December 28, 2025 • 18 mins
When a crew filming in an abandoned building encounters strange disappearances and shifting hallways, they quickly realize they're trapped in a reality-bending nightmare where every door leads further into madness—and no one is safe.
“No Way Out” by Keith Conrad for the Auditory Anthology podcast: https://weirddarkness.com/auditoryanthology
Originally aired: December 28, 2025
EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/NoWayOut
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
#WeirdDarkness, #AbandonedBuilding, #Vanished, #LiminalSpaces, #HorrorStory, #ParallelDimensions, #CreepyStories, #Paranormal, #TrappedNoEscape, #TalesFromTheBlueLine
“No Way Out” by Keith Conrad for the Auditory Anthology podcast: https://weirddarkness.com/auditoryanthology
Originally aired: December 28, 2025
EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/NoWayOut
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.
#WeirdDarkness, #AbandonedBuilding, #Vanished, #LiminalSpaces, #HorrorStory, #ParallelDimensions, #CreepyStories, #Paranormal, #TrappedNoEscape, #TalesFromTheBlueLine
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
The following is the story I narrated for the Auditory
Anthology podcast a few months ago. If you'd like to
hear the fully produced version with music and sound effects,
I've pleased a link to the full version in the
episode description. And if you're a fan of classic sci
fi stories from the fifties and sixties, or quirky, short,
creepy stories, you'll want to subscribe to Auditory Anthology, which
you can do at auditoryanthology dot com. Deals from the
(00:31):
Blue Line, number five, No Way Out. The abandoned building
loomed ahead. It's cracked windows and crumbling facade barely visible
through the late afternoon haze. David, the producer, wasn't phased.
He filmed in places like this before. Creepiness was good
(00:52):
for ratings. All right, let's get moving. We got a
tight schedule, David said, as the crew unloaded their gear
from van Kara, the lead camera woman, rolled her eyes
at David's constant push for efficiency. Lucas, the sound technician,
was humming to himself, pretending not to notice how the
old building set a chill down his spine. This place
(01:15):
gives me the creep, Lucas muttered, his voice low enough
that only Rebecca, the junior producer, could hear him. She
smiled nervously, trying to hide her own on ease. This
was her first big gig with the team, and she
wasn't about to let on that the building made her
skin crawl. It'll be fine, Rebecca whispered back. It's just
(01:37):
an old building. Yeah, old and haunted, Lucas said. The
group approached the entrance, the massive wooden doors groaning as
they pushed them open. Inside, the air was thick with dust,
and the echo of their footsteps bounced off the peeling walls.
The dim light from the windows cast long shadows that
(01:57):
flickered as the team moved through the air hallways. Okay,
let's set up in the main hall, David said, glancing
down at the map of the buildings layout. We'll do
some b roll or the interiors first, then shoot the intro.
Once we got the lighting set, I'll scout out the
next room. Kara said, her voice echoing off the walls
(02:19):
as she disappeared into the darkness. David watched her go
before turning back to the others. Rebecca, you got the
list of shots, right, Yeah, We're good to go, Rebecca said,
but I don't know. There's something strange about this place.
David glanced around. The building was massive, its corridors winding
(02:40):
and endless, but that was typical for a location like this.
It's just old, he said, perfect for the kind of
mood we want. Let Death get this done, Lucas said.
The sooner we're out of here, the better. The building's
narrow hallways seemed to stretch endlessly, the dim light flickering
(03:01):
through the cracked windows casting eerie shadows along the floor.
Kara moved ahead of the group, her camera trained on
the surroundings as she scouted out the next room. Hold up,
I'm gonna check out this area, she said to David.
He was still setting up in the main hall. David
waved her on, more focused on getting the lighting right
than keeping track of every crew member. As Kara's footsteps
(03:25):
echoed away into the distance, Lucas adjusted his sound equipment,
picking up strange, faint sounds from the static in his headset.
He frowned, tapping the side of his gear. David, you
hear that, eh? Hear what? David asked, barely paying attention.
