It might as well have been Christmas the way he fiendishly giggled and rubbed his hands together as he watched her drift off to dream land. Soon she would be in his world and he liked the sound of that. Now, to make his desires reality…
Her eyes flew open, her back cold against the shower wall as the once-hot water now ran cold, hitting her knees that were pulled up to her chest. "I must have dozed off" she said to no one in particular with a shake of her head. She reached up, turned the water off, grabbed a towel from the rack and dried off before wrapping the towel around herself. On her way back into her bedroom, the lights in her room flickered several times. Of course, that was to be expected this time of year with all of the storms and power outages, after all they did live in California. Throwing the towel into the hamper she dressed in a pair of blue cotton panties, grey Victoria's Secret sweat pants and a lime green tank top. Grabbing a scrunchie from her dresser she put her wet hair up a in a bun and curled back up in bed, once again opening her Algebra book to chapter 10.
Before she leaned back to look over the formulas, she noticed that her bedroom door was open. Maybe whatever caused the lights to flicker also caused her door to slide open…no big deal. Crossing the floor to her door, she put her hand on the knob to close it and the power went completely out, her whole house pitch black. She peeked her head out, squinting to see if she could make out anything but her eyes weren't adjusting. There was no lightening outside, no claps of thunder.
Cautiously she opened the door, intent on getting one of the several flashlights they kept in the kitchen cabinet. Out in the hall she went, hands groping in the darkness to ensure that she didn't hit or break anything. Finding the first stair, she went down slowly, cautiously. Midway down, she stumbled, though she could have sworn there was a stair there like everything before it and after it. Losing her balance she tumbled down the rest of the stairs, hitting her head on the hardwood floor at the bottom. She winced, carefully stood and after a few very uneasy steps she made her way to the kitchen and grabbed a flashlight. Switching it on, she saw his blue eyes looking back at her.