"Are the communists behind this?"
"No."
"So our government lied?"
"Our government is behind this!"
Did Scarlett think she would be involved in a huge...
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
"Something in me will save me from utter ruin no matter what comes." — Tennessee Williams ｡❅*⋆⍋*∞*｡* ∞*⍋⋆*❅｡
All of Scoopstroops had decided that hurling down in a metal elevator was no fun. It was terrifying. All of them were screeching, surely they were all developing hearing problems and damaging their vocal cords in the time that they were falling. Scarlett made a mental note about how roller coasters weren't actually fun and that she should cut them out of her life.
"Shit! Shit!" Dustin threw himself at the control panel and started slapping the buttons wildly.
Steve decided to state the obvious. "We're going down! We're going down!" He surged forward and grabbed Scarlett's arm, he stared at her with wide, terrified eyes. He was heaving in between his screaming. Unfortunately for him, Scarlett was also powerless in the situation and just looked back at him with an equally mortified look.
"Yeah, no shit, Harrington!" Robin snapped back, seething at the boy, her fingers were tightly curled around metal shelves.
Scarlett screwed her eyes shut and focused on the feeling of Steve's hands on her. She tried to imagine that he was holding her and stopping her from falling.
"Why don't these buttons work?!" Dustin cried out, he slammed his palm into the buttons again and again.
Erica took it upon herself to react, she stomped over to Dustin and pushed him aside. "Press the button!"
"What do you think I'm doing?!" Dustin shouted back, looking down at his friend's sister.
Blake, the tech genius of the group, left the shelves' safety next to Robin and launched herself over at the teen and pre-teen. "Move!" She started hitting the buttons herself, doing nothing differently than Dustin. "Shit! God fucking shit--" She kicked the wall, only to whimper when her leather boot proved not to defend her foot from the thick metal wall.
"Push it!" Erica commanded again.
With a sudden jolt, the elevator halted, hustling its occupants around. Robin fell onto her knees, Blake onto her behind, and Erica landed on top of Blake. Dustin managed to stay standing, one hand steadying him and the other holding his green and yellow cap. Scarlett wiped out and hit her head on the corner of the table, whilst Steve was pinned down by the box they had opened.
Scarlett raised a shaky hand to her head and found her fingers coated in a few drops of blood. She clenched her jaw and tried to access the damage to her forehead.
"My groin," Steve moaned from behind her, he tried to push the box off of him. It proved an impossible feat in his position. "It fell on my groin," He gasped and winced as he tried to push it off of him. "Help-- Dustin. Get this off of me!"
