Runaway Metro Train

William woke up groggy like he had been put under by anesthesia. There was a taste of cotton and vanilla in his mouth. This was strange he thought. he did not remember anything from the night before. Maybe at some point he would remember he thought. He checked himself, an empty wallet, cell phone that was dead. Broke and no way to call anyone. It seemed at the very least that when he was put under, it was done by some other intelligence other than his own. It was not a dangerous pill that he took. He was put under methodically. He didn’t remember anything; however, his faculties currently remained intact it seemed. Whatever was done… it must not have been malicious.

A siren bell rung from the ceiling but the beige, metallic doors did not open. They did not even budge as William pounded against them trying to escape the darkness. Sometimes there were escape windows on trains like this, but this train, there was nothing. No hammers to break the double-sided glass. No way out.

The train had a porcelain quality. The same metallic beige doors, dirt residue on the chairs. Metal poles hung from the center of the car in case one wanted to stand. It was at this point an antique metro system, but one that was continuing to expand as the population increased.

The pulsating and flashing circles of light harbored that the train was about to leave station. It was dark. A blackness encompassed the outside of the car. The phone in William’s pocket was dead... lifeless. he was, however, starting vaguely to remember some things now.

William had signed up for a study to test the newly extended rail leg outside of Washington, DC. There must have been a reason it was delayed for so long, but here he was… awake in the middle of the night riding what appears to be an extended untested Washington DC metro.

The train was moving away into the night… speeding up and going into the distance. Accelerating into the blackness. He went to the end of the car looking for a stop button or emergency button. He pressed a red button, but it was as if the electricity did not work yet.

This was a test. He had not seen this leg of the train open to the public, but there must have been a reason the train was delayed for so long.

The train continued to accelerate… He made his way to his seat… holding against the metal pole as he made his way… ready for anything… looking out into the dark.

There had to be a destination. There were certain areas of the track that weren’t complete yet… surely this train would stop beforehand… The train continued to accelerate and began to descend further into the earth. The train kept going as it went deeper into the earth.

The train suddenly stopped and the doors opened. How far had we gone beneath the earth now? A massive being with horns with the similarity of a man entered the car. The doors shut again. The being grabbed the metal pole not making eye contact with William. It appeared the being had not noticed William was there, albeit the doors closed and the train continued to descend into the earth.

Smoke was beginning to be seen outside of the window. Fire and ash were in the distance. The train continued to descend. There must be something wrong? William thought if he was really alive.

In the far distance, outside of the window, there was a lake made of fire. Beings with the similitude of men were in the lake. Cries of anguish and torment could be heard now.

The train was accelerating towards the lake of fire with the cries of men and women being tormented by this fire but not dying.

“Jesus save me”, William said.

Immediately William was transported to a hospital room. “We thought we lost you”, the doctor said – “there was too much anesthesia.”

William said, “I was not a religious man before, but I gained faith riding the Washington DC metro.”