Taiga ran down two floors and raced into the elevator. Panicked, he jabbed the button multiple times, sidling from foot to foot. An elevator opened and he leaped into it, jabbing the first button and the close door signal.<br/><br/>There hadn't been many left alive when he escaped. The easiest place to trap him was the first floor. The closed box of the elevator gave him time to think.<br/><br/>There was more than one set of stairs.<br/><br/>He jabbed the second-floor button. When the elevator got off on that floor, Taiga slid into the crowd. There were doctors offices. He slid into one, panting. "Sorry," he said humbly, smiling. "Do you know where the next set of stairs is? I'm working on my cardio."<br/><br/>They were able to give him directions, and he found the second stairwell, leaping down the final stairs, eyes bright with a determination to survive.