Silhuett av en person som holder en lykt i en mørk hule, som skaper en mystisk atmosfære.

Episode to: Hemmeligheten bak den forseglede tunnelen

Vanndråper falt nå ned på fakkelen vår. Ilden var på nippet til å slukne.

Vi sto i en smal tunnel – så smal at professorens skulder hadde skrapt mot steinen, og Hans' rygg traff taket stadig. Pusten min ble uregelmessig. Oksygenet i denne tunnelen smakte annerledes – som om luften tilhørte en annen tid.

Så skjedde det noe … noe som sendte is nedover ryggraden vår.

Tunnelåpningen bak oss var forseglet.

Det var ingen lyd, ingen skjelving. Passasjen vi nettopp hadde kommet gjennom var nå full av steiner, som om stien aldri hadde eksistert.

«Hvordan … hvordan er dette mulig?» mumlet jeg.

Professoren løftet fakkelen høyere, og i det flimrende lyset så vi noe – riper på tunnelveggen. Som om noen – eller noe – hadde prøvd å klore seg ut med spiker eller klør.

Hans sa med skjelvende stemme: «Disse merkene … de er ferske.»

Jeg gikk nærmere veggen og berørte den – steinen var fuktig, og ripene var virkelig ferske. Noen … eller noe … hadde prøvd å rømme gjennom her.

Professoren tok et dypt pust. «Dette er ikke bare naturlige formasjoner, Axel. Disse stiene … tror de.»

«Tror de?» spurte jeg sjokkert.

«Ja … noen ganger åpner de seg, noen ganger lukker de seg. En kraft her nede leder oss – og den vil at vi skal dra et sted.»

Jeg tok fakkelen og gikk dypere inn i tunnelen. Vann suste under hælen min, og luften var tykk av en merkelig lukt – noe som lignet på forråtnelse … eller kanskje noe som lenge hadde vært begravd.

Så hørte vi det – en svak, konstant rasling … som om noe massivt krøp, langt under oss.

(Tilbakeblikk)
For to uker siden ankom vi Reykjavík. Islands hovedstad – rolig på overflaten, men vi visste at vi bare var gjester der i noen dager. Etter det ville reisen vår føre nedover – langt, langt ned.

Vi hadde bare pakket det aller nødvendigste: tørrmat, vann, lommelykter og et kart – det samme kartet som pekte mot munningen av en utdødd vulkan, som sies å være nøkkelen til reisen vår.

Professoren var fornøyd. Han jaktet ikke bare på jordens hemmeligheter – han lette etter bevis på kunnskapen sin.

Meg? Jeg brydde meg bare om å finne veien tilbake.

En lyd ga gjenlyd i tunnelen igjen – nærmere nå.

Vi tre presset oss sammen. Fakkelen blafret. Vi holdt pusten og lyttet.

Og så … så vi en skygge bevege seg.

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Drops of water were now falling onto our torch. The fire was on the verge of going out.
We were standing in a narrow tunnel — so narrow that the professor’s shoulder had scraped against the stone, and Hans’s back kept hitting the ceiling. My breathing became erratic. The oxygen in this tunnel tasted different — as if the air belonged to another time.
Then something happened… something that sent ice down our spines.
The mouth of the tunnel behind us had sealed shut.
There was no sound, no tremor. The passage we had just come through was now packed with stones, as if the path had never existed.
“How… how is this possible?” I muttered.
The professor raised the torch higher, and in that flickering light, we saw something — scratch marks on the wall of the tunnel. As if someone — or something — had tried to claw its way out using nails or talons.
Hans spoke in a trembling voice, “These marks… they’re fresh.”
I stepped closer to the wall and touched it — the rock was damp, and the scratches were indeed fresh. Someone… or something… had tried to escape through here.
The professor took a deep breath. “These are not just natural formations, Axel. These paths… they think.”
“They think?” I asked, shocked.
“Yes… sometimes they open, sometimes they close. Some force down here is guiding us — and it wants us to go somewhere.”
I took the torch and stepped deeper into the tunnel. Water squelched under my heel, and the air was thick with a strange smell — something like decay… or perhaps something long buried.
Then we heard it — a faint, constant rustling… like something massive was crawling, far beneath us.
(Flashback)
Two weeks ago, we had arrived in Reykjavík. The capital of Iceland — calm on the surface, but we knew we were only guests there for a few days. After that, our journey would lead downward — far, far below.
We had packed only the essentials: dried food, water, torches, and a map — the same map that pointed to the mouth of an extinct volcano, said to be the key to our journey.
The professor was content. He wasn’t just chasing the secrets of the Earth — he was seeking proof of his knowledge.
Me? I only cared about finding the way back.
A sound echoed in the tunnel again — closer now.
The three of us pressed together. The torch flickered. Holding our breath, we listened.
And then… we saw a shadow move.
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