0 comments/ 12360 views/ 0 favorites My Weekend of Terror By: oldnhorny Chapt. 1 My name is Al, and my story starts in the last month of high school. I just turned 18 last month. I'm 6' 1" blond, and fairly athletic.My girlfriend Niki and I are getting ready to go on a two week field trip with our science club before graduation.She's an excellent student, dark hair, 5' 7" and gorgeous. We celebrated our 18th birthday together last weekend. My mom and dad gave us a coming of age party. We invited some friends over that had also turned 18 and had a great time horse playing in the pool. My mom and dad are pretty liberal so we were able to get away with quite a bit. Excluding, of course, taking a girl to the bedroom, or stripping off our suits. Drinking alcohol was also a no-no. Other than that we were pretty free to do what we wanted. Dad worked the barbecue, and we all filled up on steaks and burgers. We ate, danced and everyone had a great time. The party finally broke up about midnight, after the neighbors started calling about all the noise. I took Niki home and kissed her goodnight, telling her I'd pick her up in the morning and we'd go shopping for the gear we'd need for the trip this weekend. Our club had decided that it would be exciting if our field trip was an exploration of the caves in the Cascades around the Spirit Lake Mountains, in the Mount St. Helens area. There have been some strange occurrences since the eruption in 1980. There had been a lot of destruction in the aftermath, and several caves had been gouged out by the lava flow. Now, twenty-eight years later, our club decided that investigating the place from top to bottom would help end some of the wilder superstitious talk. We had a great time shopping. Niki kept trying to put things in our basket that we really didn't need, then when she'd go on to the next item I'd put the last one back. She was having such a great time picking things out she didn't notice till we were almost checked out that half of the things she'd chosen were missing. She gave a quizzical look, put her hands on her shapely hips and raised her eyebrows. She then looked at me, and with a small upward motion of the corners of her mouth said. "Well?" Of course pretending not to know what she was talking about. I just looked at her with this innocent, wide eyed, confused look and answered, "What?" Still, with a little uncertainty in her voice, not really knowing exactly what she had put in the basket. "I'm sure I put more things then this into the basket." I looked at the basket, then up to her with the same look as before. " I guess not or it would still be there wouldn't it? I could see she was catching on as her brows pulled down. "Ya right! I guess the little store gremlin swiped them.and put them neatly back on the shelves." Everyone in the checkout line got a big laugh out of it, including Niki. All in all we had a lot of fun on our first shopping trip together. After the club had decided to explore the Mount St. Helens caves, a couple of my friends and I had driven up there to find and photograph some of the more interesting ones. Niki and I arrived Friday evening. The rest of the club members were already there waiting for us. We unloaded our sleeping gear and helped carry the rest of the equipment that the others brought. We set up our camp site near the entrance to the cave we had all decided on. It was out of the way and more secluded then the others. Soon everything was finished and a campfire was started for dinner. After we finished dinner we all sat around and discussed what the plan would be for safely descending into the cave. We decided to pair up and each couple would have a radio in case they got separated from the group. Each couple would also carry a rope, flash lights, a first aid kit, and enough water and dehydrated food for two people for several days. Everyone had brought along some warm clothes. Even though it was still the middle of summer, the temperature, especially deep underground, would drop considerably. Several of us had brought cameras. We decided to pair off so that each couple had one. I had brought mine so Niki and I were able to stay together. After that we talked about what we might find. It was getting late, so we all decided to turn in, and get an early start in the morning. Niki and I had decided earlier, as we were getting our things together to go, that we would share a tent when we got there. Since neither of us had ever had sex before, the thought of us sleeping together was very arousing. I wondered if she was thinking about it too, and if so, if it affected her like it did me. We zipped our bags together and used our body heat to keep warm. Niki snuggled up next to me, with her head on my shoulder. We talked about tomorrow and the possibility of finding something interesting. Then we talked about the chance of being able to take some great pictures to put on our Webshots site. We kissed goodnight, and settled in. I lie there wondering if we would find evidence of strange occurrences. We all started out early the next morning. This was to be Niki's and my first cave exploration. I was pretty excited, and I could tell that Niki was too by the way she kept squeezing my arm. The group traveled quite a ways in before we came to our first branch. The cave was what you might expect. The farther in we got the cooler it became. The ground was angling at a slight downward slope, and