Rina

"Why would she do that?" Callie said leaning on wall.

"Why would who do what?" I asked.

"You didn't see her? That lady closed the doors! We wouldn't be trapped in here if it weren't for her." Callie said tears coming into her eyes. This is the meanest I've seen Callie. She's usually sweet and shy, but not today.

"We need to find a way out of here!" Sandra said.

"Yeah, right." Sydney mumbled. Sydney and Sandra are good sisters and usually Sandra has the most sense... but this time, I have to agree with Sydney. I don't think we are going to make it out of here. I didn't say anything and kept looking. In the corner of my eye I saw Sydney looking for something also. Either she hasn't lost hope or she's keeping her thoughts to herself. Sort of.

"This is pointless." Sydney said. And walked over to where Callie and I were. She banged her fist against the wall and slid down to sit on the floor.

Flames traveled on the wall down to where Sydney was. I grabbed her arm and yanked her away. She looked up at the wall and grabbed Callie. We backed up to the metal emergency wall. I sat down on my knees and tried lifting it. Nothing happened.

In that moment, tears filled my eyes as I watched Sydney get up and start searching another wall. The truth was written all over face.

There is no way out.

All the hope of escape is gone.

Sydney

Looking, searching, trying to find an exit.

Failing to find an exit.

I saw Rina looking at me as a tear streamed down her face. She knew what I was thinking.

We are not escaping.

"Someone, look for a button or something!" Nea called to us.

"We're aren't going to make it out of here..." Sandra mumbled and sat in the corner of the room they were trapped in.

"Don't talk like that. We are going to get out of here—"

"Stop it, Nea. You said it yourself, we're not going to make it out of here. Giving us false hope won't change anything." I said as I sat down next to Sandra. She was staring horrifyingly at something. I turned my head to see what she was looking at. I couldn't see anything and squinted. I took a while, but now after you see it, you can't miss it.

There is was. The cause of the fire.

A bright orb was sitting in the middle of the room on a table. It looked connected to the fire somehow... I stood up and took a step forward. A step toward the heart of the fire.

I have to find a way to turn it off.

I started walking towards the orb. One step after the other. Maybe there was an off switch?

"Sydney, what are you doing?" Someone screamed. I don't know who it is, but it doesn't matter.

It's just me and the orb.

I reached out my hands to touch it. I don't know why it is so mesmerizing and—

A scream escaped from my lips as I touched it, but I couldn't pull away from it. I couldn't hear anything, other than my heart beating. Faster. Faster.

The walls started cracking as arms wrapped around my waist and pulled my back. If someone is talking, I can't hear them. I can't move. I can't feel anything, but the burn in my hands.

Finally, I let the darkness take me.

Sandra

"Sydney!" I screamed as I yanked her back from the orb. What was she thinking? My sister couldn't even be smart this one time?

"The walls!" Rina screamed.

"What's wrong with the—" Callie's scream interrupted my sentence as a block of cement and rock broke off from the wall falling inches away from Callie.

We all crowded together in the corner. The last place where the fire hasn't reached. The last moment we had together.

The building cracked more as the fire grew. I held on tight to Sydney, as the fire started closing in on us. I looked back at the orb as it started to grow bigger burning the table into ash. All of a sudden, I heard sirens. My hope grew. Then, it shrunk back down. It was to late. What took them so long anyway?

I looked at the girls as they banged on the wall screaming, to be freed.

I looked back at the orb which got to its biggest point and exploded. The girls screamed and the building collapsed on top of us.

The last thing I remember was the weight of something on top of me and the sound of shouts and footsteps. And the feeling of pain. So much pain.

And in that moment, I let myself be taken away from reality.