[center][h2][color=peachpuff]Ember[/color][/h2][/center][hr]
Just as she was on the third step going upwards, something or someone fell from the fourth floor all the way down. She was too slow to react: by the time she outstretched her hand, she saw the man's lifeless body, his brains splattered all over the floor and a permanent look of horror etched in his face. 

She growled. What the freaking hell is happening? She could still hear gunfire and lots of shouting on the fourth floor and quickened her pace. Upon ascending, a family of four came barreling down towards her with tears and scared expressions on their faces. A father and a mother with their two sons all looked at her in shock and fear, not knowing if she's part of the armed men who took them hostage or not. She didn't blame them: wearing a white tank top, black jogging pants, white sneakers, black bandit mask she stole from some child's cowboy costume set, and her hair in a ponytail, she looked like a low-budget Black Widow impersonator.

Ember literally flattened herself against the wall and urged the family to go through which they quickly did. One of the boys kept looking at her in fascination and curiosity, before being pulled away by his mother where the four of them hurriedly made their way downstairs, away from this wretched place. 

Ember thought of following them as well, but she was already here anyway. She might as well get to the bottom of this mess. Her body went back to normal afterwards and continued her way up. 

Just then, an all-out fight was happening near the stairs. From the weak light of the flashlight flashing on the wall, Ember could see the shadows of people and... something else. A woman came in Ember's view on the top of the stairs, as if she was pushed. She was too transfixed on what's happening in front of her that she didn't notice Ember even when she's near her. Then the woman turned to go downwards, screamed in surprise when she saw Ember, and pushed her aside as she ran crying from fear. 

Ember could also hear the pained cries of a man and Ember finally walked up the stairs to see a gruesome scene. A man, that looked to be one of the hostage takers judging from his clothing, was being brutally mauled by another... what the heck is that? The light became dimmer and dimmer, making it hard to actually see what the attacker looked like but the cries of the hostage taker and the sound of tearing flesh and breaking bones was still as sharp. 

The dying man saw her and pleaded to her with eyes full of tears. But she stood frozen in place, unsure of what to do. She has never seen anything like this. Yes the man may be evil, but no one deserved to die like this. She knew that even if she acted now, the man will not even survive another minute. Ember was all set to knock out the monster but she hesitated. This time she'll try a different approach. Ember wiped a tear from her cheeks and breathed.

[color=peachpuff]"[b]That's enough[/b]"[/color], Ember called out to the monster. [color=peachpuff]"You've caused so many deaths. I don't want to make this situation more worse that it is. Just please, stop"[/color].