Tori was shivering so hard that her chattering teeth bit her lip.<br/><br/>"I, I, I, cccccccould ssssssave ussssss sssssommmmmtttime and gggggoooo," Tori began but Jacob took her arm.<br/><br/>"No, there could be a sink hole or an old rusted something. " Jacob said. Tori was glad that he was a take charge kind of man. Sometimes she enjoyed not having to be so tough. Maybe in a little while, later, she could be tough again. Her bra and panties were ruined from that stagnant water.<br/><br/>"Yuck, I stink," she wailed.<br/><br/>"You will learn to like it," that damn voice said in her head.<br/><br/>"Let's go," Tori said and started toward the stairs. As if someone shoved her, Tori flew back into the room, splashing rank water everywhere. She reached for Jacob but as if something was dragging her, she began wading for the other side of the room. Soft squishy bodies, like rats, were under her bare feet and she retched but kept on going. Tori had to toss a table and some chairs to the side and then some old boxes. The bottoms fell out of the boxes scattering soaking wet clothes to float on the water.<br/><br/>Dimly in the distance, she could hear Jacob calling for her to come back. Tori fought her way through the water, holding her hands high. She finally reached the ledge on the other side and searched for some kind of stairs. There didn't seem to be any. Tori turned around. Her eyes grew wide as if she were coming to consciousness.<br/><br/>"Jacob?" she cried out. "Jacob, what is happening? I'm sssso cccccold." Tears rolled down her cheek, feeling hot against her chilled skin.<br/><br/>"Tori, get your ass back here," he called, reaching out toward her. Then as if she had been released, Tori was able to wade back across to him. She clamored onto that ledge with Jacob's help and the door slammed shut behind her.