Page 4 of His Lucky Paige

“I’ll be right back guys,” Joel said letting her know he was moving.

“Saving power?” she asked as his tracker began to move.

“Always…it’s good to hear your voice Paige.”

“Joel, don’t…just don’t.” She sighed waiting until he was around the curve. “How bad is it down there?”

“It’s bad Paige. The main shaft’s blocked now and the ventilation unit’s stopped working. I don’t know how long we have,” he admitted bluntly.

“Was there anything going on down there that caused the first problem? Don’t lie to me, you have my entire family down there with you, and honestly, I’d rather know that someone messed up and it’d been covered up than for you to lie to me right now. If I don’t know what happened to bring that section down, I won’t know how to make sure I can get to you without bringing the rest of it down too.”

“Paige, I swear on Nana’s life, nothing was going on down here that shouldn’t have been. I inspected that section last week myself. I never would have brought your father down here if I thought this might happen,” Joel assured her.

“Okay,” she said. “Were you able to communicate with the others before you got yourselves trapped?”

“They were all safe, no deaths, but I don’t know if our blasting did any more damage to their area…if I’d known the length of the cave-in I wouldn’t have tried it Paige.”

“I know Joel, I know,” she stated closing her eyes and rubbing them as the beginnings of a headache attacked her. “Let me do some thinking and checking on things up here and see what I can come up with.”

“Sure,” he said lightly and she knew he wanted to apologize again for the past but she couldn’t hear that right now. “Paige…”

“Take care of my father, if he gets hurt I swear you won’t be able to run fast enough from me,” she cut in. If he started apologizing she’d know he was giving up, fighting was what they did best, so that was what she’d make him do.

“You’d never catch me Paige,” he teased.

“I wouldn’t make the woman who’s standing between you and a bed of rocks annoyed,” she said harshly though a smile crossed her face.

“Never,” he stated and she could picture him shaking his head at her.

“I’ll let you know what I come up with,” she repeated then set the walkie down and stared at the maps.

“Neal, stay here and watch their trackers, if something happens let me know immediately,” she said taking the walkie with her and heading outside for a drive.

“Where are you going?” Gus asked as she hopped into the driver’s seat of a company Jeep.

“To see firsthand the problem area,” she said. “Jerry, Doug, Bobby, you coming?” she added when no one moved. “Lenny, take care of Kendra for me.”

“She’s at home,” Lenny stated. “You need me with you.”

“She’s coming through the gate right now Len, I can’t deal with her and try to save them, please…for me,” Paige pleaded.

“You owe me doll,” he said agreeing to do what she asked.

“I’ll make sure it’s worth it,” she smiled throwing the Jeep into reverse and speeding off towards the damage.

Lord, please keep them safe, she pleaded silently knowing every moment they were underground was one off their lives.Get me to them in time.

Chapter 2

Paige stopped the Jeep on the north bluff and got out. From the air, it’d looked bad but from here, it was worse.

“Holy hell,” Jerry muttered.

“Dear mother of god,” Bobby added.

“Who could survive this?” Doug asked taking off his glasses and wiping them.

“They did,” she stated. “There’s some gear in the Jeep for readings, right?”

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