Cathie Johnson ran down the street. Her long brown hair whipped around her wild blue eyes. She took the corner sharply, hardly pausing to see her surroundings. The sound of the footsteps behind her was the only thing that kept up her frantic pace as her sneakers slammed against the damp streets. The rain fell down in a shrouded mist, enough to get everything wet. It made it even harder for Cathie to run in the night, but she ran on, trying to outrun the two men chasing her. Unfortunately, the alley she had tried to run down had reached a dead end, and the only way out was back towards the two men, or down the darker side alley. She decided to risk it and ran down the dark side alley. As she ran, she glanced over her shoulder briefly to see if they were still following her. Suddenly, Cathie's feet got tangled up together and she lost her balance; falling to the ground. She felt her jeans tear as her knee skidded across the ground.
Cathie covered her head and waited, frightened, for the two men to reach her. But instead, a whooshing sound filled the air and something landed close to her head. Raising her eyes slightly, Cathie saw a dark figure standing over her; a person, a girl by the outline. The girl's features were completely covered in shadows, except for her eyes, which were lit up by the moonlight. It was the girl's eyes that paralyzed Cathie with fear; they were dark blue and narrowed in anger.
"There you are!" a voice taunted as the two men caught up to her.
A low resonating hiss sounded and Cathie realized it was coming from the shadow girl's throat. The girl moved around Cathie and took a stance between her and the approaching men.
"Look at this, Dave," the first man said, "We got ourselves another one."
"We've lucked out, Brian, now there's one for you and one for me," the other man said.
Cathie peered up at the girl and tried to tell her to run, but no sound came out. Suddenly, however, the girl launched forward, as if on springs, and shot towards the two men. One of the men let out a cry of shock as the girl hit him square in the chest and knocked him back several feet. The man let out a grunt when he hit the ground and went still.
"Dave!" the man named Brian shouted before turning to the shadow girl, "You're going to pay for that, girlie!"
Brain swung his fist at the shadow girl, but she jumped back and Brian's fist met with empty air. Cathie heard him curse and he tried to get another punch in. This time, however, the shadow girl grabbed the man's fist in mid-air and twisted it sharply. Brain screamed in agony as a loud cracking sound filled the air. Cathie realized with horror that the shadow girl had snapped the man's wrist like it was a toothpick.
"Dude!" Brian tried to scream a warning to his fallen comrade, but the shadow girl's fist slammed Brian right in the nose and he crashed back into a wall.
Cathie watched as Brian's limp body sagged to the ground in close proximity to her. His nose was gushing blood and his eyes were wide and glassy; he was dead.
"You bitch!" Dave screamed, finally managing to get to his feet.
He ran towards the shadow girl and swung a fist at her, but just like with Brian, she jumped out of the way. This time, though, she launched a counter-attack sooner and her fist struck Dave right in the chest. Dave let out a chocked cry and blood bubbled out at the corner of his lips. He dropped down at the shadow girl's feet and was still; Cathie was sure that he was dead as well. The shadow girl kicked Dave over on his back to check if he was dead before turning and began walking towards Cathie.
Cathie remained frozen where she was, staring at the two dead bodies. But she raised her gaze when the shadow girl walked up alongside her. The shadow girl paused and looked down at Cathie, before continuing on deeper into the dark alley.
"Wait," Cathie called suddenly.
The shadow girl stopped and turned her head slightly over her shoulder.
"Who are you?" Cathie asked.
The shadow girl didn't respond, but looked up at the top of the alleyway and Cathie followed her gaze. The rain was still coming down in a shrouded mist, keeping everything in a hazy mist. On top of the building perched another figure. It was merely an outline, same as the shadow girl, but it had an eerily body: thin and skeletal with a long, barbed tail. However, its head was the most frightening aspect: it was extremely long and curved. She stared at the creature for a moment longer when it suddenly ducked away from the edge of the building. Cathie lowered her gaze back to the shadow girl, but to her dismay the girl was gone.