The Spirit Of Verona - Page 35

THE SPIRIT OF VERONA
Author: E. Verna Turner
Page 35

The conversation continues till dawn. Jenna was awake, asleep and then awaken again by the loud laughter of the kids. Though she's happy about the good news, her mind is on her pregnancy. She too would like her baby to see the light of day back in her hometown. Loren frowned at the idea.

Few hours passed by. The teens, the kids, and then Loren left the house. The elders are still listening to the radio broadcast at the chapel. They saw their grandparents sleeping, but Panfilo, Bianca, Juanita, Elmo, Arthur, Josephine, and Amelia are wide awake.

Armed with the same weapons: hunting gear,  long rope, complete with their outfit designed for spelunking they traveled to the route going to the cave. This time their plan is to wait for the train and go further where they can trace new result.

Joselito and Melinda tied the rope to the biggest tree close to the cave's entrance, the rest of the rope the teens have to use it going inside the cave. With more kerosene lamp and  flashlight  they can see clearly what's inside the cave. This time hundreds of bats were nestled upward the ceiling, there are stalactites and stalagmites. Stench odors, stinky smelly odor of birds and bats that the girls vomited uncontrollably. Tamara and Melinda, and Jolina preferred to be at the main entrance instead while Joselito went with the group.

"Be careful in there! There are slippery slopes there down the aisle." Loren warned them. "That's the reason why our hands are to have a grip on the rope." "Also watch for quick sand."

Frightened about those terrifying ordeal, the kids are more than careful, they are treading the other side of the cave with so many partitions or divisions. The cave has too many open doors. They should all be going in one direction. You have your mask use them so that the you can resist the odor. Then suddenly loud scream was heard behind them. Rosalee stumbled  on something slippery. Turned out there are  leeches, slugs and wild rats roaming that area. Despite of the hassles they continued their spelunking up to 35 meters. They heard the girls at the entrance yelled to them if they are okay. Then they echoed back that they are alright.

"Wait! Stop here!" Loren told the group. This time there is an air vent that air is coming through that dark zone. They lifted their kerosene lamp and shouted,  "Bingo! there's the railway track."

They waited for a while, minutes, half an hour passed by when they heard a rushing sound. The sound is quite different from the first train they saw the first time they've been into that cave. Before anyone could utter a word the train passed by them in such a quick swift force. That they were unable to stand up. They were like suspended and in awe. Then multiple pieces of paper were left behind coming from the train, slapped on their face, the rest of the papers were scattered on the ground. Tons of them that the railway track is heavy with debris.

"What the hell is that?!!! That really shocked me! " Eric shouted. Mila and Rosalee started picking up those papers one by one. The guys helped picked them up too when all of a sudden another strange swift entity came running towards them. It gallops and made such a rather mystifying sound and runs away quick flash as lightning. All they can see towards the railway track was Loren trying to catch the robust animal. Joselito, Eric, Joseph followed Loren but unable to run after them. They stopped and told, "It's okay! We can't outsmart the power of the  horse!" "It has four legs."

Tired and sleepy the kids went back where the girls are and tried to pick up some other papers on the track. Mila raised her kerosene lamp and read what's on it. "Oh my ! It's a newspaper!!!!"  "War is Over! It's really over!!!" They run towards the inside of the cave away from the tunnel, away from the track and meet the girls at the exit/ entrance of the cave and joyfully gave the newspapers to their elders at the chapel.