The thundering chaos echoed through the dimly lit stairwell, a cacophony that filled Adrian’s ears and sent tremors through his chest. The once-familiar space now felt like a living entity, alive and breathing with menace as the concrete stairway buckled behind him, cutting off the sole path to safety. He felt the ground beneath him tremble as massive concrete slabs slammed down, a sickening crunch reverberating in the air like the death knell of their hopes. The generator, once a steady hum in the background, had erupted into a ferocious roar—a beast unleashed, shaking the very walls they occupied and threatening to swallow them whole.
Adrian’s heart raced as he scrambled to his feet, panic crawling up his spine. The acrid taste of smoke filled his lungs, wrapping around him like a shrou
