Reaching the bottom
After endless minutes, the escalator jolted to a halt with a clank. Kevin stepped off cautiously, legs trembling, heart hammering. The vast hall stretched before him, eerily silent except for the escalator humming behind. He scanned nervously, eyes locking on something familiar near the center—his phone, lying cracked but glowing faintly against the dust, like a fragile heartbeat calling him forward.
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