Warm light began to fill my room, leading a new day in this hell. I yawned with my arms stretched up in the air, ready to live another day in this hell. Without the aspect that this could be my last day, it could be a great life!
With my legs moved out of my bed, I walked tiredly into my bathroom, took a shower, and put some clothes on my body. Clothes that smell like I haven't washed them in days! Which is unfortunately the case...
'Urgh...'
With the gadget grabbed off the night table, I went for a walk through the empty hallways, lacking any human soul wandering around early in the morning.
With a brief glance at the Gadgets screen which is guiding me, I ghosted around the area, searching for something specific.
'It must be somewhere here...'
With a glance to my right shoulder, I stumbled across an elevator. The elevator I've been searching for early this morning, which will hopefully lead me to the floor I want to go to.
Starting from a few hours ago, after clearing my first Hell Floor, my tablet-like gadget showed me something important I wanted to pursue. Something that might have changed my way of going.
********** 8 Hours ago...
After the event of the Hell Floor.
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Bzzz...
Bzzz...
Bzzz...
Before I've been able to let my eyes rest, the gadget next to my bed started to vibrate. Bewildered and slightly annoyed, I grabbed it. The glare of the screenlight made my eyes squint. A I looked more closely, a text surfaced.
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Congratulations on surviving Fellra!
Here is your reward...!
Coins earned: 750
HeLL Floor app unlocked!
Travel guide unlocked!
Tasks:
Survive the night: passed! +200 coins
Come across the Killer: passed! +200 coins
Obtain the Killers' weapon: passed! +350 coins
Eliminate the killer: Failed! 400 coins
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So this is how I will earn my life savings. Through pain and misery. Not a huge difference with normal jobs. And next to earn coins, new apps were unlocked.
Curiosity filled my brain, wanting to know what the apps are able to do. I pressed on the 'Go Home' Button, below my receiving, showing me all of the apps I have.
The new Apps are being highlighted with a red glowing exclamation mark, levitating in the upper right corner of the icon.
My fingers moved to the HeLL Floor app first. The screen became a glowing red with a touch of black, giving it a Magma touch.
The app shows me how many Hell Floors I've cleared so far. Telling me '1 From ***' Hell Floors.
'So there's not a limit, I would guess?'
Further below it showed me a name 'The hell forest'. Perhaps Hell Floors have their own unique name?
Under the name, it recalls the coin earning and the tasks.
'So here I'll be able to recall the Hell Floors I've cleared.'
Pressing on the Home button once again, Something changed. The exclamation mark changed to a number! Into a 1 to be exact.
As I opened the app, I was greeted with a message...
After successfully clearing your first Hell Floor, you gain access to the Hellavator that will lead you to other areas of the building. Including the Cafeteria, the hellshop, the Zetafloor, and many more! Don't forget to bring your ID with you!
'So there are more Floors than this. Maybe I'll be able to reconnect with Hira again.'
Swiping the box with the message away, I could track the closest elevator nearby.
With a yawn, I turned the gadget off, laying it back where it was, and made myself even more comfortable in the snow white bed. It was the very first time sleeping in such a bed. Before that, I had no home, and the bed in the prison I was in turned out to be even worse!
I started to rest my eyes, with the blanket wrapped around my body, ready to see what the next day will gift me.
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8 hours later... the present
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I took the first steps in the so-called Hellavator. At first glance, everything indicates a normal elevator. The white-silver wall and doors with a holding rod on the side and a big mirror, taking the place of a whole wall.
The buttons right next to the door also seemed normal. With the exception that there's no numbers on them. They depict the first ten Greek numbers from alpha down to kappa.
Before pressing the button of my choice, I heard a loud, female voice yelling.
"Waaaaait for me!"
I allowed myself a peek outside, seeing a short-haired girl with round glasses on her nose, wearing a white smock, approaching the elevator with a quick pace.
As she rushed inside, she panted uncontrollably, squatting down with her hands resting on her knees. It took her some time before looking up into my eyes with big dark circles under her eyes. It seemed that she hadn't caught enough sleep the night before.
"T-Thank you for waiting..."
"No need to thank me. Do you have to go?"
I asked with a gentle smile, standing in front of the buttons.
"I ehm... I to Eta floor..."
Eta? Right before Zeta where I have to g,o. I wonder if she already cleared a Hell Floor as I did? Perhaps, anyone who cleared one received a message on their gadget.
"May I ask for your name?"
I query, pressing the 6th button Zeta, then the 7th one Eta. As the elevator began to move down, she stood up out of her squatting position, adjusting her glasses.
"C-Ceru... Call me Ceru."
She stutters and adjusts her Glasses even more. She acts pretty nervous. Perhaps she's not the greatest at small talk? Besides the odds, I continue asking her.
"Ceru? Were you inside a Hell Floor already?"
"A-A Hell Floor?! I-I mean possibly yes."
I stared at her with a lot of questions going through my mind. How long has she been in there? And what kind of Hell Floor was that? The same as ours? Or something completely different? I walked and sat on the holding rod on the wall, looking in the mirror while the elevator reached the 4th floor Delta.
"You seem tired. You've been inside the Hellfloor pretty long don't you?"
She denied it with a shaking head.
"No No. I've been awake pretty long, ex-experimenting on something I have found in the Hell Floor"
Experimenting? Is she something like a scientist? Not to mention that she's not wearing the same suit as me. Maybe not only prisoners get here. And what has she brought with her out of the Hell Floor?
Bling!
But before I could bomb her with questions, the door opened to the Zeta floor.
"O-Oh! That is your exit, I think!"
Yeah, it was... and I was unsatisfied that I wasn't able to gather more information
Anyways... I exited the Elevator, waving back at Ceru and hopefully not seeing her for the last time.
As the elevator closed, I was immediately greeted by a large sun up the ceiling, making me squinch with the hot temperature released. It wasn't comfortable, yet bearable. The air felt dry, and the hall I'm in seemed like an endless corridor. The walls had a sandy texture and the ground gave out a warm feeling.
However, my goal is to get to the shop for members with the Zeta symbol on the card. And the sign will surely lead me to it.
The sign showed an arrow that goes straight up. Symbolizing that I just have to walk straight forward.
As I walked in a straight line, a building came into view on the right side
I stopped and headed right inside the shop.
Looking around carefully, something was odd...
'Where are the items to buy'
THUD!
The door on the entrance suddenly closed itself
I rushed toward it, pulling it with all my strength but to no avail
'Why is it closed?!'
I thought, continuously pulling at the door handle.
But before anything else moved, I gave a look outside the window.
Everything was pitch-black like I got transported to another world...
'Don't tell me... another Hell Floor?'