Anne scrambled to her feet. She looked at Alexi in horror as she realized she was going to try to fight back. She quickly grabbed her arm and started tugging her towards the stairs. "Alexi, please!" She screamed. "We have to get out of here!"

The creature stood on its hands and feet, having completely forgotten about Gideon's dead body, and started crawling towards the rest. Its dead eyes never pulled away from theirs, never blinked, never broke contact. It simply stared as it crawled closer and closer.