<strong>Eric, Sandy</strong><br/><br/>Eric did have a flashlight by his bed, along with a bunch of other things that he had gotten accustomed to keeping nearby during his convalescence.<br/><br/>"What the hell is this?" Virginia thought out loud, peering out the window.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Alana</strong><br/><br/>Alana makes her way down the hall, her eyes adjusting to the dark not because of anything she was doing, but just because. Thinking she had last seen Stephanie down the hall lingering near a vending machine, Alana continued. Though she was familiar with the halls by now, her heart still hammered with the suddenness of the darkness.<br/><br/>She heard a lilting, girlish laugh ahead. Suddenly the hallway blazed into brightness, the lights overhead coming on. Alana saw Stephanie in the hall, her hand on the light switch.<br/><br/>"It got dark sudden, huh?" the girl said. Stephanie hadn't recovered yet from her attack, at least not mentally. The teenager acted like a very young child and still hadn't acknowledged what had happened to her.<br/><br/>The girl looked back at Alana with a smile, like turning on the light had been kind of exciting.<br/><br/>Before Alana could do anything, the hall burst with blue light as a column appeared through the roof, right over and through Stephanie. The girl screamed as her body shook in place, the radiance forcing Alana to shield her eyes with her forearm.<br/>