Elevator Hitch Protag Novels & Stories

"No. I do word associations for information I need to keep secret. Since I can't write anything down in case someone else finds it, I've had to develop a pretty elaborate way of keeping info organized in my brain." His jaw clenched and he grumbled under his breath. "I didn't catch that." I leaned forward. "It wasn't nice. Tell me about elevators." He waved me on. Okay then. "Elevators go up and down. Sometimes they fall." "Yes, they do. Good job, sweetheart." He went to pat my head. I kicked at him. "Some Adune dude back in the day invented them. His name was Siemens. Another dude, Iashiran, invented the safety thingy that keeps them from plummeting into the ground if the cable snaps. Said d

“I don’t think it’s going to fit.” Cassie groaned. “It will.” Felix assured. “Just slide it in gently.” Ever since the hour they had spent in the elevator, an easy camaraderie had formed between Felix and Cassie. That Tuesday, when Felix had made a racket in his panic, someone had heard him and had alerted security. It had taken some time, but they had finally gotten the elevator to start moving again. It had begun with the lights brightening to their full capacity, then the elevator gave a slight jolt before it continued with its descent. Still, neither Cassie nor Felix had gotten up and both of them had remained on the ground, fingers entwined, even when the doors had opened again.

There was not even a hint of a window. Several elevators stood around a huge central column at least forty meters in diameter. The car stopped in a dark corner next to the elevator. Brook-ta-man slowly got out of the car, with a habitual movement, pressed the button for the elevator in the distance. The doors slowly opened. The inner surface of the elevator was all dotted with small holes in which something sharp could be seen. The last six floors were distinguished by a special limited access frame.

He acted like a complete gentleman by offering me protection and comfort. He promised to get us out of here in one piece and I believed him. But the next second, the elevator lost its balance and I heard something that sounded like strings pulling apart or broken down. Before we realized what was happening, the elevator went down on its own. It started going down with speed, throwing us into a state of panic.

He pivoted, pulling me toward the service elevator. "The elevator is dead, Enzo! I cut the power!" "I know," he growled. "That’s why they won't expect us to be in the shaft." He kicked open the maintenance door. The vertical drop into the darkness was terrifying. Enzo grabbed a heavy-duty carabiner from his belt, hooked it into a high-tension wire used for manual servicing, and wrapped his arm around my waist. "Hold on to me," he commanded.

He reached up and punched the heavy metal casing of the elevator control panel, ripping the steel cover completely off to expose the complex wiring and hydraulic governors inside. "The lift is equipped with emergency magnetic freefall brakes located at the very bottom of the shaft," Julian stated, his large hands tearing through the thick bundles of analog cables. "If we disengage the primary motor governor, the lift will drop in an unrestricted freefall. Gravity will pull us down faster than the collapsing debris. The magnetic brakes will catch us before we hit the subterranean bedrock." Elena let out a terrified sob, clutching the iron bars of the cage. "We will be crushed when we hit the

It looked exactly like the pendant around my neck, but massive. "The tether!" Cord shouted, stepping back from the intense heat, his chest heaving, his tunic completely soaked in sweat. We couldn't drop the anchor unattached. It needed a wire to carry the signal back to the surface. Kael and the miners had dragged the heavy, thick iron chains that had once hoisted the elevator. They linked them together, forming a massive, continuous chain. Cord grabbed the end link and, with one final, earth-shaking strike of his hammer, welded it directly to the top of the forged teardrop.

"Baby Bella…" My whole body stiffened. That was our safe word from ten years ago. Whenever we fought, if he said it, I had to give him a chance to explain. "See… I still remember. Our promises never changed." "Theodore, that nickname has lost its meaning." With that, I grabbed my carry-on and walked toward security without looking back. ... Time flew by, and half a month passed. Yvette was leaning on my shoulder, fast asleep. In those two weeks, we had gone to Freezeland.

The powerful machines lined up along the walls. In the very center of the room, a 10 meter square hatch had been forced open. Its door had been torn off with great force by some machine, and was set to the side like useless scrap. When the elevator from the floor below reached the hatch, the Drogar quickly loaded it up with the crates they were holding. Once it was full of crates and people, it sank down to the lower level, where they unloaded everything, and continued their way down darker, mustier hallways.

"We were headed for the 104th floor. However, the elevator got stuck after someone exited on your floor." "And who's the guy who got off on our floor?" Yohan inquired. "It was a man, hair tied back. He had on a Fur coat and a black suit underneath." Yohan grinned. He was sure they meant Cheyne. He glanced at the elevator, noticing the door ajar and it repeatedly attempting to close. "You can take the stairs... just go straight ahead." Zea and Kaito both nodded, then proceeded towards the fire exit. ****