The elevator slowly creeped down the shaft. It starts getting dark so I grab my phone out and turn the torch on. I had no service down here, obviously. The elevator slowly comes to rest and the doors open into a long carved tunnel. I shine my torch around the tunnel and see a bunch of doors. They all had numbers on them. I slowly wander over to one of the doors. I peek through the bar window. It's Dani and Rachel to girls from my drama class. They are standing there in the middle of the room not doing anything. They just stood there, silent, lifeless. I bang on the door calling out there names but they don't react.
I wander over to another door. It has Ash and Lachy. Like Dani and Rachel they were standing in the middle of the room. Not doing anything.
"Hello? Is someone there?" A voice calls out. I swivel around and see a hand waving further down the tunnel. I run as fast as I can towards the hand. I eventually get there and see there's only one person in the cell. It's Nikki.
"N-Nikki? What the hell. Is it really you? What happened? What's going on? Why is everyone just standing there? I don't- I don't understand." I stammer.
"Jacob, Jacob. Calm down. I'm fine. I've been down here for so long I don't even know what year it is. You've definitely changed a lot." She says.
"Yeah it's..." I pause, worried how she might react to being down here for 10 years. "It's 2031." I say. Nikki's face loses her usual smiley state and becomes more of a sad one.
"I've really been down here for 10 years? I don't... I-I-I..." She trails off.
"Look I've taken up a job here so that I could find out what's going on here. Now I know about this. I can finally tell everyone and we can finally get revenge on the people who did this to you. I have to go but I will be back for you. I promise. Here take this." I give her the watch off my wrist. She puts it on.
"I will be back for you. I don't know when but I promise you, I will." I turn to leave but Nikki grabs my shirt. I turn around and she puts her arms through the bars and gives me a hug. She's always been a hugger.
"Leave it for when you're out of here." I say. She nods and I turn to leave. So this is where everyone's been all these years. The time has come for retribution.
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The Bentley Files
Science FictionWelcome to the life of a 16 year old high schooler, who finds out that his school is overrun with creatures who are bent on destroying the world as he knows it. He must get help from his friends to put a stop to it. But will this team of nerds be en...
