It came out of nowhere.
One second I was heading towards the great glass doors to the cinemas downtown, in another, all I saw was a black shadow out of the corner of my eye, blinked, and then felt myself being violently grabbed and pushed.
When I opened my eyes again, it appeared I was in some parking lot. Wait, no, I recognized this parking lot. How did I get five blocks away from the theater in the blink of an eye?
But looking at the shadow materializing, I realized I had bigger concerns to deal with. I saw the dark silouette on the worn brick walls of the parking lot, and I expected to trace it to a body, but as it turns out, that was all that it was.
Was it a trick of some sort? Suddenly, it shifted from its humanoid form to something that seemed to have thick claws. And then it came for me.
I screamed. No one could hear me, because it was empty in this part of city. Sure, we were downtown, but in the run down part of it. I wanted to hide behind one of the few parked cars, but I felt myself tackled onto the floor. I hit the side head against the concrete, wincing in pain as I felt the hard ground scratch against my skin. I struggled to sit up, and get back on my feet, but the thing came at me again. I had a knife in my bag- something my dad gave me a while ago, when I turned 19- but it was impossible to get to it now. I could only see the thing's shadow on the wall, and this time, it kept me on the ground, raising one of its clawed hands above its head, readying to kill me.
Out of nowhere, a bright flash of light appeared. I was forced to close my eyes because it was blinding, but I tried to squint through the light. It was another humanoid form, and it seemed that the light emanated off him. I looked at the brick wall to realize that the shadow creature was gone, unable to exist in such bright light.
The form knelt down, gingerly holding onto my chin, checking the damage to my head.
"You're going to be alright," a deep, comforting voice said to me. I closed my eyes, blocking out the rest of the brightness, and everything went dark.