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A faint clank sounded froe they’d coestured to Remi and Lazlo “Follow me, and don’t make a sound”

“Saun,” Remi whispered

“A gun’s only as good as the shooter,” he said, his face serious “Come on”

Sam crept to the far end of the cave, where a cavity led deeper into the e to see froht he’d grabbed To their right, the narrow cave forked in two directions, and he stopped, listening He sniffed at the dank air and pointed to the right branch “It smells fresher this way More humid,” he said

“What if it dead-ends?” Lazlo asked

Saed “That would be bad”

They keptout A faint hiss ahead of therew louder as they crept forward, and, after anothertorrent of black water They eyed the current and Sam directed his beam beyond it “Looks like this continues on the other side But the water’spretty fast”

“The good news is, it’s not that wide,” Remi said

Lazlo frowned “The bad news is, I haven’t swu

er”

Sa a bike”

“Haven’t done that in forever, either”

“I don’t see any way around it,” Sam said “Remi? Hand me the rope”

Re how deep it is”

“It’s only the last few inches that’ll kill you”