“Ravina! What are you doing here?”
”Hey Pierce. I was looking for someone. He wanted to me to meet him here.”
”He, huh? We’ve been at this school for six months and you’ve already got a guy? What am I? Chopped liver?”
”Oh quiet! You know you sister wouldn’t won’t me around you like that. I’d be strung from the ceiling if she had her way.”
”True. She really does have it out for you. You never told me if there was a disagreement between the two of you. You both been at each other’s throats ever since the second month of school.”
”It’s nothing. . . . So, what are you reading?”
”Wow, such enthusiasm over a book. Who are you and what have you done with Ravina?”
”Shut up! You know I like to read books!”
”I know. But you hate history books. And look! We are in the history section of the library! Honestly, the fact that you haven’t shriveled up and died by now really shows that you’ve been working on your tolerance towards history books.”
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”Sheesh. Want some lotion for your attitude?
“Anyways, since you asked, I found a book about the school’s past and thought it’d be interesting to give a read.”
”Really? What did you learn?”
”Well, this building has been around for a long time, a hundred years at least.”
”Oh? That’s interesting.”
”Isn’t it? Apparently, it was once a meeting place for Axis spies in WWII. This book says that it had a bunker that was under the building. Or, rather, the building was over it.”
”What are you talking about? They are one and the same.”
“Or are they? See, the bunker that was under this building was modernized, but there were some chambers that weren’t made in that part of time. There were things there that seemed to be older than the building.”
”OK, I’ll admit, that sounds interesting. What else is there?”
”Not much else. The writers of this book believe that the chambers found were some sort of schooling areas. For instance, there was a big chamber where they found weapons scattered on the floor. The thought was it was a training yard for swordsmanship.
”In another room, they found traces of nightshade and a few other poisons, as if it was a brewing room.”
”Wow, sounds fun! Could we find a way into it?”
”I don’t think we can. The book says that during one of the expeditions, the main chamber collapsed, which closed the entrance into the cave. Since then no one was able to find their way back to it.”
”You said it was during an expedition, so what happened to the team? Did they get out in time?”
”It doesn’t say, but if I had to guess, they are still trapped down there. Here’s a thought I’ve been wondering for a while. Maybe they collapsed the chamber themselves. I think that there’s something behind the scenes that happened at that time. Like an organization at play. Ravina, what if the chamber and those people were part of something bigger than this book says. What if this group of people never stopped operating after the expeditions stopped. What if-.”
”Pierce! Pierce are you alright! Pier-“
”He’s already dead. You know what happens when they know too much.”
”You didn’t have to kill him, Captain. There were other options. He wasn’t a threat!”
”Quiet yourself, Shinobi. You made a vow to protect the cause no matter what. He was too close to the true. I’ve been following him for weeks.”
”I understand, Captain. I would like to request time off. I was not prepared for his death, and I will need time to mourn with his family.”
”Of course. We will not bother you for as much time as you need. But remember, Shinobi, the clan comes before all else. What is hidden here is best left unknown to anyone outside of the clan.”
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There were three people in that room. Who do you think the main POV was?
Cya in the next one,
~Kama
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