Ray Donner - Planet Master

The Donners are living peacefully in Dodecaville. Looking in on the Donners on a summer day, a typical blazing hot July summer day in Dodecaville it was to be more exact, finds Lyte over at Electric Air running the show there. Jaseta, Ray, Dawn, and Wave were at home recreating under the air and in the pool. The time was about 5 PM. Jaseta thought Laser should also be at home at that time and sent Ray out to look for him. Ray was told that Laser Joe had ridden his bicycle over to his friend Carl’s home and that’s where Ray was headed in his car. It turns out that Laser Joe, Carl, and two other boys had ventured away from Carl’s home riding their bikes. Without adult approval, the four 11 year old lads had ridden their bikes over to the old Dodecaville Passenger Rail Station. The old passenger rail station still had its waiting room and station building standing but it had been closed for passenger service for several years. The tracks were still being used however but mostly for freight trains. A few Amtrak trains also used the tracks daily. The Amtrak Rail Passenger Station in Dodecaville was at another location in the city.  In the old days, the Dodecaville Passenger Rail Station had four tracks to serve rail passengers. An underground walkway was provided for passengers to move from one track to another and back and forth to the terminal waiting room. It seemed that the boys were playing a game. They wanted to see who was brave enough to walk the underground walkway solo.

The boys stopped the bicycles at the old terminal building. One boy at a time then would start on foot, go underground, and resurface after having passed underneath all four tracks. After that, the boy would return to the terminal at surface level walking across each of the four tracks. Carl was first. He disappeared down the steps to the underground walkway. In about one minute he could be seen coming up the last stairwell at which time he returned to the terminal and declared, “That walk was a piece of cake.” Paul was next. His walk was successful too. It was now Laser Joe’s turn. He disappeared down the steps into the underground walkway. Laser was thinking, “Man this odor down here is GROSS!” The walkway was partially illuminated but only by the light coming in from the five stairwells. Laser Joe had passed the second stairwell and was headed towards the third.  He passed the third and was headed towards the fourth. Midway to the fourth,

"Da Deeeeeeeeeeeee, Boom Boom Ba Boom," squealed two high pitched and 

frightening notes from a violin followed by the heartbeat rumbling of a timpani, or so it seemed. Laser Joe had unexpectedly encountered a big figure at the bottom of the fourth stairwell, a giant of a man standing with his hands on his hips, beckoning with his finger for Laser Joe to come to him, and then verbally ordering Laser Joe to do just that. “Come here boy!” said the man in a deep gruff scary tone.