(02-27-2021, 02:23 PM)Pearl Carrington Wrote: She was out of breath as she flew out of the passageway, stumbling this way and that in the dark. The girl finally made it out of the catacombs and up the slippery stone stairs. Pearl was sobbing that she saw what she saw. When she found her way to the street, she looked this way and that until she spied the man in uniform. "Please?" she cried out, "Come quickly! Someone's been killed!"

Neil was jolted into action by the girl's frantic pleas and dashed to her side. He unhooked his truncheon from his belt and with his free hand tugged his whistle from his jacket.  A series of shrill blasts of noise pierced the night air. His comrades would be along soon. 

"It's alright, Miss. show me where." Neil answered with practiced calmness, but there was really no way to hide the adrenaline that he now felt.