Lucifer watched as Syd barricaded the last of the windows with an old bookshelf. She had quickly gotten to work after seeing their new "furry friend", while Lucifer had found a book on the coffee table. Some kind of romance novel called "The Italian Tycoon's Blackmail Bride." He chuckled to himself as he read it. Not exactly a work of art but it'd do for now.
Syd finished the windows and took a step as though admiring her work. Lucifer continued reading as Syd once again left the room. He admired her effort, but he doubted that if that thing really wanted in the cabin a bookshelf would stop it for long. A soft click of a door caught his attention. Syd had come out of the room carrying a laptop and a small blanket. Curious, Lucifer watched as she sat at the table a few feet away and settled in. She must have felt him staring because she quickly met his eyes.
"We're sleeping in shifts," Syd explained. "You should get some sleep too. Who knows when that thing might come back for round 2."
Lucifer quietly observed her as she focused on her screen. The screen was pointed away from him, but he could see she was reading some sort of web page by the light reflecting off of her glasses.
"Is it going to be too bright? I can turn down the brightness when you want to sleep. Or I'll just go to Charlie's room."
"It's no problem," he replied quickly. "I just thought you couldn't get an... Internet connection."
"You can't. At least not here. I have some sites that I saved before we left. And I just might know what our 'creature of the night' is."
Lucifer's eyes widened as he carefully moved off of the couch. He had healed some, but moving was still painful. Even so, he needed to see this. Slowly he made his way to the table as Syd concentrated on the screen. She only noticed him when he caught himself on a chair with an audible thud. Lucifer noticed a small look of disapproval before she helped him pull up a chair. The picture on the screen caught his attention; the creature looked exactly like what they'd seen. However, the creature in the picture carried a large ax.
"Not to sound ungrateful for all the help... But you just happen to have an... article on the very monster that's lurking outside."
"It's on lesser known urban legends. It doesn't have any really useful information like how to incapacitate it or flee from it."
"So what does our fine fellow do? Murder unwary campers? Harass young women?"
"Yes and yes. Apparently. But he seems to be unable to enter a locked place of residence. As long as we keep the doors and windows locked, he can't get inside."
"So we just wait here. Until he- what? Gets bored and decides his true life ambition is to become a lumberjack?"
"No. Just until morning. The encounters have always been at night. So, in theory, we should-"
The screech of metal caught their attention. Syd's look of deadpan annoyance was quickly replaced by one of dread. She sprang up to look out the window as barking and howling could be heard from the other room.
Lucifer felt newfound energy as he stumbled to the window. At first he could only see darkness, but then he noticed a shape rolling toward the cabin. A tire had been ripped right off of the car.
"What?" Syd said in a horrified whisper as the dogs charged out of the room.
Charlie also emerged from the room, peering from behind the door. Syd started to pace.
Lucifer pulled himself back into the chair. He held his head in his hands in frustration. Things just seemed to be spiraling downwards, and now Syd seemed to be losing her wits. Lucifer could hear her muttering under her breath as she moved around the room. He needed to find a way to get at least himself to safety.
Syd suddenly stopped pacing and stood in the center of the room. She then charged into her room.
"Syd?" Charlie asked hesitantly before exchanging looks with Lucifer.
Syd came running out of the room with a handheld device in her hands.
"I thought your phones don't get signal," Lucifer said, thinking that perhaps Syd was about to go off the deep end.
"They don't, which is why..." Syd trailed off as she fumbled with a cord before plugging it into a wall. "But this is a CB radio, which might."
Hope shone from Syd's eyes as worked on the device.
