Endless Descent

“This staircase has no bottom… but I kept walking.” In an abandoned mall,

there’s a rusted stairwell with a sign that says: “Do Not Descend.” I went down anyway.

Floor -1. Then -2. Then -3. Every floor looked identical—

same flickering light, same peeling wallpaper. But I heard footsteps below me.

Getting closer. I ran upstairs— but the stairs only went down. Floors passed like

levels in a game: -12 -25 -44 A voice whispered

from below: “Almost here…” I screamed and jumped over the railing. I landed back on

Floor 1. No injuries. But my phone pedometer said: “+ 7,492 steps.”