Coded Escape
Three strangers wake up trapped in a sealed industrial room with a keypad door, a countdown clock, and an alarm so loud it feels like torture. Then they realize the alarm is sending Morse code instructions.
Don't touch the door.
Too late.
Why is that alarm so loud?
Because it's trying to split our skulls open.
The keypad's dead.
No. It's lit. Door's just not opening.
There's a countdown over us.
I don't remember getting here.
I don't remember this morning.
Stop talking for one second and listen.
To what?
The pattern.
What pattern?
Short. Short. Short. Then long.
That's not a pattern. That's torture.
It's Morse.
You know Morse?
My dad drilled it into me when I was ten.
Great. Then translate it.
It's repeating.
Say it.
W.
A-I-T.
Wait for what?
Dax, look down. The metal under your shoes is starting to glow.