La Route de la tombe

Part 9

Chapter 9

Nearly three-quarter of hours passed, where Adrien, Gabriel and Kagami had gotten into the second tunnel of the crypt they went to look for the miraculous book, they've been looking since they met. The tunnel was darker than the other one before. It still was illuminated but didn't contain many of burning torches to make it easier for the trio to orient.

"How long have we been walking here?" Asked Adrien. "I'm nearly falling asleep by only being inside here"

"Maybe an hour?" Responded Gabriel. "I haven't checked the time we got in here"

"If we are really so long in here, I believe we're closer to the book" The woman assured making Gabriel nod.

"Or we come along another trap" Added Adrien, the stopped along with the others as they arrived on a dead end. "What?" Asked Adrien surprised to see a wall in front of them instead of anything else, that could guide them to the book.

"Hmm maybe that's a secret door," Gabriel said opening his map to look for any information. "I read it somewhere here about that door" Gabriel said and Kagami checked along with Gabriel the map while Adrien looked around the walls for anything suspicious, then he grabbed one torch, that was about a two inches away from the dead end and pulled it back, then heard a strange sound of a brick unlocking, then Adrien raised his eyebrows in bewildered and the wall in front of him moved 30° degrees to the side and Adrien could look into a dark space.

"Cool," Adrien said looking into the darkness, then as he leaned his arm on the end of the open brick-made door, the door closed up pushing him into the dark alley doing a loud noise as it closed interrupting Gabriel and Kagami from their focus on the card.

"Adrien?" Asked Gabriel as he noted, that he son was gone. Kagami wide her eyes and pushed on the same torch Adrien had pulled before to discover the secret door, which opened back as it did moments ago to the young Agreste.

"There's the door," Gabriel said then heard Adrien's echo through the dark alley.

"Adrien are you alright?" Kagami called into the alley sending also an echo into the hole.

"Hey, I think I found the book. Get down here and be careful how you slide down here"

"Slide?" Asked Gabriel, then Kagami sat down on the ground placing her feet into the dark space, then moved her feet back and forth.

"It's flat, we could slide it down as Adrien did," Kagami said watching Gabriel taking another torch out easily, then looked at the woman.

"Take one, just in case" Offered Gabriel, which Kagami accepted then she got into the dark alley sliding all the way down in the dimness.

"Woohoo!" The woman called out as she went the stone cold ground down, reaching another room, where Adrien was awaiting her.

"Great" Adrien said helping Kagami up. "Where's father?"

"Ahhhh!" Yelled Gabriel as he was arriving down by the two young adults, then he tripped and got caught by his son.

"Got ya," Adrien said, then Gabriel got up and adjusted his chemise and noted, that he misses something and looked down at his torch putting his map on fire.

"No!" Shouted Gabriel jumping at his map to extinguish the fire from his card then, he took it from the ground and opened it up to have a few black tiny stains on the paper.

"Did it burn everything?" Asked Adrien glancing up at his father.

"Just a bit but I think that won't be a problem," Gabriel said looking at the map.