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The four archeologists examined a hole in the ground.
   "I can't see the bottom," Rielofag noted. Wealodaf had an idea. She took a stone from the ground, and dropped it down the hole. The four of them waited patiently, but they could not hear any noise.
   "It seems like it's a long way down-" she started to say.
   "-Or the ground is soft underneath, so we can't hear the impact," Hidenbrok suggested.
   The four of them were thinking. Finally, Kilomach had an idea.
   "Let's enlarge the hole, and climb down!" she cried. Agreeing, the four of them gathered their ropes and hooks. The enlarged the hole, and then began to climb down.
   "I wonder what we're going to find..." Hidenbrok thought.

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"My goodness, what a find!" Mrs. Wealodaf exclaimed as the 3 others reached the bottom of the hole. "This would be the biggest amount of gems I've ever seen," says Dr. Kilomach in amazement. They and the professor stared at the humongus amount of diamonds in pure wonder. Sir Rielofag, however, was more interested in the skeletons surrounding the room. "This is strange: never seen this amount of corpses before except in a graveyard," he whispers to himself.

Suddenly, the ceiling starts to come down.
"I believe those etchings mean 'Keep out'!" Sir Rielofag exclaims.

The ceiling trembled, with a few cracks appearing. The four archeologists stared at it for a few seconds, and then the trembling stopped. It suddenly occured to them that the skeletons could be here because of being hit on the head by falling rocks.
   "I think that it's stopped temporarily," said Kilomach. "We should get out as soon as possible."
   Hidenbrok attempted to get up, but fell back to the ground because of his broken arm.
   "I'll help you," said Wealodaf. She lifted him to his feet. Once done, the four of them started to run for cover as the ceiling started to tremble again. They dived under a protruding rock that was large enough to shield them all, and then they waited and watched as the ceiling gave way. Dust filled the area, the rocks from the ceiling breaking down some of the wall.
   "The gems are buried!" Rielofag cried out. Kilomach calmly brought out her gems.
   "I collected some gems for examination later," she explained.
   Hidenbrock pointed through the dust that was falling to the ground. There was a passageway that was hidden by some wall that had been destroyed.
   "Come on!" cried Wealodaf, rushing to the passage.

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As Rieloflag, Kilomach and Wealodaf reached the other side of the lake, they heard a shout from Hidelbrok "HELP!!", "his arm!" said Kilomach as he jumped into the lake, Wealodaf and Rielofag quickly followed, as they Pulled Hidelbrok to safety, Wealodaf saw a gem in the ground, "hey guys" says Wealodaf, as she tried to pull the gem out of the ground, suddenly, the ground starts shaking. "Lets get out of here" says Hidelbrok

Kilomach hit the water, and went under several feet. The area was very interesting, as she stared around her. However, the water was rising, making the surface higher up, but the water carried her up also. Along with her swimming, she reached the top. She waited patiently as she was brought up to the surface.
   After half a minute, Kilomach had rejoined the others.
   "Guess what I found down there!" she cried. "I think that's the way to go! There are some statues, signs of an underground civilization!"
   "What about our equipment?" said Rielofag.
   "We can leave it here," Wealodaf told him. She turned to Kilomach. "How are we going to get down there?"
   Hidenbrok seemed to have a solution.
   "The people who lived here must have used the water to get down there, as it is a hundred feet down. They would go up and down the shaft with the water. But they would need air, so they would need to be able to take the water away. There must be a way to get rid of the water up here and down there, as it would take too long to make the water go away from there. It takes a minute for the crack to fill or deplete. So we should search for something up here that gets rid of the water, and then jump in and wait for the water to carry us down there."
   They all began to search for something. Almost immediately Kilomach tripped on a weird hole in the ground.
   "My gem!" she cried, seeing that the hole was the shape of a gem. She placed the gem into the hole, and it fit. Perfectly.
   The water began to drain. Smiling, they all jumped in and waited for the water to take them down. They held their equipment above them, so it would not get wet.

All right... I'm removing the first rule, because if you posted something and no one else would later, you would want to post something next, wouldn't you?

Anyway...

   The four archeologists hit the bottom. Around their feet the last drops of water were draining away.
   "Now what?" said Rielofag. "Let's take a look at these statues." They all examined them closely.
   Wealodaf was feeling a statue, when it accidentally fell over. To their amazement, behind it stood a door.
   "This must be it!" exclaimed Hidenbrok. They all eagerly walked to it, when they realized that there was a coded lock.
   "A number between zero and a million opens it..." muttered Kilomach. "But what is it?"

"What happens if we get it wrong?" Wealodaf asks