Samus looked to her right & saw a stairway going down with a sign above it saying "subway". She walked down it into a subway station. She walked down the hallway, passing a small patch on the bottom part of the left hallway with the word "naughty" written in random places of varying sizes around an open diary. Some naughtys overlapped other naughtys, & some were written in black, while others were in red. She hit the scan visor & scanned the diary pages.
"New entry added to Log Book." The scan visor said. Samus exited the scan visor & brought up her arm. She entered her logbook & looked up "Diary Entries.". She then looked up her first entry, "Emily D. Benvick's diary."
"August, 15. 2078.
Dear Diary.
It's already been 6 days since that mean man brought me to this scary place. I don't like it here. It's scary, everything's all dark & creepy, & there's scary laughing coming from everywhere. The man says I was naughty, but I'm a good person, but he won't believe me. He says I'm lying, & that I won't go back to mommy. I want to go home, but he still says I'm a naughty person. Somebody help me!" & with that, the entry closed. Samus continued to walk down the hallway to the station. On the way, she eyed a bench on her left with a wastebasket next to it. She saw some papers on the bench, but the paper that caught her eye was a picture of a small black boy with a blue shirt. She scanned the picture & the words appeared on her scan visor. Above it was the word "missing". Below it was "Alexander Cornelius Brook. Age 6. Address, 90 Herkinsdale Avenue. Missing since July 6 2050. If found, please call 580 432-1078." Then the scan visor got rid of the words shown on it. Samus walked further down the hallway & saw a subway station with some people in it. She saw some people sitting on a bench reading a newspaper. She looked at the paper & scanned the front page.
"Children missing in droves." The front page said. "Police are baffled as to mysterious disappearances of multiple children." Samus' scan then ended & she saw a young man walk in front of the reading man. He read the front page.
"More children missing, huh?" The young man asked. The reading man lifted his newspaper to look at the young man.
"Uh, yeah." He said. "Been this way since last week."
"I heard about that." The young man said. "Their disappearances are unexplainable. While there are no signs of intrusion, there sure are signs of a severe struggle."
"I know." The reading man said. "Sure hope somebody finds those missing kids soon." & with that, the reading man went back to reading, & the young man walked past. Samus was listening fully to the conversation she just heard.
"They don't know it." Samus said to herself. "But that somebody has finally arrived." Samus walked towards the ticket booth& scanned it.
"Ticket necessary for entry." Appeared on her visor, then a hand grabbed her & pulled her into a nearby shadow. After recovering from the initial shock, Samus saw that the person who grabbed her was Mr. Information himself.
"Mr. Information?" She asked.
"Yes, Samus." He said. "You won't be able to get past the booth without a ticket."
"So you're giving me a ticket?" Samus asked.
"Even better." Mr. Information said. "Hold out your arm."
"What?" Samus asked. "Why?"
"Just trust me, Samus." He said. "Hold out your arm."
"Umm, alright." Samus said. She held out her blaster arm & Mr. Information pressed a button on it. The computer came out & Mr. Information typed something into her computer. After a while, he was done.
"There." He said as the screen vanished. "That should give you clearance to use the subway at any given time."
"I can?" Samus asked, looking down at her arm, then back at Mr. Information.
"Yes." He said. They then heard faint breathing in the shadow. "Uh oh."
"What's that?" Samus asked, her eyes fixed on the shadow.
"The boogeyman." Mr. Information said. "He knows we're here. He's coming to try & get us." He turned to Samus. "We gotta get outta this shadow!" They both dove outta the shadow. They looked back at it to see the boogeyman's glowing yellow eyes.
"You 2 escaped me for now." He said. "But you can't hide from me forever. Until next we meet, Samus." His eyes then shut, indicating he was gone. Mr. Information then scrambled to his feet & ran down the hall Samus had entered the subway through.
"WAIT! STOP!" Samus shouted after him, but he was gone. "Rrrrgh." Samus said. "Guess it's up to me." She stood up & looked at her arm. She then looked at the booth. She walked up to it & the laser grid keeping her from going further dropped down.
"You have special clearance to enter." A mechanized voice said. Samus walked through the place where the grid was & it reappeared behind her. She turned around & scanned the ticket booth.
"Ticket booth will now allow you to enter." Appeared on her visor. She then walked to the platform & saw the subway train waiting for her. She scanned the door.
"Access to Swamplands is now active." Appeared on her visor. "Please step into the subway car." She then returned her visor to normal & saw the subway train's door swing up. She walked inside it & the door closed behind her. The train then started moving her to her desired destination. While inside the car, Samus just stood there & saw few people in it. Then a child appeared behind her.
"He's coming for you." She said. Samus turned around & saw nothing. She then saw a seat in the back left corner of the car, with a ragdoll lying in a pool of blood on it. She saw the blood drip onto the floor. She was taken a back by this. She then turned away & saw all of the people as skeletons. She rubbed her visor & saw them all with flesh & clothes. She then clutched her hand to her head. Then the train stopped, & she saw the door open. She walked out & onto the station platform.