the walls were becoming damp. We were reminded to notch the rock wall at each branch to mark the exit route. The group split up at the first branch. Another couple joined us, and the rest continued on. The tunnel we chose continued to slope downwards, and the temperature started dropping rapidly. About an hour later we came upon our second branch. We split here from the other couple. We had been traveling without a break. The tunnel continued to be large enough to walk upright in, though it was getting more and more damp. Not knowing how much farther this passage continued we decided to rest here and eat, then return to the camp site. That evening after dinner there was a big discussion on whether or not it had been a wise decision to split our group at the second branch, and rejoin again later on at a set time for heading back to camp. The other group had also encountered a second branch, but had decided not to split up. They had continued on until they came upon a third split. There they stopped and returned to camp. Some of the members were a little concerned about the splitting up of the groups, and worried that we'd get too scattered. After going over all the pros and cons on the safety of it, the club leader impressed upon everyone that if we were going to split up again, he thought it would be alright. It was important though, that each couple keep in constant communication with the others over the radios, especially if the path branched again. Then it would be imperative that the direction that is chosen was announced over the radio and clearly marked. A vote was then taken, and the vote to split up at the branches won out. Niki and I called it a night, and went to our tent. We decided to sleep without our clothes that night. Even though it wouldn't be as safe, it was definitely more comfortable. So we undressed down to our underwear, and snuggled up together in the sleeping bag. This was our first time sleeping together this way, and we were a little nervous at first. We talked for awhile, and I could feel her body gradually relaxing against me. We kissed goodnight. When we felt it turning passionate we decided we'd better get to sleep, before we got carried away, and were up all night. Morning came all to quickly, as we woke up hearing the rest of the club already up and about. Niki got up and dressed. I noticed right away that she sure looked sexy in the morning in only her panties and bra, and that's as descriptive as I'm going to get here. Sorry. I felt myself becoming aroused and starting to harden. Luckily, before I could suggest that she come back to bed, she went out to clean up. I got up and dressed and got our things together for the new day. We all ate breakfast and the same couples were assigned to each group. We also made sure that each couple had a working radio. We reached the cave in good spirits, and headed down to the first tunnel split. When we reached it we went over the safety plans again, rechecked our equipment, and headed down the tunnel we'd taken before. The other group headed down theirs. We soon reached the second branch and said good luck to the other couple in our group as we split up. The branch we took angled down in a sweeping curve. We headed on down, knowing we only had three more hours to explore as much of this area as we could before heading back to the split at the agreed upon time. The deeper we went the cooler it got. Eventually we heard the sound of water and noticed that the tunnel was getting quite wet and the ground was slippery. We turned a sharply descending curve in the path, and came upon an ever increasing flow of water along one side. Our path was steadily widening, probably the result of the flow of the water on the stone. Walking on downward, we entered a fairly large open cavern like area. The stalactite formations suspended from the ceiling, and the stalagmites rising from the ground were beautiful. They were streaked with the different shades of orange, reds, and yellows of the minerals from the earth above and shades of green on the stalagmites from the growth of lichen and moss. We stood gazing at the beauty of the open area. The differing colors of the walls and formations were breathtaking. I fished out our camera and started taking pictures of it all. The water flow we'd been following emptied into a large lake then continued on down through a small opening at the far end of the cavern. I took several pictures of that as well. I stepped back as far as I could and took a panoramic picture of as much of the entire cavern as I could get. The view was beyound description. We split up and started exploring the area. Niki was searching a small alcove at the back of the cavern, when I heard her cry out. I hurried over to her. She was just standing there looking into the area she'd been checking. I shone my light in and saw what had startled her. There was a pile of bones, and after a closer inspection, I found that they were not only animal bones, but also human bones. I'm not an expert, but thinking back to the pictures and the different types and shapes of human skulls in my biology classes, some were more primitive then others. The way the bones were broken and some of the skulls crushed, whatever had put them there had to be a very large animal, or one with very strong jaws. We also found some unidentifiable prints leading in and out of the lake. I took pictures of the bones before