The elevator got up a few floors before shutting off completely. The backup generator allowed a single light to still flicker on. ... [i]Noon[/i] It took a few hours to get everything as organized as it could be. The people left still alive on the upper floors of the skyscraper finally realized that nobody was going anywhere. The staircase doors were opened on certain levels, and told by instructions from the intercom, everyone moved together on floors 32, which was a large area with a cafeteria and other offices, and levels 33 and 34. With the generators, the bathrooms still worked and so did the lights. Everyone was forced to stay and wait this thing out. The cafeteria would supply some extra time, but though the space was available, all of the food was under guard already. Judge Williams quickly found herself in the leading role. "As you all know by now..." the judge started. She was speaking calmly into the intercom for all to hear, safely still in the security room on the 35th floor. "...our city, is under some kind of attack. We believe it to be contagious, whether it is airborne or not, we don't know yet. The entire first floor is contaminated, as our the streets outside. we are all trapped here." She spoke bluntly, not trying to sugarcoat any part of it. "We have no choice but to try and wait this thing out. All connections with the outside are off, so all we have is one another. As far as we can tell right now, none of you are infected with this virus, however, we will still keep our distance as a precaution. We have enough food to last us a few months, which will be given out fairly over the next coming days. We ask that you stay calm, leave the solutions to the military. Thank you-" "...so that's it?" Lucy said, her arms crossed over her chest. A mixture of sunlight and darkness was fading into the room from the window blinds. "We just wait it out? What if the military doesn't come?" The judge ignored Lucy's comments and walked off, entering through a door that led to her new quarters. Riley shrugged, then took another look at all of the computer monitors. "Dal, isn't that your client?" he questioned, pointing at the elevator monitor. It was. Her and two others were trapped inside, the elevator unmoving. [color=steelblue] "It is," [/color] Dallen replied. [color=steelblue] "I'll get her." [/color] He turned to leave, but the head of security stood in his way. "We can't turn the power back on-" [color=steelblue] "Just give me access to the elevator on this floor, I'll bring them up," [/color] "We can't bring anymore people here," Briggs told him. "You were a lucky exception." [color=steelblue] "Then open level 32, I'll drop them off in there and come back here myself," [/color] Dallen said, getting slightly agitated. Briggs gave a nod, getting out of the way and heading over to the controls. Lucy stopped Dallen once more, but just to give him a kiss on the cheek. Her eyes said everything, and then he was off down the hallway. A green light flickered on the side panel of the elevator doors, indicating that they were on. The double doors opened, revealing the inside of the elevator shaft. The long cables holding it all together seemed distant, with the elevators unmoving some space below. Dallen gave out a deep breath, then lunged forward. He jumped and caught onto the cables, easily sliding down and onto the top of the elevator. Opening the lid, he peered down inside at Elizabeth for the second time this morning. [color=steelblue] "Ms. Darling, good morning!" [/color] he said, repeating their introduction from earlier. [color=steelblue] "Excuse me if I'm brief, but you're stuck. Follow me!" [/color] He reached his arm down, offering to pull them all up to where he was. The elevator doors on level 32 suddenly opened, the floor just a few feet above them. As Dallen reached and pulled everyone up to the top of the elevator, a few curious individuals started peeking their heads into the shaft from the 32nd floor. "Hey! Hey!! The elevators are open!! There's a way out!!" one man called out, and moments later a crowd of people formed at the scene to watch on. "Hey man, let us in!!" The people were already aggravated and impatient, most of them not understanding what was going on in full detail. All they knew was that they were trapped on this floor, and they wanted out. [color=steelblue] "Stay there, sir!" [/color] Dallen yelled back at him as he picked up the final person. [color=steelblue] "I'm just getting these people out!" [/color] The man obeyed, but there was already a mutiny brewing within a lot of these people. Time would only tell how long it would take for it to come to fruition. For now, the small crowd of people helped them all up to the floor, the elevator shutting and locking behind them. [color=steelblue] "Make room, move!"[/color] It took awhile to get through the people, all of them curious and confused. Eventually everything settled back down, as everyone found their spots again to be. A group was in prayer by one of the large windows, most were in chairs and couches randomly set out, whether in the cafeteria or the other offices surrounding. There was food for them all here, but the stockpiles of the rest were in lockdown. Dallen and the three he helped from the elevator all took to an area by an expresso shop. "Dallen, thank you," the man from the elevator said. "It's me, Tyler. We worked on that case together, last year." Dallen nodded to the young man. [color=steelblue] "We worked against each other." [/color] "Yeah, yeah. Kirkman vs the state," he said. "You won, it was my first case." [color=steelblue] "Are you okay?" [/color] Dallen turned his attention to Elizabeth. She still seemed a little bit in shock.