Was it over..
The elevator jolted to a sudden stop, and my stomach dropped with it. My breath hitched, my body going rigid as the air around me shifted into an unsettling silence.
The lights came on again but only for a brief moment.
The overhead lights flickered twice before shutting off completely, plunging me into a pitch-black void.
For a second, I couldn’t move.
My chest tightened, my ears straining for any sign of movement, of sound, of life, anything but all I could hear was my frantic breathing, quick and uneven.
No. No, no, no.
This wasn’t happening.
My hands shot out, pressing against the cold steel walls. I groped blindly for the control panel, my fingers trembling as I pressed random buttons.
Nothing.
I jabbed them again.
Still nothing.
Panic surged through me like
