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Where Are Those Rods?

Here is what happened last time on The Werewolf's Superiority

We are still trying to figure out what is going on in the cave. That is when we see that whatever is in the tomb kills people. I tell Dr. Cloe Addison that she can start working on the piles of bones. We give her a few tables to work on, and she quickly gets to work. Kimberly Tyler, my, girlfriend gives me calls. We walk for a while as it is good to hear her voice. I tell Kimberly what we have found in the cave. She is so happy for me. She wants me to send photos from the find.

I walk away from Dr. Chloe Addison and walk into the cave again to talk to Ethan. I watch as he is taking photos for a few seconds and decide to ask him;

"So, how is the documenting coming along?"

he gets a sudden fright and says;

"s**t. You scared the living hell out of me."

"Sorry, Ethan."

"No. It is okay. I have only this section left, and then this side of the wall is done."

Curious how far he is, I ask him;

"How many more to go before you have finished?"

"I have three more walls to go."

I hang my head and reply;

"Okay. It's not bad."

Ethan continues his sentence;

"And then the roof and the floor. Oh, and the hall."

I tap my feet as I am starting to become impatient I reply;

"s**t, no man. The documenting is taking too long. I am giving you an hour more, and then I am opening that tomb fuckin tomb come hell or high water."

He starts stuttering as he replies;

"I will work as fast as I can."

Agitated, I turn and walk back to Dr. Chloe Addison. As I come closer to her, I ask;

"Is there something that I can help with?"

She looks around the table and says;

"Yes. You can help bring the bones from inside the cave to out of here."

"Okay. I can do that. Where can I put it for you?"

She points to a table and says;

"You can put it over there. Here are gloves for you to wear when handling the bones. And be careful as some of them are very fragile, okay?"

I nod and say;

"Understood."

I put the gloves on and head back into the cave. And after a few hours of walking up and down collecting all the bones for Dr. Chloe Addison, I have finally finished. Proudly I walk to Dr. Chloe Addison and tell her;

"That was the last bones from the cave."

She smiles at me and says;

"Okay. I will go through it all and see what I can do. So far, it seems like five humans skeletal remains."

"Any diseases that you have picked up, Dr. Addison?"

She shakes her head and presses her lips together while saying;

"None. From what I can tell, the five were in perfect health the day they died."

I tilt my head in amazement and say;

"Wow. Okay, that is weird. Anyway, I am going to check on the photographer and see how far he is. Maybe I can start trying to open the tomb."

As I am walking away from her, she says;

"Dr. Andrews."

I stop and look over my shoulder at her, and she says;

"Thank you for helping me with these. I really appreciate what you did for me."

A warm smile appears on my face as I say;

"It was my pleasure, Dr. Addison. Let me know if I can help with anything else, okay?"

She nods at me and gets back to work. I turn and walk back into the cave and search for Ethan. I see him on his knees, still busy taking photos. I ask him;

"So, how far are you?"

"Got only have half-a-wall left to do."

I smile and say;

"s**t. I have waited long enough. Where are those rods? Don't worry. You can go outside and finish this later."

As he is walking out, I tell him;

"Send Roman in, please."

"Okay."

I walk around and look for the three rods. I pick them up and put a rod in each of the holes. I stand back, and nothing happens. I see Roman walking into the cave, and I call him over to me and ask;

"Come here and bring me that rod here, please."

He takes the rod out of the hole and brings it over to me. He asks;

"What are we looking for?"

"Anything out of the ordinary on it. Or maybe markings or groves. Anything out of the ordinary."

He turns to the light and starts rolling the rod in his hand to look for anything standing out. Suddenly, he jumps up and asks;

"I am not sure what I am looking for, but something like this?"

I quickly walk over to him to look at the rod. I see that his rod has a small groove along the length of the rod. I pick mine up to check mine, and it doesn't have one. I put my rod down and head over to get the third one. I check the bottom, and it also doesn't have a groove. Roman asks me;

"So, what are we looking for?"

I take his rod and show him the groove while explaining to him;

"This is the only rod with a groove. I think this lock is like a puzzle. So what we need to do is we need to find the correct order of the rods that match the correct hole."

He looks at me confused as he asks;

"Okay, so which rod goes into what hole?"

I shrug my shoulders as I answer his question;

"I do not know. That is what we need to figure out."

I take his rod and walk over to the middle hole. I tell him;

"Put those other ones in the hole first, and then I will add this one in last."

Roman runs around the room and puts the rods in the holes. I shine my flashlight in the small hole to try and see how I should slide the rod in so that the groove will fit in. As the light falls in the hole, I notice the shaft and slide the rod in slowly. The rod slides down until it stops. I stand there looking at everything. Roman asks;

"So, what now?"

I shrug my shoulders again and say;

"I am not sure."

I try to push the rod from side to side, but it doesn't move. I pull it a little to find out if it can move it. I feel that when I pull the rob, it feels like it might move forward. I pull the rod a little harder to find if I am correct. I hear a loud click somewhere in the room. Suddenly, another loud noise sounds off, and it feels like the ground is shaking. The round part of the floor moves two feet down and then starts opening up in a circular direction. When the dust settles, it reveals a massive stone tomb. Roman and I stand there looking at what we are seeing. I clench my hands above my head, and we start to celebrate. I take out my radio and say;

"Send the photographer and the videographer into the cave, please."

"Message received. I will relay your message to the two."

As they make their way back into the cave, I point to the opening and say;

"Are you sure you have documented everything?"

They stand there looking stunned at the tomb. Ethan starts taking photos right away. Dr. Chloe Addison runs in and asks;

"What in the world was that noise? And what the f**k-"

She also stops and stares at the tomb. She says;

"It is massive."

I nod while smiling and say;

"I know. I told you I would figure it out."

Dr. Addison shakes her head and says;

"Now, I am not sure if I should go on outside with my work or stay here and wait for you to open the tomb."

I laugh and say;

"I will wait for these guys to document the site first before we are going to try and open the tomb. You still have a few hours before we start poking around."

She nods frantically, while she keeps staring at the tomb and tells me;

"Okay. If you say so."