Sempiternal

I was woken up in the middle of the night by something thrashing around down in the adjacent hallway. Twilight and Digger were already awake and sitting up on the bed curious of what the racket was. "What is that noise Koba? Is there something out there?" Digger asked me scared out of her wits. It could have been but for some reason this awoke a nameless fear in my heart "Maybe I wasn't the only thing that they had locked up here." I thought to myself while jumping out of the bed putting my pants on and grabbing the pistol and flashlight from my bag.

I walk up to the door and press my body on the wall ready too pull it open when Twilight shouted. "Are you crazy!!? Do you even know whats out there!!?" I shot back with urgency and said. "Stay quiet!! If I don't come back in ten minutes get the fuck out of here!" The room went silent besides the loud thumping and I ripped the door open a moment later and exited into the narrow hallway.

I walked slowly down the dimly lit concourse with my weapon at the high ready waiting for someone or something to jump out at me and second. I could almost hear my heartbeat in my chest as my body trembled as I walked up to the metal door from which behind it was what the cause of the ominous disturbance. Putting myself against the wall and reaching out for the doorknob gently placing my hand on it.
Taking a few deep breaths and turning very slowly on the cold brass doorknob until it stopped. I thought to myself "This is it." I push it open and charge into the room like a mad man scanning the corners and froze when I saw the source of the strange sound in the far right corner of the dark room. It was just a washing machine in the corner that was stuck on spin cycle and rattling against the wall violently.

It was such a relief to me and kind of funny at the same as I walked over to unplug it chuckling to myself quietly. Pulling the plug from the wall it steadily stopped moving until it made a sudden screeching halt effectively ceasing it's reign of terror. My body was still pretty shaken up by the event but had calmed well before I reentered the room whilst laughing my ass off too see Twilight and Digger hiding under a blanket.

They poke their heads out just barely from under their flawless concealment with looks of horror to see me giggling hysterically in the doorway. "Well what was it?" Digger asked. "Nothing nothing at all." Was my only reply as I casually turned the light off and crawled back into the bed still laughing quietly until I finally fell back to sleep.

That morning after wake up and breakfast we discussed which areas we should explore first. The facility was at least 4 miles long and 2 wide and covered 3 floors it would have taken weeks if not months to explore everything. I had made the suggestion that we should find a main terminal room that would have data on points of interest and access to all the computers inside the complex.

It was unanimously decided and we set out soon after in search for it down the long corridors and mazes of storage bays that have been derelict for ages. And finally after several hours of walking we came across a large bulkhead that caught my attention. We stop too examine it thoroughly and I just couldn't help but think that whatever was behind this door was really important.

At the top of the door was a sign that was barely legible but you could still make out some of the words through the flaking paint. "Restricted Access Level 6 Clearance Required." Digger and Twilight didn't see the importance of it but they were eager to help me get what I needed to crack the door open. After we found a large drill and Thermite compound along with demolition fuses and detonators.

I began to drill at the center of the lock slowly working it into the 5 inches of steel. It seemed like forever but the drill finally broke through into the locking mechanism and I started to pack the Thermite compound into it until it was completely filled to the hilt. I set the detonator and moved us back a good distance.

Grabbing the detonator and ripping the safety pin out I told the two to cover their ears. They laid down covering their heads behind a shipping container and slamming the clicker with all my might the charge set off with the most quiet "POOF" they get up and Twilight in her normal know it all fashion barked at me. "Its a dud!! All that time and work for nothing!!"

Just after that the door made a deafening clatter as it slightly became ajar letting out the smoke and dust from the charge. There was sheer silence from her and Digger as I ran up to pull the door open. As soon as it open and the smoke cleared I got a glimpse of what was inside.