Jay had insisted on helping Nat despite the fact that Rachel had told him that she was more than capable of doing it. Sam had pretended not to notice the look of relief on Rachel’s face when Jay had taken over. Sam turned round and briefly flashed his torch down the tunnel behind them. ‘I think you can relax now,’ Rachel said as Sam pointed the torch back ahead of them. ‘I very much doubt that any of the Threat are going to be following us through that stairwell. It sounded like the whole building came down.’ ‘Yeah, I suppose you’re right,’ Sam said with a sigh. ‘Still jumpy, though, do you know what I mean?’ ‘Yeah, I’m always a bit twitchy after combat,’ Rachel replied with a nod. ‘It’s quite normal, you know.’ ‘Do you think Nat’s going to be OK?’ Sam asked. ‘I think so. It was a nasty wound, but I put a field dressing on it and that stopped the bleeding. It’s nothing that Stirling won’t be able to fix once we get back.’ Sam didn’t reply, just nodded and was silent.
