Silent Apartment

Nancy and Haru walked inside.

“Hello?” he asked. “Is anybody in here?” Nancy shivered with her little girl in her arms. She looked at her boyfriend.

“Maybe we should go back?” she suggested.

“I think so,” Haru said. The young man turned his head. A confused look came over his face.

“That’s strange,” he said.

“What?” Nancy asked.

“I think the door’s gone,” Haru said. The way he said it confused himself. Nancy shared his puzzled look.

“What? Are you serious?” she asked. Her boyfriend walked over to where the door should be. There was now nothing but a smooth wall. Haru ran his hand along the surface.

“Yeah, the door is gone,” he said.

“How is that even possible?” Nancy asked as she walked up next to him. She blinked many times. Yeah, the door was really gone.

“Are we trapped in here?” she asked. Haru frowned.

“I hope not,” he said.

Who’s there?

The couple turned around. There was no one there. Nancy wrinkled her nose.

“Am I going crazy? You heard that too, right?” she asked. Haru nodded.

“Yeah…” he said. His eyes shifted around as he looked up at the ceiling. Nancy shivered.

“I don’t like this,” he whispered. Her little daughter whimpered at her chest. Nancy bounced her up and down as she shushed her.

There are three of them here.

How the hell did they get in here?

Not good.

We can’t lose focus. Concentrate on the task at hand. We’re running out of time!

Right!

Now, Nancy and Haru were really confused. It sounded like a group of women talking in hushed tones. What were they talking about? What did they mean they were running out of time and what were they concentrating on? It would be a good time to get out of here, but given that the door was gone…

“What should we do now?” Nancy asked. Haru shrugged as he started to really look uneasy.

“We don’t have much else to do,” he said. “Only thing we can do is look for a way out.” The words came out flat as he spoke them. Nancy turned and looked behind at the path they were originally heading. Maybe there was a window open somewhere? Despite not having anything else to do, the couple didn’t have any high hopes for this plan.