The first floor

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As he was lifted by the small compartment typical elevator music was playing earily low volume making Mr. Bloxham uneasy.
As the doors opened there was a loud bang and he dropped to the floor shaking ad crying after two minuites the gunfire ceased and he stood up shaking. There was no one there but a note was left in the middle of the hallway with an arrow on it pointing to the left with a small caption on it saying. ...
'Remember what I said. Do as you are told and no harm will come to you. room 476'
He knew that if he did not go there he would surely die but it he did not know what lay ahead if he carried on.
He had decided. He walked in the direction the arrow told him too. He soon came across the room that he was told to go to. What was in there puzzled him. Inside the room was a huge oak tree with two nooses attached to one branch with a man and woman hanging from each one. Two more unfortunate souls. They were holding hands which brought a tear to his eye , reminding him of his wife who he had a feeling he would never see again. Written in the wall was 'are you going to join us on the tree to end the torture or be a real man and see it through?' And like any normal man, when his maculinity was challenged he would not let them beat him. He walked through another door leading him to another elevator with one button in saying 'floor two?'.....

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