The town squad: Vernisa, Keirn, and Xant, followed the secret tunnel to the hidden bunker. The same tunnel they had chased the human and the alien in. Leaving their blasters in their holsters, they used a large rock to knock on the large metal door. They didn't want to pose as a threat to the two men inside.
***
A loud pounding echoed through the bunker. Zack and Shelia were at the door guarding while everyone else was in their rooms. They had been rotating watches since he and Shadick were chased into the bunker three days ago by the town's patrol squad.
The loud pounding echoed again.
Zack and Shelia looked at each other. "Wake everyone up," Zack whispered to Shelia.
She nodded, then Shelia disappeared down that hall to wake up the other six inhabitants in the bunker. A moment later, Shelia arrived back, and everyone else was behind her, their blasters ready.
Zack and Shadick leaned toward the door, listening.