They're fIF found almost like footsteps, but different. It's probably
(03:47):
just interference, Lucas muttered, though the unease in his voice
was clear. Locus, Lucas, we got a lot to shoot,
David responded, brushing off the comment. He looked around, but
the always were empty, save for the faint echo of
Kara's voice coming through the calms, and then nothing Kara.
(04:10):
David called into his radio after a moment of silence, Kara,
do you copy? No response? Great, David said, She's probably
just out of range, but Lucas was already on edge.
He tapped his head set again, calling out, Kara you
there still no response? All right, Let's go find her,
(04:34):
David said, she probably just wandered off. They walked through
the hallway Kara had gone down, their footsteps echoing against
the cracked walls. The further they went, the darker it
seemed to get. As they reached the room where Kara
had last been, they found nothing, no sign of her. Kara,
(04:55):
David called, his voice echoing through the empty space. There
was no answer. The room was eerily still, and the
only sound was the faint hum of their equipment. Lucas,
who had followed behind them, glanced at the doorway. That
doesn't make any fense, there's no way if you could
have just disappeared. David checked the footage Kara had been recording,
(05:18):
replaying the last few seconds. The video showed her panning
the room, walking toward a doorway at the far end,
and then static. She was gone, as if she had
vanished midstep. This has to be a joke. David said,
Where could she have gone? Rebecca asked, we were right
(05:39):
behind her. I told you something with off about this place.
Lucas said, she didn't leave, she disappeared. David looked around,
trying to stay calm, but the growing sense of dread
in his chest was undeniable. The building seemed to close
in around them, the walls pressing closer, as if the
(06:02):
space itself had shifted. Care have gone, Lucas said, if
I don't think we're getting her back. David, Lucas, and
Rebecca stood in the empty room, their breath shallow. The
weight of Kara's disappearance Settling in the Silence in the
building felt suffocating, and every sound seemed to echo endlessly.
(06:25):
We need to find her, David said, trying to keep
his voice steady. She couldn't have just vanished into thin air.
I don't like this, Lucas said, I've heard stories about
playfif like this, buildings that mess with your mind. What
if this playthif different? Different? How Rebecca asked, her voice
(06:47):
barely a whisper. I've read about buildings that exist in
multiple dimensions, Lucas said. Weird stuff happens in them. People
get lost, they see things that aren't they Sometimes they
just disappear. David rolled his eyes, trying to suppress his
own growing fear. Come on, Lucas, We've been in plenty
(07:10):
of creepy places and nothing like that's ever happened. Kara's
around here somewhere. No, I'm furious, Lucas said, What if
every doorway here leave somewhere else, like a different version
of this building. David was about to brush it off
when something strange caught his eye, a doorway at the
(07:33):
far end of the room. It hadn't been there before,
he was certain of it. They had passed through this
space just minutes earlier, and now a door stood in
the middle of the wall. Slightly ajar that wasn't there before,
David said, his brow furrowing as he walked toward the door.
(07:55):
Lucas and Rebecca followed closely. The hallway beyond was dimly lit,
but something about it seemed wrong. The light was off
and objects in the room beyond were out of place,
subtle things like chairs facing their wrong direction or picture
frames slightly askew. This is what I'm talking about, Lucas said.
(08:18):
The building is shifting every time we walked through a doorway.
We're not in the same place anymore. David hesitated at
the threshold and not forming in his stomach. He didn't
believe in supernatural nonsense, but this was something different. Glanced
back at Rebecca, who looked as confused and scared as
(08:40):
he felt. All right, let's go, he said, Stepping through
the doorway cautiously. Lucas and Rebecca followed their breaths shallow.
As they entered the new hallway. It looked almost identical
to the one they'd just been in, except for those
subtle differences. The lights flickered overhead, casting eerie shadows on
(09:02):
the walls. The hallway stretched on longer than it should have,
and every doorway they passed felt like it was hiding something.
