A Rise to the Throne

Chapter 42: Conflict.

The ceilings manhole started as their break way point.

Valerie and Adonis had snuck out of the hall without anyone's notice, or so they thought, in search of the manhole created as a pathway to get to the ceiling, as it was their only suggest able path to freedom.

Climbing into the manhole was a hassle, as the ladder leading up into it quivered at their weight when they climbed through it. It was feeble. Fragile, that they had to be careful going up to avoid a catastrophic downfall.

It was encamped with an darkness as they stepped into it, with tiny rays of dim light seeping through some parts of the ceiling and the light reflection that eluded from outside the hole.

Turning on their phone torches to aid their sight, they journeyed into the maze-like path in search of an exit route. It was no easy feat, as they stayed for more than five hours up in the ceiling for an exit that wasn’t coming to view.

“Gawd!” Valerie exhaled, exuding tiredness as a she sat down on one of the ceili