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"Hey, check it out." Pope says as he opens a drawer. He holds paper up, "Confederate money from the Civil War."
"That means no one's been down here in over 100 years." Charlotte says
"And Blackbeard was here 150 years before that." Pope says shutting the drawer, "Keep pushing."
Charlotte turns with her flashlight, "This makes me feel weird, Pope." Her eyes then land on the brick wall, "Pope, look at this." She gasps as she moves one of the bricks, "Pope. Pope."
"Yeah."
"Look. I think they walled this in."
He steps closer and touches the wall. He then turns away, "Hold on a second." He turns back with an old sword, "Hold this."
She takes his flashlight and mumbles, "That's one way. Okay." As soon as he pokes the bricks, they all fall. Charlotte hums, "Oh. Well, that was easy."
"So, who's going in?"
"Nose goes." Charlotte says quickly before putting her finger on her nose
Pope raises his finger, but lets it fall with a sigh, "Shit." He tosses the sword aside and turns to her, "You wanna stay out here by yourself?"
"You still go first." She shrugs
"Can I have my flashlight?"
"Oh, yeah. Sorry."
"Thank you."
"Okay." She says as he shines the light in the hole before climbing in
Charlotte climbs in after him. They only crawl for a few minutes before she groans, "I can't believe I'm doing this. You guys know I don't like caves, and you know I don't like tunnels. This is bullshit."
"Hold on. Hold on."
"How much further?"
"Unclear. I think we should just keep moving."
"It smells like shit."
"Okay. Do you want to keep complaining?"
"No. I'm not complaining." She snaps, "I'm saying facts."
"Hey, wait, wait, wait. I think I see something." He says. As soon as it goes quiet, Charlotte hears squeaking. She looks around as Pope pants, "It's so cool."
"Pope." She says before she looks back, "Pope?"
"Yeah."
"What is that?"
"What is what?"
"Did you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"Shh." She says. She then hears more squeaking, "That."
