Lights flickered on around the transport and I realized where we were. The transport had dropped


    through arge hole in the desert floor. We were in a cavern deep beneath the surface.


    “Shut it up, Thom,” one of the guys said.


    Our transport went closer to the wall and the man that had carried me leaned over and turned several


    dials embedded in the rock. The giant hole we’de through was soon covered by a b of rock on a


    complicated conveyor.


    I looked around and saw where we were. The cavern was just wide enough for a transport, with a little


    leeway on each side. I looked over the side of the transport and saw water flowing beneath us.


    “Back up, Rachel, the air shield is off.” the man named Thom said, “The air shields wille back on


    when we start to move forward.”


    I nodded silently and took a step back. I didn’t want to fall off and the air shields on the transports were


    powerful, getting caught in one would probably hurt.


    “Wee to freedom,” another man said smiling at us and the transport took off.


    Several of the men stood and stared at us grinning broadly. Rose and I were glued to the spot and


    scared out of our wits. I watched the men, but Rose refused to look at them. Perhaps her idea was


    better, looking around was terrifying.


    If the transport was scary above ground, underground was a nightmare The machines roared through


    the tight passageways. There were ces where I felt I could reach out and touch the walls we came


    so close to them.


    There was very Little light down here and I had no idea how the driver saw where he was going. It


    seemed Like he must be navigating on memory and not sight. The feeble lights on the transport


    seemed to barely illuminate the cave as we rushed through it.


    I held tight to Rose and she to me. The men didn’t understand our terror and in no way showed


    consideration for it.


    “I am Brand, rescued from the Youlypound. What will you do now that you are free?,” one of them


    asked jovially. “I have heard tell that some of our women are going to arrange portals back to Earth.


    Will you do that?”


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    Rose refused to look at the man and stared into my eyes looking shocked. That displeased him.


    “Come now, you are free. Talk to me, no one will harm you for it. Tell me how you feel.”


    He was quite a persistent man.


    “I do not wish to leave my children,” I croaked out.


    “Children are important to you?” he asked stepping closer.


    “Are they important to all humans? I have wondered a long time.”


    The man’s inquisitive nature made me smile despite my fear.


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    “You have human breeders in your line, don’t you?” I asked.


    The man Laughed and now I had their attention.


    “How did you know?” the man named Thom asked.