Fire Alarm | Cause And Effect

He looked at the silent, melted plastic on the ceiling.

Elias pulled the mask down. He looked at the fireman, then back at the building. He looked at the yellowed, melted plastic remnant of the alarm hanging by a wire from the hallway ceiling. It was silent now. Its batteries had melted, or perhaps the circuit had finally been completed by the water. cause and effect fire alarm

"Damn it," he muttered, the Effect of the adrenaline dumping into his bloodstream. He looked at the silent, melted plastic on the ceiling