Jack tapped the elevator button again, impatiently. The light was showing it was on the way up, but nothing was happening and he couldn't even hear the cables spinning in the elevator shaft. He looked at Rebecca as a thought occurred to him. "They've probably shut down the elevators automatically - it's a fire alarm after all." He Glanced around quickly - seeing only or two people walking hurriedly down the corridors of the mall. Mostly staff who had been delayed in getting out by staying to close their stores.<br/>After another minute or two his patience ran out. "I don't think it's coming, let's go over to the escalators that lead down to the ground floor plaza, even if they shut those off they'll still be a perfectly fine set of stairs you know." He offered a reassuring smile before setting off again, leaving the elevator behind.<br/><br/>The central mall plaza was lined by walkways on the second floor - where Rebecca and Jack were currently headed to get around to the escalators leading down. But as they approached they begun to hear the echoes of distant screams coming from the floor below. Jack looked to Rebecca, trying to appear calm and collected. "Sounds like their might be a fire after all, but as long as there's no smoke anywhere near us we should be safe."