Unexplainable

Chapter 5

A scratching noise at the living room window brought Hannah back to the present. As she looked up, the scratching was followed by a few hard blows, then a smash. A shiny black nose protruded from the curtain edge, followed by a dark-bristled, twitching snout. The nose pointed up into the air, as if sniffing it's prey, then disappeared. Hannah backed away from the window, down the hallway and back into her bedroom. Feeling against the wall, she found the metal bat hanging next to her bed. It still had the bloodstains from the fruitless attempts her parents made to defend themselves.

Hannah's hand slid down to the handle, and grasped the heavy piece of metal as her bedroom window exploded into a shower of glittering shards. Crying out in surprise, she shielded her eyes from the flying glass, struggling to see the dark silhouette standing up, growling and shaking glass shards off. The muscles rippled beneath the dense fur as it howled, an ear-splitting note that caused Hannah to shriek in pain. As the burning gaze of the Nevergreen fixed on Hannah's green eyes, it snarled menacingly. At a terrifying speed, it hurled itself towards the unsuspecting girl. Hannah barely managed to get the dead weight of the bat up before the Nevergreen smashed it's body into hers, knocking her to the floor and making her gasp for air. It sat it's heavy weight onto Hannah's stomach, the knees either side of her ribs, making it a battle to get her breath back. Noticing the bat held feebly in Hannah's grasp, it plucked the weapon from her grip and threw it aside. The werewolf-like creature gave her a devilish grin, all razor-sharp teeth and hot drool, which pooled onto Hannah's face. Hannah screamed in shock.