Undergroundcity Stories

There was a little Barn Swallow. His little nest occupied every corner of his heart, a home built without asking, a shelter woven from longing and devotion. He had made that nest in the hollow of his chest, in the marrow of his bones, in the spaces between heartbeats where no one else had ever been allowed to settle. And still the bird did not come. Still the swallow did not return to the only place that had ever been carved for it.

Fifteen-year-old Mary Charming is a quiet, kind-hearted girl living in Chicago who loves mysteries, vintage music, and detective work. While her gentle nature often makes others underestimate her, Mary believes that strength doesn't have to be loud. But when she begins hearing mysterious singing coming from beneath the ground tone night, her curiosity gets the better of her. What starts as a strange sound soon leads Mary toward a hidden world beneath Chicago, where secrets, mysteries, and unexpected dangers await. With her friends by her side, Mary must uncover the truth about the mysterious underground city while discovering who she really is along the way.

Sky grew up in an underground city. The whole city was in fear of a war happening, which is the reason for the life the people lived underground. The only way the people can breathe fresh oxygen is by a hole in a hidden room that leads up to the surface. The hole and the room are guarded by burly guards, and only people over the age of eighteen are allowed to leave the underground city to collect resources. Sky dislikes these arrangements, however. She wants to see the world with her own eyes before she reaches the age of eighteen. Her plan works, but a few minutes after she goes outside, she gets kidnapped. Is it safe for Sky to escape and return home? Or does she have to stay trapped forever?

In a world that swore it buried its secrets, one woman discovers they're still breathing beneath the surface. Investigative journalist Maya Ruiz uncovers a digital leak tied to Eidolon - a mythic underground civilization built by the world's elite after the surface began to fail. When an encrypted file called The Codex appears on her system, it doesn't just rewrite data - it rewrites reality. The signal leads her to Dr. Elias Monroe, a historian who helped hide the truth decades ago. Together, they unravel the connection between ancient architecture, modern power, and a shadow network rewriting history in real time. But some truths aren't meant to be uncovered. Beneath the cities, beneath the lies, something intelligent waits - and it remembers everyone who ever tried to expose it. > The deeper she goes, the more the world above begins to disappear. What happens when history itself fights back? Tags: #ConspiracyThriller #SpeculativeFiction #Mystery #ScienceThriller #EliteSecrets #UndergroundCivilization #FireLineSaga #ElijahAliKearse

Sometimes a Dreamer just can't get a break. One thought he had finished with Mikaen and company and finally earned a vacation. Unfortunately, a favor done for an old friend leaves One right back where he started. Now One's going along with Mikaen's team to investigate the technological superpower of Ronisgald, an underground country controlled by the Artificial Intelligence of a long-dead civilization. It won't be easy; to uncover the truth about Ronisgald, One will come face to face with super-villains, mad emperors, the Ronisgald Security Force, and the rest of the Dreamers. Still, it's all in day's work for a member of the Elsewhere Incorporate, right? This version of Machinations is undergoing revisions to better align with both past and future books in the series. Constructive criticism without insulting tone or words are welcome.

On his 16th birthday, Herschl Sturm's life was shattered by a falling meteor. His mother-dead. His brother-missing. His world-changed forever. When he wakes, he sees an eerie light before losing consciousness. Then... nothing. Two years later, society is split: Viruses-those with supernatural abilities, hunted as threats. Anti-Viruses-government-controlled enforcers trained to eliminate them. Herschl, now hunted, searches for his missing brother. Along the way, he meets Atlas, an Anti-Virus soldier who hesitates to kill him, and Eli, a shape-shifting entity from a hidden lab. Their journey leads them to Pendulum City, an underground cyberpunk wasteland where the remnants of the past refuse to die. Then the visions begin. Glimpses of the past. Fragments of the future. A horrifying truth-the world is trapped in a loop. And at the center of it all? Himself. Now, he faces an impossible choice: ▶ Break the loop-and erase everything, including his loved ones. ▶ Accept the loop-and become the force controlling it all. Two versions of Herschl. Two different paths. One inescapable paradox.

A story about Nai and Jesus being best friends. They find about something being injected in them. They find a secret place in a city underground. They then become superheroes of Skye's Dia Kingdom. But then they find out about....falling in love with eachother?

Eile, Derius, Serien, Chrono, are the best of friends in an steampunk era, who later find out that there are floating cities and underground Towns when they meet an unusual friend

What is left when the whole world has lost hope? Dear 2020, 2021, and 2022. You fucked up. You left all your problems for tomorrow but guess what. Tomorrow never comes so you never took care of them. It's thanks to you three that the world is like this. Thanks for abusing your power and killing almost everyone. If people want, I can continue this as a sort of story type thing.

