MAYA - The Wallflower

chapter 10 TRAPPED

"Donna mentioned earlier she was going to search the bar for you , she's probably there as we speak" Haruh said eyeing the end of hallway .  "We should head there before looking around." The others nodded confidently as they headed towards the exit

Maya turned the doorknob of the hallway door, slowly rotating the brown sphere 180 degrees , as it creaked and wheezed suspiciously. Unfortunately the rusty instrument seemed to give up halfway. Maya shook the nob vigorously. The others stared at her in mere confusion. 

Maya laughed nervously ignoring the subtle hints of the door, stubbornly refusing to open up for the three girls. "Its always like this" Maya assured the others. "It just needs to be shaken a little."

"You don't sound even the slightest bit sure" Kisuna shuddered. "Your not fooling anyone Maya"

No she wasn't. 

"I thought I Locked down here!" a subdued voice arose from the other side of the door. Haruh instantly jumped to her senses ran to the door thumping hard against the dense surface. "HELLO?! HELLP!!! GET US OUT OF THIS BLOOMING  PANIC ROOM PLEASE?!!!" 

"Shoot" came the voice. "I must be hearing things, in my old age nonetheless, would be Fired if Master Chow knew I left here unlocked" 

oh no. That means..

"GET US OUT-" 

LOCK.

Maya hauled the knob left and right , up and down hoping it would open. No luck.

Instead the very latch fell off into maya's hands as the young girl fell over onto the wooden floorboards. Appaled could not even describe what Maya felt. 

Being deep inside a building. Practically underground. With no one to help. "Dammit! Now my phone won't bloody work!" Haruh wailed slamming her bag to the door

no service either.

 Maya remained on the floor with her head in her hands.  
Could today get any worse.
Her eyes slowly fluttered open to see her friends watching her in a state of panic. 

"Get up."

Haruh offered her a hand before pulling her back up. 

"we should search the rooms" Kisuna suggested. "There might be another exit or window we could escape from."

 "Good thinking."

Unfortunately the majority of the rooms they tried were either locked, or without any windows- or one that could open at all... except for one.

It lead to another hallway that seemed to be covered with darkness, no lights or heating

just a narrow passageway that seemed to suck the girls in before they had approached it.  

But considering the situation, they were willing to take any chances to escape.

as they slowly walked through, they noticed the walls began to make their presence known.

the ceiling became lower and the girls , with only a small phone light to assist them were

beginning to doubt what they could see and what they could feel. until they came to an abrupt stop. They were at the end of the passageway and a new door was in front of them

As Maya opened the door to enter she could only gasp at what she could see.

A grand golden drawing room lay in front of  her very eyes. dusty furniture and curtains covering most of the interior , from the golden  tables to the  brown sofas. Gold paintings hung on the walls and a silver  chandeleir twinkling star like droplets of  austrian crystals hung low under the cosmic lights.

How could anyone dismiss such a beautiful room like this?

"Keep your eyes peeled for anything strange girls" haruh warned them. "I feel like were being watched-" kisuna interrupted eagerly.

"My god, stop being such a pessimist darling" she waved her hand in haruh face nonchalantly. Hatuh snorted.

"Just relax, someones ought to find us, sooner or later, besides its not like anyone is actually here that would extort us"

"Hey girls"

You spoke to soon.