DAB! Welcome to the final chapter of "Elevator"! WHOO! A big, BIG thank you to everyone who's read, reviewed, fav'd or followed this story! Writing wouldn't be this fun without you guys! For a seven-chapter story, 48 REVIEWS WASN'T SOMETHING I'D ANTICIPATED, MY GOODNESS! And let's not forget to mention 12 FOLLOWS AND FOURTEEN FAVORITES, YOU GUYZ! DAB! Jeez Louise!

Crisper: But why those dabs, though?

It's because I'm feeling DABtastic! DAB! Seriously, though, I have no idea why I'm suddenly feeling so DAB-ilicious. Well, let's hit some reviews before we get started!

Emily The Avenger: Hmm, maybe this chapter should clear things up.

LostSoul508: (This review filled Reuben with determination) (sorry, I had to! xD)

RapidSammi: Well, tell your soul to hurt no more! As for Petra, she's probably out mining, imagining her friends are enjoying their day. Boy, is she wrong.

TealEmpress: I can totally agree with you, except Aiden hasn't had his accident. Yet. (the word 'yet' echoes down the halls). I guess I've tortured them long enough, though… time to save these kids! (throws on crappy superhero-suit and whooshes down)

Alice Forshadow (Guest): Oh my gosh! I can't believe you remember that episode! I'm so happy right now! I should probably get back to the Random Roulette soon, shouldn't I? Hopefully, I'll be able to. Enjoy your carrot and the story!

DAB! Well, hit it, Crisper! Go ahead and DAB if you'd like—

Crisper: No, thanks. (hits it)

DAB!

Reuben gave a few last piggy-coughs before he shakily turned around and lobbed himself into Jesse's lap, his whole body growing and shrinking with his labored breathing. Jesse idly reached up to stroke Reuben's furry head, his eyes fixed on the puddle. Even Maya, Gill and Lukas stood to see what the staring was about, with Aiden leaning over as much as he could without putting himself under too much pressure. Maya gasped.

"Hey, we found your phone, Olivia." Axel said quietly. Olivia stared straight ahead. "Well? Go ahead and grab it." Olivia sent him a glare, and then sighed in defeat. She reached out and tried to snag her phone with her nails. She tried to avoid the mess of carrots pooled around it, but she eventually managed to pull it out. She held it by a corner in the room, and a chorus of 'ewe's rose up.

"Does anyone have a paper towel or something?" She asked as she stared at her drippy phone. Jesse gently shuffled to his backpack, rummaging around a bit before he found a soft, pink blankie he brought for Reuben. He handed it to Olivia and she dropped it in and massaged her phone. Seconds later, she pulled it out and looked it over. The smell of vomit seemed to radiate around the room and she hoped the smell wouldn't hold onto her phone. When she happened to glance up, she saw three eager Ocelots towering over her. She quickly looked at her phone and pressed the power button. Her phone really hurt Reuben. She hoped Reuben hadn't done the same to her phone.

"Come on, come on, come on," she droned as they waited on the black-screen. The seconds seemed to lag like soul-sand. A picture of a cute puppy flooded the screen, and everyone shouted with joy. Reuben flinched in Jesse's lap, but Jesse scooped him up like he was a prized child.

"Reuben, we have a phone!" He shouted joyously. The still nauseous Reuben was quick to give a response. Jesse held his breath and closed his eyes when he was suddenly showered with water and chewed-up carrots. Jesse could hear Aiden guffawing behind him when Reuben stopped after a few seconds. Olivia feebly reached up to wipe the vomit from his tightly-shut eyes and friendly laughter began to spread. Jesse managed a smile as Reuben gazed drowsily at him. He lowered him to his chest, gently patting his back. "I need a shower."

"Think I should call 9-1-1?" Olivia asked.

"No, call my mom instead." Gill joked dryly. Still overjoyed, Olivia felt she could ignore his sarcasm for now as she quickly dialed the number. They watched with anticipation as Olivia held the phone to her ear. "We're going home, man!" Gill squealed, delivering a hearty slap to Lukas's shoulder. "Man, I can't wait to get home. I'm gonna take a nap. What about you?"

"Maybe write something, breathe a little fresh air."

