Very Short Showing Work

She runs as fast as she possibly can, turning corners, dodging obstacles,

trying to insert as much distance as possible. She throws open a door, only

to find a long, dark corridor with many more doors. She sprints down it,

opening one at random and peering inside, judging. She enters cautiously.

Her heart races, perspiration pouring down her back. She is fighting for

breath now, most of her energy exerted from the past hour’s events.

It is a large bedroom, obviously unused. All furniture, very ornate, is

covered in a thick layer of dust. Inhaling fully, the stench of old camphor

mothballs and something else unknown enters sharply into her nostrils. Her

eyes zip across the room as she desperately searches for a place of refuge

and concealment. They stop on a large wardrobe, tucked away in a corner

of the outsized room. She jogs to it, and yanks on the handle. It doesn’t

budge. Blood pounding in her ears and a small moan escaping from her

lips, she starts pulling on the handle with all her might, grunting from the

effort. Unexpectedly, the wardrobe doors burst open and she is thrown

back, falling in the middle of the floor.

Suddenly a beam of light reaches out from the depths of the wardrobe,

pulsing. Another ray is added. Another. And another. Her blood turns cold

as she stares deep inside, and she crawls, hurries to back up against the

far wall. A low hum is added now, reverberating around the room. Shafts of

light arc across the room, growing ever brighter and brighter. A small orb of

blue light is now pulsing at the core, so close yet so distant. Her breath is

rapid now, in short small bursts. Her heart is pounding, fighting its way out

of her chest. She starts to sob uncontrollably, something awakening deep

within her. The light is now beyond blinding. It fills her to the brim, now part

of her, electricity flowing through her veins, a low pulsing throughout the

room. A metallic taste hits her palate and a liquid fills her mouth as her

jaws tense against the pressure…