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Ellie's POV
As we all got to the bottom of the chasm, Sean was walking around shinning his torch on everything. I'm glad he hasn't asked me about my attitude problem, considering I don't really have a very good answer. I'll admit, ever since Sean started focusing most of his attention on Hannah, I've been missing him a lot more then I thought I would. I wish I knew why I was so suddenly craving his attention but I didn't and maybe it's like Trevor's been saying…maybe I like him. I shuddered at the thought, feeling an odd sensation in my stomach.
"Hey, are you ok?" I heard Sean's voice ask. At first I thought he was asking Hannah but when I felt a tap on my shoulder I turned to see a pair of concerned coffee brown eyes staring at me. "Ellie, are you alright? You shivered." he asked again. I blushed in the darkness, realising he must have been watching me.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I lied. He nodded but as he looked down his eyes widened and he grabbed my arm.
"What the heck happened to your arm?" he asked, holding it gently. I looked down and saw the deep cut with some shiny stuff in there. I shrugged at him.
"It's fine Sean. I just got hit by some of the metal when the sensor exploded. I'll be fine." I assured him. He looked a little unsure but went back to his inspecting.
"Hey guys, what's this?" He asked. His torch was shining on a dusty door looking thing.
"It's the mine. It was shut down sixty years ago because of the big disaster," Hannah said, pointing at it with her torch as well. I made my way over to them, coming to stand next to Sean. He shifted a little, looking uncomfortable and I realised I was standing a lot closer then I needed to.
"Disaster? How big?" he asked.
"Eighty-one dead," Hannah answered, looking grim.
"That's pretty big," Trevor noted and I gave him a 'oh really' look. Hannah led the way, Trevor following her and Sean and me next to each other.
Sean still looked a little freaked out by our situation. He was as pale as a piece of paper and shaking slightly. I tried not to focus on him, feeling my heart go out to the poor guy. It was only when I felt a clammy, shaky hand grip mine tightly did I realise that he must be really scared. I snuck a glance to see that he was looking down, his eyes un-see able.
"Hey, we're goanna be ok, alright?" I asked gently. He lifted his head and smiled at me appreciatively. "There's my Sean." I chuckled. He raised an eyebrow.
"Your Sean? Why miss Ellie do you want me as your own?" he teased. I blushed heavily.
"Hey, Trevor was there a mine like this in the book?" I asked, dodging the question.
"No," His uncle replied. "I don't think so." After a while he asked Hannah "Hey, do you wonder if your father and my brother had been right?" Sean and me looked over at Hannah to see her glaring at Trevor. Oh no, this didn't look good.
"Let me get something straight to you." she said, rather coldly. "I am not my father. And the world he belonged to has nothing to do with me." she was speaking as if Trevor was stupid. I felt a cold feeling go through me as Hannah turned, catching me staring at her and sending me a glare. I gulped but Sean gripped my hand tighter, reassuring me. He's taking me over Hannah? I grinned to myself. Trevor on the other hand was stuttering madly.
"O-of c-c-course, I d-didn't mean-" he tried.
"You know I'm still charging you right?" Hannah asked quickly, facing him again. Trevor's jaw dropped.
"You're still billing me?" he asked in disbelief.
"I bill you until I am safe in my house." she smirked. I rolled my eyes, tugging Sean along with me as I walked past the arguing grown-ups. As we walked I spotted a giant machine with loads of different cogs and wheels attached to it. I walked over to it and started pulling on some of the leavers.
"Hey what's that? What are you doing?" Sean asked nervously.
"It's an old generator." Hannah said, joining me and pulling on some leavers.
"I don't think you want to do that." Trevor warned, coming a little closer.
"I think I do." Hannah answered back, flicking a final switch before the lights all came on. My eyes widened at the site of all the tunnels that twisted through the mountain.
81 people died in this mine and I hoped it wouldn't move up to 85.
"Ok I take it back." Trevor laughed. I grinned at him before looking back around. My eyes widened as I spotted some mine carts sitting on a track. I nudged Sean and pointed at them. His eyes lit up at the sight of them.
