<Written from real life experience in ETS train. Real Life = Train broke down, but no monsters (Unfortunately...) >
The train stops. The lights blink and everything goes dark. The passengers murmur anxiously. “What’s wrong with the train? Is there a break-down?” “Where are we?”
Her fingers stop in mid-sentence. The last words in the document on the screen of her lappie are “…favorite horror movie.”
She grins knowingly as the Chinese auntie in front of her mutters “What’s going on? Where on earth are we?” She knows exactly what’s going to happen. Her writer/forced horror movie buff/psycho killer’s instincts are egging her on. The very next moment, she is certain, people are going to start screaming as they see silhouettes flying past them in the pitch darkness outside. And even more panic will ensue as the sounds of heavy bodies land on top of the train, with claw indentations marking their descent.
Her smile widens even further as she looks at the battery indicator on her lappie; on battery; which means the power socket is not functioning; another reassurance that the train has indeed stopped completely.
She sits back and sighs in sweet anticipation. Who else will have such a once-in- a-lifetime chance to experience such an amazing phenomenon??
At that moment…
The lights come on. Back up lights powered by the generator. All the better for the monsters to see them with.
And then…
Her battery indicator signal changes; charging.
Oh crap…
The lights come back on. There’re no monsters after all.
“This is such a waste of my time…” she mutters in a monologue and resumes her furious typing.
“…favorite horror movie starts playing.”
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