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Amy turned and began to search, with ever decreasing coolness, for another way out. The whole time she scanned the room for movement. A couple of times she seemed to catch just a hint of a shadow at the edge of her vision, but then it would fade immediately as soon as she directed her full gaze at it.

It's a stalker, whatever it is, she surmised. A very good one at that.

She found herself out in the pool area again, and was just about to ponder climbing out one of the skylights overhead when the attack came. She was struck from behind by her assailant and she bounced across the tiles and into the pool. Amy struggled to the surface to get her breath. When she broke the surface, she saw the silhouette of her attacker. It looked humanoid at least.

Amy bolted for the far end of the pool, confident she could swim there faster than anything could run around to corner her. However, this being could fly. It swooped out over the surface and picked her up by the shoulders. ... Continue