Chapter 2

Jamie leads McGee out the only door to the original room they were in. McGee's shivering hands on her hips are making her nervous. Jamie tries not to think about it because he has every right to be scared. And because she knows he cannot help it.

They each notice something odd about the flooring of the hallway compared to the room them woke up in. The hallway is carpeted.

They continue to advance further and further. A loud bang echoes through the hallway causing them to jump slightly; the door to the room behind them closed and locked.

"That scared the shit out of me." McGee said.

"Me too…" Jamie agreed to the unexpectedness of the door slamming.

In the hallway, they hear a faint noise. It sounds like mechanical parts moving up ahead.

They cautiously walk in the only direction they can; forward. Jamie guides her hands along the wall and McGee follows. Suddenly, something becomes clear in Jamie's eye.

Sticking out all along the walls ahead are objects of various shapes and sizes. Jamie has no idea what they are. But the sound of mechanical parts moving is coming from within the wall.

"Why did we stop?" McGee wondered as he grips Jamie's hips.

"I think we need to move to the center of the hallway." She replied.

Jamie leads him into the middle of the hallway. They press forward. With their bare feet, each of them feels a difference in the floor again.

"The floor changed." McGee stated. He acknowledged there's no more carpet flooring; the carpet ended and is now a cold metal floor.

Finally, one of them steps on a pressure sensitive, activation piece of metal floorboard. The noise of mechanical parts moving within the walls becomes greater.

"This isn't good." McGee said.

"Tim, we need to run." She said.

"What…?"

"Run now!"

The two of them run forward; McGee keeping hold of Jamie's shirt. As they run forward, the objects sticking out of the walls thrust outward. One of the objects bashes into McGee's side with a considerable amount of force. He falls and the bottom part of Jamie's shirt rips due to him not letting go.

Jamie stops as McGee falls and her shirt rips. He lets go of her shirt halfway down to the floor. Jamie turns around to help her companion, but is quickly hit by two objects projecting outward from the wall; one hits her upper back and the other in the thigh. She falls to the floor in pain.

While on the floor, each of them shakes as they feel an electric shock coursing through their bodies. It stops after a couple seconds.

"Oww…!" McGee cried in pain from the shock and the pain in his side from the object hitting him.

"I'm sorry, Tim." Jamie said as she tries to hide her pain from him. There's a brief pause as Jamie realizes something about the floor. One of the metal floorboard pieces looks slightly odd. The odd thing about the floorboard isn't very noticeable, nor can it be felt when walking. But the floorboard isn't the same exact height as the one her body is on top of. It's only a very slight difference in height; about two or three millimeters. Jamie's hand extends to the piece. She pushes down on it, but it doesn't budge. She applies even more pressure to pushing it down.

They each receive another electric shock.

Jamie takes her hand off the floorboard piece. The shock stops. Then she realizes; the floor is pressure sensitive. The first shock stopped after she moved her body off one of the other floorboards.

"Tim, I need you to remain still while I check how many floorboards we take up." Jamie stated. McGee does as she says and she checks the amount of floorboard pieces they're on top of. After counting the amount of floorboards they consume, she looks at McGee. "I need you to lie on your back and bring your knees to your chest. Then wrap your arms around your legs to lock them in position."

"What?"

"Please, just do it. I know how to get passed this." Jamie said. "Trust me."

McGee complies by doing what Jamie asks of him.

The video camera on the ceiling zooms in on the two of them lying on the floor. It watches as the male, McGee, curls into a ball to take up less floorboard space.

From the control/observation room of the facility, a man watches as Jamie points McGee's finger in the direction she'll be moving. Then she crawls away from McGee in that direction. She crawls under all the projecting objects popping in and out of the walls.

"Huh..." The man in the control room shakes his head in surprise. "Clever girl."

Jamie reaches the carpet flooring on the other side which took three minutes to crawl the distance out of harm's way.

"Tim!" Jamie shouted. "I need you to crawl in my direction."

McGee starts to crawl in the direction Jamie went three minutes ago.

Eventually, Jamie sees McGee and grabs his hands. She pulls him onto the carpeted flooring with her. They lie there.

"You hurt?" Jamie asked.

"Yeah…" McGee answered while holding his side. "You?"

"Yes."

Both of them remain lying on the carpeted floor. The thoughts running through McGee's head are that of being scared and wishing this wasn't real. As for Jamie, the thoughts going through her head are that of having an idea who is behind this twisted game.

After a minute, Jamie stands. Her thigh and upper back both hurt a lot but she won't allow the pain to slow her down.

"Come on, we have to keep moving." Jamie said.

"I can't do this. I really can't." McGee cried.

"I know you're scared, Tim. I am too…"

"How can you be scared? You don't even show it."

"Just because I don't show it, doesn't mean I don't feel it. I'm trying to keep a clear head. We have enough to worry about." She answered. "Now let's keep moving."

Jamie helps McGee to stand. He maneuvers behind her and places his hands onto her hips. Jamie takes a deep breath. They continue down the hallway and turn a corner.

Now, a door lies in front of them. And there's only one choice; to go through it.