Hero smiled once she got a full view of the trapped man. “It’s not problem, I’m glad I could help.”

Hero’s knees wobbled a bit at the sight of the half melted door and shrugged her shoulders at Andrew’s question. “I don’t really know. One minute it wasn’t there and then it was. Acid, I think.”

She could feel the anxiety radiating off of him - it must have been a lot if she was able to pick up on it - and she wondered idly if her could feel hers as well. It rolled off her shoulders in waves of terror and fright, blanketing her in nervous twiddling and ticks. The only thing keeping her calm at the moment was the company the new man brought – being lost together is better than being lost alone, she guessed. Hero had been stuck so much in her thoughts that she didn’t even notice Andrew’s glance at the screen.

“Th-this, uh…that can’t be right.” Hero shuffled her feet and patted him on the back awkwardly in a small attempt at consoling. Clearing her throat, she began to talk,
“Maybe there’s a glitch in the computer system? I mean…so far of what I’ve seen of the place, it’s not exactly reliable. I mean, the door got stuck for Christ’s sakes. We should probably, um, go find someone who can tell us how to get out of here…if there’s anyone left.”

She swiveled quickly on her heel, prepared to search in the darkness, but she was too close to the back wall and her nose collided with it. Squealing, and embarrassed at her typical unawareness, she blushed and cleared her throat once again. “We should probably go that way. Heh, no walls are in there.”

She couldn’t have gotten more than two feet when the crackling came overhead.

“Warning: Subject H-666 has breached its containment cell. Attempting to activate emergency procedures…Attempt failed. All personnel report to the nearest security checkpoint. The proper officers have been notified and are currently working on containment. Please, do not panic.”

Hero was panicking.