The Great American Mystery

by sdrtyu2311

After the ARC team watches a video on YouTube that apparently shows a prehistoric-looking creature in Colorado, the team travels to Colorado to investigate. However, once they arrive, they begin to notice that this mission appears to be subtly different from any of their previous missions. The team is eventually plunged into a bizarre mystery, while being stalked by the creatures.

1. Prologue

Prologue:

Marc and Emily stood in front of the cave, looking inside. Then they wandered inside. When they looked up at the walls, they were stunned. The walls of the cave were literally covered with gold. They grinned and quickly got out their mining tools.

"We've hit the jackpot!" Marc said. He took his hammer out of his pocket, and began pounding away at one of the walls.

"I'll go get some more tools", Emily said, and walked out of the cave.

Marc and Emily were 19 years old, and they were currently dating. Marc's father was very rich, and had left his family with a substantial sum of money after he had died of cancer two years earlier. Marc and his girlfriend were both very greedy and selfish, and were always craving more wealth. After his father died, Marc had even used a legal loophole to deny his mother the part of the money which she should have inherited, and took it all for himself. The two teenagers had worked together at a fast-food restaurant, before being kicked out due to reckless and irresponsible behavior. Now that they no longer had a means to make money, they decided to travel to a wildlife preserve in southern Colorado to mine for gold. They would probably end up damaging the fragile ecosystem, but they didn't give a damn. All they cared about was getting rich.

Emily got some tools from the truck, and returned to the cave. She couldn't find Marc anywhere. She looked down at the ground, and saw a trail of blood. She began to follow it. When she finally reached the end, she screamed. Her boyfriend was laying on the floor, dead. His body had been ripped open, and his intestines were hanging out of his abdomen.

She slowly began to back away. She felt a strange sensation, as if she wasn't alone. She turned around, and saw it.

It was just standing behind her, motionless. Its large eyes stared at her. She wondered how the creature could have possibly sneaked up beside her without her noticing. At first, she was so shocked that she forgot to defend herself. Then she reached down to the ground, and reached for a shovel. But she was so panicked that she couldn't even pick it up.

Then the creature lunged forward to devour her. Its jaws opened, revealing a set of sharp, serrated teeth. Then the jaws clamped down on her neck.