The Underworld Minors Lucas woke up suddenly. He remembered that he and his friend Jason were out tossing a football in the street down in Jason's neighborhood. Suddenly a big black pickup came barreling through the street and they didn't have any time to get out of the way . Lucas remembered a painful sensation as he and Jason were flung onto the sidewalk as the big front of the truck slammed into him. His breathing slowed and then suddenly stopped. Everything blacked out and then he woke up here. "Ugh" he groaned as he clutched his head. Looking around he could see that he was in an unfamiliar place. There were long shadows that stretched out and a inky black sky. There were in the distance what appeared to be city, seated in the tall hills. A small river was rushing by to his right and to his left was a forest. "Jason? Hello?" He called out into the darkness, hoping for a response. Walking over to the river he looked into the water and screamed. He was a ghost! Lucas was slightly see through but looked like a normal human any other way. he could see that his sandy colored hair didn't have any dried blood in it and there were no scars or scrapes across his tanned skin. His hoodie and jeans didn't have any rips in them either. It was almost like he had never been hit. "What happened?" he asked out loud to no one in particular. Looking up he could see a shadowy figure standing on the other side of the river. "You died." it said. "Wwho are you?" Lucas asked, wading across the stream over to him. "I? I am death. But I think the better question is, who are you?" Lucas rolled his eyes and said "Can you tell me where I am?" Death swept his hand around and caused what looked like a map to appear. "You are in the underworld. We recently decided to add an additional section for all souls who died under the age of 18. Your little friend Jason also happens to be in the main city called Luma of this temporary afterlife. You can find him at the Ghost Protection Services which is the center of the city. Your friend able to live life like how he would in the real world." "Wait is Ghost Protection Services like Child Protection Services?" Lucas asked. Death gave a sigh and said "yes it is.Now run along and go find him." Lucas turned and started to run for Luma, ready to find his Jason. When he reached the city he spotted a large dome that said in blinking letters "Ghost Protection Services". Running through the crowd of other spirits he reached the building and slipped inside. In the far left sitting on a plain blue plastic chair was Jason. Or at least his ghost. Sprinting up to him he shouted "Jason, Jason, Its me! Lucas!" Jason looked up and gasped. "Lucas?" he whispered as he was knocked over into a hug. Sitting upright Lucas asked him "What happened to you?". "I woke up in an ally somewhere in the city. Once I got over the general shock that I was dead which you know... took me a bit. I was wandering around and then some people asked me where my parents were and then they ended up taking me here. Its been a heck of a day." He gave a long exhale and put is head in his hands. Lucas whispered "At least we have each other in this wild and crazy world."
