Coatleque reached up and grabbed Evangeline's hand with both of hers. "Alright. On three, I jump - you pull. One... Two... Three!"
Pushing off the floor she almost braced herself to fall back down but Evangeline's grip held, and she managed to get high enough to catch the lip of the opening with one hand. With new found leverage now added and the efforts of the other woman Coatleque soon found herself standing but hunched over for breath with no more light than before.
The lift groaned beneath them once more and she froze in place trying not to breathe. Steadying herself with one hand gripping a cable she looked in the direction she thought Eva to be standing. "Alright. Now what?"
Pushing off the floor she almost braced herself to fall back down but Evangeline's grip held, and she managed to get high enough to catch the lip of the opening with one hand. With new found leverage now added and the efforts of the other woman Coatleque soon found herself standing but hunched over for breath with no more light than before.
The lift groaned beneath them once more and she froze in place trying not to breathe. Steadying herself with one hand gripping a cable she looked in the direction she thought Eva to be standing. "Alright. Now what?"
