No Reason But Us

Chapter 14 : Saved By You

The heavy storm was over, and it was just showers of rain. Adrian was in the living room alone watching television. He remembered that Hal Jacoby looked like in the supermarket, trembling in fear, "It can't be... it can't be him," he mumbled.

"Adrian!" his wife screamed at him that he jolted back to reality.

"Marie, what's wrong?" Adrian saw the distraught in Marie's face.

"The university called. Our son is inside an elevator," she cried.

"What happened?"

"There was this lightening that hit the building, and now he's trapped inside," Marie continued, Adrian's heart sank.

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Back in CarmU. A static sound came from a small speaker by the call buttons, so the two got up and went closer to it, "Hello, hello," a person with a male voice reached out to them. "This is Officer Rods speaking. The elevator is currently defective due to the lightning struck. Is anyone inside the elevator number three? please push the emergency call for response."

Gage pressed the button, "Yes, we're here," he answered.

"Anyone injured?"

"Well, my friend here had an asthma attack earlier," Gage mentioned since it was important. 

"That doesn't sound good. How is she doing now?"

"My... breathing... is... a little... heavy," Oddey interjected, but she was still wheezing. "But... I can... manage."

"Alright, how many people are inside?"

"Just two," Gage answered.

"What are your names?"

"Gage Munro and..."

"Odette Empirio," Oddey replied.

"Okay, don't worry, you two will get out of there safely. Help is on the way," the officer informed them. "Hang in there."

"Okay, thank you," Gage said, then released his finger from the button, then dropped back down the floor. "That's reassuring."

"Yup," Oddey agreed at his disappointment since she needed help urgently. All of a sudden, she gasped for air like there was zero oxygen.

"You okay?" Gage darted over to her.

"Yeah." Oddey reached for her inhaler and used it again.

Later, the young lady looked down and saw her belongings were scattered around the floor when Gage frantically searched her inhaler, so she decided to fix her things while waiting for rescuers to arrive

Gage decided to give her a hand. He happened to pick up her sketchpad and noticed that the pages were pink. He remembered the sketch of him, and the paper was also pink, just like in that drawing book of hers.

Oddey grabbed the pad from him, "Thanks," she said.

"Sure thing." Gage looked at her suspiciously.

"So uhm... What's your favorite play?" she thought about making small talks since they were trapped in there for God-knows-how-long.

"Hm? Play? I don't have one. Why?"

"Oh... I just assume since you're in the theatre club and all. And I want to get my mind off being here by making conversation. I hope it's okay."

"Yeah, sure. But to be honest, I'm not into theatre, I mean the theatre club to be exact."

"I don't get it. Why are you there?"