I turned off my light and shivered in the darkness. But if a terrifying beast lives down here, it could probably see in the dark. The whispering got louder. It sounded like words coming from human throats, but I couldn’t understand what they were saying. I had to get out of here. But how? In total darkness, I began to move along the room's walls. Maybe there was another door to a different passage or a way out. “Ouch,” I yelped when I bumped my head on something. After staying still a moment to see if the whispering thing was coming closer, I examined the object I bumped my head on with my hands. It felt like a heavy wooden ladder. Why would there be a ladder in the corner of the room? Unless …. I was under the complex. A ladder must be for climbing up. Maybe it was a way out throu

