The dark sewer tunnel just around the corner from the group and their newly discovered chamber was nearly silent.
All except for the slight squeaking of a large black rat which scurried across the damp slime and algae patched floor.
The rats' stubby little head turned from side to side as it shuffled along, it's nose twitched away as it sniffed for any hint of food.
It suddenly stopped and raised up on its hind legs instantly, sniffing away madly at the air.
It suddenly stopped it's sniffing and dropped to the floor, it's eats were perked and it stood up high on all fours, as if ready to bolt into the shadows that lined the walls of the bleak tunnel.
A loud echoing thump could be heard, and the rat instantly darted off to the left and disappeared into a small grate built into the wall.
The previous near silence of the tunnel was suddenly broken as a ragged chorus of heavy footsteps split the air.
Three ominous looking figures came limply staggering down the tunnel way, all three wore adorned in mud stained and ripped clothing, and had heavy dark brown boots on their feet.
Their ears were suddenly stimulated by the sound of a higher pitched voice up ahead of them.
"Who are you? What do you want?"On hearing this, these three shadowy beings stretched their jaws apart and released
the most ungodly sounds imaginable.A shrieking like scream with a strange clicking and droning sound to it.
They began rapidly picking up their pace as they hustled onward, towards the voice which they had heard, all the while screeching and clicking away loudly, broadcasting the ugly sound throughout the tunnel.
As they pushed ahead, a strange glow emitted from clusters of crystal-like growths which sprouted from their heads, faces, and across their bodies, which deeply illuminated them in thd murkily lit tunnel.