Walking through the quiet darkness of the campus I had the nagging feeling that something wasn't right, but I had trouble pin pointing what it was.

My college experience consisted of a couple of visits to see Sammy when he was here at Stanford, and a couple of cases on other campuses over the years.

If I'd spent more time on college campuses I would have figured it out much quicker I'm sure.

Finally, walking under a broken lamp post between buildings, it struck me. The problem WAS the quiet darkness. There should be lights between buildings, but none of them were working. The only light came from inside the buildings, glowing from windows of dorm rooms, corridors and common areas. I would definitely be asking the next guard I saw why the lights were out.

It was also unnaturally quiet. I was surrounded by college students, but not one of them was outside.

There was no music or students coming and going from parties. There was no one sneaking a smoke behind the buildings. No one sneaking into another dorm for a little Netflix and chill.

It was as though the whole student population had chosen to lock themselves in their rooms. Hoping they would be safe there.

I hoped so too, but somehow I doubted it. When monsters were involved, locked doors never seemed to do much good.

I walked around to the front of another dorm, where there was another security guard standing in the dim light that was spilling out through the glass doors.

He looked at me warily when I approached, hand hovering near the back if his belt, where a gun was no doubt tucked.

I pulled out my badge and held it up for him to see. "FBI." I informed him. After squinting at the badge in the dim light his hand returned to his side and he gave an unimpressed grunt.

"Let me guess." He grumbled, "You want to interrogate me about those kids too. I already spent all day with the cops yesterday." He scowled into the darkness. "Lost me a day's work." I started to speak, but he cut me off. "And, like I told them, yeah, I was here a couple of nights this week. But I didn't see nothin', I didn't hear nothin' and I didn't do nothin'. None of us did…I reckon the guy knew where we'd be, how to avoid the guard patrols. Don't ask me how. Wasn't me that said anything to anyone."

I waited till the guard had finished his rant before trying to speak again. "Ok then, I won't trouble you about that anymore." It was pretty clear it wouldn't get me anywhere anyway. "I was wondering, however, if you could tell me why all the exterior building lights are out?"

The guard squinted into the darkness again. "Yeah, they've been out all week. We've complained to maintenance. They told us there's some sort of issue with the wiring, apparently they're working on it." He shrugged. "You know how it is. Who knows when it'll get fixed."

"Right." I frowned, it was just a little too much of a coincidence for me.

"So, you got any more questions, or can I get back to work?" He asked me.

I thought about it for a moment, then shook my head. "No, thanks for your time."

I moved back into the darkness between the buildings, weaving my way towards the sports ovals at the back of the campus. I hoped that Tony would be feeling more helpful than that guy, who I realised belatedly never gave me his name. His ranting had thrown me off a little. I made a mental note to go back and ask for his name after I'd spoken to Tony.

I couldn't see anyone as I approached the ovals, but I had the distinct feeling that I was being watched. I paused at the edge of the buildings, scanning the area for the source of the feeling.

It was useless, the ovals were pitch black, too far from the dorms to receive any light.

I frowned, surely if there was someone patrolling around here they would have a torch on or something? I hadn't expected to need one myself, but I had my phone in my pocket. I pulled it out and put it to flashlight mode, the small LED creating small beam of light.

I held it out, sweeping it across the ovals slowly. There was a flash of movement in the trees surrounding the ovals, but it was gone before I could determine if it was animal, human or monster.

I sighed, and began walking around the edge of the ovals to investigate.

The feeling of being watched grew stronger. I pulled out my gun and held it at my side as I continued to sweep the area with the thin beam of light from my phone.

I was concentrating so hard on the tree line that when my phone suddenly started to ring I dropped it in surprise.

I swore and leant down to pick it up, checking the caller ID before answering.

"Hey Sammy, what's wrong?"

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