meltdown

Thomas was down the hall from Brenda. He was behind a corner and moved a potted plant over to the corner to give him more cover. He got his phone ready, and restarted time.

Brenda froze. Her eyes went wide then she tried to walk, but her cuffs made her lose her balance, and she fell back against her door and slid down. "What is happening?" she whimpered. She looked around and saw no one. She got to her knees then stood up again. She tried to open the door with her cuffed wrists, but the door was locked. "This just can't be!" she said. She looked around in desperation trying to find any way out of this.

Thomas, who was filming all of this stopped time again. He went to the elevator at the end of the hall. Brenda was facing away from him. He restarted time and hit the call button for the elevator. He then stopped time and went back to his hiding place and restarted time.

Brenda kept trying the door lock, but it would not open. She hopped up and down and bit in frustration. She banged her head against the door in more frustration. A few moments later, the elevator dinged. Her eyes wide, Brenda crouched down, trying to cover as much of herself as possible from view of whoever was getting off the elevator. The doors opened, but it was empty.

As the doors started to close, Thomas stopped time. He went into the elevator and restarted time. He quickly hit the button for the lobby and stopped time again. He went and picked up Brenda and put her into the elevator. He left the elevator and went just outside the door where Brenda could not see him. He then restarted time.

"Noooo!" cried Brenda just before the doors shut.

Thomas went to the stairs and ran down the stairs to the lobby.