we disturbed them and of the prints I had found by the edge of the lake. Niki took some castings of them, while I started to gather up as many different samples as I could. By the time I'd gotten all the bones together, and the castings were dry, it was getting near time to return to the others. We gathered up all our samples and hurried back up the passageway, anxious to show the group what we'd found. We met the other couple waiting for us at the branch. We told them what we had discovered, and showed them some of the samples. They told us that they had also taken some castings of some strange footprints, but had found no evidence of any bones. Excitedly we hurried on, anxious to show the rest of the group our find. After we all got back to the campsite, we examined all of the samples that the groups had brought back. We discovered that whatever had made the prints in our cavern had roamed throughout the entire cave. Each group had found signs of our mysterious animal. It seemed, though, that he only fed in the cavern that we were in. Probably because of the access to the lake, or maybe thats where it entered the cave. No one in the group could identify the type of animal that made the prints. One member had brought a book of known animal prints, but ours didn't match any of them. We recorded and packed away all the specimens, cleaned up, and had dinner. By then it was getting pretty late so we called it a night. Niki and I headed for our tent. We laid there talking about the discoveries we'd made that day, and just enjoyed lying close together, snuggling. Niki had her head on my shoulder, her leg draped across mine. I was thinking of how nice that felt as I driftted off to sleep. The next morning came too soon, as we again awoke to the sounds of the rest of the club members outside. Today would be the last day of our field trip, so we were kind of anxious to get started. We still had a lot of the cave that was unexplored. I think that's where our troubles first started. We became too anxious and forgot the rule of always checking our direction, the way we got there, and most important, the path in front of us. We got ready and joined the rest of the group outside. After a short breakfast we were ready to descend. Niki and I hurried down the path leading to the cavern we'd been exploring. Then fate took a hand in the outcome of our day. The last time going down there we hadn't noticed another path that branched off of ours. It was right after a large curve. This time though in our rush to get to the cavern and explore the rest of it, we inadvertently took that branch instead of the previously chosen one. After about a hundred yards of shallow descent, we came to another curve. Too late though, I thought to myself, "Where did this second curve come from?" I started to tell Niki to wait a minute, when in the middle of the curve the path suddenly sloped abruptly downward. Caught unexpectedly, Niki slipped on the loose sand. I grabbed her jacket as she lost her balance and started sliding down the steep path. Her forward momentum pulled me off balance, and we were both sliding down this slope with nothing to grab onto. After about a dozen feet the path ended in a seven foot drop into another, smaller, cavern with a small pool of water at one end. We were both unhurt by the fall. Niki had landed on her pack which broke her fall and kept her from hitting her head. After we got our wind back and checked ourselves for injuries we set about looking for a way out. After more than an hour of trying to find ways to get back up to the path we had come down so abuptly, and searching the walls of the cavern, we came up empty. We realized that help was not going to come soon, if at all. We decided to go over the area again in case we'd missed anything. Niki was searching along the edge of the pool, when she called me over. She had found some more foot prints, like those we had found in the other cavern, only these were heading in and out of the water. It seemed that whatever type of animal it was, lived here and reached the other cavern and his outside food supply, by swimming from one pond to the other. This also meant that it would be back, probably for the night. That left only two choices for us since there was no other way out. We could use our radios to reach the others and hope that they could get here before its original resident got back. The only other choice we had, hoping that the small lakes joined because of the footprints we'd descovered, was to swim from this lake to the one we'd been to yesterday. We both knew it was very risky but we were both very good swimmers having been on the school swim team together. We also knew that this choice would be our last resort. I went over to check out our supplies while Niki continued to search out the cave. Everything was there, even the radio. I discovered a problem when I got the radio out of her pack and tried to call for help. It had gotten smashed when Niki had fallen. This suddenly reduced our choices of getting out. Not ready to make the obvious choice we sat down to try and figure out, calmly, what our odds were. We could stay here and wait for rescue. We had enough food, and the rest of the group would certainly find us, with time. The only problem was that the footprints indicated that the odds were very good that we were in an unknown carnivorous animals bedroom. We finally came to the conclusion that