I wanted to try this for a while now! (It doesn't have to be just one paragraph either.) The theme for this challenge is "Underground." Make a dark and eerie scene (It can be inspired by your story if need be) and lets see who comes up with the best ones! Here's mine:
~In a hidden facility, deep underground…~
~A group of scientists were tailing a squad of guards who seemed to be escorting some sort of cargo… It was housed in a weird sort of stasis. It had a tinted dome allowing anybody to see the insides if the lighting was good enough. Upon closer inspection, it was easy to tell a human was inside. But not just any human… Inside lay the body of Agni the Tormentor.~
~The group arrived at a dead end. The only thing in front of them being some sort of key pad… it looked ancient…~
Guard #1: He pulled his keycard out of his suit of tactical armor. He swiped it by the keypad and it beeped loudly before the LED screen turned a bright green.
~A deep groaning sound could be heard through the space before suddenly, a wall closed behind them. More groaning. They could feel themselves being lowered deeper. They were already a few miles below sea level before, but this took them even further.~
???: A woman who sounded oddly familiar from the Antares incident broke the silence. “Hell’s Pit. Nex-Corp’s finest prison. More than 30 miles below sea level and holding the most elaborate security system on the planet. It’s been used in the past to house some of the deadliest villains…”
???: A male continued the sentence. “However, due to the lack of evidence supporting it exists, considering its located within the Bermuda triangle, many believe its a myth.”
Guard #2: “Why are you telling us this?” He grunted.
???: “As it is considered a myth, Nex-Corps' most brilliant minds all saw an opportunity. A research opportunity. Hell’s Pit eventually became a testing facility. All in order to research our world’s greatest phenomena created unintentionally. Techniques.” It was her, Tech #2. She was one of the people involved during the terrorist attack on Antares… but wasn’t she just a regular security technician?
???: He filled in his place as Tech #1. His cloak matched his partner’s. Both bearing the insignia of Nex-Corps. “One of our current experiments involves enhancing and neutralizing Techniques. Permanently.”
~The groaning came to a halt. So did the two techs. The guards grew a little nervous as a minute passed by without anything happening. Everything went dark, and the wall that was before them split open. Releasing smoke into the room as it opened slowly.~
Tech #2: “We suggest you don’t inhale the smoke… or look at it.” She said as she slowly pulled her mask on and looked downward. Her partner doing the same.
Tech #1: He added in a quiet whisper. “Oh, and don’t speak either.” Once the wall fully opened, he was quieter than a mouse…
~Everything grew quiet. The guards were all shaking nervously. They all wore full helmets attached to oxygen supply, but they couldn’t control their vision. Before they could react, their visors activated their night vision mode. Out of the 6 that were there, 5 of them managed to look down quickly enough. The one however…~