The two young women traveled incredibly cautiously through the deserted financial district. Their hearts were pounding in their chests. They were genuinely afraid that there might be more fake construction workers patrolling inside the perimeter, or perhaps an actual hazardous materials team dealing with the reported gas.
They desperately didn't want to get caught trespassing and be placed in serious legal trouble. But even worse, if it really was a genuine, life-threatening gas leak, they wanted to be completely out of the toxic area as soon as physically possible.
"This whole entire thing feels incredibly strange, right?" Cindy whispered, her voice echoing slightly off the empty glass storefronts.
