I winced as I pulled the manhole cover away. The stench wafted up, turning my wince into a cringe.

Emily?

"Yeah. I'm comin, I'm comin."

Good.

I slowly climbed down the ladder, and glanced around me hesitantly.

There's a scooter and skateboards to your  left. Skate, or scooter, until you come across the next ladder, then climb up, and enter the elevator in front of you.

"Kaz?"

Yeah?

"I'm scared."

I thought I heard a laugh, but then the line went dead. All the more reason to be scared.

I grabbed the scooter and went along at my own pace, stopping abruptly at the ladder. I scrambled up, out of the sewer. I saw the elevator, and got in. I didn't touch anything, but it automatically went down. The doors opened to a room with three pillars.

Get in one.

"Kaz? That you?"

Yeah, the one and only.

"Does anyone else know about this?"

No resposne for a moment, then, You and the Japanese girl that sat down at lunch.

"Am I the first person that has been in your class for four years that knows about this?"

Yes, but don't idle along. You need to get in a scanner.

{Okay, so they're scanners. That helps a bit.} I thought.