Robber

Jayden snuck through the dark hallway, wincing slightly every time he stepped and a creak echoed through the house. He was pretty sure the house was empty, the lights were all off and there was no car to be seen anywhere, but he still didn’t like making noise. He moved slowly and carefully, especially because it was so dark. He had a flashlight with him of course, he just didn’t want to use it right now. If any of the neighbors saw the light in the otherwise dark house, they might suspect an intruder and call the police.

He’s wandering the room, grabbing things that look valuable and stuffing them in his backpack. When he hears a sound from somewhere behind him, he nearly has a heart attack on the spot. He immediately freezes, listening carefully. A small crack of light is coming from a closed door, and from behind it, it almost sounds like very muffled screaming. Not only is someone here, he realizes, they’re watching a horror movie? At, like, midnight? Jesus, whoever lives here must be more of a psycho than me. He jokes to himself, not knowing the truth behind his own thoughts. He’s about to turn to leave, when something in his gut starts stirring. The more he listens to the muffled sounds of screaming and crying, the more..real it sounds. He frowns, taking a few hesitant steps towards the door, carefully pushing it open. He’s looking down at dim steps, leading somewhere down into a basement. A chill goes down his spine as he hears the cries a little clearer. If it is from a movie, they must have some really high quality speaker set up or something. What am I thinking? IF it’s from a movie? Of course it’s from a movie, what else would it be? And good speakers are, like, expensive right? I could probably steal those… I’m totally gonna steal those. And with that thought, Jayden steps slowly, quietly down the stairs, shoving aside the churning feeling in his gut, headed down into the basement..