20 Years Ago
El Paso High School in El Paso, Texas
8:30 a.m.
It was an unusually chilly and foggy day for September in Texas. Millie got out of her white Aleko and grabbed her yellow knit sweater that was draped across the passenger seat. She was reaching for her backpack, which was in the back seat of her car, when the first bell rang.
Millie raced across the parking lot, up the concrete steps, and pulled the heavy door to the rustic brick building open. There was no one in the halls like there usually is after the first bell. Millie knew she still had four minutes to get to her chemistry class which was on the second floor.
On her way to the staircase, she noticed a light was on in the basement. Millie had never been in her school’s basement before and figured that she wouldn’t miss much in chemistry today. She slowly opened the metal door, making sure that it softly shut behind her.
The basement was dimly lit and it took Millie’s eyes a minute to adjust to the sudden change of light. It smelled like a mixture of mold and old gym socks. The steps creaked …show more content…
and Millie was never seen again.
Present Day: September 20, 2016 at 11:30 a.m.
The El Paso High School had just reopened after a 20-year break and Bobby and Barris had been following Principal Archibald around all day. Principal Archibald had been the one who urged the high school reopen, but no one knew why it was closed. Bobby and Barris thought they had broken the code when they broke into the basement at back-to-school night but only coming out empty handed and on Archibald’s ‘bad guys’ list for the new school year. They came back to school this morning only to find that the basement has been caged off from the rest of the school.
Bobby found Archibald at morning and asked, “Hey, Principal Archibald, I just noticed that the basement is all off limits and stuff. What’s the deal with that?”
Principal Archibald told him, in a monotone voice, “Student safety.” Then, he walked away
El Paso High School in El Paso, Texas
8:30 a.m.
It was an unusually chilly and foggy day for September in Texas. Millie got out of her white Aleko and grabbed her yellow knit sweater that was draped across the passenger seat. She was reaching for her backpack, which was in the back seat of her car, when the first bell rang.
Millie raced across the parking lot, up the concrete steps, and pulled the heavy door to the rustic brick building open. There was no one in the halls like there usually is after the first bell. Millie knew she still had four minutes to get to her chemistry class which was on the second floor.
On her way to the staircase, she noticed a light was on in the basement. Millie had never been in her school’s basement before and figured that she wouldn’t miss much in chemistry today. She slowly opened the metal door, making sure that it softly shut behind her.
The basement was dimly lit and it took Millie’s eyes a minute to adjust to the sudden change of light. It smelled like a mixture of mold and old gym socks. The steps creaked …show more content…
and Millie was never seen again.
Present Day: September 20, 2016 at 11:30 a.m.
The El Paso High School had just reopened after a 20-year break and Bobby and Barris had been following Principal Archibald around all day. Principal Archibald had been the one who urged the high school reopen, but no one knew why it was closed. Bobby and Barris thought they had broken the code when they broke into the basement at back-to-school night but only coming out empty handed and on Archibald’s ‘bad guys’ list for the new school year. They came back to school this morning only to find that the basement has been caged off from the rest of the school.
Bobby found Archibald at morning and asked, “Hey, Principal Archibald, I just noticed that the basement is all off limits and stuff. What’s the deal with that?”
Principal Archibald told him, in a monotone voice, “Student safety.” Then, he walked away