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?"

slightly,

in a hushed tone, wrapping me in his

instantly.

out his name. But, he covered

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

the only one keeping it real.

released his grip.

no clue where we were. But,

was scared and just wanted to find

approached, all I could think about was about

I was taken aback

spoke in hushed tone, "This is the vent room. There are no windows on

the countdown neared

Stuthe sounds of people

, crying, and bangingel.net

around inside grew louder.

"1... carbon monoxide released."

with the sound of gas being