“[i]Amelia, hey…wake up![/i]”

The young woman’s eyes flew open after Dmitry shook her awake in a rather rough manner, her heart on the verge of bursting through her chest. “Dmitry! Fuck—”

“No time to explain. We’re surrounded and we need to get out of here now!” Before she had a chance to speak, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her up off of the couch. She nearly lost her footing, but managed to keep up the pace with Dmitry as he stormed out of the small room.

“And where are we going? If they’re out there we’re going to get shot!” Amelia attempted to put her foot down, so to speak, but she was harshly dragged by the man with little patience despite her best efforts to protest. Given that she was forced out of a pleasant nap, though, she wasn’t necessarily thinking too clearly just yet. Dmitry said nothing as he guided her to the back of the warehouse.

“Use the backdoor to exit, make a quick right, and you’ll notice double latched doors on the ground under a pile of chopped wood. Take that tunnel and you’ll be a good distance away from us when you resurface, but you won’t be out of harm’s way. Be careful and keep your guard up. We’ll do our best here against them.” He gave her a half-assed smile then rushed in the opposite direction, leaving Amelia standing there for a moment as she tried to process everything.

[i]Shit…[/i]

Then she was off as well, clearly remembering his directions in her head and following them. Amelia ran through the dark tunnel as fast and as carefully as she could for about 10 minutes before she reached the other side. Throughout her brief journey, she heard gunshots going off that she wished she hadn’t heard, but that was the reality of this world. Once Amelia reached the end, she wasted no time in pulling herself out of the tunnel before securing the access doors and looking around for a place to hide. She found a pair of thick trees not too far away from her location and raced for cover.