Author's Note: I'm going to London tomorrow and I'll be there all week. I'm sorry for another short instalment but I'm afraid I'll probably only ever write short chapters. The shorter they are the quicker I can update which in a way is a plus, rather than me writing a single 4,000 words chapter and then you guys have to wait a months for the next one.
The moment the rat pounced towards her, Flaky dived to the left and just dodged the attack as the rat shot past her. It smashed into the wall and tore a sizeable hole in it. Bits of masonry fell to the ground and a large cloud of dust swelled up to surround the rat. Although it now had bruises all over its face it wasn't going to give up so soon. Flaky backed away as she saw she had a narrow window of opportunity to get away. She turned and ran for the front door but the moment she reached it the ground underneath it gave way and a massive chasm formed right in front of her. She stumbled and tripped, almost falling down the bottomless pit that had formed all around her house and now isolated her. She watched as her car slowly went backwards before falling into the massive hole that had consumed the entire street in front of her. The house on the opposite side of the street had half collapsed, its front half torn off and now lying somewhere at the bottom of the hole. Clearly Flippy was still toying with her. He could do anything; he decided what went on in this world. Flaky could hear the rat coming for her and she began to panic. She rushed towards the door of the living room and hid behind it, trying to hide in as small a space as possible. She felt the warmth of the rat's body behind the door as it slowly walked past, looking for her. She held her breath as she tried not to scream as the rat emerged, thankfully not noticing her. It slowly inspected the giant hole that had formed in front of the house and Flaky quickly darted past it, running back into the living room. The rat saw her out of the corner of its eye. It turned and hissed at her before giving chase. Flaky ran across her living room as the floorboards began to creak. The rat appeared from behind the door and hissed in anger at her before pouncing yet again. It leapt across the room and landed on her sofa, crushing it. Flaky ran to the kitchen but froze as she saw the massive pool of blood that soaked every inch of the floor. Tears streamed down her face as she stepped into it and it soaked into her fur but she kept going, slowly at first but then faster. Soon she was running through the scarlet pool looking for something that she could use to stop the rat. But then she turned and saw the rat right behind her except it was focusing on the blood on the floor rather than Flaky. Flaky watched as the rat began to drink the blood and Flaky began to retch at the sight. The rat lifted its head and glared at Flaky with its cold orange eyes. It slowly approached her and Flaky could see nothing that she could do to save herself.
Flaky stood rooted to the spot, her eyes staring at the rat. She was waiting for it to make the first move and that it did. It leapt right towards her and smashed right into her chest, slamming her into the wall. Flaky felt two of her ribs break and she yelped in agony as the rat smashed right through the wall. She tumbled off the rat and lay on the grass just outside her house. She opened her eyes and watched as the rat skidded as it landed on the ground. It tried to turn but it was going too fast and it slid right off the edge of the chasm, plummeting to its doom. Flaky watched before peering down into the blackness below. She couldn't see anything. She smiled to herself.