Nix whistles before she hits the stairs, and by the time she leaps the final four steps to the ground, the dogs have caught up from where they had to leave them on the ground.

Jack grins when she sees Reid. "Nice goin', newbie. Drop through - it's near seven feet down, but it's onto solid ground and Ariel and Carmody'll catch you. Then it's pretty much straight down through the Underground and we're home and dry soon as this hatch slams shut."