Metal hit one another, clanking and scraping against the solid surface of the garage door. The door opened, a creak and a deafening sound coming from it, one she had never heard before. It took her a few bits to realize that they were being opened with force. Someone was breaking into Axel’s house. She stood up from the bed and looked around in panic. The room was slowly closing in the more she stood in one place, waiting for doom to come. Her phone vibrated. Frantically she opened the text and recognized Axel’s ID on the top of the message bar. Axel: Lock the door to the bedroom and go into the bathroom. He saw. Somehow, relief filled her. If Axel saw and he was already instructing her, that meant he was on his way. Whoever it was, would not be getting out of this unharmed. She q

