The Unknown World

The morning had started off like any other, I woke up, ate breakfast, showered, brushed my teeth, got dressed, drove to school in my car, a Ford Mustang convertible. During lunch time the weather took a turn for the worse. I thought of how Percy or Henry would have looked at that… Oh yeah, about my secret, I’m a Tankie or Brocomotive… depending on who you talk to, basically a Thomas The Tank Engine fan. I then realized one of my mates was trying to get my attention,
“Earth to Xander, you there?”
That's Mat, one of my good friends
“Y-Yeah, what's up?” I stuttered, looking up.
“You going to E-Sports later or not? I need to Know.” he repeated.
“Not Sure it depends on when I can get out of here,” I said gesturing to the storm, “and if this weather will blow over or not. I have that sword class today…”
“You're still doing that?” asked Steve, another friend of mine
“Yeah.”
“Damn,” Steve shook his head, "Doesn't make sense to me why you keep doing that."
Just then the bell rang ending our lunch
“Hey,” Mat yelled over, “Text me if you're going or not!!”
“Will do!” I yelled as we split up outside the cafeteria, little did I know I wouldn't be sending that text.
The rest of the day was… fuzzy after that. I can't remember much until after my classes. I wasn't able to go to ESports, so I jumped in my car with my katanas in the backseat, and battling the wind and rain drove along down the country road towards where I would usually have my lessons at the YMCA.

About 20 minutes after I left the school… The lightning started, it wasn't bad or anything, but there was sure a hell of a lot at it. I again thought about Henry hiding in the tunnel or Percy taking the plunge and his promise to Thomas… I wish I hadn’t now...my focus diverted from the road and in that second I almost ran off a curved bridge… as I swerved, trying to correct my mistake before I took a swim, I spun out. The car spun a couple times then the hairs on my body stood straight up and I felt a small shock run through me, kind of like static electricity. The car's tires stopped squealing on asphalt as I believed that I ran off the road to the sound of dirt or possibly gravel. The car slid to a stop. I noticed the rain, thunder, and lightning had all stopped, perhaps I was under a bridge... was I under the bridge?!

I opened my eyes my car wasn't on the road… I thought I may have gone off it a little and that was the dirt noises. I looked at my dash, all the lights were off and the keys were in the passenger seat, I grabbed them and tried to start the car… nothing. I tried again… nothing. I had some jumper cables and a hydrometer in the trunk, I grabbed them, popped the hood and checked the battery… it was flat. I knew that if i pushed it far enough I may be able to start it… so I emptied everything that i could from the car, and then started to push, then it started to go on its own and I realized I was on a short hill. Quickly I jumped back in the car and started it successfully and braked hard… I stopped. Flipping on the headlights I stopped no more than 5 inches from a tree. I reversed back up the hill, put everything back in and turned to where the road was… but there was no road… all there was was a dirt path. Thinking I turned down it by mistake in the panic, I drove down it slowly, after a hour I checked my phone for the time… it said 7PM I decided to call my Mom to let her Know I was lost… then I remembered I could have just used the GPS on it… then I noticed I had no bars… I decided to stop and wait for morning. I got into the back seat and dozed off.