After gathering supplies, weapons and such, the Group heads to the caverns to look for the Catacombs. They are able to find the secret entrance to the Catacombs. Following the passageway they enter a huge chamber, so huge that their flashlight beams don't reach the other side.
Looking around the chamber, they can hear the chittering of bats echoeing throughout the chamber. The smell of guano is overwhelming. Finding alcoves to the left and right, the Group decides to go left after tossing a coin. Jason reminds them of the right hand rule when exploring a maze but the coin toss said to go left.
As soon as they step into the alcove a zombie lunges at them from between a couple of columns. Jason quickly dispatches with the zombie, mumbling something about the fact they wouldn't have met up with a zombie if they went right.
Following the hallway leading from the other end of the room, they enter a smaller chamber. As soon as they enter the chamber, the torches that line the hallway light up. Jason guesses that they are going backwards through the maze and that whoever created the catacombs set it up to light up the hallway when they step on a certain stone. Sharon, Misty and Jason hear a strange noise just before dozens of rats come flooding out of a hole in the wall. Eugene grabs a torch to attempt to block the hole but isn't able to do it. Gathering in a circle and putting the torches close to the floor to scare away the rats, the group tries to figure a way out of this. Jason flings his torch into the hole in the wall, sealing it. The rats scurry away in all possible directions. Heading through the other entry way of the chamber the kids follow yet another hallway to a cavern. At one side of the cavern is a hole about 15 feet deep and when they shine their flashlights down, they see a pile of bones lying at the bottom. Sharon notices glyphes carved into the wall near the pit and starts copying them down. Jason discovers that the runes are similar to the ones on his sword.
Eugene and Shawn start looking around the cavern and about 20 feet away from the group they see the Teenage Werewolf step out from the shadows. He heads straight for Eugene who starts backing away from it. Glancing back to make sure he doesn't trip, Eugene looks back and sees that it has disappeared. Shawn wasn't looking at it when it disappeared so they assume its hiding somewhere. As a group they explore the rest of the cavern and find only one other exit. Its a crawlway that is barely 4 feet tall in places. Crawling through it, they come to a circular cavern with a precipice. Across the cavern, they see a broken stone bridge and another precipice that has a stairway leading up to the surface, they assume.
Heading back the way they came, they work their way back to the first chamber, keeping an eye open for rats, zombies and Teenage Werewolves. Back in the chamber, they are able to find a door behind a couple of columns and look for a way to open it. Jason notices a pattern on the door similar to a maze. Shawn traces the maze and after a couple of tries is able to follow it without a mistake and the door opens. Following the hallway behind the door, Jason makes it to an open doorway, only to be thrown back by some unknown barrier. Sharon notices that the walls around the doorway are covered with runes like in the cavern and on Jason's sword. Jason tries to push his sword through and it passes through the barrier. Eugene copies down some of the runes on his shoe and it also goes through. Shawn volunteers and they draw the runes on his body. He is able to pass through. In the center of the room, he find a pedestal with a strange bracelet on it. He picks up the bracelet as Jason works his way through the barrier by placing a copy of the runes Sharon drew in his pocket. As soon as the bracelet is picked up, three doors open and zombies come out and head straight for Shawn. Jason steps between Shawn and the zombies and fights them. He kicks one towards the barrier and Eugene kicks it in the groin. Shawn is hit by one of the zombies and heads towards the exit. Jason is able to defeat the two zombies around him as Shawn breaks the neck of the last one and they head out through the barrier, a new toy in hand. Deciding that they had explored enough of the catacombs for now, they start heading back towards the exit, planning on returning with a camera and some more supplies. They find though that the exit to the outside is blocked by zombie members of the swim team and Nancy, the witch who tried to kill Shawn and Misty a couple of weeks ago.
Zombie Witch Nancy looks up and smiles. "This should be fun," she growls.
TO BE CONTINUED:
Shawn: Only if it was a cursed item.