Look at the rest

The cries of metal and gunfire. Even as she hid in a bathroom corner with her hands on her ears, the young woman couldn't stop the sounds from reaching her.

'Did the monsters return?'

That seemed unlikely.

'Don't tell me…'

Her mind went back to a message she had received the previous day and her already pale face grew paler. The fighting sounds soon faded and an eerie silence enveloped everything.

The young woman didn't dare to move from the corner she huddled in. She didn't dare think it was all over, that the trouble had been dealt with, and that her safety was guaranteed.

A loud bang almost chased the soul out of her body. It came from her living room. Someone broke in and they clearly weren't the guards that were stationed at the entrance.