I bolted down the street, in the direction of my house, running as fast as my legs would take me. All the stores around the area were closed, & I hadn't seen a person in sight, other than the psycho practically hunting me at the moment.

Tony was more than likely long gone by now, so I couldn't run to the coffee house. The only place I could go was home, but I still had a long ways to go. I was screwed if he caught me, no one would be able to help me. I doubted anyone could even hear me if I screamed.

So I kept running, even when my legs couldn't take much more, even when my lungs felt like they had burst into flames. I kept pushing forward, I had no idea what this man had in store for me if I lost his little game, & I did not want to find out.

I flew down the street, going so fast I could barely feel the ground under my feet. I needed to make it atleast to the alley way I use as a short cut home, before he caught up to me. It was close enough to the house that if I called out for one of my roommates, they'd be able to hear me. Even if he did catch me there, he wouldn't be able to do much damage before someone got to me. The thought made me chuckle softly to myself.

I made it, I made it into the alley without a problem, & picked up speed as much as I could (which wasn't much).

"Zack, Bethany?!?! Somebody, Help!!" I yelled, & then I heard the footsteps. Running up behind me at lightning speed.

Next thing I knew, I was on the ground. With my hands pinned by my head, & someone hovering over me, panting as hard as I was. I whimpered softly, I felt like I had been clocked over the head with a baseball bat, I must have landed on it or something. I shook it lightly, trying to shake the cloudiness out of my eyes, & regretted it immediately. I definitely hit my head, pretty hard too.

My blurry vision began to clear & I could see his face, mere inches from mine. Instantly, I wished for the blur to come back, he was absolutely frightening. Orange-red eyes, that burned like fire.
His eyes were shadowed & sunken in. His cheekbones jutted out, like he hadn't eaten in weeks.

He looked like the living dead. He saw the horror in my ivy eyes & grinned wickedly at me, this time I could really see his teeth. It looked like he had fangs, two sets of them on the top & bottom.

"What the fuck..." I breathed, now I was freaked out. He chuckled proudly.

"I win." He purred.

"I don't think so, bud." I kneed him right in the groin. He cursed loudly & I pushed him off of me & scrambled up off of the cold concrete. He quickly got up on his hands & knees & snapped his head up to me & growled. A feral, animalistic growl that left me shaking in my boots. He was more terrifying now than before, his face had twisted into that of a monsters.

Have you ever seen The Lost Boys? You know what they look like when they're all Vamped-out? That's what he looked like, & his eyes. His eyes,were yellow now, with a ring of black around the outside. His teeth had grown longer than before, & he growled again.

He began to stand up & I stepped back.

"That.. Was not nice.." He rasped & lunged at me, pinning me up against the dumpster behind me. Not for long though. I swung at him, clocking him right in the jaw before kicking him in the knee cap. His knee hyperextended & he dropped to the ground, giving me time to dash around him. He wasn't down for long though, he caught up to me, grabbed me by the arm & whipped me back, Causing me to fall to the ground.

I rolled over before coming to a complete stop. He made his way over to me, picked me up, & slammed me up against one of the alleys brick walls. He had my hands pinned on either side of my head, & my leg pinned with his own.

I struggled & squirmed, trying to break free, but it was no use. I finally just gave up.

"Are you quite finished?" He growled, panting. His face was back to the pale, corpse like thing it had been before. His eyes were still yellow though.

"What are you going to do to me? Rob me? Kidnap me? Kill me? Rape me? Beat me to a bloody pulp & leave me to die? What do you WANT?!" I yelled at him, hysterically, tears begining to spill down my face for the second time tonight.

"No, not exactly, though I should after that little stunt you just pulled." He growled.

"Then what? What are you going to do to me?" I sobbed.

He just laughed at me, a dark laugh that made me almost feel sick to my stomache.
Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my neck & I let out an ear piercing, blood curdling, scream.