CH 7

Jacob looked up and saw a police officer standing in the far corner of the free-falling elevator, before he had time to reregister why she was there the elevator came to a stop. The whole shaft shook and a red light came on.

“What the hell are you thinking taking me down here!?” The officer shouted “Practically gave me a heart attack, you under arrest.”

Jacob closed his eyes, knowing that this was going to be hard to explain

“Listen Officer…”

“Miller” She pointed to her name tag

“Ok look who exactly called you did they give you a name?”

“No, no name just that Mr. Yao has been murdered, now take us back up, Jacob”

“How do you know my name?”

“Looked it up” she said.

“You looked it up or the computer told you my name?”

“Well it told me where you were, same one was also telling me that I was talking to Mr. Yao on the other end and he told me about this elevator.”

Jacob closed his eyes and let out a heavy breath “Listen” he said “Mr. Yao was not on the other end, Mr. Yao is dead I watched him get shot. The computer’s name is Malcolm I helped design him and it trapped me in some circuit room then knocked me out I have no idea how I managed to escape but I did. I ran to the elevator and when the doors opened I the key card I found in the slot and that’s when I hard you scream. Which by the way how did you get in that elevator?”

“I don’t know who he was when I was talking to the supposed Mr. Yao someone came up behind me and pointed a gun in my back, I tried to get the gun away from him but he knocked me out somehow.”

The officer opened her mouth to say something more but she never got to it, the doors to the elevator opened and they stared into a room that went back further then they could see. In the middle of the room sat a person strapped to a chair.