They continued walking, but the farther they went, the more
they felt disconnected from where they had been. Suddenly, Lucas
stopped at his tracks. Look, he said, pointing to the ground. There,
(09:23):
faint but visible, were kars footprints. They treeled off into
the distance, leaning toward another doorway at the far end
of the hall. David felt a chill run down his spine.
She's been here recently. But the hallway stretched on, twisting
and turning, as if it were playing tricks on them.
(09:44):
The deeper they went, the more disoriented they became. Doors
that had been there moments ago disappeared, hallways seemed to shift,
and the building felt alive, pulling them deeper into his maze.
We need to go back, Lucas said. This place isn't
right if trying to keep us here. Not yet, David said,
(10:08):
we have to find Kara. The disorienting hallways seemed to
stretch endlessly before them, twisting and turning, like a labyrinth
that refused to let them go. The farther they ventured,
the more it felt as if the building itself was alive,
shifting the walls and doorways to confuse and then trap them.
(10:28):
The air grew heavier, and the strange sensation of being
watched pressed down on all of them. Kara has to
be close David said, he was trying to convince himself
as much as the others. Rebecca was lagging slightly behind,
her eyes darting around nervously. This place is a nightmare.
(10:48):
I feel like we've walked in circles, but everything keeps changing.
Stay close, David said, turning a corner. We can't afford
to get separated. But just as the words left his mouth,
the air seemed to thicken, and the light overhead flickered
for a brief second. In that instant, Rebecca, who had
(11:11):
been walking right behind them, vanished. Rebecca, Lucas asked, his
eyes wide with panic. Rebecca. David whirled around too, but
Rebecca was gone. There was no sound, no sign of
a struggle. She had simply disappeared. One moment she was there,
and the next she was gone, as if the building
(11:34):
had swallowed her hole. Rebecca, David called, rushing back down
the hall, searching for any trace of her, but there
was nothing. The hallway was empty. The only sound the
faint buzz of the flickering lights overhead. She was right here,
Lucas shouted, his voice shaking. She was right here. How
(11:56):
can she just We need to stay calm, David said,
Panicking won't help us. She couldn't have gone far. She
didn't go anywhere. Lucas said, this place is I told
you if not right, it is shifting, it's pulling off apart.
David's mind raced, but he couldn't argue with Lucas. Two
(12:18):
of his crew members had now disappeared without a trace,
and the building seemed to be playing tricks on them,
warping their sense of direction and reality. We'll find her,
David said. Lucas was growing more agitated by the second. No, no, no,
We need to get out of here. We leave, David
before it's too late. David opened his mouth to argue,
(12:41):
but just as he did, the hallway seemed to warp again,
the edges of the walls bending ever so slightly. He blinked,
feeling a wave of dizziness wash over him. Lucas turned
and bolted, running down the corridor toward what he thought
was the exit. Lucas, wait, David shouted, but it was
too late. Lucas sprinted toward a doorway at the end
(13:04):
of the hall, convinced it would lead them out of
the building, but as he reached the threshold and stepped through,
he vanished, just like Kara and Rebecca. One moment he
was there, and the next the space where he stood
was empty. David stared in horror, frozen in place as
(13:24):
he tried to comprehend what had just happened. Lucas hadn't
simply run ahead, he had disappeared, as if the doorway
had swallowed him whole. David's heart pounded in his chest.
He was alone, now completely alone. The walls seemed to
close in around him, and the eerie silence pressed down
(13:45):
on him like a weight. He took a step back,
his mind racing. David stood frozen, his pulse thundering in
his ears. The building had claimed them, Kara, Rebecca, Lucas.
He was the last one left, trapped in this twisted
maze of dimensions. The hallway stretched out before him, but
(14:06):
it no longer felt like a place that followed the
laws of reality. Every step felt like a gamble, each
doorway a potential trap. Desperation gripped him. He couldn't leave
them behind, not without trying one last time. He retraced
his steps, searching for any sign of his crew, but
(14:26):
the building seemed to mock him. Hallways shifted, doorways appeared
and disappeared, and everything felt wrong. It was as if
the building was alive, aware of his presence, manipulating the
space around him. Then, as he walked down yet another corridor,
something familiar on his eye. Footprints faint and dusty, but
(14:49):
there they were. They led toward a doorway at the
far end of the hall, the same doorway Lucas had
disappeared through moments ago. David's heart pounded. He had no
other choice. He approached the doorway slowly, his breath shallow.
