In the weak light our skin had a tinge of blue. I wiped the back of my hand on my thighs, wondering if the blue would come off. My jeans had the same glowing color so I wasn’t surprised it didn’t help. “We’d better not be covered in flippin’ uranium. We’ll be dust, or dead, by morning.” I started slapping my legs to get the powder off. “It’s not uranium. The mine’s been closed for over twenty years,” Rylee said. “Radioactive particles stay this way for decades,” Heidi said. “Ahhh…Everyone’s turning back to normal, no more blue.” Rylee clearly disappointed, and almost slipping off her pillar. “We’re fading.” I couldn’t believe she actually was bummed. “It’s incredible none of us got hit,” Seth said. “My ears are still ringing from the crackling noise.” He sniffed and rubbed his nose. “It stinks in here.” “Do you think the lightening might come in here again?” Heidi shouted, furthest away from me. “Maybe we should try to head back to the tunnel.”
