Chapter 261: Searching For Clues II
"Are you sure you both are using your full strength?" Athena asked, hands on her hips, her voice tinged with frustration.
"You have been pushing that singular bag for more than five minutes..." She continued, cocking her head to the left, at ease even when Aiden turned to glare at her.
"Do you want to try? Maybe you’ll have a better chance than us?" Aiden shot back.
Athena’s scoff was the only response that a famished Aiden received. He scoffed in return and reverted to his work, digging his heels down and preparing to push again.
Behind them, Athena exhaled wearily. Tired of waiting on the sandbags, which seemed to drain her strength, she returned to the level ground, opting to give, from there, whatever help Ewan had in mind when he assigned her a role.
Ewan himself was dripping with sweat. At that moment, he wiped the perspiration from his forehead with a single hand swipe.
"Ewan, are you sure of this plan you have? If it doesn’t work, we’ll have been pushing for nothing..." There was a pause. "That thought is quite undesirable to swallow," Sandro whispered, flinging his hands repeatedly as if to cast away the tiredness besetting them.
"What do you want then? The bulldozing crew?"
"I think I would prefer that and the risks that come with it. Because what’s to say that we aren’t being watched now..." Zane piped in, wishing for something to lean against, eager to take a breather, as his lower back was killing him.
Ewan sighed tiredly, biting his lower lip. He hadn’t anticipated this task to be so daunting. What other sand had they added to the sandbag? It felt like metal!
"Let’s just give it a try once again. If it doesn’t work, then we’ll involve the bulldozing crew..." Aiden suggested, placing his hand on the offending sandbag.