(Bug Comic) This follows Cliffhanger by about one minute. After having a giant bug explode next to him and then sliding down the rock face, (and over the edge), Rain managed to slam his feet against the underside of the hanging rock before his Hillbilly Safety Rope* broke. Since the roof of the cave (or bunker, or whatever it is) was a metal surface, the boots stuck to it, though they weren't designed to do this. But he can't see a thing. His IR vision kicks in as soon as he gets too much adrenaline in his system, and hanging upside down in the dark after falling off a cliff, over a fire, isn't helping. He can see the hot spots from the driftwood fire they started, he can tell there aren't any more bugs under the rock, and he knows there is water under him because the holder for the measuring tape made a splash when it fell off of his belt. And he doesn't swim that well. He can't just hang around because if the wind shifts the smoke will suffocate him--just the smell is almost enough to knock him out; it's like a solid wall of rotting plants, carcasses, beetle droppings and burning tires mashed against his face. He'd "walk" to the edge but he's pretty sure as soon as he disengages the boots they won't stick again, and he'll just fall. So he's going to take his shirt, wrap it around the Longbow's optics to protect them, tie the gun to the measuring tape so that Leaf and Randy can pull it up and retrieve it, (whatever happens to him), and try to swing himself over enough that he'll land close to something solid and pull himself out. Hopefully something that isn't on fire. ---- *also known as a 200 meter Spooling Measuring Tape;) Hah, and Shari, his hair isn't perfect;) Credits tomorrow!