Chapter 2: Flashback:

Nancy's POV:

Bess asked me to come over to her place.

"Nancy, this is Ali," says Bess.

"Hey," I said, "so, what's wrong?"

"Well, it happened like this," says Ali.

Ali's POV - Flashback:

After Bess and me got done at the store, Bess left, but I had to stay, then something knocked me out.

. . .

I then woke up and saw that everything was gone!

. . .

I then spoke with the manager. "What happened," asks the Manager.

"I don't know," I said, "I just woke up and everything was gone!"

"Did you take it," asks the Manager.

"No," I said.

Nancy's POV - Present:

"Wait, he just accused you without evidence," I asked.

"Actually-"

Ali's POV - Flashback:

I forgot to mention that all my fingerprints were everywhere.

"Okay, that looks bad," I said.

"And this security monitor shows you stealing everything," says the manager.

"But I was knocked out," I said.

"Oh, well, then what knocked you out?" I looked at him. "Oh, from behind. Got it."

Nancy's POV - Present:

"That at least convinced him that I might be innocent," says Ali.

"Don't worry," I said, "I'll get to the bottom of this."

. . .

I then checked the store. It could have been something supernatural. I then checked out the fingerprints. Weird. What could have copied her fingerprints? I then found something strange. It was some sort of claw.

To Be Continued

In the next chapter, Nancy will learn about a creature.