Sorry I haven't updated in a really long time! I have been so caught up in school and studying for finals that I haven't been able to get on to type a chapter! So I hope you like it!


Vickie clicked closed her laptop, stacking it on top of the bookshelf. The feeble shelf trembled from the weight, and then stopped. She sighed, stacking the rest of her books and shoving them into her bag. Her alarm clock blinked with pink numbers, reading 11:52. Anymore, the piles of homework seemed to be feet high, causing her to stay up late and occasionally sleep in school.

Vickie went to her drawers and began picking out her clothes for tomorrow. As she grabbed a pair of jeans, that lay hanging on her bed frame, something flickered past the window. It didn't faze Vickie since there were always cats jumping past her window. She continued to organize the outfit until something bigger jumped by the window.

What was that? Thought Vickie, That's way bigger then a cat! She approached the window and looked hard. Another figure jumped by. Vickie jumped up unto her bed, causing the bed to tremor against the wall. If something jumped by again she was going to scream. Sure enough the figure came.

Vickie let out a scream causing the figure to jump itself and slip off the fire escape. She immediately felt terrible and ran to the window over the desk. She flipped it up and yelled out to see if the person would respond.

"Whoever that was are you ok? I'm sorry if I startled you!" It was too dark for her to see but she still looked in case.

No one responded but she heard some rustling and whispering.

"Nice job Mikey!" a voice said. Whoever it was didn't seem to be much older then she was.

"Yeah, now that person might want to know who we are!" another voice whispered loudly.

Vickie turned her head unintentionally to the side as she tried to figure out why they were being so secretive. She knew people didn't normally go around yelling out their names, but this was New York City.

"What might I find out!" She yelled into the darkness. A loud slap echoed in the alley, but she could not pinpoint exactly where the figures were. "Are you still there?" She wiggled through the small window and stood on the fire escape.

No one was there. Puzzled, she listened closer to see if she could hear the slightest sound. All she heard was the breeze whistling through the cracks in the ladder.

Am I going insane? She thought. "But I can't be, I just saw them!" she said frustratingly.

"Saw who?" Cody poked his head down from the fire escape above hers.

"Did you hear anybody outside like two minutes ago?" she said looking at him, confused.

Cody looked at her oddly. "No…and I've been out her since ten, tuning my guitar…" He reached into his window and picked up his watch. "Shouldn't you be sleeping right now." He yelled out the window.

Vickie put her hand on her head. "Yeah, I should. Maybe I'm just so tired, that I started to see and hear things." She shook her head then turned back to Cody. "Well goodnight!" He waved to her and continued with his guitar.

Vickie slid into the window and finished preparing for the next day. As she slid into bed, her mind twisted around the strange figure. What was that? It was more cumbersome than a cat…and it seemed too irregularly shaped to be a human. Vickie lay staring at the ceiling the rest of the night. The weird encounter wouldn't have bothered her that much if it was just some people taking a midnight run on the escapes, but they were being so cagey and secreted.

Who were they?


Quick Note: I'm a newbie and would really be delighted if you would R&R! And I promise next time I'll try to put up a chapter faster!