𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 - 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧

22. the flayed

DIRECTLY FROM LAST CHAPTER

Everyone was screaming as the room continued to shake and drop at lightning speed. They held onto the walls and shelves to stay standing.

"Shit! Shit!" Dustin screamed, pressing all the buttons on the panel again.

"We're going down! We're going down!" Steve yelled as Aubrey grabbed onto him for balance.

"Yeah, no shit, Harrington!" Robin yelled back at him, holding onto the shelf.

"Why don't these buttons work?!" Dustin continued to press all of them in panic.

"Everyone shut up!" Rue screamed, holding onto the wall for dear life.

"Press the button!" Erica yelled running over to Dustin.

"What do you think I'm doing?!"

"Come on, press something! Just press the button!"

Dustin screamed slamming on all of them over and over again until finally the room stopped, causing everyone to crash and fall.

Everyone winced in pain, "My groin! You're only groin!" Steve yelled at Aubrey, she quickly moved off of him.

"I'm sorry!" She yelled.

"You fell on my groin!"

"I didn't mean to!" she screamed back at him, leaning against the wall in pain.

"Is everyone okay?" Robin asked, holding her head.

Steve stood up, "Yeah, I'm great! Now that I know Russians can't design elevators!" he pushed Dustin out of the way of the panel.

"Stop fucking yelling!!" Rue yelled at him, holding her head as well.

"I think we've clearly established that those buttons don't work, Steve!" Aubrey told Steve as he messed with the buttons again.

"They're buttons! They have to do something!"

"Yeah, if we had a keycard!" Robin pointed out.

"A what?!" he replied.

"It's an electronic lock." she explained, "Same as the loading dock door. If we don't have a keycard, it won't operate, meaning—"

"We're stuck in here." Dustin finished her sentence.

"Yeah." Robin nodded, Steve slammed the panel door shut, turning back to Aubrey.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry I yelled at you-"

She scoffed, "I'm great, Steve. I'm doing great." she replied, that was truly the least of her concerns at the moment.

Erica spoke up then, "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 five are responsible, she's gonna hunt you down, one by one, and slit your throats." she scolded them all, then turned to her sister, "Even you, Rue. We all know I'm the favorite."

"I don't care about Tina!" Steve yelled, "Or Uncle Jack's party! Your mom's not gonna be able to find us if we're dead in a Russian elevator!" he scolded her back, officially freaking out.

"Hey." Rue spoke up, pointing to a vent on the ceiling.

"What if we climbed out?" Dustin questioned.

Steve helped him up, and Dustin climbed out on top of the elevator, Aubrey and Steve following him. They all looked up ahead of them, "What were you saying about climbing?" Steve mocked him.