to stay here and wait for the rest to find us might take hours. Then, if they didn't arrive before the resident of this cavern did, we'd be trapped. Without some type of weapon we wouldn't have a chance. Reluctantly we decided that since we were both strong swimmers we'd try the lakes. We stripped down to our underwear and Niki wore my tee shirt, which covered her to just below her butt. We tied the rope around our waists to keep us together, wished each other luck, and dove in. Chapt 2 My first contact with that cold underground water was a huge shock to my system. I only hoped that Niki could handle the extreme change to her body temperature. We swam deeper in the direction of where the water seemed to empty out of this cavern. We came upon the rock wall at the end of the lake and started following it around looking for the exit. My body was becoming numb from the cold temperature of the water. I could feel my movements slowing down as my blood thickened. I was also runnig out of air. We hadn't found the exit yet and feeling a tug on the rope I stopped looking. I turned around, and looked at Niki pointing toward the surface. We swam up heading for the shore. We climbed out onto the beach close to where we had entered. We were both shivering and gasping for air. After a few moments rest we used our clothing to dry off some. Niki decided to leave my tee-shirt on, as her panties and bra were almost transparent. We ate some chocolate energy bars from our supply packs to increase our blood sugar, then snuggled together hoping to raise our body temperatures. I know that sitting here cuddling with a near naked girl was sure raising mine, especially with us both being at our sexual peaks. After awhile Niki turned around in my arms, gently kissed me, laid her head on my shoulder and said. "As much as I'm enjoying this closeness in our present attire, and would love to continue it, I think we had better try and figure out another way of finding that exit before the present resident returns. I don't think he'd get the same enjoyment from my attire that I notice your getting." I noticed that the last part of that was given with a slight smile. I grudgingly pulled my thoughts back to where they belonged. Gave a big exaggerated sigh, I kissed her on the forehead and said with a touch of hopefulness in my voice, "Maybe we can pick this up at the lake when we get back. You know, same outfits. We could jump in the lake get all wet and then try to get warm snuggling under a blanket. We wouldn't even have to worry about some old monster interrupting us. Knocking my head off while I'm ogling you." The only response this brought forth was a soft chuckle, another light kiss on the neck, and a very soft "we'll see." We reluctantly detached ourselves from each other and started throwing out different ideas, aware that time was rapidly getting away from us. Also the batteries in our camp light weren't going to last much longer without recharging. The thought of being down here in the dark when our friend got back really didn't appeal to us. Then Niki had an idea. "Since our flashlights and camp light are waterproof. We could wrap one of them up in plastic, tie the end of the rope around it to keep the water out, then toss it into the flow of the lake and let it pull the light toward the opening. Then we could just follow the light out through the opening." Her idea sounded like it might just work and was the best one we'd come up with. We got one of the flashlights and wrapped it up in a specimen bag then tied the rope to it and tossed it into the center of the lake. At first it started to sink before the current caught it and slowly started pulling it. When it reached the opening in the wall we tied the other end of the rope around us so that we'd be able to stay connected. We kissed, wished each other good luck then took a deep breath and dove in again. My Weekend of Terror I quickly followed the taut rope toward the light, Niki close behind. I was already going numb as I reached the light. I grabbed it and pulled it loose. I entered the small escape hole and felt Niki push through also. I started swimming in a sort of small tube or tunnel. I was beginning to run out of breath when I felt the current increase and start pulling on my body. I moved over till I felt the greatest pull. My speed increasing, I reached the tunnel exit. My lungs felt like they were bursting as I raced toward the surface. I shot out of the water gasping for air. Niki popped up right beside me dragging in air like it was the best thing since apple pie. We looked around to make sure we were alone, then swam over to the shore and climbed out. After getting our breath back we looked around at the cavern we were in. To our dismay nothing appeared familiar. We hadn't come up in the place we were expecting to. Instead of the beautiful cavern full of giant mineral forms of myriad colors that we'd hoped to come to, we had ended up in a bare cavern with a sandy ground. We quickly searched for an exit and as our luck would have it there wasn't one, except hopefully, another outlet in the lake. We didn't have much time to debate it since we had already used up a lot of time getting here. I turned to Niki. Knowing she wouldn't like what I was about to say. " Hon I think that with my extra body mass. I can retain my heat longer, so I think the best thing to do is that you wait here and search the area for footprints