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The decrepit walls of the tomb rose up at least a dozen feet, surrounded
by briars and covered in thick ivy. Signs of neglect were all over. Gina pushed
aside a blanket of overgrowth, revealing a set of wide stone steps led up to a
corroding copper door. The outside of the tomb had been decorated with ornate
designs and symbols that were crusted with azurite from ages past In the center
of the door were a series of thick diamond squares embroidered into the iron
grating, the glass had faded and cracked like a spiders web. It was foreboding,
and Gina was looking for a way to get inside of it.

Diana came up the steps and saw Gina peering through one of the little
windows. It was noticeably cooler in the spot.

"Is there like a body in there?" Diana asked uneasily.
"I can't see anything, the glass is too foggy." Gina answered.

Gina stepped back and looked down at the door, it was clamped shut with a
rusted iron padlock. She examined the surface, there was no handle.

"Hold these." She said to Diana, handing the girl her cigarettes.
"I don't think there's a key for it anymore." Diana said as she took the
pack.

As Gina pushed on the door, the lock tightened against the bracket that
had held it for centuries, there didn't seem to be much left to the rusty relic.
Gina grabbed the lock trying to bend it around then let it slip from her hand,
it had already broken apart. The door opened just a few inches, she turned back
to Diana, who was no longer smiling.

"I can't believe you just did that! My mother is going to kill me when she
sees what you just did!" Diana yelled.
"It was an accident." Gina turned away with a gorgeous smile she couldn't
conceal. "Are you coming?"

Old metal groaned and hissed as the door swung open. Some light filtered
down from the ceiling, it was just enough that Gina could see inside. There were
elegantly chiseled columns supporting a domed roof inlaid with stained glass.
The clacking her wooden sandals reverberated as Gina stepped into the crypt.
Diana looked in from behind the door, it was not as frightening as she expected,
actually it was quite beautiful. The room was filled with different colors from
the stained glass above her head. She slipped her thongs on and entered.

"Look at this place!" Gina said.
"This is totally not what I thought it was gonna' be." Diana spoke.

Gina was standing before a large marble sarcophagus, that was almost ten
feet long, it came up to the girls waist. As she bent down and blew on the top,
dust and smoke scattered into the rays of sunlight cast down fm the ceiling. On
the lid was carved a skull, bearing an evil grin. As Diana came over to
investigate she felt like it was staring right at her.

Gina began pushing the lid but it didn't budge. She put a little more
effort into it. Diana could see the muscles in Gina's arms and legs bulge as she
pushed, her teeth were glaring.

"Don't open that up!" Diana yelled.
"Gimme my cigarettes." Gina said.

Diana had almost forgotten she was holding the red pack in her hand as she
gave them back to Gina.

A waft of smoke floated past the young blondes faces. It irritated her to
have to have someone smoking around her and she was going to pretended to cough,
then it struck her.

"Is that a joint?" Diana asked wide eyed.
"Did you ever smoke before?" Gina said as smoke billowed from her mouth.
"Yes." Diana answered back.
"Have you really?" Gina chided.
"I did, once at school, but nothing happened." Diana answered truthfully.

Gina offered the joint to Diana. The young blonde took it from the girls
strong fingers. It was burning unevenly, Diana put it to her mouth and took a
hit. She started coughing and her eyes began to water. Gina was laughing.

"That's awful!" Diana winced and cleared her throat.

Smoke was floating around Diana's face as she passed the joint back to
Gina.

"Your eyes look all red." Gina laughed as she passed the smoldering roach
back to Diana.
Diana started to smile. "I can feel it going right to my head. Hey that's
a poem." She laughed. "I can't be high already." She took another puff.
"Your stoned." Gina spoke as she smoked. "Your not gonna' be able to stand
in a minute.
"Come on, let's open this up." Gina said with her hand on the lid.
"This place is creepy, let's get out of here." Diana said. "It's freaky
enough just being in here with a dead guy. I don't need to see what he looks
like."
"Why not, do you think he's gonna' jump out and tongue you?" Gina laughed.
"No, it's probably filled guts or something disgusting like that." Diana
sneered.
"Get over here and push!" Gina demanded.

For what ever reason, Diana stood beside the girl and held her hands on
the lid.

"Alright, ready?" Gina asked. "One -"
"One" Diana counted against her meter.
"Ready? One, Two-" Diana started laughing.

Diana spun around laughing and clapped her hands together. "That thing
weighs like a nine hundred billion pounds! We can't do this!" She cracked up.

"No, come on we gotta' do this." Gina tried to compose herself, but she
couldn't wipe the smile off her face. "It's not nine hundred billion pounds,
it's like eight, eight ounces or something."

Diana laughed so hard she had to sit on the steps. Gina was holding her
sides, smiling at the young girl as she sat down on the top of the tomb. Diana
caught her breath and sat down next to Gina. The two girls looked at each other
for a moment. The room was silent except for the chirping of some birds outside
in the yard. Gina closed her eyes and moved her mouth close to Diana's lips.
Diana leaned closer. She touched something wet and sticky on the lid. Something
had left a trail of slime down the side of the crypt and down across the floor.
It was crawling across a faded golden tile by Diana's right foot.

"Eww! What is it?" Diana was pointing at the floor in front of the vault.
"Kill it!" She demanded.

It was like a little slug leaving a trail of glistening filth behind it.
Gina saw that it had come under the lid.

"What the hell is that thing?" Gina said as stood up where Diana was
pointing.

The tall girl looked down and saw little the thing pulsating on ground. It
was some kind of living slime covered with veins, like it was breathing. Gina
lifted her leg and squashed the tiny thing into oblivion beneath her wooden
sole. Tiny drops of slime sprayed the inside of her right calf and her foot. It
was all over her new sandals.

"Fuck!" Gina spoke as she turned to Diana.

The blonde girl stood there with her palms facing outward and a furious
expression on her brow, Diana had been pelted with little droplets of the slime,
they glistened on her toned white skin and left splotches all over her red swim
suit.

"I just got this bikini!" Diana yelled. "Come on, let's get the hell out
of here!"

The blonde girl could see that the gold didn't seem so pretty now that it
was splattered with bug guts.

Gina looked at the bottom of her sandal, the remains of the slimy thing
were still moving a little. She wiped off her foot on the floor a few times.

Diana scuffed her sandals against the marble floor as she walked back
outside. Her eyes must have gotten used to the darkness for too long, because
the light was blinding as she stepped out of the tomb. When her eyes readjusted
she saw Gina behind her. The tall girl was smoking a cigarette, standing against
the blue summer sky with a delightful look on her face.

"That was so fucking weird, okay." Diana shook her head.
"No. This is weird." Gina said, pointing to the ground.
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