"Cool. How 'bout you, Aiden? Use the bathroom? You know, if you haven't already. Have you?" His smile melted at Aiden's fiery glare. The brunette, still holding himself dearly, slowly shook his head. "Oh… just asking. Um, how about you, Maya?" Maya excitedly jumped up and down in a corner, happier than a puppy and a bone, and squealing too loudly to hear anything. "Yeah, I guess she's doing that."

"How long?... ten minutes? Great!" Olivia waited for another answer from the phone. "Alright. Thank you." She pulled the phone away from her ear and squealed with delight. "They're coming here in ten minutes, guys!"

"Yes! Yess!" Axel shouted, pumping the air with both fists.

"Sounds good, because this place smells horrible." Lukas said, pinching his nose.

"You have no idea." Jesse said from the floor, his face still sticky with vomit. He sent Reuben a playful glare. "I still can't believe you ate a phone today, Reuben. Do I not feed you enough?" Reuben sat up and returned a lighthearted oink, feeling much better than before. Jesse chuckled softly.

"I need to put it up higher, then." Olivia said, sliding the phone into her back pocket and frowning slightly. "It was in my room on the bed. I didn't think he'd go in there. And why would he eat a phone of all things?"

"Maybe he thought it looked nice. You do have all those pretty, red beads all over it. Maybe he thought it was candy." Axel guessed. "When we get home, I'm gonna get a snack. I think I left some cake in the pantry or something. We should celebrate."

Olivia was about to answer, but her nose curled at the smell of vomit. "If I'm hungry then. Maybe."

"Whatever you say, Liv."

Jesse's concerned eyes studied Olivia's still sickened face, the girl trying to avoid looking at the puddle. "You don't look too good, Olivia." He said nervously.

"Oh, don't tell me she's about to throw up, too?" Maya whined, though she didn't sound as full of spite as they'd expected. Everyone readily agreed with her, not wanting another odor filling the room.

"Could you clean that up?" She asked as she scooted away from it. Jesse picked up Reuben's pink blanket and tossed it over the puddle. He cautiously placed both hands on it and massaged it into the carpet.

"Gross!" Maya hissed silently. The harder Jesse rubbed the carpet, the more his stomach seemed to float. He suddenly stopped, clamping a hand over his mouth. Of course, the only few times Reuben threw up it was outside on the grass and he didn't have to clean it. This was a new, and nauseating, experience for him. He gagged lightly and the entire room flinched.

"Okay, good job, Jesse. I'll handle it!" Axel rambled, hastily grabbing Jesse and shoving him aside. He dug his large fists into the carpet and scrubbed it out. Within minutes, the carpet had less of an odor and looked clean, though it wasn't that way for the once-pink blanket. He folded it into a loose, lumpy ball. Jesse's face fell and his stomach rose when Axel decided to stuff the smelly, stained blanket into his backpack.

"Really, though?" He muttered under his breath, even though he was glad that the stench was nearly gone. He tried to breathe out the nausea and focus on how much fun it would be to get home and have a nice, warm bath while cold, refreshing rain poured outside.

"You know, that reminds me of something. My cousin's parents bought her a little dog once," Axel said, catching his friends' and the Ocelots' attention, "and one day it threw up. Since it was her dog, they made her clean it up. But while she was cleaning it, she got sick and threw up."

"Axel, could you please talk about something else?" Olivia asked.

"No, don't worry, it gets better. So, her mom had to go clean up dog puke and kid puke. While she was cleaning, she threw up! So, my cousin's dad had to clean up all the puke. That's all." Gill laughed a bit, but Axel saw that his joke made most everyone in the room turn green.

"Axel, you said this story was going to get better!"

"Olivia, it's Axel." Jesse stated.

Gill grinned at Lukas. "I can just imagine how terrible it would've been if—"

"No." Lukas interrupted sternly.

"But I was just going to—"

"I don't want to hear it."

"But it's funny."

"Then you can tell me later when I'm feeling better."

"Okay." Gill stood beside him, idly glancing around but trying not to stare at anyone, and Lukas did the same. Gill's joke gnawed at his insides, begging to be let free. It was such a clever joke, and he thought it would be a downright sin not to let it be heard. The fight inside him didn't last long. "Lukas, what if the dad called the in-laws instead, and they threw up all over the place, too?" Lukas sent him a hard glare that somewhat surprised Gill. "Come on, don't tell me you're that weak-stomached? It's just a simple joke."

