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Flash Fiction "The passageway"
"Fallout Shelter" by Skarpz
As my friends and I passed through the halls one last time, we decided to check out the football field because of something mysterious that was never found. All the teachers and even the principals have said that there has been a fall out shelter from the 1950's but no one has ever gone down to it or even been down there. For all we know it is just a myth that everyone has been saying. After looking all over the football field, we all went to Susan's house which was near the high school.
"Sam, what do you think our lives will be like in after High School?," Susan exclaimed with deep interest.
"Well, some of us will stay in town, others will be townies, and I know some will be losers doing nothing with their lives." Sam said with charm.
"We all know who's going to be the loser! ANDY!" Shouts Charles.
Andy blushes, "Shut up!"
"You know it's true!," explains Charles.
Andy kicks Charles and they wrestle around for a bit. Meanwhile, Susan brings everyone down stairs and into the basement for more room, T.V. and private gatherings.
"There's nothing on T.V!," Andy notices and then crawls up into a ball on the floor.
"Well, you know Susan, I've always wondered what is behind that door in the hallway all these years and I could never figure out why your dad wouldn't let us see what's there.
Susan has a blank expression on her face, " I've always wondered the same thing."
"Yeah, Would you want to bust it open and check it out sometime?," questions Sam.
"I wouldn't mind chasin' after some adventure!," Charles said with excitement.
"We can't now my dad comes home any time now, how about we try something tomorrow when my dad has work and we don’t' have school?" Susan said.
Sam replies, "Sounds good to me."
Charles checks his schedule, "works out for me."
"ANDY!!, " Everyone yells.
Andy stirs in his corner, "huh? What?"
"He'll be there, I'll make him," Sam said.
So everyone left Susan's house and began to go their separate ways. To each part of their town except Andy and Sam live near each other. It was dark around their houses and Andy decided to sleep over at Sam's house for the night. Sam told him everything that was going on while he was sleeping earlier.
"So, we're going to rip threw that door and check it out? What about the rats? I know she's got some hiding round down somewhere." Andy said.
"Not sure if there would be rats, but what if it lead us into a different dimension or we found out some history behind Susan's family. What if they were murderers?
"You're thinking crazy talk Sam, " Andy laughed.
"You never know," Sam said.
"I am afraid of the darkness that is down there and thinking that, I am going to sleep. The sooner we get the adventure over with the better…," Andy falls asleep to his words.
"Alright man, goodnight,… oh you are already asleep. Sam ponders a bit then falls into deep sleep.
The next morning Sam and Andy met Charles and Susan at Susan's house. All the high school kids jumped at the chance to go right towards the door. Charles found some useful tools to carefully break down the door.
"And there that's it!" Charles said in excitement as the door had been carefully knocked down.
There was darkness all around. Andy got scared. Charles turned on his flashlight and looked around. There happened to be a desk and some cabinets and paintings on a blue wall. Boxes all around cluttered the room and almost seemed hard to get around them. Something that was even more interesting was another door that didn't seem right.
"I wonder where that door leads to?" Sam questioned.
"Don't know Sam, from where that door is and what's on the outside; it looks like it is underground." Charles answered Sam.
Andy held Susan tight while Sam and Charles got the boxes out of the way to the door. When they got to the door. Charles busted it open the door and cobwebs were all around with a reeking smell. It looked to have stairs going downward and that some one had dug around to make a passageway leading somewhere. Charles and Sam quickly adventured onward toward the passageway to the unknown. Susan and Andy followed behind them fast as this was something not to be missed.
Through the stairs and turns leading through this passageway, they finally entered a room so big and well built that it seemed fit to their mysterious football fallout shelter. There were other tunnels leading to the place in case anything happened.
"Now I remember, my house was the principal's house back in the 1950's. he must have planned the fallout shelter to connect to his house." Said Susan.
"Now you tell us!" shouted Charles and Sam while Andy wasn't paying attention.
"Look, there must be another way out of here," As Andy saw that there was an elevator leading to the top of the shelter.
To look in all their amazement they looked al around the place and since Andy wanted to get out of there fast, they opted for a way out. So the took the elevator up. Once everybody got in Charles worked the elevator and up at the top doors started opening up for them to get out. When they got to the top, they noticed that they were on the 50 yard line in the center of the Donlon High School football field.
"Ooh, look what we've done," Sam said in amazement.
"Finally, out of the darkness!" Andy runs to safety.
"Something to talk about, certainly now that we've found out the secret." Susan said.
"I think it's time for me to get home," Charles runs from the scene of the crime.
Now that they have found out that the fallout shelter really exists, it has been a historical site and Susan got in big trouble because her family had to move out. The football field was fixed and no one used the elevator for the fall out shelter since as it created a huge hole in the center of the field, which they had to redo.
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