CASSIE POV
I was checking out the site around the hole my group had found. Gosh it was weird, all the plants around it seemed... Bluer, and thicker too. The grass was especially weird. I had Marlow collect a sample to analyze later.
I went back to my friend and fellow explorer. "You wanna go in with me?" I asked her, already almost certain of the answer. Marlow nodded, an excited look in her eyes. "That's sounds awesome! Just you and me?" She asked, curious.
"Yeah. Darren will whine but we'll be fine. It's not like we're going to run into anyone!" I said with a laugh. Darren always claimed he went with us for "protection" but I'm pretty sure he just wanted to hit on Marlow... What a creep. Marlow had made it clear in various ways she didn't have any interest in him but I don't think he ever really got the message.
She went to gather up our supplies to ensure that we had a smooth trip.
Not much later Marlow and I were slowly going down into the gaping hole that was the entrance to the cave. We were greeted with a gun aimed between our eyes.
MICKY POV
A call rang through the caves. "OUTSIDERS!"
Oh gosh... The last outsiders had been when Mike was dropped into the caves, and that was over twenty years ago. Since I was only a kid I had only heard rumors of the uproar he had caused. I rushed to where the intruders were. They were two girls, both with their hands up as they were poked and prodded. One was glowering, muttering obscenities under her breath. The other was a little younger, looking around nervously.
The second girls eyes connected with mine. She looked so scared, and shocked. I felt protective of her instantly. Going over I motioned for the guards to stop poking them. "Why should we listen to you?" a newer guard said to me with a snarl.
"Do you know who I am?" I snapped at him. "I'm Dolenz. As in, my father is your boss. So what I say goes!" The guard backed off and nodded. He looked completely petrified and I couldn't help but chuckle.
I looked at the two girls. "Are you alright?" I asked gently, not wanting to frighten the one girl.
She shrugged a bit but had stopped shaking. "I'm Marlow, and that's Cassie." She told me gently. "We didn't know there were people down here."
I frowned a bit and sighed. "Yes we tend to like it that way..." I said softly. "You girls should go back up, it would be a bad idea to stay."
Marlow sighed sadly and nodded a little. "I understand..." Her voice held an oddly sad tone, like she didn't wanna leave.
"I could give you guys a little tour. I can see you're explorers." I said, gesturing to their equipment. The girls nodded, the other, Cassie, having a smile flicker across her face. "Just wait here." I told them and ran off to find my friends, knowing that they would probably want to meet the girls. It didn't take me long to find Peter, Davy and Mike all talking about how outsiders and it being so long since some had come around and blah blah blah. "Hello!" I said to them happily. "You guys wanna meet them?" I asked with a grin.
