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"Everyone Thought the Gate Agent Destroyed the Pitiful Mother When He Slapped Her, Until She Made One Call and the Entire Terminal Went Completely Silent. "

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He slammed the phone down."What did you do?" he hissed at the woman, a sudden, genuine flicker of panic finally breaking through his arrogant facade.Ten minutes exactly.I know it was exactly ten minutes because I was staring at the digital clock mounted above the departure board.At exactly 9:45 PM, the airport changed.It didn't happen slowly. It happened all at once.The digital departure board above Marcus's head suddenly flashed violently, the hundreds of listed flights vanishing in an instant, replaced by a solid, blindingly bright red screen.Then, the overhead PA system let out a deafening, high-pitched squeal of feedback that made everyone in the terminal cover their ears.The automated female voice that usually announced gate changes didn't play.Instead, a deep, synthetic klaxon began to sound.BZZZT. BZZZT. BZZZT.The massive, rolling metal security grates on the duty-free shops across the concourse suddenly deployed on their own, slamming down to the floor with explosive, echoing crashes.The crowd at B14 gasped, people stepping back, looking around in sudden, rising terror.But it was the lights that truly made my blood run cold.The bright, fluorescent overhead lights illuminating the miles of terminal corridors didn't just turn off.They began to shut down in sequence, starting from the far ends of the concourse, rolling toward us in a wave of encroaching darkness.
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