their sights. It looked to be made of several layers of metal. He used a pass code and entered it in such a way that neither Alexa nor Matt could see what is was. After entering the code, a hatch opened up and he placed his index finger on it followed by his thumb.
He held the door open and waited for them to pass through. This was home to thousands of safety deposit boxes, all placed in several rows and columns. Alexa found herself speechless and overwhelmed. Many boxes meant many numbers, and that meant it was going to take longer than the ten minutes she initially thought it would take.
“Find the lock,” Mr. Henderson said before quickly shutting the door shut, leaving them both alone in a sealed room coated from head to toe with metal.
“Hey! What do you mean by find the lock ? I don’t know if you noticed this but there must be thousands of boxes here!!!” She shouted from the locked room.
— — —
“T HE numbers are on the boxes.” Matt noticed when he approached the one closest to him. “This one reads S1200.” He pointed and rubbed his fingers on it. The numbers had been indented on the small metal cover.
Alexa approached another across the other end of the room. “Yeah, you’re right. This one reads “S01. I guess they must be numerical, because this one by its right reads S02.”
She looked around the number of boxes and that only succeeded in making her depressed. “Quick. Help me find S thirty-seven.”
“S 33, S 34, S 35, S 36 ...” Matt rambled in order. Until... “S 38.”
“What do you mean by S 38 ? Where’s S 37?” Alexa asked a little too impatiently.
“It’s not here. It’s S 36 then S 38.”
Alexa glanced around at the other boxes they hadn’t checked. There was no way they could find the box in a day. It was going to take, at least, two whole days. She sat on the floor exhausted from all the digging around. “So much for a happy birthday.”
Matt kept on checking the serials on other boxes. “I’m beginning to think that this is some kind of stupid prank.”
“ Beginning to ?”
“Yeah, you know, I think we should have just ignored—” Matt’s voice faded off in the distance as Alexa’s eyes caught something in the far corner.
In the distance, she thought she saw something glimmer. From where she was, it looked similar to a hole edged in the corner.
There was a small space between two rows of boxes, and when Alexa squinted, she could have sworn there was something there. She stood up and approached the wall, not really sure what the something was, but still willing to find out. The space was left completely blank everywhere but in its centre. It had the serial, ‘S-37’, indented into its centre. The figures were much smaller than the sizes on the boxes. And right below it was what appeared to be a key hole, but that didn’t seem possible. It was a flat wall with no visible separations.
An inserted key wouldn’t have any wiggle room, she thought.
“Hey! Did you see something?” Matt broke her trance.
“I’m not . . . sure.” She pulled the safety deposit box key from her pocket and took one more look at it before inserting it into the key hole. It fit perfectly and that peaked her curiosity.
“No way, Matt commented with disbelief, practically voicing Alexa’s own thoughts about the situation out loud.
“My thoughts exactly,” Alexa muttered. She turned the key clockwise, expecting nothing, because the wall still seemed literally impenetrable and immovable.
3
A LEXA slightly hesitated turning the key any more than she already had. It seemed next to impossible that the lock would have any sort of reaction whatsoever. But the exact opposite occurred. The key moved, and as soon as it did, Alexa heard a click from within the wall. “Did you hear that?” she asked, her ears searching for any other slight sounds that emerged from the opposite end of the wall.
“Hear what?” As soon as
He held the door open and waited for them to pass through. This was home to thousands of safety deposit boxes, all placed in several rows and columns. Alexa found herself speechless and overwhelmed. Many boxes meant many numbers, and that meant it was going to take longer than the ten minutes she initially thought it would take.
“Find the lock,” Mr. Henderson said before quickly shutting the door shut, leaving them both alone in a sealed room coated from head to toe with metal.
“Hey! What do you mean by find the lock ? I don’t know if you noticed this but there must be thousands of boxes here!!!” She shouted from the locked room.
— — —
“T HE numbers are on the boxes.” Matt noticed when he approached the one closest to him. “This one reads S1200.” He pointed and rubbed his fingers on it. The numbers had been indented on the small metal cover.
Alexa approached another across the other end of the room. “Yeah, you’re right. This one reads “S01. I guess they must be numerical, because this one by its right reads S02.”
She looked around the number of boxes and that only succeeded in making her depressed. “Quick. Help me find S thirty-seven.”
“S 33, S 34, S 35, S 36 ...” Matt rambled in order. Until... “S 38.”
“What do you mean by S 38 ? Where’s S 37?” Alexa asked a little too impatiently.
“It’s not here. It’s S 36 then S 38.”
Alexa glanced around at the other boxes they hadn’t checked. There was no way they could find the box in a day. It was going to take, at least, two whole days. She sat on the floor exhausted from all the digging around. “So much for a happy birthday.”
Matt kept on checking the serials on other boxes. “I’m beginning to think that this is some kind of stupid prank.”
“ Beginning to ?”
“Yeah, you know, I think we should have just ignored—” Matt’s voice faded off in the distance as Alexa’s eyes caught something in the far corner.
In the distance, she thought she saw something glimmer. From where she was, it looked similar to a hole edged in the corner.
There was a small space between two rows of boxes, and when Alexa squinted, she could have sworn there was something there. She stood up and approached the wall, not really sure what the something was, but still willing to find out. The space was left completely blank everywhere but in its centre. It had the serial, ‘S-37’, indented into its centre. The figures were much smaller than the sizes on the boxes. And right below it was what appeared to be a key hole, but that didn’t seem possible. It was a flat wall with no visible separations.
An inserted key wouldn’t have any wiggle room, she thought.
“Hey! Did you see something?” Matt broke her trance.
“I’m not . . . sure.” She pulled the safety deposit box key from her pocket and took one more look at it before inserting it into the key hole. It fit perfectly and that peaked her curiosity.
“No way, Matt commented with disbelief, practically voicing Alexa’s own thoughts about the situation out loud.
“My thoughts exactly,” Alexa muttered. She turned the key clockwise, expecting nothing, because the wall still seemed literally impenetrable and immovable.
3
A LEXA slightly hesitated turning the key any more than she already had. It seemed next to impossible that the lock would have any sort of reaction whatsoever. But the exact opposite occurred. The key moved, and as soon as it did, Alexa heard a click from within the wall. “Did you hear that?” she asked, her ears searching for any other slight sounds that emerged from the opposite end of the wall.
“Hear what?” As soon as
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