Till Dark

Andy ran down the hallway to find out what had happened, he had a chilling revelation that something terrible was in the midst and the closer he got to the bathroom, the worse he felt. A sound in one of the rooms caught his attention as he started checking every room till he came to the one closest to the bathroom and discovered that the door was locked and it was supposed to be left open. He ran back to his office and grabbed the set of keys hidden under the top of his desk. Snatching them up he headed back to the room but when he reached the room his jaw dropped. Fear gripped him when he saw that the door was standing open. What was going on here he thought? Cautiously he entered the room and heard a faint moan coming from the other side of the bed. Fearing the worst as he saw Jordan and Mrs. Sparks crumpled together on the floor. Mrs. Sparks moaned a second later and Andy hurried to her side. "Mrs. Sparks what happened?" "Someone hit me." Kneeling next to her he stroked her hair. "Who was it Mrs. Sparks? Did you see them?" "No. I was hit from behind." Her voice was strained and Andy saw the puddle of blood on the floor next to her thin frail face. "Mrs. Sparks I want you to stay where you are. I'm going to call an ambulance for you. Just don't try to move till they get here." Moaning she called his name. "Mr. Nichols." "Yes." There's something on my legs could you get it off?" Andy looked ashen. "Mrs. Sparks that's Jordan. I'm not sure what happened but I don't want to move her till we know what is wrong with her, and what has happened. Just rest yourself for a minute." He called over his shoulder on his way out of the room to his office.

Andy cursed himself for not having phone lines installed in all the rooms as he ran back down the hall to his office. Mrs. Sparks was fully conscious now and eager to tell Andy everything she could remember up till she was hit over the head with something very hard and heavy. He excused himself from her story long enough to retrieve a wet wash towel for the still bleeding wound on her head. In the distance he could hear the sirens as the ambulance approached the house. Mrs. Sparks kept talking to Andy trying to remember everything she could about what happened. Just as the ambulance and police arrived Jordan started to regain consciousness. Andy went downstairs to let them in. Two Officers followed the paramedics into the house and up the stairs where he instructed.