The Figure

“BBBBBZZZZZ, BBBBBZZZZZ, BBBBZZZZZ”. Stephanie awoke to the fire alarm and red flashing lights in her school dorm. She jumped out of bed and grabbed a few clothes to throw on as she made her way to the door. As she threw on her backpack, she saw several of her classmates running down the hall.

“RUN!” a girl screamed as she bolted the hall.

Stephanie looked down the hall to see a large dark figure standing at the end of the hallway. He had a girl by the hair and with a long slicing motion, she could see blood spray all over the walls.

Stephanie froze. She heard a loud clap as her neighbor began shaking her shoulder to get her to run.

They ran down the hall to the stairs and as she turned to see how far back the figure was, she could see he was gaining ground. She quickly began scanning the area for a weapon and remembered the flare gun in her backpack from a hiking trip the previous weekend.

She made it to the door entrance to find a huddle of other students rushing a door that was locked. She pulled the flare gun out of the bag and aimed it towards the figure. She closed her eyes and lit the flare.

It hit him square in the chest knocking him down, just as the police were able to free the door. Police quickly swarmed the figure at gunpoint.