Don't let me go...

The first thing Autumn heard…was nothing.

And that… was terrifying.

The silence wrapped around her like a vacuum in space. Then, like the flicker of a faulty bulb, noise seeped in…A siren.

No, an alarm! 

Then dozens.Her eyes flew open.

She blinked rapidly against a strobing red light. Her breath came in gasps…or it would have…if sound followed. But nothing did.

Her mouth was open. She could feel her own scream clawing up her throat, yet… there was no sound. Not even her heartbeat... Just the blaring of a million alarm clocks. 

The room was square, metallic… no, glass. Dark walls stretched in all directions, glitching in and out of focus. The ceiling spun above her like a galaxy gone mad. She tried to move…but something bit into her wrists. Her arms were above her head… chained.

What…?

Her pulse jumped.

She looked down.

Her feet dangled. Below her was… nothing but air.

Endless air.

A skyscraper.