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party going on now,” River said. Autumn blocked the doors, so they wouldn’t close.
                  “Why are you here, Jaime?” Envy asked.
                  “I was gonna perform today.”
                  “So you were the one opening for us,” Stefan said.
                  “No way. You bitches were opening for me,” he replied angrily. Everyone went quiet.
     
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                  The elevator’s music was a little too high, and it didn’t sound right either. As Autumn thought about the music, something came to her. What if there where zombies down on the first floor? Did anyone check? She looked at the crowd quietly chatting. She pressed the stop button. The elevator came to a jerky stop making everyone look at her. Better safe than sorry, right?
                  “What’s up?” Hazel asked. She still wasn’t ready to remember what had happened.  She still had a far off look in her eyes. It hurt Autumn’s heart to see her friend with that look. But she was functioning, not a vegetable like she had been, which was a plus.
                  “I think maybe we should go back up and take the stairs down,” Autumn said.
                  “Come on, Autumn, press the button. We’re close enough to the floor, might as well get on with it,” Frank, her youngest cousin, said.
                  “You’re just saying that because you’re way back there. I’ll be one of the first munched,” she said. Everyone’s eyes got big. “Well?”
                  “Go on. If there are zombies, the doors should close before they get in,” Richard said. “Plus, you can beat a zombie away easily enough.”
                  “You flatter me, fine.” She didn’t think everybody was as sane as they believed they were. The events lately just kicked you like a mean owner would kick a bad dog and enjoy seeing it run away, yapping. She knew, so did her friend Hazel and the guys of Tune N’. No one would ever be the same. Autumn took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. What did she have to lose? Only her life.
                  Damn me , her mind whispered. She hit the button to resume their descent.

Chapter 5
     
                  The elevator lurched downward. It binged, and the doors slid open as the group held their breath, flinching. Everyone was afraid Autumn could feel it in the air. She could feel them around her. Staring out the doors, they saw no infected. Autumn slipped out of the elevator when she was sure it was clear.
                  “Stay here,” she said, before vanishing out of sight.              
                  “Autumn, get back in,” Richard said following her out.
                  “Richard,” Autumn whispered to him, so he knew where she was. She motioned for him to come by the wall with her. “Took you long enough.”
                  “What are you doing?”
                  “Follow me,” she whispered, walking behind the elevator. He followed quietly. The elevator had been set up with a gap between it and the actual wall, so you could walk around it. 
                  Autumn stopped. Richard, in his own thoughts, almost bumped into her. He watched as Autumn peeked around the corner, and then turned, giving him an evil grin and winked. He knew that grin all too well. Usually when that grin appeared she was going to do something very very naughty.
                  She tiptoed slowly to the front of the elevator, and saw that someone’s foot was up against the door so it wouldn’t close.
                  Autumn jumped in front of the doors, “BOO!!” She screamed. 
                  Richard hurried over to stand next to her. Some people screamed, and an oh-my-god could be heard. Looking at their faces. They were scared