Chaptor 1: The Elevator

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His glow passes, giving up on the search, relief passes through me that I get to survive another night. I returned home from work at 0600 hours, cooked up some popcorn, and sat down to watch an episode of my normal soap opera. I never liked this stuff until I experienced tragedy, it started with the job but I'm stuck now. If I stop it's certain, to become apart of them. They're desperate but they'll never get under my skin. They can't. I have to keep hope of that at least.

"Hello Eggs Benedict, and welcome back, we have a new job for you so please head to The Scooper" I'm back once again. Not even remembering my slumber or trip. I got shivers just hearing the name of "The Scooper" but I replied to the male robotic voice even though I already knew he wouldn't hear me,

"My name's Jacob Fragnor not "Eggs Benedict", how would someone even have that screwed up of a name?!" I then threw my pen across the elevator in frustration as tears filled my eyes hoping I could survive another night as I checked my watch, it was 0001 hours. Then the robot spoke again

"There are still two workers here, but since they haven't finished their job in The Scooper room you will have to finish their job, and if you come across them please encourage them to go home." With that said I thought to myself. I'm the one to do the scut work, I always am. After my daughter's death it got worse. I wasn't myself. I'm still not myself but at least sane... now. Not a minute passes by when I don't think about Angela. The elevator abruptly stops  causing myself to trip. It seems in my thoughts I pressed the red button too early and broke the elevator. I felt the elevator walls, it was thin enough for me to punch through without major amounts of damage as I looked down to see the distance between the vent and the elevator but I couldn't see, it was that far down. Or so I thought until I looked up and saw the caution tape, stuck to the elevator. I have to climb to the vent. "It seems there has been an interuptance with the elevator," I heard the soul shaking robotic voice again almost falling down there thinking... it was him. "...please wait patiently and don't damage any property." Too late for that. I pulled my head back in and turned around as my eyes widened. It was them.

Then I just saw black

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