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There was a bang and a loud hissing sound. B jumped between the door and her human wards, barking.
“B!” Bev called her back, but the dog persisted. Whoever it was would know that there was at least a dog present.
The sound of chains and creaking wood and metal and suddenly the mine door was gone. A blast of daylight flooded the cavern entry, temporarily blinding Bev.
Sam groaned at the noise, but remained unconscious. B moved closer to him and barked at the unknown.
Bev struggled to her feet her forearm over her eyes trying to see into the light. Unsure what she was about to face, but hopeful help had miraculously come.
The first figure through the door was silhouetted in the dust. A man, military by his dress.
Relief swept over Bev, she was about to cry again and started to spea
