The Dark Secrets of Lake City

CHAPTER 4

As soon as Danny had confirmed the passage was safe to enter from where he was, he entered into the passage immediately, closing the iron door behind him gently. The door felt a bit heavy when he opened and closed it.

The passage was very quiet as not a single noise could be heard inside there. Not even a bit of noise from around the large building could be heard inside the passage though the only thing Danny could hear were his footsteps.

After a few minutes of walking in an empty passage with no doors leading to any rooms, not a single person in it and not even a single object lying around, drops of sweat began dripping down Danny’s face and all over his body as he continued walking. “I wonder where this freaking passage leads to. That's if it even has an end.” “I hope it wasn't a bad idea coming here in the first place,” Danny said to himself as he moved on.

After a while, Danny reached a junction. One passage to the left the other to the right. Part of him felt like going back while part of him felt like moving on.

“What’s the need to go back when I’ve gotten this far? That's if I even know my way back.” Danny shrugged full of curiosity as he looked left and right wondering the route he would take.

All of a sudden, Danny decided to go left. As Danny began moving into the left passage, he suddenly stopped, turned and faced the passage on his right not knowing which side to take. After a few minutes of not being able to make up his mind on whether to take the left or the right passage, Danny finally made up his mind to continue into the left passage.

After some time, Danny finally got to a door at the end of the left passage. It was a large iron door and Danny didn't know where exactly it led to. Whether it was a room this time or another passage. Danny took in a deep breath and let it out. He had finally felt relief.

Though Danny didn't know what was behind the door, he felt more confident as part of him told him that the door would finally lead to a room. At least not a passage this time. Danny thought to himself. Without wasting much time, he made for the large iron door.

The iron door was locked and Danny had no clue how he would open it as he pulled hard on the thick bar-shaped handle on the door but it made no attempt to open. This time around, Danny pulled harder on the handle with all his might but the door didn’t budge.

Immediately, Danny pushed against the iron door to see if it would open up. But no, the door didn’t even make a sound talk more of moving.

Not knowing what to do next, Danny began looking around the door. He had noticed how advanced the door looked with a device on the wall next to it that made it stand out more. All of a sudden, Danny touched a button in an attempt to see if there were any alternatives to the handle of the door.

There was a chill sound like a gas container was being opened. And to his surprise, the door opened immediately. Danny was very surprised as the tight iron door was now open. Without wasting any time, he pushed the door with not much effort then he walked in.

The door led to a large room, well-lit as the passage. And there were many other doors at different corners that led to some other rooms inside the large room. The room seemed more like a large science lab where many advanced techs were being used. Danny could

see many robots that had been constructed and those that were being constructed in the large room. His eyes couldn’t even measure where the end of the room could be. The room was quite a sight to behold as it was filled with many things Danny had never seen or ever imagined in his life.

“OMG” “I’ve never seen anything like this place before, this place is awesome can't even describe it.” Danny gasped moving deeper into the room while he was busy admiring the place. He walked quietly and carefully in order not to draw the attention of anyone or anything while he walked by.

“This place is like somewhere that only exists in those sci-fi movies like the ones my sci-fi-crazed brother watches or in those novels he reads. Possibly.” He said to himself as he kept walking deeper into the room. After he had moved a long way, about some metres into the room, Danny began walking past some of the doors inside there one after the other when all of a sudden, he heard voices coming from behind one of the doors.

Danny paused in front of the door for some seconds trying to confirm if he had heard sounds coming from behind the door or if it was his imagination. Slowly, he began moving closer to the door, making sure no one was in sight. As soon as Danny had reached the door, he placed his hands on the walls beside the door. Carefully he placed his ears on the door and began listening.

And behold voices were coming from behind the door. And Danny was sure some people were there. Though he couldn't hear exactly what they were saying, he was certain that people were in that room and was eager to know what they were doing inside there.

Carefully without making any sound, he pulled the door open. Without wasting much time, he moved in head first to see what was going on in the room. Suddenly Danny couldn't believe his eyes as what he saw in the room shocked him. The room was larger than the previous room, about two and a half the size of the first room and there were many people there. Walking up and down around the room. And they seemed to be constructing something. Very large and unimaginable. More like a giant black robot and Danny couldn’t take his eyes off the room.