Forces Gather: Part Six

Unhappy Reunion

All the lights on the third floor go out.

A few of the lights flicker on, then off, then on, then off, creating a strobe effect as CB cautiously makes his way down the hall to the stairwell. In the brief moments of light, the hallway looks different: the walls seem taller, the ceiling shimmers and rolls like water, and all the while he feels that strange oily, burning, freezing, cutting power slide over him. He reaches out to the wall to brace himself, then immediately draws his...