55-Word Story: To Hop or Not to Hop

To Hop or Not to Hop

By: Maria Sonia S. Salamat

I was inside the infamous level 4 PPE when the fire alarm rang. My eyes were already starting to smart from my sweat, and the high-pitched caterwauling only made me sweat even more. Should my bunny-suited self hop, hop, hop all the way down from the ninth floor? Thank God it was a false alarm.