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The Elevator

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As the ancient elevator doors creaked open, Jane hesitated before stepping inside. The dimly lit interior felt suffocating, and an unknown smell of mould lingered in the air.

The apartment she lives in was built in the 1940s. Only one elevator is accessible to the people living in that apartment. But people believe that the elevator is haunted. Jane had shifted to this apartment a few days ago. She was completely unaware of this.

The elevator always gave her an uneasy feeling, with its old-fashioned brass buttons and flickering overhead lights. But tonight Jane had no other choice. Her apartment was on the 12th floor, and the stairs were barred from renovation.

With a deep breath, she walked into the elevator and pressed the button for her floor. The doors closed, leaving her engulfed in darkness. Uneasiness gripped his chest as the lift ascended from floor to floor.

As the lift passed the seventh floor, it suddenly stopped, causing Jane to stagger. As her heart thumped in her ears, panic coursed through his veins. The hum of inner workings filled the eerie silence.

Jane pressed the emergency button, but there was no response. Sweat broke out on her forehead as she frantically looked around the confined space. The flickering light cast strange shadows on his face, and visions of supernatural entities lurking around the corner flashed through his mind.

As Jane's fear grew exponentially, the minutes turned into an eternity. She pressed her floor button repeatedly, praying for a miracle. But the elevator remained motionless, an ominous stillness pervading the small space.

A sudden jolt broke Jane's desperate thoughts. The lift began to descend, but not in the way she had expected. She fell with alarming speed, her stomach constricting and her screams muffled by the oppressive atmosphere.

Darkness enveloped her, punctuated only by irregular flickers of light. Panic gripped her as she struggled to make sense of the unexplainable.

After what felt like forever, the elevator came crashing to a halt. Jane's breathing became rapid, her body started trembling violently. The doors opened reluctantly, revealing a horrifying scene.

Before she stood a disfigured hallway with peeling wallpaper and broken lights. The air was filled with dreadful energy, bringing to mind visions of tortured souls trapped inside the decaying building.

Jane hesitated, her conscience telling her to run away. But while fear froze her in place, curiosity led her onward into the winding world beyond the elevator.

She walked cautiously down the hallway, her footsteps echoing in space. The air grew cold, and distant whispers seemed to point him to the deep darkness. Every step sent a chill down his spine and alerted her of the impending threat.

As she explores the desolate corridors, Jane's rationality senses further away. She encountered broken mirrors that reflected her distorted image, hallways that seemed to extend infinitely, and rooms that hid unspeakable secrets within their crumbling walls.

Time becomes irrelevant as Jane wanders the labyrinth of nightmares. Desperation swallowed him up, and her sense reached the point of thoughtlessness. The souls of the building whispered their sinister outcries, their voices growing louder and more insistent with each passing moment.

In a final act of desperation, Jane notices a door that stands out from the rest. It emitted an ethereal glow, which attracted her with a magnetic force. With trembling hands, she turned the latch of the door and plunged into the bright light.

When her vision finally cleared, Jane found herself back in the familiar elevator, the dim light and musty smell all around her once more. Her heart was filled with relief, a feeling of gratitude overwhelmed her.

The doors opened, revealing her destination. With trembling legs, Jane heads out to the safety of her apartment building. She looked back at the elevator, its doors closing. As she quickly turned away, she saw an old woman standing in front of her.

The old lady glances at her and smiles then walks towards the lift and presses the button to go up. After some time the lift comes there and then she goes in the lift. The elevator door closes behind her.

She couldn't say anything to her but the smile the old lady gave her was very odd. Fear and curiosity still haunted her, but she knew that she would never again enter the abyss. The elevator had become a doorway to a world beyond comprehension, a realm where the boundaries of reality had been breached.

As Jane settles into her apartment, memories of that horrific experience race through her mind. Now she knew that even in the most ordinary places, doors to other dimensions were hidden.

The End