Chapter 48: Cracks in the Darkness

He reached down, fumbling for the flashlight and heard laughter running away from him as he did so. By the time he got the flashlight on, the tunnel was empty again. "Who's there?" he yelled in the direction of the now faded laughter. He pointed his flashlight down the passageway towards its end. He could see something moving in the shadows. 

"No," he heard someone whisper and then another "ssssshhhhh."