Chapter 23

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We make it in through the door and Steve opens the box with the knife I have in my sock, he opens it up to see this metal box, he twists the circle in the middle, the entire lid came off to see four smaller tubes

"That's definitely not chinese food"Steve comments, Steve goes to grab one but says

"Maybe you guys should step back"Steve tells us, the boys argue about it. I step back out of the way. He opens it up finally it's a tube filled with green liquid in it

"What the hell?"Steve mutters

"What is that?"Robin questions. The room moves a bit and we freeze

"Was it just me or did the room move"Dustin says

"Booby traps"Erica whispers, there a mechanical whirl.

"You what just grab it and go"Robin says. The boys argue over elevator buttons, Robin puts the vile of green liquid in Erica's backpack, a bigger door closes over the elevator doors, soon enough the elevator starts dropping, a scream left my lips.

"Oh shit"Steve muttered, the elevator just continuously keeps falling. I grab onto Steve's hand and squeeze it tightly.

"Come on just press the button"Steve yells

"Push it"Erica screams, it suddenly stops and Steve toples onto me and a box fell on him.

"My groin, Dustin get this box off my groin"Steve says, he lifts it off. Steve pulls me close to him

'Is everyone ok?"Robin asks

"Yeah I'm great knowing that Russian can't design elevators"Steve yells.

"We've clearly established that those buttons don't work"I point out

"They're buttons they have to something"Steve replies

"Yeah if we had a keycard"Robin tells him

"What?"Steve says

"It's an electronic lock"Robin says

"Same as the loading dock door, if we don't have a keycard it won't operate, meaning"I was cut off

"We're stuck in here"Dustin says

"Yeah"

"Just so you nerds are aware, I'm supposed to be spending the night at Tina's and Tina always covers for me but if I'm not home for Uncle Jack's party tomorrow and my mom finds out you four are responsible, she's going to hunt you down on by one and slit your throat"Erica rants

"I don't care about Tina or Uncle Jack's party, you're moms not going to find us if were dead in a Russian elevator"Steve points out frustrated.

"Damn that's one way to say it"I mutter.

"Hey what if we climbed out?"Dustin questions, pointing up.

We stack boxes up to the opening on top of the elevator. Dustin and Steve take a look. We figured that there is no way out, Steve and Dustin came down and we decided we'd try and get some sleep. I lay on Steve's chest with his arm wrapped around me, slowly my eyes closed.

The next morning came, Robin and I were trying to figure out stuff with the buttons. I hear something sort like a pee sound, I look repulsed

"Can you redirect your stream please"Robin calls, just out of spite Steve doesn't.

"Ugh"Robin groaned, then we heard banging

"Hey, hey! Be careful, careful, careful! We don't even know what that is."Robin says

"Exactly. It could be useful."Erica sasses

"Useful how?"I question her

"We can survive down here a long time without food,but if the human body doesn't get water, it will die."Erica responds

"I hate to break it to you, but this is not water."I tell her

"No, but it's a liquid,and if it comes down to me drinking that shit or dying of thirst,I drink."Erica says, we heard an electric whirl and realise

"We've got company."Robin tells them, we hid on top of the elevator

We all get down, Steve puts the vile of green stuff to stop the door

"Let's go."Steve says,

"Go. Go, go, go, go, go."Steve encourages

"I'm going!"Erica says, irritated.

"Henderson. Go, go."I tell him, He slides under, then I get Robin under. I go under

"Come on, Steve, let's go!"I exclaim, soon enough the vile breaks, there a sizzling sound

"Jesus Christ."Steve mutters

"Ooh!"Erica says, fasinated

"You still wanna drink that?"Robin asks her.

"Holy mother of God."Dustin says, looking in the distance

"Well..."I trail off

"hope you guys are in good shape. Looking at you, roast beef."Steve says, moving past Dustin, we hesitate a moment

"Let's go, come on."Steve says, we start to walk, having my arms out in protection of the younger two

"Why me?"Dustin questions me.

"Don't listen to him Dusty"I reassure. 

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