"No! Get out, get out!"
Mia screamed, her hands directly knocking the computer off the desk. It slammed hard against the floor with a loud crash, the screen shattering into countless fragments, flickering nonstop. Yet instead of dimming, its light seemed to grow even brighter, spilling out in an even wider array of colors.
Mia kept backing away until her back hit the bedframe. She trembled slightly, then completely slumped against it, instinctively letting out a breath when she saw nothing else unusual.
But the calm was destined not to last. Just as she had begun to relax, a sudden knock echoed from the door.
"Knock, knock, knock…"
The sound was soft and yielding, as if it wasn't something solid knocking, but rather a bundle of cotton or a mass of limp cloth wrapped together, repeatedly throwing itself against the door.
