Revenge After Death

"15..." The eerie voice continued its countdown, mechanical and unsettlingly eerie. Suddenly, Carol went berserk, staring at the end of the hallway in terror. "Simmy..."

She broke free from Quinn's grip, running uncontrollably toward the end of the hallway. Joel was stunned. Then, he chased after Carol without much thought.

"Steve..."

Everyone dashed down the hallway, desperate to survive, like there was a way out at the end.

Steven glanced back at me, reaching for my wrist. But, the crowd pushed between us and we got separated.

At that moment, the windowless hallway suddenly went dark, plunging into pitch-blackness.

Meanwhile, the mechanical countdown began its final numbers. "10, 9..."

I stood frozen in place.

"Steve..." I yelled Steven's name in a panic, but with all the frantic people running around, my voice just got drowned out.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed onto my wrist in the pitch-black darkness. Then, I was pulled into a quiet corner.

I leaned against the wall, scared, breathing heavily. "Steve?"

my fingers tightened slightly, and I could sense his

a hushed tone, wrapping me in

body stiffened instantly. It

call out his name. But,

his arms around me from behind, whispering, "Don't scream... Listen, Yasmin and Steven are sketchy. Everyone around you might be sketchy too... But I won't hurt you." He wanted me to get it. Everybody was just putting on an act, telling lies,

the only one keeping it

him, and he finally released his grip. "You might be

no clue where we were. But, the countdown kept ticking

and just

I could think

I was taken aback by this

hushed tone, "This is the vent room. There are no windows on this floor.

3..." As the

Stuthe sounds of people

, crying, and bangingel.net

around inside grew louder.

"1... carbon monoxide released."

sound of gas being released,