The minecar full of menacing soldiers raced along the track as crossbow bolts zipped around Caspian, Luke, and Lorg! They whipped through a corridor, careened around a turn, and suddenly shot across a stone bridge spanning an bottomless, black, chasm. The soldiers were hot on their heels. Luke rose in the teetering minecar his bow in hand with an arrow notched on it's string. Stabbed onto the tip of the glittering arrowhead was a small barrel of firepowder, it's fuse sparking as a flame raced towards the barrel! The soldier's minecar shot onto the bridge as Luke shot! The arrow arced in the darkness and landed squarely in front of the racing minecar. Everything seem to freeze, then there was an earth shattering explosion and the middle of the bridge seemed to vanish as the stone's crumbled and plunged down into the dark abyss. A scream rent the air as the burning minecar plummeted to it's doom into the chasm.
"A nice trick you have there," Lorg yelled as he eased down gently on a lever. The minecar began to slow casting up sparks on the metal tracks. Soon it came to a complete stop in front of a rickety wooden platform. Stacked on the platform was mining equipment, torches, and barrels of supplies. Sacks of gold rested on the rough stone wall. In the middle of it all was a large stone brazier. A large flame curled around oil splashed timber in it, it cast light over the whole platform. A narrow corridor lined with torches led of to a center. Lorg gestured to the corridor, "We go down there."
"Where does it go?" Caspian asked his voice echoing in the cavern.
Lorg grinned and said, "You'll see."
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