Boros Underground Tunnels:

Safe hunkers down at the base of the ladder where Citizen, Bobbie and Jack crouch. “Where do we stand?”

“There’s a garbage bin or something over the hatch,” Citizen says, starting to shake his head. “We can only open it a bit, just enough to have a look around.”

“There ain’t no way we’re getting’ outta this gorram tunnel quiet like.” Jack says. “An’ there’s no room for your rifle up there either.”

Safe nods as he considers the situation.

“How’d it go with them two?” Jack jerks his head in the direction of Bride7 and Stan who stand watch a bit further down the tunnel.

“I’ll say one thing, “Stan” is good at laying down a false trail, real good. Still I don’t quite understand him. He’s got an unnatural attachment to that bomb he’s wearin’…” Safe says, glancing down the tunnel where he can just make out Stan’s form.

“Ain’t no good can come from a man what has that little regard for his own life, let alone those around him. Loose cannon’s gonna get us killed,” Jack concludes.

“So why’re we worried about makin’ a little noise getting’ out of here?” Safe asks, focusing back on the task at hand. “We count about eight Alliance soldiers standing guard at the back entrance to the compound.”

Bobbie pouts. “Alliance?? How’d they…”

Safe trails off as he glances down the tunnel at Stan. “No, couldn’t have been him, Stan had been with them the whole time. There was no way. Even if he had a tracer on him, the Alliance would’ve just been showing up, not already waiting for them. As much as Safe didn’t trust the man he couldn’t have led the Alliance here. Then who…?”

Then his thoughts turn to the other newcomer. Someone whose business was all about making connections.

“Needy!! How could he have been so stupid! It all made sense.” The only thing Safe couldn’t figure out is why.

A hissed warning from Stan interrupts Safe’s thoughts. “Hurry up and do what you’ve gotta do people. We’ve got company coming…”

Stan sticks some