73 Trudging the Tunnel of War Supplies

That night, Baldur brought the command's journal and all evidences behind as they vacated with Albrecht towards the smiling pirate's cave. They locked the doors, windows and slowly exited inside the cabinet that later went down to a tunnel bound to the secret cave.

On the other hand, despite guilt and shame, George still fell asleep but he woke up at midnight and decided to traverse underneath. Without any hesitation he brought the flashlight he had found in one of the cabinets and left the candle and match beside Magee.

He switched on the flashlight and started to descend and fall away on the box-type spiral stairs. When nearing to the ground floor he felt the sudden cold surrounding. His steps have echoed all throughout. He was about to twist the metal lock going out when someone was running going down.

"George! George!" She called him.

" Hey, I'm here, don't run. Careful." Then he got back to assure she could see him just fine."

" Why have you left me alone, you could have asked me...ah, that's the door." She was amazed by the metal door.

" Wow!" She smiled.

" Hmm...you better have slept rather than peering me around, you still have your wound." Then he shook his head.

" I wanted to see if what's behind this door."

" No." You should go back and rest. Your wound is not yet totally healed.

" No, I'm going."

He had no choice but to close the metal door again and slowly motioned toward her backing off on the spiral stairs and he's smiling, following her moving up while putting the flashlight under his chin.

"What are you doing. Put that one, its scary."

He put it off and it was too dark so he was holding her hand while they go up. When they reached upstairs, George closed the door and returned the painting on the door's frontage.

She immediately lie down on bed while George put a blanket on her.

She was then silent and George just put some towels in front of the door. He thought that his curious wife really have plans of peeping what's outside the metal door so he better prevent it to happen. He's not sure the safety below.

" Better to sleep beside this door and I'm sure she could not step on me here." He smiled then closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes in the morning he saw her smiling, fronting him.

" Hmm...why that happy..." He smirked then yawned facing the door.

" Let's ... go down. I'm not yet hungry."

" Ahhhh!" He smiled, pressed his head and sat down.

" I never knew you were this curious, haha! But Mag, just wait for my signal, okay? I still have to check your wound and apply some ointment over it. Then we'll go down and would really see what's underneath, okay."

" She nodded, got up and took a bath. Just thankful to the lady's dress and accessories her father-in-law have kept for her. At the same moment, George was already waiting for him after a 5-minute bathing on the other side. When she got out, he drew closer and looked at her.

" Your getup seems familiar. Hmm...anyway, dressing your wound is my priority now." Then he religiously opened its cover and spoke.

"Aha, its getting better. But you still to be extra care of it." Then he finished the dressing session with a salute and they both laugh.

After a minute, they were ready to get down.

" Ready?" He consulted her.

" Yes." She replied.

It was enough and he opened the door adjacent to the bathroom. After breathing deeply he stepped down on the first staircase going down the spiral. Its plausibly dark and echoing till they reached the underground granite door with a metal lock. After a fleeting moment of turning the door knob towards opening, he turned his head on her and smiled.

" What if there are 'aswang' behind this." Then he smirked where he knows she's a scared fan of legends and myths.

" Hey...just open it." Magee urged him. In a flash, he turned it right with a little push, but its still dark behind it.

" What... we're still inside the mountain. See, those are still granite walls within this rectangular shape alley."

" Yes. Let's keep movin' on and help me keep an eye on the left side for a probable door going to the tunnel. Oh! this one!" George found rectangular shape granite door. It has no lock but both ends have two big rubberized metal poles. He then push it and they suddenly saw a beam of light coming from nowhere.

" Where is that light coming from?"

She asked while holding his belt.

" Hmm...that's something we have to find out. But Mag, I can't walk properly, hmm...you're holding my belt tightly, ehem!" He rustled while clearing his throat and smirked.

" Oh dear, sorry." Then she removed her hand away from his belt as they both emerged outside in a cold brickyard under a covered and cut tunnel.

George's flashlight ran out of battery so in a second, Magee bumped to something on a shoulder level box beside the granite rocky wall.

" Mag? Where are you?"

" I'm here, I slipped off on a box beside the wall. But I'm okay."

" Shh...there are footsteps. Stay foot and don't move." George whispered.

" He grasped her hand and brought her beside the box.

There were footsteps approaching and then suddenly...

" Baldur, give me that one!"

" Its Albrecht..." Magee swished.

" Baldur! Albrecht!" George called out.

" George?" we're here, haha! where's the ugly girl?" Albrecht annoyed Magee again.

" I'm here." She pouted.

" Oh dear, come. See what we've found, so many charcoal sacks, around 20. There were also a bundle of pillows, blankets, towels and so many house accessories. But this one has contained Fullton Military flashlights and batteries! Wait, there still so many boxes around, let's check them all." Albrecht suggested while Baldur was busy jotting some notes.

" Baldur, where did you pass through going here?" George asked while opening the next box.

" At pirate Buccaneer's secret door. Just this morning, Albrecht was making fun of me when I was arranging the pillow beside the rocky wall. He was very irritating so I threw him my boots. When I picked it up, I noticed the assymetrical distance of the wall below, though one has to really scrutinize its distance to discover that its a door. So I pushed it and called Albrecht to bring his flashlight. To our surprise, there's a staircase so we trudged. Observably, all of those boxes we wee contained of amunitions and guns so we slid going here. This place looks like a 'bodega' and I could not imagine how they worked on this without us knowing.