Ellie. 100 words. Episode1x06. Not my characters.
1:15
It's just a clock, she thinks. Just a clock, not a bomb. No need to panic.
Except—
1:14
Except the numbers are going backwards.
She can't breathe. Tom's saying something but the words don't register. All Ellie can think is that it is a bomb after all, and she and Maisie are trapped inside this house, and the numbers are counting down and they're going to die.
She's not ready to die.
46 seconds.
They're wrong, there is no screw.
This isn't supposed to be happening. She holds Maisie tight and looks at Tom through the window.
And waits.