Disclaimer: here's chapter 2 of "Stalker". What fun!

Warning: slight language

"Holy shit!" hissed Max. How had this stalker gotten hold of her email and screen name? But what was even more frightening was the person's message. "I'm in the basement and I'm coming up to kill you now." Max was horrified. Was this person really in her basement? Or were they outside? She ran over to her window, opened the shades, and peeked out. No, no one was inside. It had been snowing quite a bit for the past week, and there was at least two feet of snow on the ground. Max shivered, out of both cold and fear. What was she going to do? She would have to think…she would have to think quickly. Her life depended on it. Suddenly, a longer message than those that came before popped up on the screen.

I'm coming up the basement stairs.

I'm in the front hall.

I'm coming to kill you.

"Fang, Fang…where could you be? Iggy…Angel…Nudge…Gassy…" Max curled herself into a tight ball on her chair and started crying silently. She was helpless now. Another message came up, slightly shorter than the last but of equal terror.

I'm coming up the stairs.

Much to her horror, Max could hear heavy male footsteps walking slowly up the stairs.

"I don't want to die…I don't want to die…I don't want to die…" she repeated the mantra, wishing it would help. Her computer binged again.

I'm in the hallway.

"Fang…I wish you were here…Oh, what did I do to disserve this…?" sobbed Max. Heavy footsteps walked down the hallway and stopped directly in front of her door.

I'm right outside your door.

Max couldn't take it anymore. With all of her might, she screamed.

"GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" the footsteps moved back down the hallway, walked down the stairs. Max didn't move until she heard the front door slam.

"Oh my god…"she sighed. "It's finally over." She unlocked her room and went down stairs. She looked out of a window, but she didn't see any footprints. That's odd. She thought. Suddenly she was grabbed from behind. That was all she remembered until everything went black.