Chapter 9

Jenna walked through the subway station and waited for her train to arrive. She was on her way to her grandmother's house. Jenna had heard that Grandma was not well and wanted to visit her. Now she wondered why she hadn't left home earlier. She would not have missed that last train. The young woman pulled her red coat closer to her and held on to her bag. Her mom had told her to take some goodies to Grandma who absolutely loved them.

TAP!

She heard some kind of tapping noise on the floor and turned around to see what it was and came face to face with…nothing. Jenna rubbed her head and eyes and looked around. She was all alone. Then what was that noise? Could she have been imagining it?

There it was again! Something was walking on the floor. Was it her? Of course not! Her shoes didn't make that noise. It wasn't even a normal tapping noise. In fact, that tapping sounded as if something sharp and pointy was tapping on the floor, not something like her shoes. Jenna walked a couple of paces and the tapping noise was heard. She stopped and the noise stopped.

She walked a few more paces and heard the noise again. And when she stopped, the noise stopped again. She walked even more paces a little faster than earlier and the noise became faster and louder. She stopped….but the noise didn't.

Jenna turned around and screamed at the sight she saw. She started running as fast as she could. She kept looking back and couldn't believe what she saw. Her dad, a huntsman, had told her about big dangerous animals, but this was ridiculous. Was she hallucinating?

She turned around a corner and ran up the steps. She accidentally fell down a little and scratched her arm, but she ignored the pain and kept running. Seeing an elevator, she made a mad dash for it. Fortunately, just as she pressed the button, the elevator opened.

DING!

She ran into the elevator and began pressing buttons frantically. "Come on! Please close the doors! I'll promise anything! I'LL DO ANYTHING!"

From the creature's point of view:

Blood. Fear. Two very strong smells. There was also the smell of food, but the girl looked tastier than the food itself. That flesh looked so tempting. And the screams. She was screaming louder than a banshee. The animal stared at the girl, drinking in the sight of her, and let out a small growl. Suddenly it sprang forward; moving closer… and closer… with each millisecond, toward the girl who started screaming louder and louder…

DING!

The elevator doors closed. Jenna sighed with relief and took a deep breath, but was still shaking. What was that thing? She had to be imagining it.

BAM!

Jenna looked up at the doors, startled. Part of the metal door stuck out towards her as if the creature on the other side was punching the doors!

BAM!

Another metal bulge appeared. Jenna moved back to the wall as far as she could.

Fortunately the elevator managed to move up to the ground level. Jenna dashed out and looked around helplessly at the empty street, yelling about monsters. She suddenly saw a pay phone and running to it, she deposited some money and dialed 911.

"Hello? Something just attacked me! No, not someone! Something! Where am I?"

"Ma'am, someone is coming there at this moment. Please remain calm. Could you please describe the attacker? I'm sorry, a what? Hello? Hello?"

The only voice that could be heard at the pay phone was:

"Please deposit 25 cents to talk for the next 10 minutes."

Please review. I would like to know if these attacks sound scary enough and if they seem to be written in a good way or should I write better.Thanks for sending the reviews. I'll update as soon as I can.