The air around the door seemed to shimmer slightly, as
if the fabric of reality was thinner. There he paused
(15:13):
for a moment, then stepped through. Everything changed. The hallway
on the other side felt different. It was the same building,
but the atmosphere was heavier, the shadows darker. David looked around,
his heart racing. I'm sure if he was in the
same place, sore in a different version of it altogether.
(15:34):
He called out, his voice echoing eerily down the hall. Kira, Rebecca, Lucas.
No answer. He moved forward cautiously, his flashlight beam cutting
through the darkness. As he reached the end of the hallway,
he heard something faint voices, barely audible, as if they
were coming from far away. His heart leapt it was
(15:57):
them his crew. David followed the sun, turning corner after corner,
moving deeper into the building's twisted reality. The voices grew louder, clearer,
but they still seemed just out of reach. He called
out again, this time more urgently, I'm here, Where are you?
Suddenly he found himself in a large empty room. The
(16:18):
walls were lined with mirrors, reflecting the dim light in strange,
disorienting ways. In the center of the room, there was
a door slightly ajar, with a soft light spilling from
beyond it. The voices were louder now, almost as if
they were calling him from the other side. David hesitated
for a moment, his hand hovering over the door handle.
(16:40):
He could feel the pull of the building, the way
it seemed to warp and bend reality around him, but
he couldn't leave without his crew. Taking a deep breath,
David pushed the door open and stepped through. On the
other side, the room was almost identical to the one
he had just left, except now he was no longer alone. Kara, Rebecca,
(17:06):
and Lucas stood there their backs to him, facing the wall.
They were motionless, eerily still, as if frozen in place.
Gara Lucas. David called out, his voice trembling. No response.
They didn't move. David stepped closer, his heart pounding, dread
(17:31):
creeping into his chest. He reached out, his hands, shaking
as he touched Cara's shoulder, but the moment his fingers
made contact, her body crumbled, disintegrating into dust before his eyes. No,
David whispered. One by one, his crew vanished, their forms,
dissolving into nothingness, as if they had never been there
(17:53):
at all. As he knelt there, the voices faded, the
room grew darker, and the walls began to close in.
The last thing David saw before the darkness consumed him
was the doorway, the one that had led him here,
and he realized too late that there had never been
(18:17):
a way out.
The following is the story I narrated for the Auditory
Anthology podcast a few months ago. If you'd like to
hear the fully produced version with music and sound effects,
I've pleased a link to the full version in the
episode description. And if you're a fan of classic sci
fi stories from the fifties and sixties, or quirky, short,
creepy stories, you'll want to subscribe to Auditory Anthology, which
you can do at auditoryanthology dot com. Deals from the
(00:31):
Blue Line, number five, No Way Out. The abandoned building
loomed ahead. It's cracked windows and crumbling facade barely visible
through the late afternoon haze. David, the producer, wasn't phased.
He filmed in places like this before. Creepiness was good
(00:52):
for ratings. All right, let's get moving. We got a
tight schedule, David said, as the crew unloaded their gear
from van Kara, the lead camera woman, rolled her eyes
at David's constant push for efficiency. Lucas, the sound technician,
was humming to himself, pretending not to notice how the
old building set a chill down his spine. This place
(01:15):
gives me the creep, Lucas muttered, his voice low enough
that only Rebecca, the junior producer, could hear him. She
smiled nervously, trying to hide her own on ease. This
was her first big gig with the team, and she
wasn't about to let on that the building made her
skin crawl. It'll be fine, Rebecca whispered back. It's just
(01:37):
an old building. Yeah, old and haunted, Lucas said. The
group approached the entrance, the massive wooden doors groaning as
they pushed them open. Inside, the air was thick with dust,
and the echo of their footsteps bounced off the peeling walls.
