Well, here's chapter nine. Some action in there. And no, they don't kiss yet. PERVS! Jp jp. Hope you all ENOY it.
Chapter Nine: Collapse and Fear
They all make it down to the main room beneath the church. Riley and Ana wonder over to what looks like tombs. Riley looks at one and his eyes light up.
"Hey! Par...Hey, we found it! Him," shouts Riley to everyone else.
Ana tries to stifle a laugh at Riley's stuttering. Ian comes over and calls Ben over to look at it.
"It's a name," Ian says studying the tomb closely.
Ben runs his hand over the tombstone.
"Parkington Lane. He was a third-degree master mason of the Blue Light..." Ben starts to say.
Ben didn't notice Ian nod to Victor. Victor comes over with a big wrench ready to hit out the tombstone.
"Hey! Stop!" Ben yells to him, but he just bashes the tomb and ignores Ban.
Everyone backs up a few steps. Ana just looks at it and Abi stands next to her. Ben, Ian and the other guys lift the casket out of the tomb. Then, Parkington's body falls through it. Ana grabs Riley's hand as she jumps. Abi notices and smirks.
"Careful no one steps on him." Victor says as they put the casket back over Mr. Lane's body.
Riley looks at his hand entwined with Ana's and he looks at her with a smile.
"You were scared." he teases keeping his smile.
Ana lets go of Riley's hand and glares and says, "I was not scared."
Abi looks at her.
"You mean to tell me you planned it out?" she asks raising an eyebrow.
Ana stutters for a moment before saying, "Maybe."
She walks over next to Ben. Abi looks at Riley and then walks next to Ana. Riley goes on Ben's other side and looks down the tomb.
"Okay. Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel inside the tomb first?" Riley asks to no one really.
"Right. Phil, Victor, you stay here. And if anyone should come out without me...well, use your imagination," Ian says looking at the two of his men.
"Shall we?" he asks Ben.
Ben takes a flashlight and crawls inside. Ian follows. Ben gets to the end of crawling and picks up a torch.
"Got a light?" he asks Ian.
Ian takes a lighter out of his pocket and lights the torch. Everyone filters into the tunnel. Ben walks around, then goes down some stairs. There is a piece of wood that had fallen onto the path. Ben steps over it and helps everyone else.
"Careful." he says to Ian.
His dad comes up and he says, "Watch your step."
Ben helps Riley over who pats his shoulder. He takes Ana's hand to help her over since her ankle is still sore. He helps Abi over but before she could go any further his pulls her back.
"Come here." he says and pulls her into a kiss.
Ana smiles and walks up next to Riley. Abi pulls away from Ben and smiles and continues her way.
"Why does that never happen to me?" Shippen asks to nobody.
Ana heard him, though and just had to reply.
"Ugly." she coughs and Shippen glares at her but doesn't say anything to her.
They keep walking down the tunnel and down some stairs. Ian reaches a wider area.
"What's this?" he asks.
They step over a hole in the flooring and get to a look out area.
"It's a chandelier," says Ben walking forward.
He lights it with the torch exposing the cobweb covered area. He passes the torch over to Ian and Riley helps Ben push the chandelier out with a rope. It reveals a shaft with a winding staircase that leads very far down.
"Wow," Riley says.
Ana moves closer to Riley. Her fear of heights his just beyond believable. Abi notices that she's nervous and whispers, "Are you okay? You know, with your fear and all..."
Ana nods silently.
"Look at the elevators," says Ben.
"A dumbwaiter system," says Patrick.
"How do a bunch of guys with hand tools build all this?" asks Shippen looking everywhere.
"The same way they built the pyramids. And the Great Wall of China," says Ben.
"Yeah, the Alien's helped them." Riley and Ana say together.
They look at each other. Ana looks away and blushes.
"You two really need to stop doing that." Ben says soundly just a little annoyed.
"Right. Let's go. What are we waiting for?" Ian asks.
Shippen hands Patrick a torch, signaling for him to go first.
"I'm not going out on that thing. 200 years of termite damage and rot," Patrick says taking the torch.
"Dad, do what he says," says Ben calmly.
Patrick takes cautious steps every time he moves to ensure safe footing. Everyone follows him. He kicks down a loose board.
"Watch your step," he says, "We're right under the Trinity Graveyard. That's probably why no one ever found this," he continues to head down on more steps but he is cautious about it.
Riley puts his hand on the rail and looks around. He notices that there are cockroach on his hand and he freaks out and shakes his hand and catches up with Ana and Abi who laugh quietly.
"Afraid of bugs Riley?" Ana asks with a slight laugh.
"Hahaha." he laughs sarcastically and continues to walk.
The group starts to feel rumbling. Ana backs against the wall and closes her eyes.
"What is that?" Riley asks.
Everyone looks above them.
"Subway," says Ian once the rumbling faded.
Ben nods and they continue on.
Shaw takes a step off of the last stair and goes through the wood. He falls all the way down. no return there.
"Oh God! Shaw!" Ian yells to him but it does him no good.
Ana still has her eyes closed when the floor starts to crumble. Her eyes shoot open and she sees Riley jump to the walk way below. She cannot move.
"Ana, jump over to where Riley is1" Abi yells at her.
Ana feels the floor start to collapse so she jumps. But her feet miss the ledge and she falls and manages to grab hold of the edge. She feels a hand grabs hers.
"Try and pull your self up." Riley says holding onto to both her hands.
She pulls her self and Riley helps her up. She basically in shock at this point.
"Stay here." he says as she leans against the wall, panting.
Ben tries to hand Riley the Declaration but the elevator that him and Abi are on falls. the rope knots as they fall, causing Abi to fall and hold onto a board. She starts to fall as Ben catches her hand and they are swinging back and forth.
"Get down there! Get down there!" Mr. Gates yells to Shippen, who tries to lower their elevator.
Ben and Abigail are swinging on their broken elevator and the Declaration got loose from Ben's grasp. It rolls over to the edge.
"The Declaration," Abi says quietly.
"Do you trust me?" Ben asks her.
"Yes," she says instantly.
Ben drops her on a pathway below him and he grabs the document and he slips and falls. He grabs on to the last board he could. The nails slowly start to come out. The nails are almost out, when a rope falls next to him. He grabs it and looks up to see Mr. Gates holding the rope. Ben swings on the rope over to a safe place and gets over the railing. Abi walks towards him.
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I dropped you. I had to save the Declaration," Ben says to her.
"No, don't be. I would have done exactly the same thing to you," she says.
"Really?" he asks her with disbelieving eyes.
"I would have dropped you both. Freaks." Riley says walking down to them, with Ana close behind who looks like she's going to faint.
"Ana, are you okay?" Abi asks with concern walking over to her friend and puts her hand on her shoulder.
Ana is white as a ghost. Riley walks over to her other side and puts an arm around her. Ana is shaking and she nods slightly to Abi.
"Are you afraid of heights?" Riley asks her with concern.
Ana looks at him and replies, "Yes."
Shippen lowers the elevator with Mr. Gates and Ian aboard. They get to the level Ben, Abi, Riley, and Ana were on.
"Get on," Ian demands.
"Ian...it's not worth it," Ben says and looks at Ana with concern.
"Do you imagine any one of your lives is more valuable to me than Shaw's? We go on," he says.
"The status quo. Keep the status quo," says Mr. Gates to Ben as they got on.
Ben nods his head. Riley takes Ana's hand and gives her a reassuring squeeze. She looks at him and smiles letting him know she's better.
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