Chapter 25 - The Tunnel to Outpost Acadia

When they woke up, none of them where sure how long it had been. They were still tired, but now it was too cold to sleep, and their muscles were tired from sleeping on the hard cold rock of the cavern floor. The big door behind them was now freezing cold. "The mines must be completely flooded," Raven said as she felt the door.

"Will the old city flood too?" Kiyoko asked, worried about the forest and animals.

"No," Raven answered quickly. "Underwater cities have all kinds of safety features to stop that."

"So I guess Os'Surale and his gang are trapped until the Park-Rangers show up!" Goro said, suddenly happy that he wouldn’t have to see Os'Surale again.

"Do you think these doors will hold?" Arthur asked, changing the subject. "I mean these old doors could collapse under the pressure of all that water."

"Not to scare you," Raven said, "but they could. The sooner we’re through this tunnel the better."

They started walking up the old mining-cavern. Arthur pulled one of the old maps out of his backpack and started looking at it as they walked. "I wonder where this tunnel ends up."

"It must be in a part of the outpost that you haven’t explored yet," Samantha said...