

Michelle stood in the center of the room. Her face calm. Emotionless. “I lost John.” Howard Johnson slammed his hand on the table. “You had him!” Michelle’s voice remained cold. “He escaped through a hidden tunnel.” James Heiden narrowed his eyes. “So he’s alive.” Chad Kirk spoke quietly. “Which means the Iron Gate Grid is still out there.” Dennis Rothchild turned toward Michelle. “Did he activate it?” “No.” “But he will.” The room fell silent. Dennis Rothchild leaned back in his chair.

The only obstacle was crossing a river. Eve stared at me, her eyes full of helplessness. "But I don’t know how to swim." I lowered my gaze and whispered, "I’ve hidden a small boat in the cornfield. When the lantern ceremony begins the day after tomorrow, we’ll sneak away and escape." The old fishing boat had been discarded by a fisherman in the village, left abandoned in the fields. I had secretly repaired it and stashed it in the cornfield when no one was watching. Eve’s eyes lit up.

The firefight raged for nearly five minutes—an eternity in close-quarters combat. The Narrow Escape Finally, Mia secured an exit route through an emergency maintenance shaft. “Go! Move! I’ll cover!” she shouted, laying down suppressive fire. One of their operatives took a bullet to the shoulder but managed to limp along as Damian and Cole helped him through the tight shaft. Explosions rumbled behind them as Cole triggered remote charges, sealing the main corridor and slowing pursuit. Breathless, bloody, but alive, the team emerged from a concealed escape tunnel several kilometers from the facility, where the extraction helicopter was already waiting.

Liam tackled the last man to the ground, slamming the butt of his rifle into the visor. Silence fell, broken only by the whirring fan of the terminal. I turned slowly, eyes fixed on the screen. Upload Complete. I slumped with relief. “It’s done.” Liam nodded, chest heaving. “Then let’s vanish before they send another wave.” We rigged a fire diversion and escaped through a hidden tunnel behind the station, the desert swallowing us once more. As we crested the next ridge, I looked back. Smoke curled into the sky, but the chip was gone, and the data was free.

The Escape Attempt We raced through the flooded corridor, gunfire erupting behind us as Vanessa covered our rear, dropping guards with deadly precision. Kyle forced the lift system online, activating the manual override. "We’ve got forty seconds—MOVE!" Damien roared: “GO—NOW!” Before we could reach the lift platform... Heavy explosion charges detonated, shattering steel supports, collapsing the only exit tunnel. Face-to-Face Again Through the smoke and fire... Natalia Cross emerged. Scarred... bloodied... unbroken. Her dark eyes gleamed... filled with fire and vengeance. "Did you really think... you could escape me?" she hissed.

Kaiden had come out of the cave not long after, with all the girls that were rescued, The girls all started crying from the joy of seeing outside after a long time and thanked Freya and Kaiden, Since most of the girls were from times near the northern pack’s territory Nathan had offered to help take them back to their homes,