Underworld snippet

They stood clustered around the crevice, peering into the darkness below.
“But you didn’t go in?”
“No, I didn’t go in. I wouldn’t have been able to come back out again.”
“So how do you know there’s a door down there?”
“I stuck my camera down in there with the flash on and took some photos.”
“We should come back with a ladder.”
“Let me see your camera. Are the photos saved on here?”
Nathan handed his sleek silver digital camera over and Bree fumbled with the buttons before pulling up several dimly lit photos of rubble and what did indeed look to be a door.
“Huh.”
“Yeah. Pretty cool, huh?”
“We should come back with a ladder.”
It wasn’t every day that a parking lot split open, revealing a secret room and a half-hidden doorway deep within the earth। Eric poked the thick edges of asphalt, almost lips, with a broom handle he’d found lying nearby and the three nodded. They would return with a ladder and flashlights, and discover what lay behind the door.



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