The dim light from the windows cast long shadows that
(01:57):
flickered as the team moved through the air hallways. Okay,
let's set up in the main hall, David said, glancing
down at the map of the buildings layout. We'll do
some b roll or the interiors first, then shoot the intro.
Once we got the lighting set, I'll scout out the
next room. Kara said, her voice echoing off the walls
(02:19):
as she disappeared into the darkness. David watched her go
before turning back to the others. Rebecca, you got the
list of shots, right, Yeah, We're good to go, Rebecca said,
but I don't know. There's something strange about this place.
David glanced around. The building was massive, its corridors winding
(02:40):
and endless, but that was typical for a location like this.
It's just old, he said, perfect for the kind of
mood we want. Let Death get this done, Lucas said.
The sooner we're out of here, the better. The building's
narrow hallways seemed to stretch endlessly, the dim light flickering
(03:01):
through the cracked windows casting eerie shadows along the floor.
Kara moved ahead of the group, her camera trained on
the surroundings as she scouted out the next room. Hold up,
I'm gonna check out this area, she said to David.
He was still setting up in the main hall. David
waved her on, more focused on getting the lighting right
than keeping track of every crew member. As Kara's footsteps
(03:25):
echoed away into the distance, Lucas adjusted his sound equipment,
picking up strange, faint sounds from the static in his headset.
He frowned, tapping the side of his gear. David, you
hear that, eh? Hear what? David asked, barely paying attention.
They're fIF found almost like footsteps, but different. It's probably
(03:47):
just interference, Lucas muttered, though the unease in his voice
was clear. Locus, Lucas, we got a lot to shoot,
David responded, brushing off the comment. He looked around, but
the always were empty, save for the faint echo of
Kara's voice coming through the calms, and then nothing Kara.
(04:10):
David called into his radio after a moment of silence, Kara,
do you copy? No response? Great, David said, She's probably
just out of range, but Lucas was already on edge.
He tapped his head set again, calling out, Kara you
there still no response? All right, Let's go find her,
(04:34):
David said, she probably just wandered off. They walked through
the hallway Kara had gone down, their footsteps echoing against
the cracked walls. The further they went, the darker it
seemed to get. As they reached the room where Kara
had last been, they found nothing, no sign of her. Kara,
(04:55):
David called, his voice echoing through the empty space. There
was no answer. The room was eerily still, and the
only sound was the faint hum of their equipment. Lucas,
who had followed behind them, glanced at the doorway. That
doesn't make any fense, there's no way if you could
have just disappeared. David checked the footage Kara had been recording,
(05:18):
replaying the last few seconds. The video showed her panning
the room, walking toward a doorway at the far end,
and then static. She was gone, as if she had
vanished midstep. This has to be a joke. David said,
Where could she have gone? Rebecca asked, we were right
(05:39):
behind her. I told you something with off about this place.
Lucas said, she didn't leave, she disappeared. David looked around,
trying to stay calm, but the growing sense of dread
in his chest was undeniable. The building seemed to close
in around them, the walls pressing closer, as if the
(06:02):
space itself had shifted. Care have gone, Lucas said, if
I don't think we're getting her back. David, Lucas, and
Rebecca stood in the empty room, their breath shallow. The
weight of Kara's disappearance Settling in the Silence in the
building felt suffocating, and every sound seemed to echo endlessly.
(06:25):
We need to find her, David said, trying to keep
his voice steady. She couldn't have just vanished into thin air.
I don't like this, Lucas said, I've heard stories about
playfif like this, buildings that mess with your mind. What
if this playthif different? Different? How Rebecca asked, her voice
(06:47):
barely a whisper. I've read about buildings that exist in
multiple dimensions, Lucas said. Weird stuff happens in them. People
get lost, they see things that aren't they Sometimes they
just disappear. David rolled his eyes, trying to suppress his
own growing fear. Come on, Lucas, We've been in plenty
(07:10):
of creepy places and nothing like that's ever happened. Kara's
around here somewhere. No, I'm furious, Lucas said, What if
every doorway here leave somewhere else, like a different version
of this building. David was about to brush it off
when something strange caught his eye, a doorway at the
(07:33):
far end of the room. It hadn't been there before,
he was certain of it. They had passed through this
space just minutes earlier, and now a door stood in
the middle of the wall. Slightly ajar that wasn't there before,
David said, his brow furrowing as he walked toward the door.
