“Thanks,” Jim said. He rubbed his head again. “What happened?”
“Well, you fell down the shaft. I was inside, waiting for you and McCready, and then I heard the loudest sound I’ve ever heard: you crashing into the roof of the elevator car. Look. You even left a dent,” Haley said, pointing up to the roof of the car. Jim narrowed his eyes in the darkness and thought that he could see the place where he had crashed into the roof of the car. “I think you landed on your head. Better than me.
“Think I broke my ankles. Plus I pitched forward and landed on my face to boot. I hurt, but I think I’m in one piece. You feel okay?”
Jim tested his arms, legs, and neck tentatively. He shrugged and said, “As well as I can hope for, I guess. What happened next?”
“I drug you in here, getting
