“Not fight?” the man demanded with an indignant scoff.  Pointing an accusatory finger in Elizabeth's direction from his spot on the floor, he exclaimed, “She just almost killed me!”  Stepping forward and glaring down at him, she opened her mouth to snap back a defense only to find herself distracted as they suddenly stopped.  Everything went dark for a few seconds before harsh red lights flickered on.  Elizabeth glanced towards the dark headed woman who stood in the corner with her eyes closed massaging her temples.  Then she turned her attention back towards the man on the floor.  “Oh, god.  We're gonna die,” he wailed.  

“Could you man the fuck up or something?” Elizabeth snapped as he began lamenting all of the things in his life he wouldn't get the chance to do.  He was making her even more anxious than she already was which was saying something.  

The woman with them opened her eyes.  “Relax, Tyler,” the woman said.  This was the first time Elizabeth had heard the man's name.  She took a quick glimpse at the woman's badge; her name was Ava.  “At least we didn't fall to our deaths.”  While it was an attempt at being optimistic, both Elizabeth and the frightened lawyer turned to stare at her.  If the thought that the elevator could go crashing down hadn't been in their thoughts before, the seed had certainly been firmly planted.  

As minutes ticked on and hours passed, the three of them were starting to give up hope that they would be found.  They each picked a corner of the elevator to call their own though Tyler's sprawled legs kept creeping into Elizabeth's space.  She kept having to kick his leg out of her area to which he would retaliate by trying to take more of her space.  Eventually she gave up, huddling and hugging her legs.

“They probably all ate each other,” Tyler said after a while.  “We're gonna die in here.”

“Probably,” Elizabeth agreed, her voice sounding more hopeless and defeated than she would have liked.  Ava remained quiet, shaking her head as she thought about the massacre in the lobby.  As much as Elizabeth may have wanted to forget it, the gruesome scene was permanently ingrained in her mind; she imagined it was the same for all of them.  

Catching Tyler's eye as he looked between the two woman, Elizabeth arched a curious brow in his direction though it was Ava who cared enough to actually ask, “What is it, Tyler?”

Even though he appeared to be uncomfortable, it didn't stop him from asking the question on his mind.  “We should probably figure out who we would eat first if we end up stuck here, right?” he asked.

“Jesus Christ!” Elizabeth exclaimed in disbelief.  What kind of monster was she trapped with?  Taking off her heel, she held it up in defense.  “You come near me, this is going in your eye.”

He became defensive.  “It's a perfectly justifiable question!”

“No one is eating anyone!” Ava said, trying to keep the peace between the two.  As both Elizabeth and Tyler scrambled to stand up and face off against one another, the woman held her arms out between them.  “Children!” she exclaimed, despite being younger than the man herself.  The two glared at one another with Elizabeth sticking her tongue out at him, but she relented to Ava and eventually put her shoe back on.

It was then they all heard something hit the roof of the elevator.  Despite the animosity, the fear had them huddled together as they all looked at the roof.  The emergency hatch at the top opening, none of them expected anyone to be there—and Elizabeth certainly didn't expect to see the face she saw.  There was no hiding her surprise as the face of her overpaid lawyer peered down at them.  

Seeing the face of someone coming to save them, Tyler was eager.  He knocked into her and she stumbled back against the side of the elevator.  Already having taken his hand, he was the first lifted out.  As much as she hated it, she was just glad that he was finally out of her way.  Ava was next, but only because Elizabeth insisted she be after Tyler rudely saved himself first without a second thought to either of them.  She was the last one out.

With the help of everyone, they eventually made it onto a new floor and, because they didn't know what else to do, they all followed him.

Rolling her eyes as Tyler immediately started sucking up to him, Elizabeth just looked away towards one of the windows and kept her distance.  Now that she was out of the elevator, she had to think of a way to get out of the building.  With the first floor in chaos, she didn't know how they were going to do it.  But she needed to get out and she needed to figure out not only what was going on, but how far it spread.

Not realizing that Dallen was speaking to her at first, it wasn't until Ava nudged her gently with her elbow that she snapped out of her trance.  “Huh?” she asked, looking back at him.  Ava repeating the question, for her own curiosity now as well, Elizabeth found herself suddenly uncomfortable with the sudden attention she was receiving.  

“Of course I'm not okay,” she replied, unable to fathom how anyone possibly could be okay in this situation.  She had just witnessed people killing one another downstairs.  She'd heard their screams as they died and their prayers to be saved failed to be answered.  Then she'd been stuck for hours in an elevator with one of the most selfish people she'd ever met.  Okay was one of the last words she would use to describe herself.

Holding her arms out so they would all give her space, she backed away and went off to sulk at the other end of the shop.