A foul stench was present in her mind. Anna could almost feel the tension coil inside her stomach. Her breath had slowed since she stepped into the tiled room, as if the air inside had gotten thinner. This was it, and she was ready. Her hands trembled as she reached for the sheets, anxiety kicking at the waist. She pulled them off and exposed a body, but it was not Bryan's. It was nothing more than a rotting corpse with its mouth hung open.
She took a breath again as she pressed a hand close to her throbbing heart. "Get a hold of yourself, girl."
Now that she had shaken away everything, she had to wonder where Bryan was hiding. The chill of the floor continued to nip away at her feet. She needed shoes, but the room could not supply her any.
This sector seemed empty, so she needed to move on. She treaded back to the doorway, but the lights blinked out and froze her. The door whined with a screech as it closed. Something had locked it. Heavy walking trudged the floor and made nerves pop up all over Anna's skin.
The snarl of Bryan's voice stiffened her stance, his gelid breath breezing across her neck. "Miss me?"
Anna turned, but it was to late. His hands locked at her throat, squeezing away her oxygen. The bulk of his body shoved her into a wall and his grip tightened with the arch of his brows. Anna could not force him back. He was too good, too strong for her to overwhelm. She was going to die there, right in his grasp. Never had she felt so weak, so helpless in all her life. But she was Anna Williams and chose not to let this brute have his way with her.
Her hand felt for the wall and found a lead pipe leaning against it, her only ally. She clinched it within a grasp and bashed Bryan over the head with it multiple times. With every swing, she screamed until she got loose. She then fled past him toward the door, scooting a stretcher into his path to buy her some time. Bryan ripped through the stretcher as if it were tissue and separated it into pieces.
Anna reached for the doorknob, but it refused to allow passage. There had to be another way out. This could not get any worse.
"Now I got your cornered like a frightened mouse. And soon I'm going to eat you!" Bryan fumed as he leaped toward her.
With a quick duck, Anna avoided the mass of Fury and saw him fly right through the locked door. This was just the moment she needed. She jumped through the hole and ran down the hall, but Bryan's hard footsteps followed close behind. He was stalking her. No doubt he liked it.
The building was devoid of any life whatsoever it seemed as not one person had roamed the hall. It was too eerie for her as well as a little ridiculous. Anna could not verify if this place was a hospital or something else.
Endless, empty halls filled Anna's mind. It was all she could see as she barged through the double doors. She turned her back for a moment, panting between breaths. Bryan was gone.