The alarm blared.
Lights flickered.
An experiment gone wrong.
It was chasing me.
I knew it was.
I turned corners quickly and sloppily.
I ran for the elevator.
Open, open, open, open, open, open, open, open.
The door opened.
I stepped inside.
Close, close, close, close, close, close, close, close.
I watched the hallway.
I hoped with everything I had that it wouldn't be there.
The door closed.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
I knew I was safe.
Or thought.
And I also knew to always look everywhere.
Especially up.
Well, now I do.
But that doesn't help me now.
It was there.
It got me.
It wasn't supposed to happen like this.
She was the new kid. She knew nothing about the dangers lurking with the small town of Hawkins.
And yet she was the perfect target.