right now , however , they were perfectly intact ... and very , very dark.cleopatra and i stared down the empty , darkened hallway that led to the serapis temple , both of us thoroughly creeped out by the scurrying noises emitting from the corridor.i felt fairly certain that there were even nastier creatures than rats and mice down here , but i was n't going to think of them ... the kind of creatures with stingers on the ends of their curled tails or the huge , unhinged mouths with fangs.i shuddered .