Under Attack Tunnel

She wakes up and finds herself lying on the ground. She gets up and looks around. She didn't know she had fallen asleep in the library. There are no signs of Aithena, but she hopes that Aithena is alright.

She heads out the door and into the day. It is now nighttime, so the sky is dark. She sees a 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 walking down the road. The figure has its back toward her. They are wearing a cape and wearing a hood. The figure looks like a 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅. She wonders who it is. She can't let this person walk by without saying something, but what should she do? She calls out ❞𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐢𝐫/𝐦𝐚𝐦. 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝❞

The figure turns around and looks at her. They look surprised that she is awake.

𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 - ❞𝐘𝐞𝐬, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝.❞

❞𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮❔❞

𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 - ❞𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧.❞

❞𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚.❞

𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 - ❞𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞❔❞

❞𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧❜𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝.❞

𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 - ❞𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐲.❞

❞𝐖𝐡𝐲❔❞

𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 - ❞𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.❞

❞𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬❔❞

𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 - ❞𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫.❞

❞𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭❔❞

𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 - ❞𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡. 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭.❞

❞𝐀𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧.❞

𝐀𝐲𝐝𝐞𝐧 - ❞𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨, 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐚.❞

She goes back into the library and lies down. She falls asleep and dreams about Aithena. In the morning, She wakes up and sees that Ayden is already gone. You head back out to the road.

There is a sign that says ❞𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒐𝒏❞. The sign looks old, but the buildings on either side of the road are modern.

She starts walking down the road. The buildings get smaller as she walks further and further away from the city. The buildings start to look run down. The road itself is gravel and dirt, and the sidewalks are mostly broken up.

There are very few cars or people around. The road itself seems to go on for miles and just empty out into nothing.

About halfway down the road, She comes upon a very curious sight. There is a pile of stones about 10 feet high. When She gets closer, She notices that there is a tunnel that was carved under the stones. There is a sign that reads ❞𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿.❞

She looks at the tunnel and wonders what's in there. She opens the door to the tunnel and walks in. She notices immediately that it is very dark, and that she can't see anything.

She takes out her flashlight and turns it on, but still, nothing is visible. She shines the light around and sees that the tunnel is made of sandstone and that it is well-kept.

There is a door on the other side. She decides to go through the door and into the next chamber. There is another sandstone wall in front of her, and she can see light coming from the other side.

She shines her flashlight over the wall and sees that it is covered with little pieces of paper. There are at least a few dozen pieces of paper, and they are scattered over the area. They look like they are stuck to the wall somehow.

She walks up to the wall and picks up a piece of paper. It is covered with writing. She reads it and sees that it is an old letter. She notices the letter is addressed to someone named Robert. The letter is from his mom, and she writes about how much she misses him and hopes that he is doing well in school. 𝐈𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞.

The letter seems very odd, but she decides to save it for later.

She continues walking along the tunnel. The walls are covered with sand and rocks. It is dark, but not completely dark. She thinks she can make out some type of pathway through the middle of the tunnel.

There are no lights, but she has her flashlight. After walking for a while, She begins to notice a horrible smell in the air. It smells like burning hair and something rotten.

She tries to shake off the smell, but it is very strong. The smell gets stronger and stronger the further she walks.

𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥. He seems very out of it. He has long, dirty blond hair, and his skin is very pale. He is missing his right eye. 𝑰𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕, 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. He also has a large burn mark on his right shoulder.

He holds a long piece of metal in his hands. It looks like it might be a machete. She decides to run and warn the people in the chamber.

She runs right for the man. He swings his machete at her. She tries to dodge, but she hits her head on the sandstone wall.

𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠...