Alessa and Isaac emerged coughing and panting from the sewer drain, a cloud of smoke leaking from the tunnel behind them. In the distance, they could see a thick column of black bellowing into the sky from the direction of the set.
Alessa laughed and flashed an appreciative smile at Isaac. "Well, I think your plan worked."
Isaac coupled his wide grin with a modest shrug of the shoulders. "I picked up a thing or two in my time with the rebels."
"No kidding."
The sewer had ended in a shallow ditch which dumped Isaac and Alessa in the middle of a dark wood. By now the sun had set completely, and a bright full moon had replaced it, illuminating the forest in an eerie crystal blue. Upon climbing from the ditch, Alessa could see that the old growth trees thinned out not far to the west,
