Chapter 1: Power Shortage
"Ok guys we go live in 4 hours." Carly said laying her glass down on the counter as thunder clapped outside.
"Awesome I can't wait to try out my new joke." Sam responded with an evil grin.
"It doesn't involve fat priests does it?" Freddie snorts before turning his gaze back to Carly.
"So what if it does pea brain. I wouldn't expect you to understand such a fascinating joke anyway."
"Oh yeah!" He responds putting his glass down hard on the table, slightly spilling some of his tea.
"Yeah!" Sam responds in like fashion slamming her drink down to.
The two went back and forth with "yeah" and "oh yeah's" for a few seconds before Carly picked up a small spray bottle from the counter. After spritzing the two of them in the face they both turned to her with annoyed looks.
"God Carly, must you always spray us in the face!" Sam yells annoyed.
"Yeah Carly." Freddie agrees but with a softer tone, he didn't want to yell at her.
"Well if I sprayed your shirt I don't think you would get the message as well." She calmly retorts and goes back to sipping her drink. Sam just narrows her eyes and gives her a dirty look but quickly let it go. She had better things to be doing anyway, like picking on Freddie.
A few minutes later the phone rings and Spencer answers. "Hello?" he asks putting the phone to his ear. "Yes this is he." A few more seconds go by before he continues, "Great I'll come pick it up as soon as possible." He then lays the phone back down and runs over to the counter.
"Guess who just called!" He gleefully asks the group.
"The pizza guy wanting his money for last week's delivery?" Sam asks in a matter of fact tone.
"Umm no." Spencer responds and is about to continue when he asks; "Wait what pizza guy?"
"Oh nothing, don't worry. So who was on the phone?" Sam responds, quickly changing the subject.
"That was the Electronics Store, they said Carly's new plasma screen TV was ready for pickup."
"Oh my god, really?" Carly asks excitedly. "Do you think we have time to get it back here before the show tonight? It would be awesome to be able to show tonight's videos on it."
"Well if we hurry and go get it we should have more than enough time."
"Awesome let's go!" Carly exclaims jumping up from the counter. She was halfway to the couch to get her coat when Sam interrupts.
"We still need to get ready for the show ya know."
"Oh yeah." She stops to think for a second then grins widely looking at Freddie. "You two can set the stuff up without me can't you Freddie."
"Well I don't know" Freddie answers in an unsure tone. "I would most likely be doing all the work." He then glances over at Sam as if to prove his point.
"Freddie you know me to well." Sam responds patting him on the shoulder.
"Just think Freddie…" Carly states as she outlines a large box in front of her with a finger. "Forty two inches of high definition plasma awesomeness." She finishes with a big smile as if she was presenting the winning prize on a game show.
"God I love it when you talk tech. I'll do it!" He then glances back at Sam and continues. "But she has to help!"
"Look if it will help Carly out I'll do it." Sam proclaims walking back to the counter to finish her drink.
"Great we'll be back as soon as we can." Carly and Spencer then exit through the door.
As another loud clap of thunder blares outside Sam jumps slightly but Freddie doesn't seem to notice. By now he was wheeling his computer equipment cart towards the elevator. Pressing the elevator button he gestures towards Sam to come and help him.
Sam thought for a second about not coming. But she didn't want Carly to get mad at her for not helping. So as the lightning and rain started to beat even harder on the window pain she jumped out of her seat and hurried towards the elevator.
As the elevator opened Freddie pushes the cart in and Sam steps in to. The cart took up most of the left side of the elevator leaving the two of them half of the elevator to stand in. They weren't exactly cramped but both felt a slight discomfort not being able to stand at opposite ends of elevator.
"Come on just press the button and let's get this over with." Sam ordered as Freddie quickly pressed the button.
The elevator then started up. But after a few seconds another loud clap of thunder was heard outside. Very close outside, followed by a loud explosion. The elevator then came to a quick halt. Slightly throwing Freddie into Sam. But before either of them could react the lights in the elevator went off.
"What in the world just happened?" Sam exclaims completely surprised.
"I think the lightning blew a power transformer."
"English please!"
"The lightning knocked out the power. But a lot of older buildings have backup generators for hallway lights and elevators just in case of an emergency."
As if on cue the backup lights came back on in the elevator. They were dimmer than the normal lights and gave each of them a slight yellowish hue to their skin tone. Sam then gives a confused look.
"Why isn't the elevator moving then? The backup power is on. The elevator should be moving!" She states louder but the last few words were cut off by another clap of thunder than seemed to come from just outside the apartment.
"My guess would be that they only use the generator power for the lights."
"Well I refuse to be stuck in here. There has to be a way out. Jake got out didn't he!"
"Yes but the hatch he used no longer works." And as if to reinforce his statement Freddie points up. The hatch was indeed no longer in working order. A large dent imprinted on the corner were it should have opened.
"What in the world did that?" Sam asks again getting angry. She couldn't believe she was about to get stuck here with Freddie of all people!
"Oh you don't remember all of us trying to get Spencer's 10 foot art statue in this 9 foot room?"
Sam then lowered her tone. "Yeah." She did remember. They never really succeeded in getting the statue in the elevator. But she kept telling them that it would fit. They just had to push harder. She mentally kicked herself for trying to make it fit now. If only she wasn't so insistent. She then frantically grabs at the door to try and open it. But it wouldn't budge.
"It's a safety precaution that the elevator doors don't open until they are firmly at each floor."
"Would you just shut up! You're not helping here." Sam shouts at him and scornfully points a finger in his direction. "And how can you be so calm. We are stuck in an elevator!"
"Oh trust me I'm not happy about this either. But over reacting and yelling isn't going to get us anywhere." Freddie then shrugs and sits down on the floor. "Bout all we can do now is wait for the power to come on, or for Spencer and Carly to get home and call for someone to open the doors.
"God… It's going to be a long night." Sam commented calming down slightly but still not happy about the situation one bit. She then sat on the floor about three feet from Freddie. 'And to beat it all half of the elevator is taken up by that stupid cart' she thinks to herself as she gives Freddie a dirty look.
A/N: Well it looks like Freddie and Sam are in for a long night. Perhaps Carly and Spencer will come back soon and save them… Or not.
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