The staircase spiraled down what seemed to be a crudely cut circular tunnel, descending into who knows what. Kyle didn't even want to touch on the physics-breaking wall, but, then again, after the Touched were made known, little disturbances began to make a bit more sense. Things and events that made people narrow their eyes and tilt their head. That unknown factor you just couldn't put your finger on. There was silence in the store and Kyle leaned a bit closer over the staircase shifting his head to the side, listening for anything he may discern that dwelled below.
That was, until the woman began to speak again. Kyle clenched his jaw, her condescending tone slowly beginning to wear down his patience. One of the many reasons he chose to work alone is due to the fact that he found most people to be inept and every encounter he has had with them has proven him correct. His gaze slowly shifted over to Anastasia, the thought of grabbing her by the hair and tossing her down the shaft played through his mind. He could even gauge how deep it went by the sound of her broken body hitting the steps.
Dismissing the thought, he looked back down the staircase and carefully placed his right foot on the first step. They had managed to escape the government for now but somehow he felt that he was walking into the mouth of another lion. He had spent years hunting down the Touched, and he was being invited in by one of their envoys? No matter how you sliced it, this couldn't end well for him. But what would he do? He could spend the rest of his life running from the government with their almost limitless funds and technology. The next decisions Kyle would have to make would determine the course his life would take, for better or worse.
Satisfied that there weren't any traps or vortexes that he would unwittingly get sucked into, he began to descend the stairs into the pit.
After what seemed like countless rotations around the spiral staircase the tunnel opened into something that he could have never imagined. Something like this could surely not exist under the city, what with sewer tunnels and underground metro that ran the span of it. However, somehow here this place. The cavern opened to this massive expansion with rough columns chiseled into the rock and all manner of beasts sat atop them. Kyle stopped in his tracks when he saw them, his eyes unblinking. He looked for any movement from the seemingly innocuous carvings but, hell, at this point he wasn't willing to discount anything. He's seen his fair share of movies.
Kyle walked out into the room, two entryways ahead of him split off into what seemed like other rooms and there was a long corridor behind to the left of the staircase, which hugged the wall as they descended. Every footfall echoed across the chamber with a dull sound. Suddenly Kyle felt the fatigue of the day creeping up on him. He had his adrenaline to thank the past few hours but his body began to fight back. Finding his resolve, he marshalled in further across the main chamber.
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