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Lacey Delgado walked down the long, dark hall leading to the locker room bathrooms. The chill and the odd echo of her footsteps gave her the creeps, even as she could hear her teammates practicing cheers in the distant gym. Burned-out lights and dark windows of abandoned classrooms unnerved her. Twice, she swore she heard a slight scuffle behind her, but turning revealed nothing. She felt watched by unseen eyes from the empty rooms. Just as she was about to turn back, she saw the girls' bathroom.
Pushing the door open, Lacey entered an old-fashioned restroom, clearly long unused. The mirror over the sink was clouded with dust. The stained sinks were dry and discolored. The chipped tile floor was littered with torn paper towels and peeling paint. Still spooked, Lacey used the nearest stall.
As she walked out and began washing her hands, she glanced up into the dusty mirror. Her heart leaped into her throat. Written shakily in the grime were the words: "Get out...NOW!" Panic seized her. She bolted for the door, a primal fear coursing through her. Just as she reached it, the entire room began to shake violently.
Lacey was knocked to the tilting floor by the deafening tremor. Lights crashed, lockers broke loose, and the mirror shattered, spraying glass shards. She covered her head until the shaking passed. Knowing California was earthquake-prone but never having experienced one, she weakly climbed to her feet, determined to escape before another shock hit.
She pulled hard at the bathroom door, but it was jammed shut, the old building shifted by the quake. Then, an urgent whisper came from behind: "This way, quick! I know another way out!" Spinning around, Lacey was shocked to see another cheerleader—a blonde girl in a blue uniform with the name "Alicia" spelled in gold on her tunic.
The girl began prying at a large piece of plywood on the far wall, revealed when tiles shook loose. With a loud groan, the plywood came off, revealing a dark, musty hallway. Thick dust covered the floor, and spiderwebs blurred the dim ceiling. The only light came from a grimy window at the far end. Lacey hurried after the blue uniform, her feet crunching on broken glass and debris she didn't want to identify. The light, she realized with relief, came from an exterior door. The blonde girl pushed it open and motioned for Lacey to exit first.
Lacey stumbled into sunlight and gasped fresh air. Almost immediately, an aftershock knocked her to the ground. When she stood up, the girl was gone, and the door was closed.
Lacey's coach came running, shouting to rescuers that she was found. Frantically, Lacey pleaded with them to find Alicia, the girl who had saved her. The door was pried open, and the rescue party entered the dusty hallway. Oddly, only one set of footprints wound through the dust, leading back to the abandoned bathroom. Alicia was nowhere to be found.
Later, recovering at home, Lacey learned no one else was hurt. Alicia was never located, and no cheerleaders were reported missing, leading to assumptions she was from another squad. A knock came at the door. Lacey's mother led in a blonde woman named Amy Porter.
Amy explained that she and her twin sister, Alicia, were cheerleaders at the old school years ago. During a practice, a terrible earthquake struck. Both girls were in the bathroom and ran for the door at the first tremor. Amy made it out safely, but Alicia was killed by a falling beam in the hallway. The school boarded up the unsafe hallway, later tiling over its entrance. The school was eventually renamed Alicia Porter Memorial High School, and the tragedy was largely forgotten.
That is, until a cheerleader named Alicia led Lacey Delgado to safety down the old, abandoned hallway.
中文翻译
雷茜·德尔加多走在通往更衣室浴室的漫长黑暗走廊里。走廊的寒意和她脚步的诡异回响让她毛骨悚然，尽管她还能听到远处体育馆里队友们练习欢呼的声音。废弃教室烧坏的灯和漆黑的窗户让她紧张不安。有两次，她发誓听到身后有轻微的拖沓声，但转身却空无一物。她感觉被无形的眼睛注视着，仿佛来自那些空房间。就在她准备转身回去时，她看到了女浴室。
推开门，雷茜走进一个老式的、显然久未使用的卫生间。水槽上方的镜子蒙着灰尘。污渍斑斑的水槽干涸褪色。破损的瓷砖地板上散落着撕碎的纸巾和剥落的油漆。雷茜仍有些害怕，使用了最近的一个隔间。
当她走出来开始洗手时，她瞥了一眼布满灰尘的镜子。她的心一下子提到了嗓子眼。镜面的污垢上，颤巍巍地写着几个字：“快出去……马上！”恐慌攫住了她。她冲向门口，一种原始的恐惧流遍全身。就在她触到门时，整个房间开始剧烈摇晃。
震耳欲聋的震颤将雷茜掀倒在倾斜的地板上。灯坠落，储物柜散架，镜子碎裂，玻璃碴四溅。她捂住头，直到震动过去。她知道加州易发地震，但从未亲身经历过。她虚弱地爬起来，决心在下一次震动前逃出去。
她用力拉浴室的门，但门卡死了，老建筑在地震中发生了移位。这时，身后传来急促的低语：“这边，快！我知道另一条出路！”雷茜转过身，震惊地看到另一个啦啦队员——一个穿着蓝色队服的金发女孩，束腰外衣上用金字绣着“艾丽西娅”。
女孩开始撬远处墙上的一大块胶合板，那是瓷砖震落后露出来的。随着一声巨响，胶合板被取下，露出一条黑暗、发霉的走廊。地板上积着厚厚的灰尘，蜘蛛网使昏暗的天花板模糊不清。唯一的光线来自走廊尽头一扇肮脏的窗户。雷茜急忙跟上那蓝色的身影，脚下踩着碎玻璃和不愿细想的碎渣嘎吱作响。她欣慰地发现，那光线来自一扇通向外面的门。金发女孩推开门，示意雷茜先出去。
雷茜跌跌撞撞地走进阳光里，大口呼吸着新鲜空气。几乎同时，一次余震将她击倒在地。当她站起来时，女孩不见了，门也关上了。
雷茜的教练跑过来，向救援人员大喊找到了她。雷茜急切地恳求他们找到艾丽西娅，那个救了她命的女孩。门被撬开，救援队进入了布满灰尘的走廊。奇怪的是，灰尘中只有一串蜿蜒的脚印，通回那个废弃的浴室。艾丽西娅无处可寻。
后来，雷茜在家休养时得知没有其他人受伤。艾丽西娅始终没被找到，也没有啦啦队员报告失踪，因此人们推测她来自别的队伍。有人敲门。雷茜的母亲领进一位名叫艾米·波特的金发女子。
艾米解释说，多年前，她和双胞胎妹妹艾丽西娅曾是这所老学校的啦啦队员。一次训练期间，发生了可怕的地震。两个女孩当时都在浴室，第一次震动时就冲向门口。艾米安全逃出，但艾丽西娅在走廊里被掉落的横梁砸死了。学校封堵了这条不安全走廊，后来用瓷砖封住了入口。学校最终更名为艾丽西娅·波特纪念中学，这场悲剧也 largely 被遗忘了。
直到一位名叫艾丽西娅的啦啦队员，引领雷茜·德尔加多穿过那条古老废弃的走廊，安全脱险。