They'd all carefully descended the stairway in single file, first Greg then Jacob, Tori and Shanna, most of the stairs were rotted from what looked like water damage, so the stayed away from the center and hugged the handrail most of the way down, being sure not to put their weight onto the weakened middle of the steps.<br/><br/>When they'd reached the bottom platform, they'd found a singular door, it was wood and appeared to be equally as damaged, but when they tried it, it wouldn't budge. "Prolly swelled and sealed itself shut, looks like there's been some serious flooding, and not just tonight either." Jacob concluded.<br/><br/>Tori tried knocking and although it seemed silly to Greg, nobody else mocked her, after the series of unexplained events that had occurred thus far, anything was possible.<br/><br/>"Well what the fuck are we gonna do....obviously this thing has the ability to keep exits closed...if it don't want us in there then we ain't gonna get in...end of story....besides it fucking stinks down here and I am starting to feel weird, like up in the rest of the house....whatever's down here isn't nice, like whatevers in the library....Lets just go back up stairs and keep looking through books. " Greg was explaining to Jacob.<br/><br/>Jacob briefly heard Tori saying something about being cold when suddenly the door bust open and she went tumbling, ass over teacup, into the chamber. Jacob gasp immediately strode in after her. Greg and Shanna, not wanting to be left in the now dark basement hallway, followed as well.<br/><br/>The stone room was big, and it was a good 10 feet lower than the landing they'd been standing on. The basement was flooded, a good 4 ft of standing water was already there, and it looked like it was rising by the minute. Poor Tori had been leaning against the door, holding the lantern, when it had opened, and her backward falling motion propelled her right off the edge of the stone staircase that lead down into the water. She'd managed to keep the lantern lit, but just barely as she plunged into the stagnant freezing cold water, only her arm holding the light managed not to get soaked.<br/><br/>Jacob dropped to his knees and reached his hand out as Tori came up from the water, He grabbed her arm and hauled her back up to the stone landing. "Oh shit...." She said and she started to shake immediately, "I can't believe that just happened..." She said as she shivered, teeth chattering.<br/><br/>Jacob wrapped his arm around her, he wanted to give her his shirt, but alas he hadn't yet managed to put one back on, Tori's clothes were still up in the room, and Shanna was nearly nude, and Greg only wore his cum soaked bathrobe, so options were limited to say the least.<br/><br/>"What the fuck is this place?" Greg asked, as he took the lantern from Tori so she could hug up with Jacob for warmth. He showed the light around but the chamber was large enough for the three walls other than the one they were standing next to, not to be seen by the non-focused lantern light.<br/><br/>"I don't know, but it fucking smells like our Jacuzzi after we've had a bunch of sex in it and you forget to clean it....smell that...." Shanna put in, elbowing Greg and holding her nose. "What ever we do, you'd better get out of those wet clothes Tori...you're gonna catch your death of cold well before any creepy crawly thing gets us." Tori said as she helped Tori out  her camisole and wet PJ pants. Jacob could tell Tori was apprehensive about Nympho Shanna stripping her clothes off, but the girl was right about it, soon hypothermia would set in.<br/><br/>"Can't see shit....It looks like there is another stone landing in the other side of the room, but I can't make shit out, without a proper flashlight...." Greg said, trying his best to point out the landing he was referring to.<br/><br/>"Yeah...I see what you are talking about...might lead to another chamber....But that water is like 4 feet deep and judging from how cold Tori is, I'd say pretty fucking cold as well. It's gotta be like 35-40 yards away, anyway." Jacob answered, wanting to hurry this up and get back upstairs so Tori could wrap up in one of the dust sheets.<br/><br/>"Well shit, Jackie....Yer girl is already wet....Tori, you wanna wade across with the lantern and check it out?" Greg said with a snicker, eyeing Tori's naked body up and down.<br/><br/>"Knock it off....we don't fucking know what's in that water....Could be fucking anything....a sink hole...Anything!" Jacob retorted angrily. "We gotta go back upstairs or she is gonna catch pneumonia."