Meanwhile, in the basement, the people cuddled together in fear.
"If we had known we wouldn't have come here… now we are going to die like a sardine." The woman with blonde hair said, tears streaming down her cheeks.
The children started crying the moment they heard her words, their small voices layering over each other until the basement was filled with raw panic.
Tina's arms tightened around Grandma Wayne. "Grandma, don't worry everything will be fine." She said, her voice shook so badly that even she didn't believe it.
Faint waves of vibrations rippled beneath them.
The crying faltered for a moment, as though everyone was waiting to see if the tremor had been real.
Another vibration came again, this time stronger. The metal rails of the stairs rattled slightly. The hanging light above them swayed back and forth like they might drop at any second.
"What was that?"
"Did it hit the fortress?"
"Don't tell me we are already buried!"
