Locked in.

Michaels POV

"We have to preserve the electrical energy we have left. Just use this time to relax or something." A man says.

Relax? As if. Everyone in here is panicking and wants to go home. Why cant we just open the front doors and leave. "Because it would be dangerous blah blah blah" i think to myself.

"Im so uncomfortable." Ellie says breaking our silence.

"That makes two of us darling!" A man says from outside our stall, who must've heard her.

"Three of us!" "Four actually" "plus me!" Soon everyone in the bathroom was agreeing with Ellie and complaining, when the lights flickered on again. Everyone shut up finally. How were the lights flickering if the power in here works, i thought they were just saving the energy...

"AHHHHH! IRN ERGGH ERH EHH I CANT TAKE THIS! AGH OH URGH EH!" A man screams terrifying me. He starts banging on stuff and you can hear panic screams coming from the other people in this bathroom. Hes running around banging on stuff.

I hear a bang on our door then silence. Shit what just happened.

"AHHHHH HELP MICHAEL HELP HE HAS MY FOOT" Ellie shrieks.

I feel my arms out looking for where Ellie is sitting and i find her arm. I grab her, stand up and pull her away from this crazy man.

"TOO MANY PEOPLE AGH WHERES THE EXIT ERH EH AH!" The man yells.

We hear running footsteps and know that he is running again. All of the sudden we hear one more bang and everything is silent. At this point Ellie is on my lap shaking terrified of whats going on. I wrap my arms around her and she stops shaking a little but not completely.

"What happened?" A woman asks.

No response from anyone. No one knows what happened. Thats when the lights flickered on then back off and we heard screams.

"is he breathing!?" Someone asks.

"How did this happen?" Someone else chimes in. "Who did this!?" Another woman adds.

Im beyond frustrated right now. "TURN ON THE FUCKING LIGHTS SO WE CAN SEE WHAT FUCKING HAPPENED." I yell and Ellie jumps surprised by my anger.

"We cant! The power is out in here too. We just lied to you so you'd stop panicking." A man replies over the chatter of people talking about the man. What even happened to him?

"Shit." I mumble "ill be right back, stay here." I tell ellie.

I stand up and begin walking out of the stall when someone grabs my hand. "Im coming with you" she tells me. Ok whatever. i slowly walk out of the stall trying not to step or trip on anyone.

"Wheres the dude with the flashlight." I ask

"Im saving the battery." The guy says. I follow his voice.

"Give me the flashlight"

"No! What dont you understand about im saving the battery."

"Give me the fucking flashlight or i sware ill make sure you never see light again" i say clenching my fists even though he cant see me.

He pressed the flashlight against my

Chest without saying another word. I shine the flashlight over to where all the panic and horror was coming from. Laying there, was a bloody middle-aged looking man. Dead. On the floor.