Inside the cafe, Lucio turned on the electrical switch, revealing cozy ceiling lights and lamps, sets of tables and chairs, bookshelves, couches, artworks and a brewing station. The rustic aesthetic of wood and bricks also set the mood for a relaxing place.
Unfortunately, I'm not here to relax.
"I don't get it....this place looks complete," I said. "So why hasn't it opened yet?"
"Well, there are some complications...I'm about to show it to you," Lucio said.
We walked past the bookshelves and went down a flight of stairs to the basement.
Dustin and I looked in awe at what we saw.
Below the cafe was a double floor atrium that resembled a classical library composed mostly of vintage bookshelves covered with dust and cobwebs on our floor and old-school study tables at the bottom floor.
"This place used to be an old library buried long before the resort was built. When we discovered this place by accident, I immediately thought of the idea of building a cafe over it and combining them to create a unique sense of architecture to it, " Lucio said. "Pretty cool, don't you think?"
"Yeah....." Dustin said.
"So, um...what's the problem?" I asked.
Lucio smiled at me.
"Follow me, this is the main attraction."
We followed Lucio to the bottom floor and he stopped in front of a random bookshelf.
He pulled on one of the books, which seemed to activate something because I heard some strange mechanical noise.
"What....."
The bookshelf opened inward, revealing a secret passageway.
We went down another flight of stairs before finally reaching the very bottom, which was a wide open area covered with cold dark bricks of stone.
Lucio's staff lit up some lamps and handed out one for each of us to hold.
"Is this place some sort of dungeon?" I asked.
"Yeah," Lucio said. "According to my research, the owner of this library used to be a slave owner, so I guess this was what it was used for."
"W-what are we doing in this creepy place anyway? Are we doing a test of courage?" Dustin said.
RAAAAAAAAAAH!
"Eeeeeek!" Dustin and I screamed.
There were zombies inside the cells.....
"Lucio! What the hell is going on? Why are there zombies down here?" I said.
Wait...I looked at one of the zombies stretching its arms out towards me and saw that it looked somewhat familiar...
That black hair.....
Damien......
I looked at another cell and saw another zombie with brown hair and blue eyes surrounded by a sclera of black.
Bryce.....
"What the fuck is going on?! Why are they here?! And why are they zombies?!" I said.
"I-I'm scared....." Dustin was shaking and hugging himself.
"Calm down, let me explain," Lucio said. "Basically, I've turned them into my test subjects!"
He said this with that same angelic smile, which honestly made me feel like puking.
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Gentleman of the Apocalypse
Romance"Men are trash." This was Ori's absolute philosophy in life. Every encounter she's had with them always seems to end in disaster. It was because of them that her life had been filled with despair, to the point that she had become the most unpopular...
