Aaron

Panting, I scanned the dark tunnel with my flashlight and watched the glow fade out into the darkness ahead. Sighing, I turned my eyes as Jenny slowly turned around and gaze cautiously at me.

"You okay?" she asked. "We're lucky we found that strange cellar door in the middle of nowhere... If not those guards would have seriously gotten us."

"Can't say I'm not okay since we were really lucky, but I wonder when we're going to get there..." I replied as she turned and we continued trudging along the deep underground path. "Well, too bad we can't get any signals here for our walkie talkies. I guess we'll have to wait until we get up, hm?" I stretched with a more cheerful tone. There was a muffled crash from above in the distance and tiny dirt particles fell in dusty clouds as the tunnel shook.

There was a moment of hesitation, then Jenny said, "Wow... I wonder what's going on up there... Oh hey! There's finally some stairs over there!" Hurrying forward, we clambered up the stairs and I focused my light on the trapdoor above us.

"Ready?" I asked as Jenny nodded. Together, we pushed open the trapdoor and pulled ourselves up, bathing in the bright light of day as we examined our surroundings.