(07:55):
Lucas and Rebecca followed closely. The hallway beyond was dimly lit,
but something about it seemed wrong. The light was off
and objects in the room beyond were out of place,
subtle things like chairs facing their wrong direction or picture
frames slightly askew. This is what I'm talking about, Lucas said.
(08:18):
The building is shifting every time we walked through a doorway.
We're not in the same place anymore. David hesitated at
the threshold and not forming in his stomach. He didn't
believe in supernatural nonsense, but this was something different. Glanced
back at Rebecca, who looked as confused and scared as
(08:40):
he felt. All right, let's go, he said, Stepping through
the doorway cautiously. Lucas and Rebecca followed their breaths shallow.
As they entered the new hallway. It looked almost identical
to the one they'd just been in, except for those
subtle differences. The lights flickered overhead, casting eerie shadows on
(09:02):
the walls. The hallway stretched on longer than it should have,
and every doorway they passed felt like it was hiding something.
They continued walking, but the farther they went, the more
they felt disconnected from where they had been. Suddenly, Lucas
stopped at his tracks. Look, he said, pointing to the ground. There,
(09:23):
faint but visible, were kars footprints. They treeled off into
the distance, leaning toward another doorway at the far end
of the hall. David felt a chill run down his spine.
She's been here recently. But the hallway stretched on, twisting
and turning, as if it were playing tricks on them.
(09:44):
The deeper they went, the more disoriented they became. Doors
that had been there moments ago disappeared, hallways seemed to shift,
and the building felt alive, pulling them deeper into his maze.
We need to go back, Lucas said. This place isn't
right if trying to keep us here. Not yet, David said,
(10:08):
we have to find Kara. The disorienting hallways seemed to
stretch endlessly before them, twisting and turning, like a labyrinth
that refused to let them go. The farther they ventured,
the more it felt as if the building itself was alive,
shifting the walls and doorways to confuse and then trap them.
(10:28):
The air grew heavier, and the strange sensation of being
watched pressed down on all of them. Kara has to
be close David said, he was trying to convince himself
as much as the others. Rebecca was lagging slightly behind,
her eyes darting around nervously. This place is a nightmare.
(10:48):
I feel like we've walked in circles, but everything keeps changing.
Stay close, David said, turning a corner. We can't afford
to get separated. But just as the words left his mouth,
the air seemed to thicken, and the light overhead flickered
for a brief second. In that instant, Rebecca, who had
(11:11):
been walking right behind them, vanished. Rebecca, Lucas asked, his
eyes wide with panic. Rebecca. David whirled around too, but
Rebecca was gone. There was no sound, no sign of
a struggle. She had simply disappeared. One moment she was there,
and the next she was gone, as if the building
(11:34):
had swallowed her hole. Rebecca, David called, rushing back down
the hall, searching for any trace of her, but there
was nothing. The hallway was empty. The only sound the
faint buzz of the flickering lights overhead. She was right here,
Lucas shouted, his voice shaking. She was right here. How
(11:56):
can she just We need to stay calm, David said,
Panicking won't help us. She couldn't have gone far. She
didn't go anywhere. Lucas said, this place is I told
you if not right, it is shifting, it's pulling off apart.
