Short Chapter...I'm going to continue the mall scene to another chapter. Hope you like this though!
Disclaimer: Don't Own...
Abby banged on the door again for about the fourteenth time.
"You know? I've seen this before," Seth said pacing back and forth in the small closet-like room.
"And where would that be?" Abby said getting slightly annoyed with the fact that they were in here all alone and the other three weren't going to let them out any time soon.
"Some TV show I watched. I think it was Cops. You see, the people were locked in this room for hours and hours, and at about the 12th hour they all started to get a little crazy. You know…..seeing things, couldn't breath…..Wow…is it hot in here or what?" Seth said stopping as he noticed the look Abby gave him.
"I doubt that was Cops," Abby said.
"Maybe it was MadTV? God, I can feel my brain draining already," Seth said.
Abby smiled at him and then continued with her beating on the door. A few minutes later she heard the other threes voices getting louder. Soon they were right up next to the door.
"Abby we're locked in," she heard Ryan say from the other side of the door.
"Please tell me your kidding," Abby said.
The silence from the other end told her that they weren't.
"Have you tried beating on the door to get peoples attentions?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, Summer's on that," Ryan answered.
Seth came up next to Abby and put his ear to the door.
"What are you doing?" Abby asked.
"This may be the last time we hear Ryan's voice," Seth said.
"Seth! Come on! I know the room is small, dark, and creepy, but you can't go all Cohen-like on me now!" Abby said.
Abby looked Seth in the eye and he nodded and smiled.
"You sounded a lot like Summer there," he stated.
"Is that good or bad?" Abby asked.
"Well…." He began.
"Seth! Abby! No one seems to be coming. We're going to let you out," They heard Marissa's voice say.
"There is a God!" Seth yelled.
From the other side of the door Abby heard bickering.
"You can't let them out!" she heard Summer say.
"Come on Summer! We need to work together. Let them out," Marissa said.
"Okay, but this doesn't mean the end for our plan," Summer said.
"What plan?" Seth called through the door.
Again there was silence. Abby glanced over to Seth as they heard the key being placed into the lock. The knob on the door shook back and forth before they heard a large crack.
"Shoot!"
"What happened?" Abby asked.
"Well, is there another way out of that room?" Summer asked.
"Summer?" Abby said sternly.
"The key broke," she heard Summer sigh.
Abby looked at Seth who was looking panicked again.
"What? It's a cheap key," Summer said.
"Is there a vent or anything in there you could climb out of?" Ryan asked.
Abby looked around, but saw nothing.
"Up there," Seth said pointing to the ceiling.
In the ceiling was a medium-sized grill that led to the central air system. Well, Abby was thinking it led there.
"Okay, we have something," Abby said.
"Hurry please! The mall closes soon," Summer said.
"We'll try," Abby said looking directly up to the ceiling and placing her hands on Seth's shoulders.
He gave her a questioning look.
"Push me up," she said motioning to the ceiling.
"Okay, see I thought.."
"Seth!"
"Fine."
Seth helped her up to where she removed the grill and started pulling herself through the hole.
"You know, if we were in any other situation, I'd find this to be a major turn-on," Seth said as Abby pulled herself into the hole.
"Come on," she said smiling and helping him into the vent.
It was a very small vent, and very long.
"I had a dream about this once," Seth said crawling close behind her.
"Really?"
Abby felt that a conversation could be useful right now. She was feeling slightly claustrophobic, and hearing Seth's strange tales could help take her mind off of that.
They crawled for what seemed like hours as Seth reenacted his dream that included air vents, samurais, and a small bunny named Jeff.
"So, the bunny just threw you into the vent without food or anything?"
"Yes, and spider-man was in there too, so it wasn't that bad," Seth said.
"How you wake up each morning amazes me," Abby replied.
They turned the corner to a dead-end. Fortunately the dead-end was wider than the rest of the vent. Feeling a little out of breath, Abby sat in the space to rest. Seth came and sat next to her.
"I like this," he said.
"What?"
"Us talking."
Abby rested her head on the side of the vent. During this whole time she hadn't really thought about her situation with Seth. Right now, it didn't even seem like a big deal. The only thing that mattered was getting out of the mall, and very fast.
"It's more you doing the talking," Abby said.
"Isn't it always?" Seth asked.
Abby smiled and got back on her knees.
"We need to get out of here. You lead," Abby said.
They started back in silence before Seth turned towards her and made one of his random Seth comments.
"You enjoy the view ok?"
Abby smiled and nodded to play along.
"It doesn't beat the view you had," she said.
"Well I can't argue with that."
Ryan watched as Summer picked at her nails and as Marissa looked through a few boxes.
"Do you think they got out?" Summer asked.
"No," Ryan answered.
"It's been over an hour," she said.
"No," Marissa said this time.
Summer got silent and went back to picking her nails. They all stood in silence for about 10 more minutes.
Ryan didn't think they were ever going to get out.
"Hey! Look right there," Abby said pointing to a vent that looked down into a large room.
"I think we just found a way out," Seth said.
"Ok help me down," Abby said removing the grill and swinging her legs into the hole.
"Wait. How do we know we're just not going into another small room? It looks pretty dark down there," Seth said.
Abby tried to peer into the darkness but saw nothing.
"Let's just chance it. The mall should be closed by now anyway, so it could be a store," Abby said already starting to find her way down.
"I have this weird feeling we're going to be spending a night in jail. Do you have that feeling?" Seth asked helping her down.
"Seth! Stop talking and pay attention or your going to…" Abby felt herself fall down and pull Seth with her. They both hit the ground at almost the same time. She rubbed her bruised head as she opened her eyes and saw Seth on top of her.
"This is an awkward situation," he said not moving.
"The get off," Abby replied not very forcefully.
He shrugged and hopped off helping her up along the way. Abby looked around the dark room and started making out shapes of various cooking utensils and stoves.
"We must be in the food court," Abby said.
"Ah, this is definitely turning into a promising night. We've got all the food we can eat and,"
"Seth, we have to go get the others," Abby said cutting him off.
"Can you not just let me bask in a wonderful moment for once?" he asked as she pulled him off down the mall and to the door where Ryan, Marissa, and Summer were.
"I think I hear someone," Marissa said walking to the door and pressing her ear up against it.
"HEY! WERE HERE!" she heard Seth yell from the other side. Abby's voice soon followed.
"Shut up! Your gonna get us caught!"
"No one's here Abby. I doubt we'll get caught."
"Could you just open the door?" Ryan asked. Him and Summer were now at the door to.
"Fine."
They heard a rustle from the other side and then the door popped open.
"Freedom!" Summer said waving her arms around madly in the air.
"What did you two do to her?" Seth asked.
"She brought it on herself," Marissa said gleaming at Summer who stopped her little happy dance and stared back at Marissa.
"This isn't my fault Coop!" she said.
"Are you kidding? It's all your fault," Marissa shot back.
"Hey! Stop fighting. This isn't going to get us anywhere," Ryan said breaking apart their bickering.
The two girls went silent and didn't make eye contact for a couple of minutes.
"So, we're stuck in a mall," Abby said looking around.
Ryan nodded and looked around at the rest.
"And we're definitely going to prison for this."
Ok...so I'll make next chapter interesting and I promise I'll get them out of the mall. Maybe Abby and Ryan's liitle secret/pact will be revealed too! Oh, how exciting. :)
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