Unlike newer elevators today, back in the late 50's, they never made an audible message to inform the people in the elevator that it was having problems.
The elevator made a loud crash noise, and it violently shook to a stop.
"Darren!" Potsie said. "What did you do?!"
"I didn't do anything!" Darren yelled as the elevator shook again.
"Oh come on! We're stuck in here now." Richie said.
"STUCK?!" Ralph yelled, in fear. "DID YOU SAY.. STUCK?!"
"Uh oh." Darren said.
"I don't want to be stuck in here!" Potsie yelled.
Ralph let out his iconic cry, but he was actually very scared.
"Don't worry, I will get us out of here." Darren said.
"I HOPE YOU CAN! YOUR THE ONE WHO IS THE ELEVATOR PERSON OF MILWAUKEE." Ralph yelled, still crying.
"I'll try and ring the alarm." Darren said.
"10 SOMETHING STORIES HIGH. STUCK IN A BOX!" Ralph yelled. "WHAT IF IT FALLS?!"
"It wont fall. The emergency breaks triggered for a reason." Darren said, not in fear.
"WHAT REASON?!" Ralph asked, loudly.
"We don't know yet!" Darren said.
"Everyone stay calm, Darren will do the alarm thing.. and we need to be just calm." Richie said, trying to keep himself calm.
"How can I be calm?!" Potsie yelled. "Rich, we're so high up!"
"YEAH, JUST 12 FLOORS HUH POTSIE?!" Ralph yelled at Potsie.
"I DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD BE GETTING STUCK IN HERE!" Potsie yelled.
"HEY! Can we all just.. stay calm." Richie said. "We wont be in here for long."
"I HAVE SEEN THE FILMS WHERE THE PEOPLE ENTER AN ELEVATOR, GET TRAPPED AND DIE!" Ralph said, letting out another cry.
"TRAPPED? DON'T SAY TRAPPED, RALPH!" Potsie yelled to Ralph.
"Those are fake films. They can't just die like that!" Darren said.
Potsie just went to sit in the corner to try and relax.
Darren went over to the elevator panel, and hit the emergency bell button. It did not work.
"Uh, guys." Darren said.
"WHAT?!" Ralph screamed.
"What is it, Darren?" Richie said.
"This alarm bell.. it's not working!" Darren said, pushing it multiple times.
Ralph let another iconic cry out, and Potsie was no longer "calm."
It was about 10 minutes later, and everyone was panicking. Richie and Darren were trying to get Potsie and Ralph to calm down. It was the 50's, and unlike elevators today, there was not actual phone.
"Ralph, Potsie.." Richie said. "Darren knows about this stuff, we will be out of here in no time."
"NO WE WONT! WE ARE ALL STUCK IN HERE FORVER!" Ralph yelled, as he hit his head on a wall of the elevator cab.
"IM GOING TO GO INSANE IF WE DON'T GET OUT OF HERE!" Potsie cried out.
"Guys, we have only been here for 11 minutes." Richie said.
"11 minutes?! IT FEELS LIKE ITS BEEN AN HOUR!" Ralph yelled out.
"The elevator probably isn't showing the floor we are on downstairs. It's most likely blank, just like ours up there." Darren said, pointing over to the indicator.
"I KNEW WE WOULD BE TRAPPED IN HERE FORVER!" Ralph cried out.
Ralph, once again, cried.
Downstairs, The teachers did not notice the other car just disappearing off the screen. It wasn't even blinking.
"Thats all the groups." A teacher said. "Now we get to go to our rooms."
"Teacher group, head into this elevator!" The assistant yelled.
The group went into the elevator, and went up to their rooms. They didn't find out about the stuck elevator.
Back in the stuck elevator, it was now 30 minutes into the situation. Ralph is now sitting in a corner of the elevator. He is terrified. Potsie is calmer than before.
"Richie.. I'm starving!" Potsie yelled out.
"Potsie, you have been complaining about hunger for 12 minutes now." Richie said.
"I WANNA GO HOME!" Ralph cried out.
"Okay, we know that all we have is gum." Richie said. "We all need to do is eat some gum."
"I forgot my pack at home.." Darren said.
"I'll share." Richie said, kindly.
Ralph and Potsie seemed too terrified to eat gum.
"Hey, whats that switch up there?" Richie said to Darren.
"Thats a stop switch, I can try turning it on and off." Darren said.
"Try it," Richie said. "It might do something."
"ARE WE FINALLY GOING TO GET OUT?!" Ralph yelled.
Darren pulled the switch, and pushed it back in. It did nothing.
"It didn't do anything." Darren said, disappointingly.
Ralph cried again.
"I'm going to try pressing the floor button again." Richie said.
He went over to the panel, and pressed 12. It popped out. He pressed the lobby, and it did the same.
"Nothing works in here!" Richie said, stomping on the floor.
"WE WILL BE IN HERE FOREVER!" Ralph said, running over to the buttons and pushing every single one violently.
"NOT FOREVER!" Potsie said.
"WHAT IF WE WILL BE IN HERE UNTIL WE DIE?!" Ralph said.
"DON'T MENTION DEATH, RALPH!" Potsie yelled.
"WE WILL ALL BE FINE!" Darren yelled.
"Thats the first time I heard you yell." Richie said.
"HOW ARE YOU SO CALM?!" Potsie asked Richie.
"I have to admit, I am nervous." Richie said. "But I am not scared to death."
"I KNEW WE WOULD DIE!" Ralph yelled.
"This will be so fun.." Richie said, sarcastically.
Go onto Chapter 6!