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?"

grip on my fingers tightened slightly,

spoke in a hushed tone, wrapping me

instantly. It was

to call out his name.

"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

keeping it real. He wouldn't

grip. "You

darkness, I had no clue where we

and just wanted to find Steven.

all I could think about was about

I was taken aback by this

held onto me tightly, his jealousy evident as he pulled me close and spoke in hushed tone, "This is the vent room. There are no windows on this floor. We need to

3..." As the countdown neared its

Stuthe sounds of people

, crying, and bangingel.net

around inside grew louder.

"1... carbon monoxide released."

the sound of gas being released, mixed with the cries