Puppers faithfully follows Jan and I through the heavy rain, I sneeze and Jan looks back, "What? Are you sick?" I try to speak, but another sneeze is coming. I sneeze and a mist spews out of me, "Christ. You're going to give us away." The rainwater helps lubricate my nose as I wipe. He shakes his head, "We're going into the only command center the military has left on Kinelt and you have a cold!?" I take a deep breath and shrug, "I'll be ok. it must be allergies." A fog enters my head as we approach. I'm yanked behind something a spotlight shines down, "I'm not getting caught because of you. Stay here."

Opening my eyes, the back of my head bangs against the boxes. A spotlight passes over as I warm myself up a little. It passes and my eyes widen, where could I sneak in? There's barbed wire welded to a large vent, a large, closed gate able to survive a missile barrage, the spotlight forces me to stop looking around. I find myself clutching the acorn necklace, no matriarch in my ear, telling me what to do. I can't stay here forever. I take out my knife and wait for the light to pass again. It passes and I spring up out of a small puddle. My boots stomp through the thick layer of water, my back quickly hits the wall of the large fortress. Why did I just do this? If I get caught- No! I quickly run towards the gate, but a dark figure rushes behind me. I quickly turn and it's Jan and Puppers, "There's no way in. They have it locked up tight."

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That vent grabs my attention again, "Where are you looking?" "If something threw itself inside-" Puppers growls at me, "It was a stupid idea." Jan sighs, "We'll figure something else out."