"Hey this could be our way out." he cried excitedly, running towards them. "The miners had to put their stuff somewhere, the tracks could take us out."
"How many miners got out?" I asked Hannah, hesitantly following Sean.
"…Uh one." Hannah said sheepishly. I stopped and turned to stare at her.
"What?" I cried.
"Good enough for me. I call front." Sean yelled, rushing to the front cart. My head snapped up.
"No way! I call shotgun!" I shouted, rushing over and hopping into the cart before he could. Sean narrowed his eyes at me before jumping in behind me.
"I'm ok with sharing with you…if you tell me why you're acting so cold to everyone." he said firmly. Before I could struggle to find an answer Hannah pushed us off on her pump cart thingy. I lurched forwards, Sean having to grip my waist as we sped off to stop me from falling over the front. "This isn't over." he growled against my ear. Soon we were going fast, so fast that my hair was whipping behind me and into Sean's face. I whimpered as we got even faster, gripping onto Sean tightly and burying my face in his chest.
"Sean does it look safe?" Trevor asked from behind us.
"I think I see something." he shouted back, his heartbeat suddenly starting to pound in my ears. I snuck a look behind us and immediately regretted it, spotting the gaping drop that was coming up. "Oh we're in deep schist." Sean mumbled, wrapping a protective arm around me. We all screamed as we plummeted downwards. This was worse then any rollercoaster I had ever been on.
"How come they don't have seatbelts on this thing?" Sean shouted. I lifted my head and stared right at him in disbelief.
"You're worried about seatbelts?" I screamed at him. He looked like he was going to answer but his eyes suddenly widened. I turned to see what he was looking at and felt a sick feeling drop into my stomach at the sight of the gap in the tracks.
"Uh Hannah." Sean muttered worriedly.
"I know!" she shouted back.
"Pull the break!" Trevor shouted and I was about to when Hannah shouted at me.
"No! We won't make it!" she shouted and I felt us start to speed up. We were goanna die, I knew we were goanna die on this stupid search for the centre of the earth. I turned back around to face Sean, who was staring at me with a sorry expression.
"I'm sorry we dragged you into this! I never wanted you to get hurt!" he shouted over the all the noise. I didn't answer, just staring at him. I knew I wanted to do this before I died so I sucked in a deep breath, grabbed him by the front of his shirt and smashed my lips to his. Sean stiffened completely as I kissed him then seemed to relax as he wrapped his arms tightly around my waist and deepening it. I could feel the cart launch from the tracks as Sean and I kissed. A calm, yet exhilarating sensation coursed through my veins at his kiss. It was dangerous, yet safe. Infuriating, yet peaceful. He was Sean and that was the best way I could describe how amazing this feeling was. Sean was thrown away from me as the cart landed back onto the tracks. I was about to see if he was ok but I stopped when I saw Trevor and Hannah fly off onto another track.
"Hang on you guys!" Trevor shouted as he and Hannah disappeared down another tunnel. I crawled down next to Sean, who was having some trouble standing back up.
"Just stay down! We'll get back up when this thing stops!" I yelled. He nodded, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me under him. I gave him a confused look but he just stared down at me.
"Tell me why you've been acting so weird today!" he demanded, completely trapping me under him. I tried to shrink away from his fierce gaze but I knew he was determined to get his answer.
"I was jealous of the attention you and Trevor were giving Hannah. We'd only just become friends and I wanted to know you more!" I answered truthfully, seeing as the possibility that we could die was rapidly growing. Sean's eyes softened and he lowered himself onto my body, curling me under him. I think he was attempting to hug me, his face buried in my neck. I hugged back and we just lay there, Sean shielding me from any harm. Soon our cart rolled to a slow stop and I could hear groaning beside us. Sean quickly sat up, looking a little awkward.
