I got into the elevator on the 12th floor like I always do.
There were three other people inside.
A man in a suit.
A woman holding groceries.
And a teenager wearing headphones.
I pressed the ground floor.
The doors closed.
But the elevator didn’t move.
Instead, it went up.
13… 14… 15…
I immediately said, “I think this is going the wrong way.”
Nobody reacted.
The man in the suit didn’t even blink.
Then the elevator stopped at 17.
The doors opened.
But there was nothing there.
Just a dark hallway.
No lights.
No sound.
The other passengers didn’t move.
The doors closed again.
The elevator started going down.
But it didn’t stop at 12.
It kept going.
11… 10… 9…
Then it stopped again at a floor that didn’t exist.
The display showed a single word instead of a number:
“WAIT.”
I turned to the others.
And realized none of them were breathing.
Part 2 in the comments.
I got into the elevator on the 12th floor like I always do.
There were three other people inside.
A man in a suit.
A woman holding groceries.
And a teenager wearing headphones.
I pressed the ground floor.
The doors closed.
But the elevator didn’t move.
Instead, it went up.
13… 14… 15…
I immediately said, “I think this is going the wrong way.”
Nobody reacted.
The man in the suit didn’t even blink.
Then the elevator stopped at 17.
The doors opened.
But there was nothing there.
Just a dark hallway.
No lights.
No sound.
The other passengers didn’t move.
The doors closed again.
The elevator started going down.
But it didn’t stop at 12.
It kept going.
11… 10… 9…
Then it stopped again at a floor that didn’t exist.
The display showed a single word instead of a number:
“WAIT.”
I turned to the others.
And realized none of them were breathing.
Part 2 in the comments.
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