I think our school should have a bus sick system.

I believe that everyone should learn to get car sick.

In my opinion, getting car sick is an enjoyable thing to do. I  beleive everyone should learn to get car sick. It’s fun, fast, and easy. All ya’ have to do is eat alot before the trip, also sit in the back seat. Wobble your head alot. Well, you’re half way there, ask if you can stop at a gas station. Get alot of junk food. Eat it all. Wobble around some more. Ask to stop at another gas staition, get 7 cans of pop. Drink it all. Shake your head. Ask sit in front seat. Well, your almost there. By this time you should have a stomach ache, head ache, and your eyes should hurt. Keep on holding it down. Well, by now you should roll down your window find a young couple and let it out. You should be there by now. Remember it’s fun, fast, and easy!

A few days ago a water main burst near our street. There was essentially a flood of water running down the street all night and most of the morning. This was the result; our vehicles frozen to the ground in hard-packed ice.

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“It’s just a husk.”

Holden woke with a start at the sound of a deep voice. His vision cleared and he could make out the figure crouched next to him on the damp stone floor. It was Gary King, the groundskeeper.

“You see, when you walked through that arch, you–this isn’t easy for me to explain. No one ever woke up again afterward. Not that there been many people down here. You’re lucky.”

Holden felt the tension rising. “Wh–what are you saying? What happened? What do you mean they didn’t wake up?”

“They saw what you saw and they did what you did, but that’s right, they never woke up. Listen, I am trying to be calm and rational and explain all this to you. But I know it’s hard to understand right now. People aren’t supposed to come down here… you remember when I told you that? I should have been watching the elevator tonight.”

Holden struggled to make sense of what was happening and what was being said to him. He needed to know what it was he saw and why it happened. Husk? No, it was him, like the reflection in a mirror except he could touch it. It had felt cold and lifeless, but it was certainly something real.

“How did you do that? What did I see? Why would–”

Gary interrupted Holden before he could finish his question. After all, Gary felt the more Holden said, the more panicked he would become. His mind would travel in circles. Gary was willing to explain as much as he could because he knew he owed that much to the weary explorer, but he could plainly see Holden wasn’t in a very receptive state of mind–especially for this sort of information. No, it would be better to show Holden. Force him into the reality of his new situation whether or not he was ready to handle it.

* * *

“Keep moving. We’re almost there.”

Holden gave no protest. After spending a few minutes trying to collect himself, he had made the realization that he wanted to continue exploring. If things were getting this strange, that was exciting, and now he had a tour guide to explain where he was going.

Their footsteps echoed as they walked down the narrow corridor.