Running footsteps echoed through the darkness.
Not one person.
Several.
Coming fast.
Coming toward them.
Elena instinctively reached for Adrian.
His hand found hers before she realized she had moved.
“Stay behind me.”
Marcus pulled a flashlight from his belt.
He pressed the switch.
Nothing.
He hit it against his palm.
The beam flickered once before disappearing again.
“They’ve cut the power.”
The footsteps grew louder.
Closer.
Then
Silence.
Not the silence of safety.
The silence of people waiting.
A metallic clang echoed somewhere beyond the tunnel.
Another answered from deeper underground.
Adrian’s body tensed.
“They’re surrounding us.”
Marcus slowly raised his pistol.
“If they’re coming, let them.”
A soft click interrupted him.
The emergency lights blinked once
