Breaching Daylight

Chapter 3 (I). Wake Up

Elizabeth Frey | 10:29pm | Hotel Room 1

The elevator door opens, follow by a 'ding' noise. I woke up around two minutes ago, all by myself, however I remember seeing a few people helping me when I collapsed. But now it's all dead here, no one in sight. I look at the panel in the elevator, I press the ground floor button, the elevator slowly progresses down the silent hotel.

When the elevator door opens, a gust of wind blows into my face, my hair flying backwards.

We're near the costal area aren't we?

The front lobby was a huge mess. Flyers flying everywhere and toppled plants and chairs. "What happened here?"

I spot a huge hole in the floor, I went close to the hole and a loud shriek came down from there as I turn to my side, facing the basement door by the elevator. I turn back and cup my hands around my mouth "Hello?" My voice echoes not only down the hole but through the whole hotel.

"Are you coming James?" A slight faint voice chills my spine. The voice didn't sound normal, it sounded almost auto-tuned and unrealistic, but James is here?

Well what do I do now? Go down or stay up here?

I look down the hole again, realising it was pretty dark, I look over to the front and saw a flare box, I run towards it and open the lid.

Six flares? Why does this hotel needs so many?

I grab a few and place them in my backpack and walk back towards the hole and open the casing of the flare, but suddenly one of the flare slips out of my bag and into the hole.

Crap!

I take the casing off and plop it into the hole, the red light illuminating the surroundings of the flare. However as it just hits the ground, I saw a leg in the edge of the light radius.

I turn around and something pounces onto me, I fall back and into the hole.

"GET OFF ME!" I fall hard on my back and I couldn't see anything, but whatever is on me is now dragging me.

"HELP!" I quickly grab a flare out of my bag and took the casing off, I stop moving, but I'm now falling deeper.

CRAP!

I manage to grab onto a pole sticking out of the ground, the flare I was holding was now falling down into the floor and I could see a large amount of spikes poking out of the ground.

I push myself up, and lit another flare up. I then burst into a sprint to the stairs going to the front lobby. I could hear something following me from behind. I turn around, but I couldn't see anything. Still running, I climb the steps, making loud thumps as I stomp on each steps. I burst through the door and to the entrance of the hotel.

However, I slip on the steps facing the beach and tumble onto the ground. I could hear a loud vehicle as I sat up, the lights on top of the truck was blinding me.

"Help," I quietly mutter.