The Gamer's Guide to Getting the Girl by Kristine Scarrow

Author:Kristine Scarrow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dundurn
Published: 2019-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

TIP #8

Things aren’t always what they seem

“Do you hear that?” George stops in his tracks.

“Hear what?” says Rory. The group comes to a stop.

“Shhh!” George motions for the group to be quiet. I turn and look at the group of us. If it weren’t for the seriousness of the situation I would have to laugh. Everyone looks bleary-eyed and dishevelled. Half are wrapped in brightly coloured party dresses, and we’re all dragging our feet. We must look like some kind of zombie circus. Like a shopping episode of The Walking Dead.

“Who’s talking?” George asks.

No one makes a sound. George turns and flashes his flashlight across the group. I look for Samara. She catches my eye quickly and gives me a smile. I can feel my cheeks getting hot. I blush and give her a little wave but then I see that Cooper is mouthing something to her at the same time; she probably wasn’t looking at me at all. I quickly turn around. How can I be such an idiot? Peter points to George, who’s pressing himself up against the elevator. “What is he doing?”

George stares at the elevator doors. Another emergency light illuminates us a little better.

“Is somebody there?” he yells down at the floor, through the seam between the doors. “Can you hear me?”

We all grow silent. Sure enough, there’s a soft banging noise, distant but distinct.

“Hello?!” George yells again.

“Help!” The sound is barely discernible from where we’re sitting.

Cooper and I leap onto our feet and join George at the elevator.

“Someone’s stuck inside. Must’ve been in there when the power went out,” George says. “We’ll get you out!” he calls back. He turns back to us. “It’s funny we didn’t hear the alarm.”

The banging grows louder.

“Listen, try to stay calm!” George yells. “We know you’re in there. We’re going to get you out!”

A new adrenaline surge courses through me. “Are you hurt?” I call.

George steps away and gets back on his radio.

“We need to find something to pry open these doors,” Erwin says. Rory puffs his chest out again and squares himself with the elevator door. He shakes out his arms as though preparing for a weightlifting competition and then puts his fingers through the centre slat between the two doors.

“Ladies and gentlemen, about to lift for us today is Rory — he’s competing in the ninety-pound weight class,” Cooper says in a deep announcer voice. I elbow him. I don’t want to start laughing. Rory clenches his teeth and grunts as he pulls on the elevator doors … but nothing happens.

Cooper and I join him, getting on the ground and pulling closer to the bottom. It still doesn’t move.

“We’re going to have to get something.” Rory steps away.

“Normally the doors can be pried open easily from the inside,” George says. “If they can pull open the doors in there, they should be able to get out.”

“Can you hear us?” Rory shouts.

“Yes,” a distant voice replies.

“WE WANT YOU TO TRY AND PRY OPEN THE DOORS!”

“How?”

“JUST TRY WITH YOUR

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