"Let's try that door with that symbol above it." Fred said to Zephyr.
Zephyr agreed and they tried the door. At first it didn't budge, like it was locked. But than a clunk sound, the door stuck for a moment and then swung open. It was pitch black. Not even the flashlight could see in, like a weird dust cloud hovered.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll gone in first this time." Fred said looking at Zephyr's frightened face.
Zephyr followed Fred in. No sooner had they walked in then the door slammed closed behind them. The two boys gasped in surprise at the loud sound of the metal door. The lights were on in an instant and there was no cloud at all. They were in the fallout shelter. Their ears ringing.
"You boys just fucked up big time." A voice said.
Sitting on a bed was a 30-something year old cougar man. He had a solemn look on his face.
"Who are you? What do you want!?" Zephyr squeaked.
"Yeah, we don't want no trouble, we were just leaving." Fred added.
"Go ahead, then. Peek your head out that door, lemme know what you think." The cougar man said, just looking at the floor.
Fred grabbed the handle and pulled the door slightly. It seemed much heavier than before. It was the tunnel but somethings had changed. There was debris, boulders, bricks. The damp earth smell was replaced by the smell of sewage and rot. The place looked like it got hit by an earthquake. But Fred didn't remember feeling one, or hearing one. Fred felt a deep rush of fear wash over him. Zephyr was speechless and started to tremble, feeling the same thing.
"Wha...wha...what's going on, mister?" Zephyr asked the man.
"I'm a conductor and I was pushing an old subway car into the storage tunnel. As I was coming back I needed to grab a few tools I kept in this old fallout shelter. After I went in this time it was different. It was like this, like you've just experienced. Tried that door a million times, and it still just opens up to fuck'n Armageddon." The cougar said as he turned and laid down on the cot, "I don't know what, where, or when this place is. I haven't explored much yet. Still just trying to wrap my mind around this shit." The cougar man laid there just staring at the ceiling.
"How could this be possible?" Fred asked, walking over and sitting on the empty cot. Soon Zephyr sat next to him.
At first the cat didn't say anything. Then he sighed, "Been thinking about that one too. Maybe some nuclear even happened or something and caused a problem, a tear in the fabric of time. Like some Star Trek shit."
"We've gotta do something!" Zephyr said, eyes as big as dinner plates, breathing rapidly.
"Do something? Pfft. Free to go rummage around outside, lemme know if you find anything good." The despondent feline just rolled over on to his side away from the boys. It was obvious that this man was defeated and depressed, "I went to the surface already. Same city. Much more dangerous now. Lawlessness, violence, sick and twisted folks up there. You'll probably get raped and eaten if you go up there. Better off just hunkering down here for now. We got everything we need down here. Until we run out of food, that is."
Zephyr looked at Fred but he seemed to be deep in thought about what to do next.
RULES: *keep the answer as brief as possible. *keep it fairly simple. this is just going to be a one-page a day, size shown here, for each answer *only leave ONE response or you'll be disqualified and your comment will not be chosen *choice will randomly be chosen 7:00pm CST 12/29
You are choosing: -The boys leave and try and find out more information outside -They stay in the shelter and relax for now. They talk more with the cougar man -Or you make up something else!
