Ganama

Day 13.

By the time Meg had woken up, I had already gone at and gotten both of us some food. She happily took her egg sandwich and I had my morning burrito. We got ready, grabbed our gear and sent a message to Andon "We're ready".

He was already up and ready at the diner waiting for us. We drove and met him, and started moving the gear from my truck to his. I could feel Linda glaring at me as I moved the rope and tools to Andon's truck. We were ready for the day, and I believed this could end it all. I had found the perfect people, we had prepared, and we had a mission. As Andon started his truck I sat in between Meg and him since there was no backseat, and as we pulled out of the parking lot my eyes met Linda's as I saw the look of confusion on her face.

Eventually we got to where we would have to walk and Andon turned off the car. We started retrieving our tools from the bed. I reached for my pipe but before I could grasp it, Andon handed me a hunting rifle instead.

"We are going to need real weapons to fight real monsters" he spoke in a heroic way. I felt anxiety creeping on me the whole drive and by now it was all I could feel, but on the outside I was calm and ready. I didn't know if Andon felt scared at all, but he had the persona of a leader, which was something we all needed. When we left the car he handed Meg a hand gun and both of us some spare ammo. Andon had a small sawed off shotgun with him, I had a long single shot rifle, and Meg had a black small handgun. It would have made more sense for us to have guns that used the same ammunition, but It was still a nice upgrade from a pipe. We walked through the leaves and bushes and past the stone wall to the other side. Standing a small clearing in the dense forest, facing the small opening of the cave, surrounded by perfectly symmetrical holes, and we continued on.

As we walked by the holes toward the cave's entrance, I felt the cold feeling I felt at the supermarket begin to grow on my skin as I saw strips where the grass was missing. They went through holes and appeared on the other side, like the first hole I had encountered. The area had changed since the last time me and Andon were there, but even though I knew we should check them, I stayed silent and afraid. We kneeled over as we were greeted once again by the vast expanse of the cave, and the dark.

I handed out the flashlights that I had been holding in my backpack, to Andon and to Meg. Andon managed to drop his on the cold damp floor as I was handing to him. As it rolled down the main tunnel its light shone on the caves wall. We watched in disbelief as large engravings were illuminated by the light and and went dark again as the torch rolled by. The flashlight continued to roll down the dip in the floor until all we could see was a gentle glow ahead.

Intricate carvings coated the walls making elaborate patterns and shapes. The walls looked like a kaleidoscope with no real images or writing on them. We stood inside the cave, tracing our fingers against the designs until we heard a familiar yell from outside.

"GET THE FUCK OUT HERE YOU CUNTS"

The redneck asshole had followed us there.

"No fucking way." Andon whispered to us as he peeped outside to get a look at him.

"He has a gun..." he whispered again.

"He has a -" he was cut off from the loud crack of a gunshot, and Andon ducked away from the entrance.

"THAT WAS JUST A WARNING SHOT! BUT DON'T THINK I NEVER KILLED ANYBODY" he yelled.

We stood just out the view of the cave entrance still and silent. Our guns pointed at the opening, ready to stop the redneck.

"IF YOU DON'T COME OUT, I'LL GET YOU MYSELF AND KILL-"

"And kill?" Andon whispered to us again.