An Elevator to Another Dimension

I was a sucker for paranormal and creepy stuff when I was young. At the age of 25, me and my friends were running a paranormal investigation group, contacting people who believe their house is haunted or playing paranormal games to test if they are real or not. We were trying to get evidence or sightings of something paranormal to no avail. We tried for years and years still to no avail. After that, we thought it was all a hoax and were going to split the group as every single one of us had to get a job and start our own life. Before the group split up, I proposed to my friends that we do one last game and it's gonna be an amazing one.

They all agreed to it. "What is this amazing game?" they asked. I took out my phone and showed a paranormal game called 'The Elevator Game'. The description read that the game was 'supposed' to let us travel to another dimension similar to ours, the only difference being that, instead of normal humans, shadow people were living there.

"Pfft! Haha that's a nice gig." My friend laughed. "Let's do it anyway. At Least we'll get to have a good laugh together." He said again jokingly. The first requirement for this game was a hotel with 13 floors. Since, the 13th floor is taken as a bad omen, not many hotels have the 13th floor. After searching for an hour or so we finally found a hotel with the 13th floor. Next, to start the game, we have to follow a certain pattern on moving to the floors in the elevator which is 4-6-2-6-10-5-1. It is also said that on the fifth floor, a mysterious lady is supposed to enter the lift. She is not human and no contact should be made or else she will trap us in the shadow dimension. After she enters on the 5th floor and we press the button for the 1st floor, the elevator is supposed to move up to the tenth floor if the process is right and when the elevator opens what we see isn't the real world but the other dimension and when we get off to the other dimension, the woman asks us "Where are you going?" or "What are you looking for?" which should be unanswered. If the elevator moves down, then we are supposed to get out of the elevator and strictly not look back.

We looked at each other for a moment, there was an eerie silence. "So….Who wants to go first?" I asked. Nobody was eager to go. For a moment I thought to myself. "I'll go first then if you all are chickening out haha." I decided. I got into the elevator and before I started the game, they wished me good luck and asked me to call if something bad happened. I started the game by pressing the 4th floor button then slowly went on the pattern. As I reached the 5th floor following the chronological order, my heart was pounding and my gut feeling wasn't so good. *Ting* The elevator door opened and I didn't dare to raise my head. I slowly looked to see if someone was there or not. There was no one standing near the elevator nor anyone had entered. I was relieved for a moment. As the elevator door started closing, a hand with black gloves stopped it. My heart was pounding and a woman as said entered the elevator. I didn't make any contact with her and pressed the 1st floor button. I was praying to god, wishing the elevator to descend to the 1st floor but I felt it ascend. It actually worked. I was too scared. After the elevator door opened on the 10th floor, I bolted out of the elevator. As said, the woman asked "Where are you going?" I didn't respond and I closed my eyes and went as far as I could from the elevator.

After I calmed down, I remembered I had to get back to the elevator and I had been walking in a dark hallway. I grew anxious. I turned on my flashlight and searched my way back to the elevator. I had only walked straight so I found the elevator. The doors were still open so I rushed in the elevator and was gonna input the order when suddenly, I hadn't saved the order to get back to the real world nor memorized it as I thought it wasn't gonna work. I grew anxious every second, my hands were sweating and my heart was pounding fast. I tried to call my friends, then I remembered they aren't present in this dimension and phone calls aren't gonna work. I felt hopeless and sat on the corner of the elevator as that was the only thing that had light. Just as I sat down, the elevator lights started to flicker and went off. In the distance, I saw glowing orbs which looked like eyes. I closed my eyes and started praying to god. Just as I started praying I heard a familiar voice ask "Are you lost?...." It was the same voice as the woman who entered the elevator.