"That. Was. Awesome!" Sean yelled as he hopped out of the cart and I couldn't help but smile a little. Yes, yes it was. "What happened to you guys?" he asked. I looked down to see Trevor and Hannah laying on the ground, Hannah on top of Trevor.
"Don't ask." Trevor growled, his voice strained. I was still a little dizzy from the cart ride…and what had happened during it.
"Need some help?" Sean asked, holding out his hand. I blushed as he helped me out the cart, plopping me down next to me.
"Thanks." I mumbled sheepishly. "Look Sean…about what happened in the…" I trailed off as I noticed that Sean wasn't even looking at me, looking over at where the tracks ended.
"Hey, what's that?" he asked, walking towards it. I sighed as I followed.
"Hey don't go in there." Trevor warned, having a hard time getting back up. We ignored him and heard him groan as he and Hannah followed us through the hole the mine cart had made in the wall. I felt my breath catch at the many gems that were imbedded in the wall. It was amazing there were so many colours. Red, green, pale blue, dark blue. I didn't know gems could be this colour.
"Hey guys look, Rubies." Sean murmured, touching one gently.
"Emeralds." I said, looking at a small cluster of them.
"Diamonds." Hannah breathed.
"Feldspar." Trevor said bluntly. Feldspar? What the heck was that?
"Crystals are most commonly formed and found in…volcanic tubes." he said, looking up.
"This tune could take us back up right?" Hannah asked.
"Yeah." Trevor mumbled, going back to the diamonds.
"When I get out of here, I'm getting a Mazzarati." Sean said, shoving a handful of different coloured gems into a small pouch in his bag.
"You know Sean money doesn't always matter. People matter to." Trevor said as he drooled over the gems.
"Not when you have a Mazzarati." Sean answered back. That one hurt a little, realising Sean cared more for a car then he did me. I moved away from him, a particular gem catching my eye.
It was completely smooth and in the shape of a 3D kite, unlike the rough texture of all the other crystals. It was a deep green colour with a lighter centre, like there was life in the centre of the crystal.
"It matches your eyes." I heard Sean say from right behind me, his breath on my neck. I smiled to myself, feeling the regular warmth in my stomach whenever Sean was nice to me. Carefully I plucked the emerald from the wall, noting the small hole that went right through at the top. Bending down, I undid one of my shoelaces and threaded it through the emerald before tying it around my neck, letting the crystal rest against my chest. Just as I was standing up I heard a cracking sound under me before noticing a crack forming around my feet.
"Did you guys hear that?" Sean asked hesitantly. I nodded, completely frozen.
"Nobody move," Trevor said immediately. I did as I was told and Sean copied me, crouching slightly to spread his weight. Hannah knelt to the ground very slowly.
"Tell me that's not what I think it is," She said.
"Muscovite," Trevor squeaked.
"Oh," Hannah gasped. What the heck is Muscovite?
"What's Muscovite?" Sean asked. Thank you.
"Muscovite is a very thin type of rock formation," Hannah explained in a cautious voice.
"How thin?" Sean asked nervously. I had a feeling I wasn't going to like the answer.
"So thin that the slightest change of weight or pressure can cause it to shatter," Trevor said in a wobbly voice. "And we're standing on a lot of it." I gulped loudly, really wishing that I was back in my bed. Sean didn't look to happy either. He took a slow and balanced step. The cracking noises continued.
"Stop," I told him. He did as I said and kept still. "What should we do?" I asked Trevor.
"Um…ok you two take very slow steps towards us." he instructed. We nodded and started, me cringing every time there was a cracking noise. As we came to the middle, Sean put his arm out in front of me.
"Let me go first, just in case." he whispered to me, his eyes full of care. He would risk his own life for mine? Why would he do that? I noticed that Sean had left his backpack back by the wall. Knowing he would want that Mazzarati I leaned over and slowly picked it up and handed it to him. He smiled appreciatively, and slung it over his shoulder. My eyes widened as one of the diamonds he had grabbed slipped out, rocketing towards the very fragile ground.