or another means of escape in case we'd missed it on our first sweep. I'll go back in and search the lake useing the rope and flashlight and hopefully find another exit. If not, then we were screwed." After a long pause, she reluctantly agreed. She gave me a worried look with tears starting to run down her cheeks. She held me tightly to her, kissed me and wispered. "Please be very careful I don't want anything to happen to you. Besides, I really would rather not have to face this supposed monster on my own." I smiled kissed her gently and looked very seriously into her eyes. "Ya! We wouldn't want to take advantage of the poor guy. especially the way your.. ahh .. dressed." She laughed, punched me in the arm and told me to just hurry up and find the exit so we could get the heck out of here. I kissed her again and, got up. Picking up the flashlight, I dove back in. I swam down and over to the far side of the lake. I shone my light along the back and worked my way toward the other end of the pool to see if hopefully the water went straight through. I was only able to get halfway down the back side before I had to come up for air and warmth. Niki helped me out and after hearing that I had to go back in told me. "Well, I didn't find anything useful up here and there isn't an opening anywhere on either side of the lake. I did find a few of the same type of footprints that we found in the other caverns. They didn't wander around in here though. They just came out of the water over there on the other side, walked around in a small circle like when a dog gets ready to lie down, then they led back into the water. Please hurry. I think we're in his bedroom." I assured her that there had to be an exit to empty out the continuous flow of water coming in. I told her I'd be right back and that she should have everything ready to go, just in case. I Kissed her and dove in, determined to stay down this time until I found it. I picked up the wall just about where I'd left off and started searching around it to the end. I felt the slight pull on my body as I moved to the end of the lake. The motion was pulling in a downward direction. I dove down, searching with my light. I found the outlet near the bottom of the lake. I headed for the surface, straight up from the hole, taking my light with me this time. I started swimming toward shore as soon as I broke the surface. Niki was helping me out when we heard the sound we'd been dreading since we became lost. The sound of something climbing out of the water on the other side. I whispered softly into Niki's ear. "Slip quietly into the water and swim down to the bottom. Head for the center of the lake. You'll find the exit there." She looked at me with worry in her eyes. I pressed my finger against her lips while I shook my head letting her know not to say anything. "It's alright I'm going to try and distract him just till you get a head start. I'll shine the lantern in his eyes. The sudden change will temporarily blind him, then I'll be right behind you." She looked horrified and clutched my arms shaking her head. I whispered to her. "It will be alright. I promise to dive before he can get to me. You have to get far enough ahead so you can get through the hole before I get there. Once you get to the shore get out of the cavern as fast as you can. I'll be right behind you. Trust me." She punched me on my chest. Then with a worried look in her eyes and tears running down her face, she mouthed the words. "Please be careful I love you so much, I couldn't stand losing you now." She then turned and quietly slipped into the water. I waited a moment then pointed the light toward the sound on the far side of the lake and flicked it on. I got lucky and caught him on the first try. I moved it up to his eyes and held it there, and it had just the effect I wanted. The animal stopped and tried to turn his head away. I followed it, keeping the bright light in his eyes. He let out a loud horrific cry that sounded more like a person then an animal. God, I wished I had the camera in a water proof bag with me. A picture to go along with the footprints would have been perfect. I slipped slowly into the water holding the light on him as long as I could, till I ducked under the surface. The second my head was submerged I clicked off the light and swam as fast as I could for the exit hole, I hoped that it would take a few minutes for his eyes to readjust to the darkness, giving me those much needed extra seconds to escape. Once I had gotten through and made it to the surface, I headed to the shore like a shark was snapping at my butt. Niki was waitng there to help me as I climbed out. Before I could even look around to see where we were Niki jumped on me like I'd just snached her purse and she was making sure I didn't get away. Her arms went around my neck and were threatening to cut off my newly aquired air supply. I couldn't have uttered a protest even if I had enough air. Niki was planting kisses all over my face, even on my open, gasping mouth. Purely out of self preservation, I pulled her arms from around my neck and got my first look around. I let out a sound of relief as I saw that we had made it to the large cavern we had first entered. Those awsome colors were a welcome sight. I looked back at Niki smiled pulled her close, and kissed her. "Much as I'd love to continue this in our present attire or lack of, we're going to have to hurry. We