Arachnoextinction Chapter 27: Chapter Twenty-Seven - Hug Me and Jump

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Once we left the room, the groups split off. Darren led Karen and me down the hallway to the hole, and Justin headed back to the stairs with his group. Darren and Justin both held flashlights that were discovered in one of the gun boxes. "You do know there's a very good chance that in order to fix the power, I'm going to need more tools than what's available in the room?" Karen said as we ducked and weaved our way down the web-filled hallway. "Not an option. Make it work with what you got. It doesn't need to be a permanent fix, just enough to get the doors open and get us out of here," Darren did not even bother to look back at us. You mean get you out of here , I thought to myself. You could say I needed to work on my optimism. I noticed he had two guns slung over his shoulder. One was much stouter than the assault rifle we all carried. "Your other gun, is that the… ?" I asked, unsure how to finish the question. Even in the dark, I could see a smile creep across his face. "Grenade launcher? Yes. All part of the plan, Dr. Gale," he said with a soft chuckle. "Safe to say that we'll definitely know when the diversion starts," I said to Karen. "Count to thirty after the boom, and the room should be all clear for you guys," he said. "Just keep my brother alive," Karen’s voice wavered as the hole into the electric room inched into our sight. "If nothing else, you will see your brother and me again," Darren said. I have little doubt you'll be fine. I was tempted to say it, but I didn't want to die before we had a chance to escape. "I've completely lost track of time; how long until sundown?" I asked Darren. "Already happened. Justin and I decided we stood a better chance of clearing the room for you guys and escaping if the spiders were more aggressive. We'll use it to our advantage," Darren said. "Oh yes, because hungry, angry, aggressive spiders, the size of pickup trucks, chasing us around small, enclosed spaces just screams survival. Fan-damn-tastic, this will go so great," I said and clutched the rifle tight like it was my teddy bear. We’re the ones jumping into the middle of their nest, with God knows how many spiders, most of which were bigger than cars, and eggs that were just waiting to hatch and feast on our faces. If, by the Grace of God, we made it out of here, this gun wouldn't even leave my side. I would sleep with it, shower with it, dance with it, walk it, feed it, love it, everything. "You just focus your thoughts on seeing your son again; I don't need any sassy quips from you. Do your job and let us worry about the rest," Darren said. “How did you know I have a son?” How much did he know about me? If he was behind all of this, then he might have learned everything about me and my family. Including where we live. I have to make it out! I can’t let him hurt my family. “I was driving the car when your wife called. You talked about your son,” he said with an obvious lack of caring in his voice. Oh yeah. Duh. We reached the hole in the floor and all together leaned over to peer through. Darren started to shine his flashlight into the hole, but Karen smacked his hand away. "What are you doing?!" she hissed. "Try not to draw any attention to us up here." "Fine. Jump blind," Darren said, displeased she made him feel stupid. "If they saw the light and came to investigate, the escape is over before it even starts!" she said. "Now how are we supposed to get down?" "Hold this," Darren grumbled and handed me the flashlight. He pulled out his knife and began hacking and cutting away at the webs in the hall. He worked fast and silent, after a few minutes, he stood up and wiped the sweat from his brow. "Done. Come here, both of you." We approached him, and he took the flashlight from me. He had a thick web in his hand and started to wrap it around my waist. "How do we know it's long enough? Or not too long?" I asked him. He let out a frustrated sigh and walked over to the hole and tossed the web-rope into it. The web gave off a si