David's mind raced, but he couldn't argue with Lucas. Two
(12:18):
of his crew members had now disappeared without a trace,
and the building seemed to be playing tricks on them,
warping their sense of direction and reality. We'll find her,
David said. Lucas was growing more agitated by the second. No, no, no,
We need to get out of here. We leave, David
before it's too late. David opened his mouth to argue,
(12:41):
but just as he did, the hallway seemed to warp again,
the edges of the walls bending ever so slightly. He blinked,
feeling a wave of dizziness wash over him. Lucas turned
and bolted, running down the corridor toward what he thought
was the exit. Lucas, wait, David shouted, but it was
too late. Lucas sprinted toward a doorway at the end
(13:04):
of the hall, convinced it would lead them out of
the building, but as he reached the threshold and stepped through,
he vanished, just like Kara and Rebecca. One moment he
was there, and the next the space where he stood
was empty. David stared in horror, frozen in place as
(13:24):
he tried to comprehend what had just happened. Lucas hadn't
simply run ahead, he had disappeared, as if the doorway
had swallowed him whole. David's heart pounded in his chest.
He was alone, now completely alone. The walls seemed to
close in around him, and the eerie silence pressed down
(13:45):
on him like a weight. He took a step back,
his mind racing. David stood frozen, his pulse thundering in
his ears. The building had claimed them, Kara, Rebecca, Lucas.
He was the last one left, trapped in this twisted
maze of dimensions. The hallway stretched out before him, but
(14:06):
it no longer felt like a place that followed the
laws of reality. Every step felt like a gamble, each
doorway a potential trap. Desperation gripped him. He couldn't leave
them behind, not without trying one last time. He retraced
his steps, searching for any sign of his crew, but
(14:26):
the building seemed to mock him. Hallways shifted, doorways appeared
and disappeared, and everything felt wrong. It was as if
the building was alive, aware of his presence, manipulating the
space around him. Then, as he walked down yet another corridor,
something familiar on his eye. Footprints faint and dusty, but
(14:49):
there they were. They led toward a doorway at the
far end of the hall, the same doorway Lucas had
disappeared through moments ago. David's heart pounded. He had no
other choice. He approached the doorway slowly, his breath shallow.
The air around the door seemed to shimmer slightly, as
if the fabric of reality was thinner. There he paused
(15:13):
for a moment, then stepped through. Everything changed. The hallway
on the other side felt different. It was the same building,
but the atmosphere was heavier, the shadows darker. David looked around,
his heart racing. I'm sure if he was in the
same place, sore in a different version of it altogether.
(15:34):
He called out, his voice echoing eerily down the hall. Kira, Rebecca, Lucas.
No answer. He moved forward cautiously, his flashlight beam cutting
through the darkness. As he reached the end of the hallway,
he heard something faint voices, barely audible, as if they
were coming from far away. His heart leapt it was
(15:57):
them his crew. David followed the sun, turning corner after corner,
moving deeper into the building's twisted reality. The voices grew louder, clearer,
but they still seemed just out of reach. He called
out again, this time more urgently, I'm here, Where are you?
Suddenly he found himself in a large empty room. The
(16:18):
walls were lined with mirrors, reflecting the dim light in strange,
disorienting ways. In the center of the room, there was
a door slightly ajar, with a soft light spilling from
beyond it. The voices were louder now, almost as if
they were calling him from the other side. David hesitated
for a moment, his hand hovering over the door handle.
(16:40):
He could feel the pull of the building, the way
it seemed to warp and bend reality around him, but
he couldn't leave without his crew. Taking a deep breath,
David pushed the door open and stepped through. On the
other side, the room was almost identical to the one
he had just left, except now he was no longer alone. Kara, Rebecca,
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and Lucas stood there their backs to him, facing the wall.
They were motionless, eerily still, as if frozen in place.
Gara Lucas. David called out, his voice trembling. No response.
They didn't move. David stepped closer, his heart pounding, dread
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creeping into his chest. He reached out, his hands, shaking
as he touched Cara's shoulder, but the moment his fingers
made contact, her body crumbled, disintegrating into dust before his eyes. No,
David whispered. One by one, his crew vanished, their forms,
dissolving into nothingness, as if they had never been there
(17:53):
at all. As he knelt there, the voices faded, the
room grew darker, and the walls began to close in.
The last thing David saw before the darkness consumed him
was the doorway, the one that had led him here,
and he realized too late that there had never been
(18:17):
a way out.
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