Elevator

Chapter Five

Hey, everyone! And welcome back to "Elevator"! First, I'd like to apologize for not uploading this story in so long. If you don't want to keep waiting, the whole thing's completed over at FFN, where I also have a new story I'm preparing to publish over here! Wattpad just wasn't cutting it and I gave up after awhile, but I'm back now. Enjoy the story! Hit it, Crisper!

Crisper: (hits it)

"I know I jinxed it last time," Axel began, "but is it still raining?" Like they'd done before, everyone listened closely. Their eyes widened in surprise when they heard nothing. "Wait for it!" Axel shouted, making sure they didn't get their hopes up too high. They waited a few seconds more, but their suspense didn't end with a loud roar of thunder or the pelting of raindrops. Instead, they heard the peaceful sound of birds tweeting to compliment a beautiful, sunny day!

"Wait... how can we hear birds in an elevator?" Olivia asked. They looked and saw Jesse sitting on the floor, tweeting to himself and nervously wringing his hands. When he saw their accusatory stares, he stopped.

"What? I tweet to myself when I'm nervous. It reminds me of nature."

"Hey, I know your phone died, but you think you could try it one more time? Sometimes it works." Olivia said to Maya. The brunette reached into her pocket and pulled out her iBlock, eyeing it hopefully.

"Worth a shot." She said, pressing and holding the power-button. Suddenly, everyone except Lukas and Aiden flocked around her as if they were a storm of ducks and she was holding a morsel of bread. Under any other circumstances, she would've told them (however harshly) to get out of her space-bubble. But she easily understood their desperation. A cheer went up when the phone flashed white, displaying the brand and some startup info.

"Oh, it's not gonna work!" Olivia squealed quietly to herself before Axel kindly shushed her. They crept in closer, waiting for the screen to change to Maya's keypad.

"Please stay on, please stay on, ple—NO! NOOO!!!" She screamed when the phone turned off. Her sudden outburst made those around her jump like loons and cover their ears. Her brows furrowed and her nose twitched at the sight of the black screen, and she dragged out a loud growl. "STUPID PHONE!" She screamed, chunking it at the wall with her slapping-arm. It bounced off the wall and connected with Lukas's eye with a smack. But they were all too angry to laugh.

"Ow! Maya, Seriously?" Lukas shouted in pain, picking up the phone and holding it out to her. She took her phone with a groan and Lukas slowly rubbed his stinging, purple eye.

"So close." Olivia whined, walking to sit next to Axel while Jesse took a seat next to Reuben, who lay quietly on the floor with heavy-lidded eyes. "I don't get it." Olivia said, looking at her hands in her lap. "If the storm's over, how come the power's not on? It just doesn't make sense."

"Maybe we just have to wait a bit more, then it—"

"Oh, yeah, sure! Let's wait longer!" Gill shouted angrily, surprising most of them with his sudden change of attitude. "You know, I wasn't joking about that dead guy. He actually died, you know, and I wanna get out of here, now!"

"Gill, just calm down." Lukas said quietly, a hand still over his eye.

"No! Why should I? We've been in here for a really long time, and nothing's happened. No one's come here, the power's not on, and Maya's phone isn't working. We're stuck in here!" He glanced around worriedly at the walls, feeling as if they were suddenly closing in on him.

"I hate to agree, but he does have a point." Olivia said quietly, getting a slightly worried look from Axel. "We've been in here for over an hour now and still nothing's happened. Isn't anyone else worried?"