Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

 
    After lunch the girls ran off the dock once again, this time straight to the rickety old porch of the abandoned building looking for an easy way in. There were two black cats by the entrance that they hadn't seen before. Was it an omen of things to come? The door turned out to be bolted shut, but they soon found some rotted planks that easily gave way and they slipped through.

    Once their eyes had adjusted to the semi-darkness, Nancy spotted the two cats again. Shrugging, she followed them past the dusty workbenches and the old motor blocks. Ancient dusty ropes and pulleys were hanging from the ceiling and tons of cobwebs. Stacey tried not to think about the spiders that made those webs.

    "I don't like this, it keeps getting darker and darker and those cats are strange and this building goes on and on. There's nothing here but these useless greasy engines and spider webs. Let's get out of here."

     "Let's go a little farther, we might find some neat old tools or even some valuable coins."

    Nancy loved old tools and coins and Stacey thought that one day she would understand why, but it wasn't today.

     "We can't even see. Maybe we should come back tomorrow, when it's bright and sunny out."

     "What's wrong with you? See that shaft of light up ahead? Let's check it out and then we can leave."

    They took two more steps and there was a sudden, CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW, and the sound of a dozen pair of wings whooshing overhead. The girls jumped a foot off the ground and started for the exit, tripping over each other and landing in a pile of sawdust and grease. They covered their heads with their arms as a dozen black birds flew over them in a rush of sound and just as suddenly, it was quiet. Were the birds gone?

continued tomorrow…