elocinp3's 100-word story for July 22, 2025

elocinp3 wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 22, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Ella was stuck inside the vents after following the drug dealers she had been tracking, but wound up in a maze. She was trying to be quiet moving right and left, up and down, however the criminals heard her movements. They began shooting at the vents hoping one of the bullets would hit her. Ella scrambled, worried she'd be struck. Luckily, she saw a rope through a grate and knew that was her escape. She pounded the grate with her feet over and over until it broke. Then, grabbed the rope, slid down to the ground, and ran to freedom.

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