The next morning started earlier than usual, with a loud thump waking Nancy out of a deep slumber.

"Huh? What?" she mumbled blearily, squinting through the darkness to see what had woken her. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw the silhouette of someone crouched by her bedside. The detective opened her mouth to scream, only managing to squeak before a hand clamped onto her mouth.

"Sshhh!" the person hissed. "Do you wanna wake everybody up?"

Yes! Nancy wanted to scream. Then someone would come and catch the intruder.

"I'll let you go if you promise not to scream."