Opie

Chapter 8: The Elevator Girl

"No! No! No!"

"Come on Juan Manuel." Magdalena said.

Juan Manuel and Marisol facepalmed

"No! There is no way they won't let you go to a old creepy elevator." She said.

"Why not? The elevator is......"

Thunder crash and woman scream

"....Safe?"

"So have you ever heard of a sad and tragic tale of The Elevator Girl"

Magdalena shakes her head.

"Fine, it was a dark and stormy night there was a little girl named Marisara whose parents died and she was forced to be a wealthy woman's slave until one day she meets a nice man, her life change forever"

"Then what happened"

"But the rich girls find out that Marisara got married so they beat her and trapped her into an old elevator."

"Oh no it gets worse"

"Legend has it whoever goes into a old elevator"

Thunder crash

Opie and Magdalena scream

Later.....

  "How about, let's do rock, paper, scissor to decide, the last one out will go first" Magdalena said

  "Seriously guys! The three of you did this on purpose!"  Juan Manuel said

  Ten awful minutes had passed when the elevator door opens to the first floor.

  "Well, i'm going" Juan Manuel and Opie enters the elevator "Pray for my safety guys" He wave his hand goodbye and the door closes.

4th floor dings open, nothing happened, he shrugs his shoulder and press button number 2

2nd floor dings open, nothing there as expected, so again he continues by pressing number 6, and while the elevator is ascending.

6th floor dings open, still nothing, he continues by pressing number 2 again

2nd floor dings open, there's still nothing but Juan Manuel notice that the air becomes chillier, but of course, in his rational mind, it's only natural since its still winter. He sighs and press the number 10 button, the door started to close but before it's fully shut, he heard his name being called by a cold voice from an empty corridor, and in that moment, a pinch of horror hits him.

  10th floor dings open, nothing there, he sighs and press number 5 button. Beads of sweat starts to form on his temple as he sings a song to Opie to distract himself from the cold he was feeling while waiting for the next floor  

  5th floor dings open, and all hell breaks loose from Juan Manuel's inside  

'Do not look or talk to the person who'll enter the 5th floor'

A person enters the elevator and everything became eerily quiet, Juan Manuel gulped and Opie presses the number 1 button, and decided to stare at the buttons as the door closes.

If you push the 1st floor button but instead of going down, you starts to ascend back to the 10th floor then the ritual is correct and successful' 

"Are you kidding me?!"  Juan Manuel internally shouts as he choose to just close his eyes and tries to calm his pulsating nerves down while waiting for the door to open at the tenth floor. He heard the elevator ding sound, so he open his eyes slowly to be met by the hotel's fancy corridor but without the lights, the only thing he can clearly see is a red cross.

 'The otherworld looks the same as the last place you are from, but there are no lights, the only thing you'll see is a red cross in the distance.'

  "Hello?"  

A creepy girl's voice from the back woke him from his stupor and everything dawns on him—he's in the otherworld, the so-called human just talked to him, right now

Opie and Juan Manuel walks away from the elevator. His heart skips a beat for a split second when he heard a soft melodic hum coming from two steps behind him.

"Can you help me?"

"Uh-oh"

The voice was heard near his left ear, making him lightly gasp as he felt the frigid breath near his neck, cold sweats starts to drip down on the side of his cheek as he was frozen in place with only one thing in his mind. Juan Manuel and Opie sprint towards the elevator, he immediately and simultaneously press the number 4 button with force, till he hear footsteps coming towards the elevator.

To go back in the real world, get to the same elevator you used to get there, press the buttons in the same order you used to travel. This should take you to the fifth floor.' 

 Juan Manuel chanted it like a mantra as he hears the steps getting nearer, then a pang of relief made his knees feels weak as he watches the elevator shuts. He sits in the floor near the elevator buttons, collecting himself up and watches the number descends to four

  4th floor dings open, and Juan Manuel's heart stops again as he saw the red cross.He presses the number 2 button and the door shuts

  2nd floor dings open, and he is back on the same scene, but this time the shadow gets a step closer,Juan Manuel felt pressured and horrified at the same time  and Opie pushed the abused 6 button.

6th floor dings open, he sees the red cross again and the shadow gets another step closer, where he can now identify its form Opie pressing number 2 button

2nd floor dings open, Juan Manuel didn't waste a second to punch in the number 10 button without looking forward because he know that it'll be the same scene

  10th floor dings open, the red cross still there but the shadow was gone,Juan Manuel presses the number 5 button, and slides down tiredly as he watches the elevator floor descends  

  5th floor dings open, and Juan Manuel swears that he saw the ghost of a abused girl, standing in front of the elevator wearing a gentle yet creepy smile that sends shiver through his body,  their eyes met and he suddenly feels nauseous by looking at the eyes, grayish blue orbs stares coldly at him before he heard the ever so soft voice of the child.

"Hi..."

Juan Manuel forced himself to press the number 1 button, steps back at the far corner and looks at anywhere but the figure in front of him, the door slowly closes and lead him to his last floor, the floor that decides if he's back or has been taken away

The floor starts to descend and stops at 2nd floor for 3 seconds before it started ascending again, from 3rd to 4th then back to 5th

Juan Manuel jumps on his feet and press the number 6, 7, 8, and 9. The elevator didn't stop at 6th and he watches as it continues to 7th, 8th, but at the 9th floor, it stops again for another 3 seconds, then it started to descend, making Juan Manuel heaves out a shaky breath, he slumps down on the floor tiredly with his hand covering his stressed face

1st floor dings open, and Juan Manuel and Opie looks up to see the worried looks on his friends faces in front of the elevator entrance.

Juan Manuel saws the picture of the girl, his eyes widen as he stares at the picture of a 11 years old with long black hair, grayish blue eyes, that looks exactly as the one theu saw on the elevator game

"Marisara Sanchez" Juan Manuel absentmindedly pronounce the name

'Hello...'

The soft melodic voice rings in his mind.