Page 229 of Chaos has a Name
Not.
At.
All.
Her heart was racing, and her mind was playing tricks on her because of the lack of light.
And none of it was good.
In fact, this was the most scared she’d been since seeing Charlie being taken from the school forcefully by Sally Martinez.
This was a bone-chilling fear that had her by the balls.
For a few brief moments, she swore she was being followed, and had to ask MATE to scan for any heat signals around her.
Paranoia was rampant.
The dark was making her twitchy and off balance. She was alone, but her brain was telling her to look around.
And she didn’t want to.
To be honest, everything about this was terrifying. It was like that feeling of going into a haunted house, and not being able to see anything but knowing it was coming. At any second, she was expecting to be jumped by two people.
Elizabeth’s fight or flight was on deck, ready to kick off.
For real.
Now, she was listening for any sound, and that’s when she heard it.
Running.
Water.
It was faint, and it wasn’t that far away, either. That might help her out, and lead her the hell out of there. Well, that was her hope.
Growing up, Charlie had always told her if she was lost, find a source of water, and follow it. At some point, it would lead to civilization.
Well, that was her plan.
It felt like she was moving uphill, and that meant maybe out of the cave-like structure where she’d been dropped.
Maybe they weren’t going to eat her. Maybe they dropped her alone in the dark for her to starve to death and die of dehydration in the cave.
God.
They were assholes.
For now, she had to focus on the primary objective. She needed to get back to her team.
ASAP.
With each step, Elizabeth could hear the sound of it tinkling down onto the rocks, and that gave her some hope. The last thing she was doing was touching walls in the very dimly lit space.
MATE was losing power, and that was likely from the damage. What wouldn’t she give for a new vest or a way to power it back up?
Time was running out on her having the ability to see her surroundings, so Elizabeth had to move fast.
“Is that water, MATE?” she asked, hoping her vest would hold up until she could get outside. In the woods, she’d have a fighting chance.
