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actually hear something upstairs? I spun the bat in my hands,
playing with the weight. I thought about calling Daisy's boyfriend
and having him come check it out for me, but I knew he would just
laugh and call me a chicken. Besides he was supposed to be at work.
I had probably just left a window open and the wind was blowing
things around. No big deal. I took a step up onto the first
step.
The upstairs hallway was dark, but there was
enough light from downstairs to see the three doors. The two
bedroom doors were cracked open with the bathroom between them. I
crept forward, my heart in my throat. The floorboard creaked
underneath my foot and I froze next to the picture of Daisy and me
in the hallway. Our smiles blazed out at me, eerie in the dark.
People always said we could be twins, with the two of us both
having the same blue eyes and long dark hair. I had lost count of
the amount of times people, even boyfriends and parents, had gotten
the two of us confused for one another.
The house was silent except for the wind
outside. I went to the first door and raised the bat up over my
shoulder. Babe Ruth would have been proud of my stance as I pushed
my door open with my toe, ready to swing for the fences.
Lightning seared through the room, blinding
me for a moment. Something man-sized waved in the darkness and I
instinctively started swinging as I charged the room. I made a
connection with something and beat down on it, the darkness of the
room making it impossible to see anything. I made sure it was down
on the ground, slamming the bat into whatever I hit a couple more
times before stepping away and turning on the light.
The giant teddy bear I had given Daisy for
her birthday last year slouched sadly on the floor, an eye missing
and its head misshapen. The curtains to her window blew in the wind
like crazy waving arms. I felt like laughing. She must have
forgotten to close her window. The curtains were what I had seen
moving, and the bear was the poor victim of my attack. I shook my
head and set the bat down and started towards the window.
I stopped to fluff poor Mr. Teddy's head back
into the right shape, glancing around the floor for his missing
eye. I giggled, letting the nervous energy out of my system as I
stood up and headed to the window. I pulled hard on the window
frame and it slid down easily. I reached up to lock it when I saw
him behind me in the window's reflection.
I turned with a scream, but it was too late.
A tall figure in black rushed towards me, his face obscured by a
black mask. I broke for the door, scrambling to twist past him as I
lunged for the baseball bat. My fingers grasped at it, knocking it
over. The man in black lurched forward, grabbing at my body. I
fumbled with the bat, picking it up and swinging wildly. Lightning
flashed again and the power shut off, throwing the room into
darkness.
I screamed and swung the bat as hard as I
could from side to side. I felt the bat collide with something, and
then twist out of my grasp. He took the bat from me like I was a
small child; I heard it clatter to the floor as the lightning
flashed again. In the brief flash of light I saw him lunge forward
at me, as I turned for the door.
I tripped and landed on the floor on my
stomach, the wind rushing out of me. The man in black was on me in
a second, pinning me to the ground as he pushed me into the floor
with his knees on the small of my back. I wanted to scream, but I
had no air left in my lungs. I felt rope wrap around my wrists,
tying them together.
Hot tears burned in my eyes as he pushed down
harder on my back. My breath came in small gasps as my lungs tried
to remember how to function. I felt a rolled-up kerchief go over my
head and into my mouth, gagging me. I tried to scream, but the gag
did its job well. I pulled on my wrists, but he had tied them to
the bed and the most I could do was twist. I wriggled my body,
trying to get out from under his knee, but he had me firmly pinned
to the floor. I was
playing with the weight. I thought about calling Daisy's boyfriend
and having him come check it out for me, but I knew he would just
laugh and call me a chicken. Besides he was supposed to be at work.
I had probably just left a window open and the wind was blowing
things around. No big deal. I took a step up onto the first
step.
The upstairs hallway was dark, but there was
enough light from downstairs to see the three doors. The two
bedroom doors were cracked open with the bathroom between them. I
crept forward, my heart in my throat. The floorboard creaked
underneath my foot and I froze next to the picture of Daisy and me
in the hallway. Our smiles blazed out at me, eerie in the dark.
People always said we could be twins, with the two of us both
having the same blue eyes and long dark hair. I had lost count of
the amount of times people, even boyfriends and parents, had gotten
the two of us confused for one another.
The house was silent except for the wind
outside. I went to the first door and raised the bat up over my
shoulder. Babe Ruth would have been proud of my stance as I pushed
my door open with my toe, ready to swing for the fences.
Lightning seared through the room, blinding
me for a moment. Something man-sized waved in the darkness and I
instinctively started swinging as I charged the room. I made a
connection with something and beat down on it, the darkness of the
room making it impossible to see anything. I made sure it was down
on the ground, slamming the bat into whatever I hit a couple more
times before stepping away and turning on the light.
The giant teddy bear I had given Daisy for
her birthday last year slouched sadly on the floor, an eye missing
and its head misshapen. The curtains to her window blew in the wind
like crazy waving arms. I felt like laughing. She must have
forgotten to close her window. The curtains were what I had seen
moving, and the bear was the poor victim of my attack. I shook my
head and set the bat down and started towards the window.
I stopped to fluff poor Mr. Teddy's head back
into the right shape, glancing around the floor for his missing
eye. I giggled, letting the nervous energy out of my system as I
stood up and headed to the window. I pulled hard on the window
frame and it slid down easily. I reached up to lock it when I saw
him behind me in the window's reflection.
I turned with a scream, but it was too late.
A tall figure in black rushed towards me, his face obscured by a
black mask. I broke for the door, scrambling to twist past him as I
lunged for the baseball bat. My fingers grasped at it, knocking it
over. The man in black lurched forward, grabbing at my body. I
fumbled with the bat, picking it up and swinging wildly. Lightning
flashed again and the power shut off, throwing the room into
darkness.
I screamed and swung the bat as hard as I
could from side to side. I felt the bat collide with something, and
then twist out of my grasp. He took the bat from me like I was a
small child; I heard it clatter to the floor as the lightning
flashed again. In the brief flash of light I saw him lunge forward
at me, as I turned for the door.
I tripped and landed on the floor on my
stomach, the wind rushing out of me. The man in black was on me in
a second, pinning me to the ground as he pushed me into the floor
with his knees on the small of my back. I wanted to scream, but I
had no air left in my lungs. I felt rope wrap around my wrists,
tying them together.
Hot tears burned in my eyes as he pushed down
harder on my back. My breath came in small gasps as my lungs tried
to remember how to function. I felt a rolled-up kerchief go over my
head and into my mouth, gagging me. I tried to scream, but the gag
did its job well. I pulled on my wrists, but he had tied them to
the bed and the most I could do was twist. I wriggled my body,
trying to get out from under his knee, but he had me firmly pinned
to the floor. I was
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