The 11th Floor: Awakening

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Author: Charles Culver
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the elevator doors were open.
    “Babe. When I say go, turn and run as fast as you can into the elevator. You hear me?”
    “Mm-Hmm,” Mary Beth replied with a whimper.
    “GO!” yelled Tom.
    They both turned and ran as fast as they could toward the elevator. Tom looked back while running and was not surprised to see that the black creature was following suit.
    “Faster!” he yelled.
    Behind them, the clicking and tapping sound of the creature’s long nails on the concrete was louder and faster than before. Snarling and growling, it ran after them.
    Both Mary Beth and Tom reached the elevator at the same time. She ran inside and squatted down in the corner, covering her eyes, crying. Tom repeatedly mashed on the Door Close button until it did just that. The black creature stopped its pursuit, and just watched them as the doors fully closed.
    “What the hell was that?” asked Mary Beth.
    “Babe, believe me when I say I have no goddamned idea.”
    “Did you see its eyes?” she asked. “They looked like spiraling red tornadoes.”
    “Yeah, I saw it. Probably the scariest thing I’ve ever seen.”
    “Not that I’m complaining, but why did it stop chasing us once we got in the elevator?”
    “Why do you think I know? It just did, okay? I don’t know why,” said Tom. “Look, forget the whole breakfast thing. Let’s go find help. There is some kind of animal loose on the ship.”
    “Agreed.”
    Suddenly, the elevator stopped and the doors opened just a crack. Tom tried his best to see out the crack, but all that was visible was darkness. He squeezed his face closer, almost pressing his forehead to the door, when something hit his cheek. It was wet. When he pulled his head back, another splash of water squirted through the crack in the door. Then came another squirt of water, followed by yet another and another, until it was no longer just little squirts of water but a full trickle. The trickle quickly picked up speed and became a rushing torrent of water, pouring in between the elevator doors.
    Mary Beth screeched, “Do something!”
    Tom tried forcing the doors closed but they would not budge. In a futile attempt to stop the flowing water, he took off his jacket and stuffed it into the cracks between the doors. The force of the water was too great and the jacket would not stay in place. It wouldn’t have done any good anyway, considering the jacket wasn’t big enough to cover the entire length of the doors.
    They both started banging on the walls. The power in the elevator abruptly shut off and now they were left in darkness with the water rapidly filling the elevator car.
    “I’m scared. We’re going to drown in here,” she said, crying and hugging her husband.
    “I’ll figure something out. We’re not going to die in here. No one has ever drowned in an elevator.”
    Tom looked all around the elevator car as best as he could with no lights. Up above, he noticed a glow of light. He jumped up and hit the ceiling tiles with his fist, slightly shifting one of them out of place and allowing more light through the opening.
    “Here,” said Tom. “Put your foot in my hand and I’ll lift you up through the opening.”
    She wrapped her arms around his neck and placed her foot in his hands. Just before she jumped up, the power in the elevator came back on. The water was gone and their clothes were dry.
    “What is going on?” Mary Beth shouted.
    The elevator made its ding noise and the doors opened. Standing immediately outside the doors were two people.

Chapter 7
     
    “So Danielle, does any of this seem odd to you?” asked Luke.
    “Everything seems odd, now that you mention it. Where is everyone?”
    “Okay, this is going to sound crazy, but hear me out. I think this is a dream and none of this is real.”
    They both stopped walking. She turned and stared at him. He looked dead serious, not even a grin.
    “You’re right. That does sound crazy. Completely crazy. I don’t even know you, so I

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