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The empty hallways exaggerated my footsteps as I walked from one end to another. I was on a mission, yes, but there were practically no details or any leverage to help solve this mystery. This man, who couldn't be any older than me knew about my family, my brother, my mother, and possibly not in a good way. 

I was headed somewhere. To find someone, to get some sort of information, but so far all I had of an idea was to either look for this man, or... I actually don't have another idea, and asking whatever that woman's name is- Karrie- I believe, could result in something different than I expect. 

She seems pretty sketchy to me and I don't want to push my limits of being a new resident here. I had already gotten into a fight, which she sort of passed over her shoulder. But still. Maybe she's just extremely good at putting up a fake profile. 

My feet were just sort of taking me somewhere. Nowhere in particular, definitely not somewhere I recognized. This hallway was similar to the others but less doors, and they had different door handles. In fact, these doors didn't have handles. They had a strip extending from one end of the door to the other, horizontally, and above the door was a sign marked 'EXIT' in green letters.

Out of curiosity I pressed the bar and it pushed in making the door cave into the room behind it, I stumbling. The doors noise echoed throughout the tiny room which consisted of stairs leading up, and leading down.

I peered over the edge of one of the metal banisters as I heard the sound of another door opening from below. No. Above. But possibly below. It was hard to tell with how it echoed throughout the entire stairway.

But someone was coming, from whichever way the footsteps were climbing, or descending they were headed in my direction it sounded. 

What if I wasn't supposed to be here? What if this was simply an area that was private or something. But then again. Why would they have an area that's private without mentioning it or having it blocked off or something. 

The stomping footsteps echoing on the metal stairs were even closer than before and I looked up. Through the cracks between the metal I could see a figure walking down the steps. The door would give away that I was here, due to its horrendous noise.

I did the only logical thing I could think of. 

I went down. 

I don't know how many more levels of stairs there were, and I could be risking even more going down here. 

I guess as long as I don't get caught i'll be fine. When whoever is up there goes away, i'll go back up.

My footsteps that I tried so hard to mute made soft thuds down the stairs as quickly as I could go without tripping or making a lot of noise, which was much harder than I thought it would be. The footsteps above me didn't cease to exist either, which made me nervous about the person finding me. 

They were getting closer and faster, faster than I could go down the stairs, and sudden anxiousness fell over me as I wonder if they knew I was here. 

I was running out of stairs to go down, about two levels left. I still struggled. If I found a door, I would enter it and run. If they knew I was here, no point in trying to be quiet about it. I could find a door and hide or run, or something. 

And of course, on the last set of stairs was a hallway. Long and narrow, but at the end was a door. Just like the metal one that lead to the stairs. I was out of breath but I ran. My feet slapping on the concrete as I made it to the end of the hallway and slammed the door open, pushing it shut after I was inside the dark room.

The footsteps stopped. Everything was extremely quiet except for a slight buzz coming from darkness behind me.

I took a step further into the room and thousands of lights lit up. All a similar blue that was blinding to the eyes, making it extremely hard to see what was in front of me.

And then the door burst open.


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Sorry about how fast paced this one went. Left ya on a cliff hanger. 

Im trying to get out more updates. Possibly updates on the weekend. But this is two updates in about 3 days! Yay!

What do you think is in the room? Who do you think was on the stairs?

Questions? Comments? Don't be afraid to leave any feedback!

-Z

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