Alliances

Chapter 1

Callan cursed silently to herself about the sand filling her shoes as she made her way across the beach to the hole in the fence allowing her access to the abandoned hotel. She enjoyed exploring abandoned and forgotten places and this hotel, the treasure island hotel, had been abandoned since the last major hurricane in Florida. This was the third time she was exploring it, each time getting farther and farther, the first time she came in daylight and looked from the fence, memorizing the features and fence holes, the second she went at night to check how much tourist activity that Daytona beach got at night and how late the neighboring hotels kept most their lights on, and this time she would finally do the exploring.
This hotel was damaged that last hurricane and after the first floor was cleaned out in the fixing process the owner was sued by the construction company and stopped everything. So there it lay, untouched, any record books, furniture, wall hangings, guest belongings before the evacuation, everything, it should all still be there.

She got to the hole in the fence, tossed her backpack through then climbed slipped through, catching her calf as she did

She reached back to feel it. Her fingers were met by a slightly sticky, warm wetness, lovely.

"Damn it" she cursed to herself, she wiped the blood then slung her back pack over her shoulders, hurrying across the open back patioes and pool area

She reached the building, there were no doors, it was mostly open, she walked around, nothing to exciting, so she started searching for stairs, she went through the entire building twice, didn't find any, not even by the elevators, they must have torn them out during the clean.

She had come this far, she wasn't turning back yet, she was determined, even if she had to climb the elevator shafts.

She felt her way back through the halls, fingers touching the wall slightly, the paint crumbling off where she touched, it must have been the salt water from way back.

She got to the elevator, pulled the wire fencing back enough she could fit through, she pulled a flash light from her pocket and pointed it up, no elevator up there to fall and crush her, good, she moved her gaze and light down, no elevator there but in stead there was another floor.. The blueprints didn't mention a basement.. She put the flash light in her mouth and grabbed the ridges inside, she slid down slowly

Her feet hit the ground and she turned around, opened a sliding door just enough to peek through and froze..

There was a room full of computers and doors, all official looking.. What had she stumbled into..?

Hey guys! It's me, I just wanted to put out there that the building in the setting is real, the treasure island hotel in Daytona beach Florida, it was damaged in the last major hurricane, everything so far (besides the secret basement lol) is true, it was an independently owned Disney hotel, I'm actually exploring it myself, all pics in the media are ones I have taken or will take, if you're interested in those type of things I started a blog, you'll get more details, pics, back stories on there of the places I explore #ShamelessSelfPromo lol anyways, thanks for reading