Alex was glad that his hunch was right, and Alyssa managed to open the door. "You are amazing!" he briefly hugged her, before returning to trying his best to look and behave like a professional explorer should, something of which he had little reference.
The pathway in looked barren, but soon they ventured into a circular room with many exits. Complex geometrical lines where carved into the stone walls, crossing and connecting with each other in a fashion that reminded him...
"Leon, do these lines look like..." Alex mumbled, realizing that they weren't so different from the ones that showed on Alyssa's skin when she touched the crystal, but just muted.
"A little bit, make sure you don't-" Leon was going to advise Alex to not touch them, but he wasn't as fast as the boy's curiosity.
"Ooops" Alex said, already tracing a finger through one of them. "Sorry" he added.
"First rule of exploring, you never touch something you don't know it's safe" Leon chastised trying to teach a lesson, but Millie snickering behind him undermined it a bit. "Luckily nothing happe-" the room shook and rumbled, lines all across the walls lightening up.
Half a dozen walls moved and shifted, like a complex toy box, revealing half a dozen holes in them, like stone sarcophagus, only to reveal... nothing. They were all empty, but one.
"This one seems to have somet-" Alex stopped in his tracks. The sarcophagus next to him had a figure inside, and as it stepped out the first thing was a clear hair, similar to Alyssa's. "What the..." Alex stumbled back, as the figure revealed whole. It was clearly an android, as its crude structure was visible to the eye, nothing near the sophistication that formed Alyssa and yet... it seemed to be a familiarity there.
"We can help y-" Alex tried to talk to her, see if there was a way of communicating, but soon the team readied to fight, when a clawed arm hissed through the hair, almost cutting Alex to ribbons if it wasn't for his reflexes. A few silver hairs from his bangs fell off, as she had been that close.
The movements of the android were fast, but lacked grace. One of the eyes shone purple, as she spoke with unnatural voice, without any semblance of a human one.
"Intruders"
The pathway in looked barren, but soon they ventured into a circular room with many exits. Complex geometrical lines where carved into the stone walls, crossing and connecting with each other in a fashion that reminded him...
"Leon, do these lines look like..." Alex mumbled, realizing that they weren't so different from the ones that showed on Alyssa's skin when she touched the crystal, but just muted.
"A little bit, make sure you don't-" Leon was going to advise Alex to not touch them, but he wasn't as fast as the boy's curiosity.
"Ooops" Alex said, already tracing a finger through one of them. "Sorry" he added.
"First rule of exploring, you never touch something you don't know it's safe" Leon chastised trying to teach a lesson, but Millie snickering behind him undermined it a bit. "Luckily nothing happe-" the room shook and rumbled, lines all across the walls lightening up.
Half a dozen walls moved and shifted, like a complex toy box, revealing half a dozen holes in them, like stone sarcophagus, only to reveal... nothing. They were all empty, but one.
"This one seems to have somet-" Alex stopped in his tracks. The sarcophagus next to him had a figure inside, and as it stepped out the first thing was a clear hair, similar to Alyssa's. "What the..." Alex stumbled back, as the figure revealed whole. It was clearly an android, as its crude structure was visible to the eye, nothing near the sophistication that formed Alyssa and yet... it seemed to be a familiarity there.
"We can help y-" Alex tried to talk to her, see if there was a way of communicating, but soon the team readied to fight, when a clawed arm hissed through the hair, almost cutting Alex to ribbons if it wasn't for his reflexes. A few silver hairs from his bangs fell off, as she had been that close.
The movements of the android were fast, but lacked grace. One of the eyes shone purple, as she spoke with unnatural voice, without any semblance of a human one.
"Intruders"