It's Halloween night on the dark and lonely highway with only the full moon as company.
I am tired and cranky as I pull into the rest area. It's now just before 3am... dead time as it is known in some circles but I don't give that any thought as I lock my car and head into the bathroom. As I look around the parking lot I notice only one other car, an old Mercedes that is so rusted out that I wonder if it is actually road worthy. I walk through the bathroom door... one florescent light dimly lighting my way.
It's a typical rest area bathroom... dirty. I step up to the sink and start to rinse my face with water, trying to get the sleep out of my eyes. As I'm splashing my face, the bathroom.... shimmers. I can't think of another word to describe it. I am almost thrown off balance and I use the sides of the sink to steady myself.
I grab a paper towel and wipe my face off and turn around. The bathroom is clean. Sparkling white... although the florescent light is still flickering. And all of a sudden I wonder how tired I really am? I'm positive that it was disgusting when I walked in... what the hell has happened? Did someone come in behind me and clean? I am so confused. And alone. I check all of the stalls, but there isn't anyone else in the bathroom with me.
I decide it's time to get the hell out of there. I don't know what's going on and I really don't want to know. I grab the handle to the door and pull it open and almost fall down the step that has now appeared. The parking lot is gone. My car is gone. In it's place is a dimly lit chamber... the one light bulb only giving off enough light so I can see the outlines of... well, I'm not sure what. They look like racks of some sort but I have no idea what they are or what they could possibly be used for... yet.
I take the step down and the door slams shut behind me. I turn and frantically grab the handle and try to open it back up but it disappears from my hands. Now there is just a smooth wall where once there was a door. The step is gone.