They had been dormant for centuries, until one day they were awoken from their deep slumber and came out of the granite walls that contained them when the seal was accidentally opened. A group of American hikers and adventurers visiting South America witnessed their escape and then they had to struggle for survival.
'.....Now, he looked up at the saffron sky in the west as he drank the cool beer. The dusk crimson light gave the glass he was drinking from a purplish hue and his eyes looked blood-shot. He scowled at a streak of bitter thought that had just cropped up and ran across his mind as he drank it all. Before moving to the United States, he had served in the Spanish Army for six years and did a two-year stint in Afghanistan....She had gone a few yards off the camp perimeter to take a leak when she felt the earth slightly shake under her feet as she heard the plants foliage nearby quiver. It was immediately followed by a long, deep groaning that rasped her ear. She got goose pimples....Using the machete as a lever, they tore off the slats from the two long joists that had been used as supports, only to discover that there was yet another hindrance standing in the way for them to fully explore the cavern. It was a strange metal gate blocking the access into the big cave in the huge granite rock. Written in both Spanish and English language, there was a warning sign attached to it, 'Pandora's Box. Extreme Danger. Do not trespass', then in smaller letters down below, "At the behest of the Argentinean and US Armies do not open this gate. The local population or even the people of an entire nation might be exposed to unimaginable havoc".......