Student of the Port School. Crash

It was already around 9:00 pm when Zoya and Nikolai went outside. Varvara Stepanovna said nothing. When the young people left the house, she simply looked out the window at the dark street and sighed. Nikolai would love to spend this evening reading a book, but he promised Zoya, and it was not in his rules to take his words back.

That evening it was terribly dark outside. The moon apparently decided to rest, and hid behind a cloud. The girl confidently walked forward. At some point, it seemed to Nikolai that they were not alone on a deserted street, but when he looked around, of course, there was no one nearby. The young man thought that this was a Chinese boy following them, he even called out to him, but received no answer.

They were soon there. Going down into the dungeon, Zoya stumbled for something and would have fallen if Nikolai had not held her back. If he hoped for gratitude, then he was in for disappointment.

She didn't even think to thank him. Something was wrong with Zoya. Her cheeks burned, the ends of her hair rose into the air and crackled. Zoya began to speak quickly and unintelligibly. The young man did not like everything that was happening now with the girl.

The girl was possessed. Whoever stood in her way now, she would simply tear to pieces. Kolya understood that he had no way back. And not even because Zoya firmly held his sleeve.

The young man understood that since he left the house with Zoya, they should also return together. As you know, Nikolai was skeptical about the girl's words that the wall blocking the dungeon reappeared as soon as he, Nikolai, left the underground cave.

However, the girl was right. Everything was so. The wall, which disappeared right before Kolya's eyes three days ago, was now in place. Nikolay touched the wall, not believing his eyes, and even licked it.

But I'll tell you everything in order.

The stone, which nature or man created in the form of a bird's head, glowed faintly in the dark. Last time, due to the emotions that overwhelmed him, Kolya did not pay attention to this. When Nicholas now touched the stone, he was immensely surprised. The stone was warm and glowing!

Leaning down, Kolya was surprised to see that something was happening inside the stone. It seemed that some kind of energy was flowing through the internal channels in the stone. Kolya ran his finger along the thin line, which throbbed as if alive. He completely forgot about Zoya and the wall, but the wall itself reminded of itself. Like last time, there was a roar, the eyes were covered with dust, the air was filled with dust. For a while, nothing was visible, and when the dust settled, it turned out that there was no wall.

Almost nothing remained of the wall, only small stones lay. It was incredible and happened for the second time! It was like a strange dream. True, Kolya has not yet decided for good or for worse.

Kolya looked back at Zoya, there were no emotions on the girl's face. She looked impassively at Kolya and was silent. The arch of the cave, like last time, began to crack, and then something happened that could have happened last time, but did not happen. Rocks were falling from the ceiling!

Zoya woke up. Grabbing Kolya, she dragged him along! The young man tried to resist, but where there! Zoya had inhuman strength, she dragged the young man behind her, and squealed thinly! Nikolai's hand went numb, Kolya got angry, but he could not free himself from the girl's grip. Kolya wanted to go back upstairs on a moonless night, but it was too late, the stones blocked the passage. Stones crumbled ten, fifteen paces from the stone-bird. There were only two options; sit and cry near the stone-bird, or go there, to that place that was behind the wall. Behind the wall, which then disappeared, then appeared.

Nicholas, of course, chose the second option.

However, Zoya did not know about this. The girl continued to drag Kolya along with her.

Sighing, Kolya turned around and hugged Zoya. The girl folded her hands.

It became quiet. So quiet that you could hear the girl's heart beating!

As soon as these two crossed over the place where the wall once stood, it immediately became dark.

“Zoya,” the young man squeezed the girl’s hand, “let’s go back to the stone-bird for a while, it’s a little lighter there.”

The girl just shook her head. It was not clear what this nod meant, either agreement or protest, however, when the young man led her along, she did not resist.

It was lighter near the stone-bird, the moonlight seeped through the not dense arch of the earth. The young man remembered the red candle, which was still in his pocket, and for the umpteenth time he admired the clairvoyance of the Chinese girl.

When the candle was lit, the guys saw the size of the collapse.

Kolya looked at Zoya. The girl's eyes widened in horror, but she said nothing.

Are you sure you want to move on? Can we stay here until the morning? In the morning we will try to build something like a ladder out of stones, and then ...

No, we need to move forward. - Zoya looked Nikolai straight in the eyes - we should not go back. A large mirror is waiting for us to look into it together!

Nicholas sighed. Zoya again fell into a strange state, her eyes looked at one point, and crackling came from her hair.

- Well, - the young man did not object, - let's go and. Let's go until the candle goes out.