House 16a - continuation of the story.

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(C) SANDMAN

 CHAPTER 10: FIRST CAMPAIGN

 I took out a small metal rod, pointed at
end and carefully lifted the hatch cover. The floor creaked, it was
it is clear that this move has not been used for many decades. Down
Dust and sand fell.

 I carefully looked inside. It was completely dark, but
my flashlight was already in my hand. I called down. Dusty ones were visible
rotten boards and rusty nails holding them together. I went down there
and closed the hatch behind him. For added peace of mind, I put fat-
a new white mark with a can of spray paint.

 The walls were gray-black due to rotted and blackened
pieces of wood  The ceiling was the same, only there was a huge
nom amount of cobwebs. The floor was also covered with a layer of dust, but
However, the floor was littered with bird and rat skeletons, as well as feathers and
other attributes of such places.

 The passage went straight, without branches, so I had no
large choice of path: forward or backward. I decided to choose the first one. Raking away the cobwebs with your hand and carefully stepping on the crunchy
floor, I slowly moved forward. Suddenly the road was crossed
a small rat ran. I was ready for such a meeting, so
Mu wasn't surprised at all.

 Then the road forked, and I chose the left path. I'm in front of
moved slowly, as it stopped every five meters
ditch to mark on the map the path that was taken. Gradually
the card was filling out.

 Soon it began to seem to me that I was lost, but the compass, map
and a can of spray paint proved that I was still in control of the situation -
ation.

 When I first wanted to rest, I looked at the cha-
sy. It was difficult for me to believe my eyes: it was three o’clock in the morning. I
I hung out in this hole for six hours.

My card had filled up significantly by that time, and I decided
stop searching for the first time.

 I crawled out of the dungeon and went up to my apartment. The door would-
la is open. I took out a knife and squeezed it tightly in my hand. Pushing sharply
the front door, I jumped back. I peered into the darkness, but did not
I noticed not a single movement.  Either there was no one or the enemy
he hid very well.

 Emboldened, I crept to the switch and turned on the light. He brightened up
til the corridor androom.  Everything was turned upside down. I'm in
Once again I felt unwell, but this time I lost consciousness.

 CHAPTER 11: THE SEARCH CONTINUES

 When I woke up, I found myself lying on the sofa in my
room.  My neighbor Vasya was standing next to me with a glass of water. I'm under-
looked at him wryly. He leaned over and offered water. He
he smelled of fresh beer. When I drank all the water, then half-
came to his senses.  Without waiting for questions, Vasily said:
“Imagine, I’m going downstairs, and suddenly I see that your door
open.  I decided to take a look. Imagine my surprise when
I saw you lying in the middle of the corridor, and the whole room was turned upside down.
chickpeas upside down. So tell me."

 Well, what could I answer him? I said I know about it
no one more than him. I decided that it was time to quickly find the treasure and wash away
get out of here.

 Soon he left, and I lay there for a long time and thought, trying to understand
at least something. But nothing worked for me.

 I spent the next four days searching, exploring the underground
ye. Strange as it may seem, I was coming to a terrible conclusion: there’s nothing here
no, except cockroaches and rats. But one morning I discovered that
my cat Vasily disappeared. I was surprised by this circumstance, but Idecided that due to his independent nature, he could
involuntarily go somewhere.

 On Friday I, tired of yet another fruitless campaign,
I went to bed early in the morning. After sleeping for two hours, I suddenly woke up. But
This time I was woken up by a very strange sound. It was a mixture
rustling with a terrible crunch. It looked like someone was rolling around someone's bones
in dry leaves and breaks them. I got up and reluctantly went to
kitchen.  I was expecting something terrible. When I looked on stage
action, at the first moment I was out of breath, at the second moment
cop I screamed in a voice that wasn’t my own, like the man in front of me screams
death. The picture was terrible: on the floor lay the bloody carcass of a
some animal, and a dozen rats frantically tore at him
parts and chewed the meat. According to the remains of wool and its peculiarity,
I recognized Vasily as a different color. "What do you want?!! Who are you?!" - this one
a question from my head burst into my tongue and scattered throughout the whole
mu icy stream.

 CHAPTER 12: THE SECRET BECOMES CLEAR

 Unable to do anything, I fell onto the bed. Minutes later
ten the doorbell rang. Mindful of caution, I asked: "Who
there?"  “It’s me,” answered a familiar voice. Before I could figure it out,
who is this and what does he need? I opened the door. Then I
felt strongblow to the head.

 When I woke up, a terrible pain pierced my head. In the eyes
it was cloudy.  When the image came into focus, I saw Alec
Sandra, who was pointing a gun at me.

 I was surprised to such an extent that I was speechless. When
I finally found it, then naturally I immediately asked: “What
does this all mean???"

 Alexander looked at me angrily and replied: “And that’s what I wanted
I'd like to hear from you."

 For the second time that evening I was so surprised that I couldn’t do anything
say.  But this time Alexander, without waiting for my question
or an answer, he began to speak himself.

 "It all started a long time ago. I met you much earlier
this treasure hunter friend of yours. He often told me about
Moscow treasures, including about a house. But its location is
he did not divulge his walk to me. Somehow you and I met him
then I felt that he had more confidence in you than
to me.  Then, when he left for the last time, I felt
that he is ready to tell where the treasure is. When through
How many months did you go to Moscow, I realized that you were going for class?
house I immediately followed you and found you. I settled nearby
with you. At first it seemed to me that I would find the treasure easily, but the main thing
problemyou imagine.  And I decided to kill you, but not to
there was no suspicion, I decided to drive you crazy so that you
he jumped out the window himself. Do you remember the rat I gave you?"

 “And that’s true,” I thought.

 "Remember how I removed the rat's corpse? That was great. I'm still me
I've been waiting for you on the stairs all morning. Oh, you slept for a long time! But
when you came out, I told you that it was quiet at night, you should have seen
yourself!  But you turned out to be a persistent guy. And then I realized that you were already
I found a treasure that you know about me and are just pretending to be an idiot.
Do you think I didn’t notice that you disappeared into the dungeons all day long?
eh? Then I searched your room..."

 I wanted to object, I wanted to say that I know no more about the treasure
him, but my tongue did not obey me, and he continued the story.

 "...Having found nothing, I became very angry. What did I do with your
they're a cat, you know very well."

 A rush of rage overwhelmed me. I jumped up and rushed at everything
enemy, but received a sharp and strong blow to the head with the handle of a writing
toleta. I lost consciousness again.

To be continued...