Book of Seth: Judgment: A Fallen Chronicles Book by O'Brien Dan

Author:O'Brien, Dan [O'Brien, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

THE PASSAGE TO THE TUNNELS was something of a trek. The narrow halls seemed to delve deep into the earth, the heat emanating from there exhausting and confining. The walls were littered with drawings. Some were from the children of the Fallen and some from the ancients who hid in the tunnels the years following the wars with the Umordoc.

Mihen was just immediately ahead of me.

Ryan and Summer walked behind us. I insisted they come along, as I did not want spies from the Council cornering them for an inquisition.

We stopped at a four-way intersection in the tunnel, each path leading farther into the darkness. The one straight ahead led us deeper into the earth, where the thermal vents had been constructed generations before. The heat from the core was harnessed through various coils and wind conductors that pushed the air through caverns.

As we waited for Mihen to continue forward, I could feel the warm rushes of air that swept over us.

Ryan held Summer in his arms, her face buried against his chest. I could feel the apprehension pouring off of my brother.

Mihen scratched his balding dome and looked from the east entrance to the west entrance, bewilderment plastered across his features. The east entrance led into the catacombs of our forefathers. The west entrance was a series of twisting tunnels that led to a machine buried deep within the rock. Mihen raised his finger in acknowledgement and pointed toward the west entrance, his memory returning to him––and hopefully why he had led us down into the depths of the caverns in the first place.

The tunnel had been widened since last I ventured down it. Glow lamps had been attached all along the rocky outcroppings in order to allow some semblance of direction when navigating in the dark. The tunnel dipped and then straightened out again after what seemed like kilometers before we reached the site where there had once only been just a rocky wall with a simple space for the generator we had retrieved. Now, the entire wall had been torn down, revealing other machines. A long tubular structure had been unearthed: transparent steel at its front and fins along the side like some sort of animal.

“What is it, Mihen?” I queried as I moved forward.

The steel was warm and damp.

“We think that it served as a transportation device years ago. Its exact use has evaded us thus far,” replied Mihen as he moved about papers and diagrams upon the tattered wooden desk that faced the farthest wall.

“Looks like it navigated the tunnels,” called Ryan absently as he stared at it and then returned his eyes to Summer.

Tunnels? My mind spun. If there were tunnels deeper into the earth, then perhaps they led east to another civilization.

Ryan recognized my introspection. “What is it, Seth?”

I ignored him for a moment and pressed Mihen for answers. “Where is the generator we retrieved?”

Mihen produced the crude, cylindrical steel part that had weighed upon my back for more kilometers of snow and tundra than I could remember.

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