"It's not me I'm concerned about, Gill." He said. "Do you really want the room to smell worse than it does right now?" He asked, subtly pointing at Jesse and Olivia.

"Then breathe through your mouth."

Lukas rolled his eyes. "Whatever, Gill. Just no more puke-jokes in here."

"Fine, sure. I'm gonna go sit over there with Aiden." Gill went and sat next to a still-glaring Aiden. "Hey, Aiden. What are you doing under there?"

"Under where?" Aiden simple answer made Gill give a loud ha that caught everyone's attention. Aiden realized his nose scrunched like a mean note in a classroom. "I swear when we get out of here…."

"Whoa, no need to get mad. It was just a joke."

"Don't start arguing, guys! Just be glad we're finally getting out of this horrible place!" Maya shouted. "I can finally go home and charge my phone!" She sang dreamily, stroking the smooth surface of her phone case like it was a baby's cheek. She noticed her friends staring at her and blushed slightly. "Of course, that's not the only reason I want to go home. I have other things to do." She stuttered, shoving her phone back into her pocket.

Suddenly the elevator shifted and creaked, and the natural lights flickered back on. Jesse sucked in and held his breath in suspense. A cheer swelled when they all felt the elevator going up after the long wait. New energy surged through Jesse's leg, and he would've stood up and jumped if he wasn't holding a sick, yet excited, Reuben. Seconds later, the elevator dinged as it reached the third floor, and the doors slid open. A young tech peeked around the doors where he kneeled at the buttons pad, and the store owner waited anxiously in front of the doors. Two paramedics quickly made their way to them.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"Freedom!" Axel shouted, about to ram his way through the doors before Maya stood to her feet and blocked him.

"Nope! Ladies first!" She said. She strutted out and Olivia sent Axel a shrug as she walked through second. Lukas and Jesse rushed out, and Gill had to wait for Axel before he got out. Lukas exhaled deeply and stretched his long arms and legs, and Gill stood right behind him doing the same.

"It is so good to be out!" He breathed. Suddenly, Gill released a piercing, erratic scream that shattered Lukas's eardrum and made everyone else flinch. He jammed a finger into his ringing ear and spun around to glare at a relieved-looking Gill. "What is wrong with you?!" He shouted as one of the paramedics rushed up to assess their "disturbed" patient.

"No, it's okay, guys," Gill said, gently warding the medic off and grinning sheepishly at Lukas, "I just had to get that out of my system."

"Yeah, me, too." Axel said, filling his lungs with air. But he held his breath when Olivia sent him a sharp, warning glare. Lukas continued rubbing his ear as he turned around to face the elevator.

"Aiden, you coming out anytime soon?" He asked.

"G-give me a second!" Came the slightly anguished reply. The second paramedic rushed in to do his job. He saw Aiden still sitting in his corner and crouching like there was no tomorrow. Their eyes met and Aiden resisted the urge to glare at the rudely-staring face.

"What do you want?" He murmured.

"Are you hurt?"

"No, I just need to get up."

"Here, let me help!" He quickly moved towards the brunette and locked arms with him. "Ready?"

"Yeah. Just don't go too—" The paramedic suddenly stood to his feet.

Outside, the rest of them flinched when a curse suddenly hissed out, followed by profuse apologies from the medic. Out of the elevator stomped a furious, red-faced Aiden whose pants looked a bit darker than before. "Aiden, are you okay?"

"Let's just go home." He snapped, sure he smelled no better than Jesse at the moment. Lukas caught a glance at his pants and said no more.

"Is that just a faulty elevator or something? They shouldn't just crash like that, you know." Olivia told a slightly anxious store owner as she and her friends stood around. The man in yellow shirt and blue-jeans held back a sigh and gave a pink-faced grin.

"I do apologize for what happened today. But I'm just so glad you had a phone in there! The elevator turns out to be faulty, like a few other things in the store, which is why we had the sale today."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Axel snarled, not appreciative of their elevator-escapade that day.

Jesse frowned his way, still holding close a sleeping Reuben. "Axel, don't be mad at him. It's not his fault. You were saying?"

"Oh, y-yes. We were having that huge sale today to clear out the store. We were planning to close down for a huge remodeling, and to fix up the broken things around here which, I guess, includes that there elevator." A relieved sigh escaped him. "You must be some lucky ones to have had that phone. Otherwise, you would've been stuck in there for the entirety of the remodeling!"

