The Walk out to the Great Rift valley would take 4 nights walking. the Team had to detour around several villages as they tried to be as low key as possible in case of Zeon spotters. Traveling at night did have the bonus of it being cooler and easier on the machine's A/C units. The Sonar truck was loaded down heavily and served as the everyone's bunk when not on watch. It was close to morning when the entered the Great rift valley.<br/><br/>It would be early in the morning before the team would finally reach the Great Rift Valley. At the opening to the valley, William ordered everyone to stop. "Ok, we are far enough from Base that I doubt anyone would over hear this. I am not the kind of guy that will keep information from my people. There was something I was told not to tell you all by intelligence. The reason why they believe that It involves Zeon. We are not the first team to investigate these strange tectonic anomalies. They sent three GM Teams here, but they quickly lost all contact with them. The only thing they recovered was this audio byte." William explained. A moment later a rather degraded audio file began to play. "Fuck it is dark in here....What was that!?....(static).....(Hissing) Holy Shit what is that thing!...(Screaming)...." The audio byte was not much more than 18 seconds long. however, the message was pretty clear. Whatever was down here, took out 9 GMs, and their support. "Whatever we are facing, it isn't a joke. So look alive people. I want us all coming home from this." William stated confidently.<br/><br/>After about an Hour of searching. Allenby and Jared found a large Tunnel. It stood twice as tall as the Gundams and the three of them could walk abreast with plenty of space. Another feature was that the Tunnel was bored into solid rock. William gave a low whistle. "Alright, I'll Take point, Sam you are on my wing. Izzy, You cover our asses. Special Weapons are authorized. Allenby, set up a listening post and monitor our progress." William ordered. Looking at the tunnel, William doubted he would get much use from his 180mm cannon. So he had to keep his 100mm Machine gun. Jared moved the Truck out of sight before Allenby drove her sonar spike down into the ground.<br/><br/>Within moments the three Gundams stood at the mouth of the tunnel. "alright people. The quicker we do this, the quicker we can go home to Ice cold beers." William stated. "Once we enter the Tunnel. Radio Silence, Hand signals and direct links only." William ordered as he moved his Gundam to start into the tunnel. From the Back of Unit One, a Large Cable wheel was mounted. It served as a direct link to the Sonar truck. He prayed there was enough cable to adequetly explore the tunnel.<br/><br/>The Team wasn't 30 meters in when William noticed something. The Gundams were casting very large shadows in front of them. Large enough to alert anyone that was paying attention. Unit One instantly signaled a halt. The Machine then pointed to the ground to show the others the shadows. William then motioned for everyone to reverse and out of the cave. Once out, he brought his suit to the others. Raising his canopy, he signaled them to raise theirs as well. "We're casting too big of a shadow in there. We'll wait for Night fall. That way we can all get some rest. Get comfortable, but don't leave your cockpits. I'll take first watch, Sam you have Second, Jared Third, and Izzy has the last one. I am keeping Allenby out of the loop so she can get the most rest. We may need her the most down there." William ordered as he closed up his canopy and moved off to stand guard. The Reel and cable still hanging off his back.<br/><br/>------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Acar growled in boredom. He hated being away from his base. His Custom Gouf knelt down, Ready for action should the need arise. "Blast, these tests were suppose to be done 2 days ago." He spat as he paced. The two Doms of Jillian, and the rather silent person were close by. So far no evidence of Feddie presence was detected. The Zeons were completely ignorant to the Gundam Team that waited for night fall above their heads.