Fortunato runs down the tunnel before stopping a short distance away to assess the damage. He peels off the bulletproof vest from under his clothes, it's usefullness now spent. He then repairs the rest of the damage with some of his re-animation packs.
Meanwhile...
Neverending hunts down Tunnel Section A, closing following the panicked footsteps of his quarry. He corners his quarry against a wall--it is Rayne!
Recovered from her first brush with the Deadites, but now low on re-animation packs, Neverending mercilessly shoots Rayne twice in the chest, emptying his pistol.
The force of the gunshots knocks Rayne back, stumbling she steps on an unmarked switch on the floor. The wall behind her begins to open inward. Not sticking around to find out what is behind the door, Rayne continues deeper into the tunnels.
Neverending peers into the dim light of this new room. It takes him a moment to realize that this room is the Antechamber.
There is movement as a figure emerges from the shadows. Neverending raises his pistol to shoot and then remember it is now empty, tosses the useless weapon aside.
"It's about damn time someone opened the door," says the figure as it finally comes into the light.
"Ferretchucker?" Neverending says, incredulous.
"In the flesh," Ferret says triumphantly, he is covered in blood, but on second glance it does not appear to be his. The Antechamber seems to covered in the blood, flesh, and guts of something.
Ferret notices Neverending's gaze around the room. "I wasn't alone in here," Ferret says as he nonchalantly picks his teeth, "so I got a little bored and a little hungry."
Neverending smirks as he leaves, saying "How nice for you."
Ferret smiles after Neverending exits the room, pulling out a green orb with what looks like loose dirt inside.
"Yes, how nice for me," Ferret says as he glances around the room. "Thanks, Goblin," he remarks as he leaves the Antechamber.
More to come...