The sun is an unheard of object in the city of Dinton, a dark city of eerie streets and closed gates. Everyone inside the city is content and cares not to learn about the outside world that has forgotten about them. Rose, Danny and Adam are unlike this people and desire to see the world with their own eyes. The Rebellion has been around for 100s of years and has been watching this trio to see if they are willing to put their own world behind them and go to the light. Is the trio truly willing to leave everything and go to the surface of a world of light or will they surrender to the corruption found inside the city? Young Writer's Contest. 1,999 words

Xavier Michaelis is smart enough to fear the demons that haunt the aboveground world. He knows better than to question decisions that protect them all - even when they cause life as he knows it to turn on its head. When he and his sister Ada are suddenly relocated to the far out city of East, Xavier for the first time feels the firm hand of Central slacken, and with it the safety and structure he's always known. And if living on the brink of humanity wasn't enough, now there's the chance his future job is at stake, Ada's might take her away, and worst of all he might never get to leave. Between a bipolar genius, more than a few unhinged soldiers-to-be, an air of rebellion and lack of fear itself, Xavier isn't sure what to fear anymore: demons or people.

Lux didn't mind living underground. A place where fighting and aggressive behavior was a common occurrence. He had never seen the sun but has learned of the upper world. Yet he had never thought about visiting the burning world. But what happens when he is forced to the surface? !Warning! Contains: -swearing -mention of LGBTQ+ -torture -blood -sharp objects (If I missed any I apologize)

They say I was born under a cursed moon. That the crown I was meant to wear was forged not of gold - but grief. I was the last flame of a dying empire. A princess without a throne. A soul tethered to a dragon's breath and hunted by fate itself. The world above forgot me. Buried me. But I did not die. I carved my name in the bones of the earth - in a city stitched together by shadows, where lost things go to haunt themselves. They call me a myth now. A ghost. A rebel. A liar. But if you're reading this, if you're listening... then let me tell you the truth. I did not run from the fire. I became it. And in the end, I gave up everything - not for power, not for vengeance, but for peace. A peace I will never taste.

From an early age she was prepared to enter the ophelium tournament and win at any cost, but what happens when everything around her changes and destiny changes drastically? She will be driven by these feelings or will continue as she was taught as a child Preview All I felt at that moment was the adrenaline and the taste of victory was near I knew that at some point I would be in this position and that I had been prepared and taught all my life since I was a child to win this game.The game of games But the stakes were too high and what is in front of me makes me give up the power and let my heart take control over my mind and let love win over duty but can I give up everything I have been taught to win? Can I ignore the number of corpses I stepped on to get to this moment and what is in front of me I can ignore? If it were that simple ...

Synopsis : 'A Bittersweet Love' is a novel of great tragedy that brings an end to every single being as the conclusion to the story is nothing but a voided space. With that in mind, it is someone's duty to prevent her favorite novel's world from perishing. The knowledge and memories she has recalled has finally come into use as she gained a renowned yet infamous reputation. Once a Monarch of the Underworld while a Maiden in the realm of noble society, those are her identities to which she'll in her attempts protect her beloved characters and the novel that has brought salvation in her previous life. When the Underworld finally rises from the underground, that is when she'll make her move to prevent the antagonists from 'A Bittersweet Love' with the people forever by her side. Friends, comrades, allies and the dear beloved characters from 'A Bittersweet Love' will now assist Persephone in her journey of the world's salvation!

Meet Juliet Kensington, a noble. When her father leaves her for dead in the underground city she is taken in by 12 year old Levi Ackerman. The two grow up as best friends but are tragically torn apart. Find out what happens when old friends meet again...

"NO!" I shrieked, "Please, Father, he's innocent!!" My father, the Rouge, his familiar warm face was cut into angles by hate. "HES A PALACE FOOL, you're no Rouge yet daughter! Learn sacrifice!" My face turned to Jason, siting with a look of pain on his face where he was tied. My eyes brimmed with frustration and tears my eyes glowing green. As I stepped from my fathers side, to Jordan's placing a hand on his shoulder, "I can't let you Diaz......."

Two friends, lost in the jungles of South America, come across a laboratory. Abandoned long ago, the broken-down building has many secrets. One of which is one that someone thinks shouldn't be revealed... Now that Jay and Anne know this secret, that someone is going to do everything in their power to kill them like they did the scientists. Can Jay and Anne uncover the secrets of Civilization X? Or will the secret die with them?

At first, it was quiet. A breathless kind of quiet, like the air before a storm. Mikasa stood just a little too close to him. Levi started calling for Eren just a little too often. Armin noticed first, watching from a distance with the careful eyes of someone who knew exactly how explosive both sides could be. And Eren-well, Eren tried not to notice at all. Or Levi and Mikasa don't like to share Erens attention and Levi makes it his sole mission to annoy her. Part 1 - The Underground is no Place for Kids Part 2 - Vying for Attention