may not have a whole lot of time. I don't know if he's following me or not. We also have to try and figure out how were going to retrieve your back pack with our camera in it." She punched me in the chest again, and told me. " I don't care, I was so afraid you weren't going to make it. I never want to feel that way again. From now on if there's any danger, we face it together. No more of this you get safe and I'll follow. "I held her close. Kissed her, and told her "ok I promise." Then hand in hand we headed for the cavern entrance and the great outside. When we finally reached the outside we saw that it was already dawn. We had spent at least twenty-four hours in that dark cave not knowing when or even if we'd get out. The rest of our group was just begining to stir. My friend Jay looked over as he was heading back to his tent and saw us. He gave out a loud yell and started running toward us as the rest of the club members came running out of their tents and rushed to us. Everyone started firing questions so fast we couldn't understand any of them. I held up my arms for silence. Then remembering that Niki and I were standing there in only our underwear, we borrowed a couple of jackets from two of the other members. I started telling them the whole story as I put one on Niki and the other on myself. After I had finally finished relating our adventure, despite their attempts to interrupt, the questions came in a torrent again. We tried answering them one at a time, eventually satisfying everyone. I told them what still had to be done. " We had to leave Niki's pack in the cave we dropped into. We couldn't take it with us when we had to swim out. The camera and batteries weren't water proof and are still there at the base of the wall where we fell. We need that camera it has the pictures of everything we saw." The pros and cons erupted as everyone gave their opinions at once. After they had finally quieted down I told them. "I'm not going to leave it there. We need that camera and I would like to know if anyone would offer to help me get it, if not I'll have do it myself. Either way I'm not leaving without it. "Eevyone was quiet for a long time. Then Jay stepped foward and said that he would help. I thanked him and told him that we should leave within the hour. The rest of the club decided to start breaking camp. That way, by the time Jay and I got back we'd be ready to go. Niki and I started back to our tent to get dressed. The whole way back and all the time we were dressing she kept saying that she should go with me. I was finally able to convince her to stay here and get our things together. I promised her that if I saw or heard anything from the creature we would head back out. This molified her somewhat, even though she still didn't like it and let me know in no uncertain terms what she would do to me if I got hurt or killed. Jay stopped by the front of the tent asking if I was ready. I told him I was. I kissed Niki and held her as she wispered in my ear to remember that we still had a date on a beach to go to. I playfully peeked down the front of her jacket smiled and winked as I asked her how I could forget. She smiled and punched me in the chest again. "Just hurry back." I promised I would, turned and headed out. We picked up a heavy rope to lower me with, and a large light. On the way we checked in one last time with the group then headed for the cave entrance. We started down the path and took the branch that Niki and I had taken. When we reached the curve in the path we slowed down so as to not miss the turn we'd taken before by mistake. We slowly followed this path to the second curve. We found a place to tie the rope off and holding on to it, slowly headed down the sloping path. We reached the edge of the drop and stopped, listening for any sounds. After waiting a few minutes and not hearing anything, I wrapped the rope around my waist in the fashion of a climber. I stepped over the edge and started down. When I reached the ground I quickly grabbed the pack fastened it on my back, tugged the rope to signal Jay, and climbed back up. Once I got back up we pulled the rope up and untied it from my waist. We coiled it up and, gathering everything together, headed quickly back up the path, coiling the rope as we went. We reached level ground and hurried on to the main path and then following it to the outside. When we walked out into the open we saw everyone waiting for us. The campsite was cleaned up, and everyone was ready to leave. Niki ran up and threw her arms around me crying against my chest. I held her to me and told her everything was alright. Her sobs quieted down and finally stopped. We walked over to the rest of the group and I told them how much we appreciated all their help and concern. I told them that Jay and I had recovered the camera, intact, and the supplies. "I know that we didn't get a picture of the beast, only his footprints, but we did clear up some of the rumors about the cave, so I think we had a successful exploration." Everyone agreed that things turned out better then they had expected, and that the science class would have alot of work to do identifying all the things we were bringing back. We all climbed into our cars and headed home for, hopefully, more adventures. Who knows, we just might come back here now that we know what to expect. Next time though, if we do, we'll be better prepared for our mysterious monster.