"Wait, you guys were going to remodel the store?" Lukas asked as he, Gill and Maya walked over.

"Yes. It would've taken… hmm… a month!" Gill looked like he'd seen a ghost, his face going pale as he gazed at Lukas with surprise. "Assuming you didn't have water, it would've been… tragic, to say the least."

"You would've had three days at most." The paramedic said.

Gill and Lukas stared at each other with wide, open mouths and eyes. "Duuude…." Gill said. "I totally predicted the future!" He whispered. Lukas nodded stunnedly.

"Well, the good news is that we managed to clear out everything in the store today, so we can get to remodeling pretty soon. We only have one or two swords left over, our more expensive ones. I'm not sure if any of you would like one, but I'd be willing to give them away as an apology for all of this."

Jesse's hand shot high into the air, his face brighter than the house lights. "Sure! I'd take it!" The owner pulled the sword out of his inventory (don't ask how), and when Jesse saw that it was the same design he'd envied that day, tears sprung into his eyes. He grabbed the sword by the handle, and it nearly fell to the floor. "Wow, she's heavy!" He said gleefully. "Well, thanks for the sword! Let's go home, guys." Jesse said. He, Olivia and Axel walked to the doors, followed closely by the Ocelots. They stepped outside into gently pouring rain, and the fresh air welcomed them back.

"That is so nice!" Olivia breathed.

"I'm still taking a shower, you know." Jesse commented. He caught sight of Lukas, walking through the parking lot with his friends. "Bye, Lukas!"

The blonde looked up and waved with a friendly grin. "Bye, Jesse!"

"Hey!" Gill shouted, catching the Pigs' attention. "Just so you know, we're not buddy-buddies, alright? Nothing happened!"

"You've got it!" Axel shouted over his shoulder.

"And I know that we were stuck in the elevator together and stuff, but when I say 'nothing happened', I mean pretend that nothing happened!"

"I said, 'You've got it'!" Axel yelled again, sounding a bit annoyed.

"Alright, goodbye!"

"He means 'good riddance'!" Maya sneered.

"Oh, right! Good riddance, losers!"

"You, too, Gill!" Olivia yelled. She and Axel huddled closer to Jesse, the boy catching a glimpse of Lukas scolding Maya and Gill. "You know? It's kind of weird acting like nothing happened."

"Yeah. Like, I know we weren't friends in there and stuff, but we were actually… joking together. It's gonna stick with us for the rest of our lives."

Jesse thought about that. Whenever Gill or Aiden would bully his about his short height (even though Jesse and Aiden were the same height), or Maya would tell Olivia she's ugly or Axel that he's stupid, they'd flash back to the one better day in their lives. The day they joked and played together in the confines of a broken elevator. He fully expected the bullying to continue after today, but he wondered how long the memories of this day would stay. "Well, there's one thing for sure I don't want to remember from this day."

"What's that?"

Jesse smiled at both of his friends, then Reuben. "The way I smell." They burst into laughter as they walked together in the rain. Jesse was going to take two showers today. One at home, and one as he walked in the rain with his friends.

So, there you have it, folksies! Elevator!

Some pun trivia! I originally called this ficlet "Elevator" because I couldn't think of a better name (remember when it was called "Elevator (Title May Change)?"). After a few months, the name sort of just stuck! And now I realized the stunning truth! It's called "Elevator" because the characters get stuck in an elevator, but also because this is a humorous story that will "elevate" you! So now I know the name totally fits! And it's kind of a pun, too. So, punny trivia!

I hereby announce LittleAngelbun, ChocoDrake and Ariza Luca members of the "Paying Attention to the Story (or maybe Gamer's too obvious) Club!". Right after I uploaded chapter six, you guys were like "Reuben ate someone's phone". Since all three of you correctly guessed it as Olivia's phone, you all get Premium Membership! And a lifetime supply of carrots from Isa herself! Enjoy!

Thanks for reading this story, you guys! The story's complete, but that doesn't mean you don't need to keep following! If you enjoyed "Elevator", you're going to like what I intend to upload yet. It's Season 2-related, so I think you'll all enjoy! See you then! Close it, Crisper! Close it for good.

Crisper: (closes it for good)