Chapter 3

The elevator came to an abrupt stop. The door opened and we all walked out.

"So this is where we are living?" Mike asked.

I looked around. "I guess."

Flood lights lit up a large portion of the cave. A pool of crystal clear water surrounded us. Further down a large stream of water could be seen,

Michelle sighed. "Well at least we have food and shelter."

Tyler walked forward. "Well, this isn't that bad. I'm hungry, so why don't we cook something to eat?"

We walked to the boxes in the middle of the camp. There were six crates. The first one held food. The second and third ones held scuba suits. The other three held clothes, towels, and other items.

Rin took out a pack of ramen and held it up for us to see. "We can have this."

She took out a pot and went over to the nearby lake and filled it with water.

I walked over to the wood. "I'll start the fire, Mike, can you get a few rocks so we can enclose the fire?"

He nodded.

I turned to the girls. "You all can just relax."

Rin looked sad. "Can I help? I absolutely love cooking."

I gave her the ramen and she took it. "Here you go."

She smiled at me and walked away.

Jennifer caught up with me. "Hi, Blake. The others wanted to see if you wanted to go scuba diving after we eat."

Rin's voice radiated throughout the cave. "Forty five minutes after we eat!"

I laughed at her. "Sure I'll go."

She smiled at me. "'Kay!" she smiled at me and walked away.

I went to my tent to lie down. Soon after I closed my eyes, Rin, came into my tent and handed me a plate of food, "Here you go. I made a lot so you can have seconds if you want. Maybe even thirds."

She giggled and walked out of the tent.

"Thanks, Rin!" I called after her.

When I was finished eating, I walked out of my tent and could see everyone getting ready to go diving, Tyler tossed me a suit. "Are you going with us?"

I nodded. "Yea. I'm going to go."

I got on my suit and we all dived into the water. We couldn't communicate with each other so they all followed me. The further we got into the cave the darker i got. Soon we resurfaced.

"Where are we?" Rin asked.

I looked around "I think we are deep inside the cave."

Michelle turned around and began to dive back in the water "I'm leaving. I don't want anyone stealing my purse."

As soon as she took a step a rumbling came from deep inside the cave. Michelle turned around "What was that?"

I looked further down the cavern "I guess it was some rocks dislodging themselves."

I saw a big boulder making its way towards Michelle's head. "Look out!" I pushed her just as the rock hit the ground. Suddenly the cave shook tremendously we all was knocked to the ground..

I got up and motioned towards the others. "Lets go! Further into the cave!"

We all got up and began to run. We continued running until the rumbling stopped. I turned around and saw that the way out was blocked.

"Is everyone okay?" Rin asked.

There were murmurs of agreement. I got up "Well it looks like we are trapped in here."

Michelle got up and yelled. "We can't be trapped! Someone might steal my purse!"

I reached into my bag and took out a roll of tape. "I suggest we all travel further into the cave. Maybe there is a way out."

Michelle flipped her hair. "Who made you leader! I'm leaving. Someone might find me."

She turned and walked away.

Jennifer pointed to her. "Shouldn't someone follow her?"

I nodded. "Uh Tyler you go follow Michelle and make sure she's okay."

"Okay." He followed her into the darkness.

I took ripped off a piece of the tape and put it on the wall. "This is glowing tape. So if we ever split up, we can find each other."

I pointed deeper into the cave. "Okay lets go. We all walked further into the cave. Darkness obscuring our vision.