No Escape!
Scarlet stepped forward, hugging herself, “Enough. She is not our enemy, we all saw what happed out there, that thing would’ve killed her if she didn’t fight back.”
John muttered something under his breath, but Mary nodded in agreement. Liam let the silence stretch a little longer before he turned away stating, “Keep her close, but if she burns through the wall next we will all be buried alive.”
He walked away toward the far end of the tunnel, leaving the rest of us behind in the quiet with the echo of dripping water.
“You okay?” Scarlet crouched beside me once he was out of earshot.
“Define okay,” I tried to laugh but it came out shaky.