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Chapter 9

Serena slowly turned round and walked slowly back towards her bedroom door. And surely enough, the whole room was covered in blood, it covered the bedclothes, covered the walls, covered everything in sight. Serena gasped at the sight, all of her childhood friends (toys) had been ruined, the blood would never come out, how could someone be so cruel?

"Who do you think did this?" Serena asked, oblivious to the thought of it being Peter. People who are experiencing shock never really think of the obvious or use their initiative. Serena's thoughts slurred and she didn't know what to think. If they ever got out what would happen to her? She was brought quickly out of her thoughts by Amy's voice.

"The better question is: whose blood is it?" She said, turning to look at Greg then back at Serena. Everyone's faces were sad, instantly everyone thought of it being Rini's blood. Not that they wanted to admit it out loud.

Serena briefly turned to look at her friend before looking at the room again. Whoever it had been would have had a lot of blood, there was no way all of this could have come from a baby. Serena tried to think of some other possibility besides it being Rini, but no one else had gone missing and Andrew, as far as they all knew, was still downstairs in the basement dead or alive.

"I think we should make sure everyone downstairs is alright." Lita said, walking out the room and beginning the walk towards the top step.

"No." Serena said, stopping her in her tracks. "You guys go to my parents room and stay together, it's that one down there on the left. I'll go check on the guys." Serena said and everyone nodded. From all the shock no one thought a second about leaving Serena on her own. Serena knew she had already come face to face with the monster terrorizing her house, and if that blood in her bedroom was Rini's she needed to know.

It only took her a few minutes to cross the landing and descend down the stairs. Standing in the hall way was unnerving. She was on her own and this part of the house was a little darker than the rest. Her father had sensitive eyes and he liked to sit at the table at night and do his papers from work.

Serena had always liked playing tricks in the dark, pretending that her father couldn't see her, as she would sneak up to him and pounce on him. But she was too old to be sneaky and too big to go unseen and every time her father would know she was there and would be ready for the attack.

Quickly Serena decided to go the quicker way to the kitchen. It might have been darker, but it was the quickest. So quietly she made her way into the dining room. All the family had eaten at that table the night before, talking about their days and what was going to happen at the weekend. Rini had sat playing with her spoon and rearranging the mashed potato on her high chair.

Ever since Rini had been bored, she had bugged and annoyed Serena, pulling her hair, ripping her favourite tops, puking up on her before she went out. More than once she had grown attached to Serena's favourite toys and wanted them for herself, much to Serena's dislike. But her mother had told Serena to share. Rini was only a baby after all and Serena didn't play with toys any more. She was getting older, but things still remained sentimental value.

It was hard to believe that only a few hours before Rini had been alive, sleeping soundly upstairs in her room. Now Serena had no idea where she was or if she was even alive. Walking through the kitchen she heard noises. As though someone was breathing, it was getting louder as well, the closer she got to the door. Most likely the monstrous thing was standing on the other side of the doorway, waiting for her, waiting so that he can suck her blood and eat all of her organs.

The breathing sounded almost wanting. As though they couldn't find what they wanted, or they were searching for something with desire. The sound of the breathing gave Serena goose pimples as she listened.

Moving slowly, she walked towards the door, noticing that there were some of the fire pokers near the hearth. She picked up one, feeling a little better that there was something in her hand. Something that she could use to protect herself, if need be. It took her a while to pluck up the courage to move a little closer. It took her a few seconds to move the few metres towards the door, her hand was poised over the handle, ready to open it and face whatever was behind when she saw the handle move. She hadn't touched it. Whatever or whoever was on the other side of that door was coming through to her side.

This took Serena off balance. She had planned it all out, well sort of in her head. She would have the advantage and take this person by surprise, but now this person was coming through THE door that she herself had planned to walk through and confront the stranger.

Before Serena could rethink her strategy the door was open and the thing she had heard breathing rather heavily was standing before her.

"Serena." And instantly Serena felt a tear spill down her cheek.

"Andrew?" She asked, dropping the hot spike and staggering forward towards her best friend.

"Hey Sis." He said and held her as she fell into his arms. His clothes were ripped, his hair was all scruffy and sweat filled and his face was nearly black. But oblivious to Serena, there was an unusual glint in his eyes, a hungry look. She was too happy and too besotted knowing that he was ok, that she didn't notice his grip tightening on her and his teeth growing longer.