My legs were aching, my lungs were burning, and my head was spinning, all while I was running for my life.

It was like gym class all over again minus the running for my life bit.

I glanced to my left at Archer. There was a sheen of sweat covering his forehead causing a few strands of his hair to darken and stick to his forehead. A hard look was plastered on his face and if it wasn't for my obvious lack of stamina and lagging behind, I'm pretty sure he would've been moving a lot faster.

I really needed to start working out more.

If I lived that long, I definitely would.

As we continued running, my heart hammered furiously in my chest, and it felt like I was going to puke acid really soon. My hair was stuck to the back of my neck with sweat and I was extremely close to peeing my pants for like the third time today.

I started slowing down and eventually I just stopped. I couldn't keep going. I bent over with my hands on my knees trying to catch my breath.

Yeah, this was definitely like gym class all over again.

"Gemma we have to keep going." I glanced up at Archer and shook my head slightly.

"I... can't." I said through gasps for air.

"Yes you can. Now move your ass or I'll move it for you."

I would've scoffed if I wasn't dying from a lack of oxygen.

"Get... to... moving it then." I said as I swayed on my feet.

Damn, I was really out of shape.

Archer opened his mouth to say something else but he was cut off as an ear splitting scream echoed down the tunnel. I turned my head in the direction we had just come from.

The man we had left back there...

Another scream followed the first, cutting my thoughts short. This time the screaming didn't stop. It continued on and grew louder. It was filled with pain and fear that sent cold shivers up and down my spine.

What were they doing to him?

Archer walked up in front of me and he gently pulled my hands away from my ears. I hadn't even realized I had been covering them.

"Gemma come on, we have to go. Now." I nodded once, ignoring the pain I still felt in my chest and took off again with Archer at my side. The run was shorter and suddenly the tracks ended and we came to the tunnels Dox had mentioned earlier. I counted seven of them in all, all leading off into different directions.

"Which one do we pick?" I asked while glancing over my shoulder. I kept imagining Dox and his masked friends stalking down the dark train tracks and then suddenly popping up behind me and dragging me down one of the tunnels kicking and screaming.

"Pick a number, one through seven." Archer said quickly.

I frowned at him. "What?"

"Just pick a number." He demanded.

"Okay, okay...seven."

"Okay so we'll take that one." Archer pointed to the last tunnel to my right and started toward it with me right behind him.

Once inside, I had to start feeling my way around until my hands brushed against the cool stone wall of the tunnel. The light outside the tunnels had faded and there were no lightbulbs, and it was now pitch black.

I edged forward as fast as I could in the dark trying to keep myself from tripping or falling on my face.

I guess I was moving faster than I thought when my face slammed into Archer's back.

Pain shot through my nose and I groaned holding my nose while I took a few steps back.

"Could you warn me when you're gonna stop or maybe move a little faster?" I whispered harshly. Totally hypocritical of me when he literally almost had to drag me to get me to move a few moments ago, I know.

"I don't know if you noticed but we have a bunch of nut jobs that want to kill us right on our asses." I heard Archer turn around, his shoes making a slight scraping noise on the ground before I shoved him in his chest.

I was only trying to get him to start moving again but I ended up pushing him harder than I intended and I heard him stumble back a few steps.

"What the hell was that for?" he whisper yelled at me.

I crossed my arms over my chest even though he probably couldn't see me and huffed in frustration.

"You're moving too slow."

I heard Archer scoff before he spoke again this time raising his voice, mimicking me.

"I don't know if you noticed, but it's pitch fucking black. I can barely see my hand in front of my face."

I stomped my foot in irritation. I did not sound like that.

"Whatever." I grumbled before blindly shoving my way past him and stomping ahead.

That was a mistake.

Almost as soon as I stormed pass Archer I tripped on something hard and went flying forward. I landed hard on my hands and knees in something wet.

Please let that be water.

Somewhere behind me I heard Archer snicker.

"Shut up." I said through clenched teeth. I tried to stand up but something was caught on the end of my jeans and I ended up falling right back down on my butt and splashing back in what I was just going to assume was water because I didn't want to think of the alternative.

"If you keep making all that noise they're going to find us for sure." Archer said, trying to sound serious but I could practically hear the smile in his voice.

There was nothing funny about our situation right now!

"I can't get up, I'm stuck." I felt around my ankle trying to free my jeans from whatever they were caught on.

Archer sighed before I heard him shuffling around for a moment then a bright light was shining in my face causing my eyes to water from the sudden brightness. I shielded my eyes with my hand.

Archer lowered the light and I looked up to see the light was coming from his cellphone.

My eyes widened. We could call the police! Why the hell didn't I think of using my cell phone earlier?

Archer glanced at me and like he could read my mind he shook his head.

"No signal."

I frowned. "We should still be able to call the police though."

Even if we didn't have a signal, cell phones were still able to make emergency calls.

Archer pressed three buttons on his phone and even from where I was sitting, I could hear that awkward tone that you let you know the call didn't go through.

I sighed heavily.

Great.

Archer knelt by my foot and I glanced back down at my leg to see that my jeans had got snagged on a sharp piece of metal jutting up from the tunnel floor.

Archer sat his phone down and freed my jeans from the metal. I would've thanked him if it hadn't been for that stupid smirk on his face.

Archer stood up and held his hand out for me. I swatted it away and stood on my own.

"Do you want to lead the way or should I?" Archer asked with that smirk still on his face.

"I'm glad you find this funny. When those psychos catch us and chop us up into little sushi bits we'll see if you're laughing then." I folded my arms and stomped ahead again, but this time a lot slower.

In a few long strides Archer was back at my side. When I glanced at him he was no longer smirking and silently he turned off his phone, shoving it back into his pocket, bathing us in darkness again.

"They might be able to see the light." Archer stated simply, answering my unasked question.

My only response was a small nod and then we continued on in silence, neither one of us speaking.

After a few moments of walking the ground seemed to change and it felt like I was walking downhill. I broke the silence wanting to know if Archer felt it too.

"Hey, is the-" My question was cut short when the ground suddenly fell away and a shriek flew from my mouth as I started to free fall into the darkness.