We went home that night, silent. Zadie thought, walking out of a room with a man, dropping the liquid on the doorway. We did not tell anyone about what we saw either, a silent agreement amongst us. A secret we will keep for the rest of our life.
It took another two months before we even began planning another expedition after that. It also made Issac very, very reluctant to tell the twins about this.
I am sure he felt guilty not being able to help them, I do too. But if we exposed ourselves … we hardly knew anything about these people at that time and … well, we would have just dug a hole for ourselves.
If this place is not the HQ then, destroying this place would not have done anything. Not for them, not for us.
Zadie hid behind a wall as another person walked out of the room, jumping in immediately as she began scanning it. The only thing I can say is that our resolve grew.