"No!" Sean cried, reaching for the rock. I cringed as it hit the ground, slicing through it and getting stuck halfway. We all paused, nothing making a sound apart from some cracking. After a minute we let out a breath.
"It's actually tougher then I thought." Trevor laughed, looking smug. I glared at Sean.
"You and you're bloody Mazzarati! You could of got us all killed!" I yelled at him. Sean glared back.
"You weren't exactly trying to stop me!" he yelled back.
"I thought you were finally being responsible!" I shouted back. "You're not good for anything. No in fact the only thing you are good for is being irritating but don't worry your mouth makes up for it!" Sean suddenly looked smug.
"You weren't complaining in the mine cart." he said, an unbearable smirk on his face. My face went bright red.
"If I had know we weren't going to die I never would have wasted such an important first experience on such a whiny, arrogant, self-centred dick head who's own father left him to go study rocks!" I shouted. Sean's face went completely white but his eyes held a fury I had never seen. Trevor and Hannah were looking appalled at me, both thinking the same thing. What a complete bitch. "Sean I…I'm so sor-" I tried but was cut off by the floor completely giving out under us, sending us all plummeting down. We all screamed at the top of our lungs as we were plunged into darkness. After a few minutes we all stopped, realising we hadn't hit anything yet.
"We're still falling!" Trevor shouted and we all started screaming again.
"Trevor what's at the bottom?" Hannah shouted over the rushing of the wind.
"If Verne was right, this tunnel should go on for hundreds of miles!" he answered and Hannah glowered at him as best she could.
"Verne was not right!" she snapped at him.
"Trevor finish! What's at the bottom!" I insisted.
"Well it most likely just ends!" he answered. I didn't like that answer. I glanced over at Sean, not wanting to die before I could apologise to him. I know that what I said was definitely out of line and not even true. I will never regret having my first kiss with Sean and I'm sure his dad loved him. Looking over at Sean, he didn't look very happy with Trevor's answer.
"Ends? Got any other theories?" he asked.
"Well the walls of the tunnel could have eroded with water which is still running, providing a gradual break to our fall, kind of like a waterslide!" he said. That sounded much better.
"That's better!" I shouted. I was answered with a glare from Sean.
"No shit!" he snapped. I felt awful, I must have really hurt his feelings.
"But Trevor the leverage of the water is pointing straight up at us! We'll be skewered!" Hannah said. I really wish she hadn't said that.
"That is also possible!" Trevor noted and we all started screaming again. After half an hour I felt something hit my face. It was a droplet of water touch my face and by his startled cry, I think Sean felt it to.
"Is that water?" Hannah asked. I gave her a 'duh' look but Trevor answered for her anyway.
"Waterslide. Waterslide." Sean chanted, his hands clasped in the pray position. Knowing this could be my only chance, I turned myself to face Sean. He didn't look to happy to see me.
"Sean, I shouldn't have said those things! I'm really so-" I was effectively cut off by the water that we all dropped into. It was exactly like a waterslide, only it was the most terrifying ride of my life. It was worse then any plane ride that I had ever been on. We were sent tumbling down this tunnel of watery nightmares until we were ejected into a large underground cave of water. We were trapped under a rock roof with no way out. I knew it…we were goanna die. Suddenly Trevor pointed behind me and I turned to see a way out. We all started to swim towards it but me and Hannah were behind the boys. Hannah looked to be struggling with her backpack, it was the biggest. Knowing I needed to make up with Hannah, I swam behind her and undid her straps, taking her backpack and slinging it onto my shoulder. No wonder she was struggling to swim with this thing. I was already running out of breath and was way behind.
My vision started to go blurry as Hannah swam ahead of me, sometimes looking back with a concerned expression on her face. Suddenly a shape emerged into my eyesight and Hannah was suddenly whisked away. I on the other hand was left to drown. I deserved it for what I said to Sean and how I had treated Hannah. I'm glad I managed to do something nice for her before I died. I just wish I had apologised to Sean. As my vision went black I saw a shape coming towards me.
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