Antigone's breathing was shallow too, skimming the top of her lungs like a stone across water. The guy had stopped making those freaked out noises, and the elevator was moving and they were going to be on the ground, in a second, they just had to get through a few more seconds and they'd be out -
The lights above them fizzled, and one panel popped and died completely, cutting the light by half. Antigone pressed her hand over her mouth, telling herself, just a few more seconds. She could freak out in a few more seconds.
The floor rattled and jerked to a stop - Antigone tightened her hand over her mouth - and the second lighting panel failed as the battery, long overdue for an inspection and, indeed, a replacement, died, leaving them both trapped, between floors, in the dark.