Reinforcements
Sims worked relentlessly with his friends to set down a few layers of concrete and secure the rebar inside the hatch. They needed to make sure the structure wouldn’t crumble when someone would go down there. They kept having to pour new batches of concrete in order to stabilize everything. Throughout the whole process, John couldn’t help but wonder what could possibly be waiting inside the hatch. All the while he had no idea that something was working against him.
Summer Stench
One factor that slowed down the progress of the team was the unavoidable blistering Arizona heat. What was worse, that no one could know whether the intense and direct heat would affect anything inside the mysterious hatch. In order to protect themselves and whatever was inside the hole, the team put up a tent over the entire project. Around the entrance, they set up a Sonotube cardboard structure so that they wouldn’t cause damage to anything while they worked. After they were done with the cement, it looked like they were finally ready to make their descent. However, they were still missing one thing.