Chapter Eighteen
Torex
The hydrogen sulfide and whatever other subterranean gases existed on Torex came spewing out of the derelict mineshaft like it was a giant butthole. Cody got caught with his mouth open as Torex farted in his face, and he promptly puked all over the piss-stained sand.
“I’m not going in there,” he decided as he wiped his mouth.
“You want to stay up here by yourself?” Sam asked. “Do I have to give my ‘super dangerous planet’ speech again?”
Cody looked at the shaft opening like it was the mouth of a giant monster, ready to swallow them. “Is it going to smell like that the entire time?”
“Is that why you wear the respirator?” Joel asked.
He flinched when Sam looked at him. Anxious to avoid her increasing hostility, he walked toward the entrance to the underground.
