The Intrusion of a House

A man was bleeding profusely on the ground, blood flowing out like waterfalls; a woman was on her knees next to him, tears running down her cheeks from her now swollen red eyes. A grave loss had been inflicted on them; the loss of their creation, their brainchild.

It was a silent night, quite a peaceful one, really, no dogs barking, no cats purring, not a single sound to be heard. Until that is, he crept in. He destroyed the glass window with ease, a rather clumsy master of his arts. A large sound could be heard, alerting the man who was smoking cigarettes in the living room.

Without hesitation, the man went to check out what had happened, bringing only a lighter with him. Unfortunately, the intruder, who was armed with a knife, stabbed the man's abdomen. The man, hurriedly found himself a weapon - the knife of a chef. However, he was largely incompetent, the intruder made him drop his knife, slashing his right shoulder too.

The intruder then left him alone, and ran into the house searching for loot. The man would not give up, picking up the knife and trying to battle the intruder. The man, trying to frighten the intruder who was searching through the bookshelves, failed and got hit on the head instead. The intruder eventually found it, but before escaping, the man tried to stop him one final time. This time, the intruder, furious, stabbed the man directly in his chest, no mercy offered. The man instantly collapsed to the ground, his chest in unmeasurable pain. The intruder, he left without caring.

The woman arrived at the house slightly afterwards, from a conference at a private location. She noticed that the house was in a mess and immediately went to find the man. There, she found him in the kitchen, lying down next to the knife he had used without skill. With a dying breath, he told her what had happened.

She cried. She started to cry. Their work was gone. The man was injured. All was lost. The woman couldn't stop; it was too terrible a tragedy. All they could hope for was a miracle to happen, perhaps for the criminal to be exposed.

The woman eventually called an ambulance, reporting the incident with a solemn mood. The police, when they arrived, investigated, and told them that they had a hunch on who could the intruder be, a maniac.