Run up the stairs back to your house.

From Create Your Own Story

Status: Naked & Hiding

With your drink in hand, you nearly fall on your face trying to spring out of the hammock. But you recover quickly, and dash towards the steps. You make it up the deck and lay flat on the floor, just as you see a man walk around the corner of your house.

For a tense moment, you hold your breath. You don't know if you've been spotted or not. Then, you hear noise from the air conditioner, like someone is tapping the metal surface.

You breath a sigh of relief. You crawl like a worm on the floor of your deck, making it to to sliding door. You work your fingers into the crack in the door, trying to get the leverage to pry it open, when it suddenly it opened on its own.

"Lookie what we have here!"

You crane your neck to see a man in the doorway, leering over your body.

You stand quickly and try to go down the stairs, but the other man is already coming up them, staring hungrily at you.

You feel your skin flush, as you cover yourself with your hands.

"Heh, uh, miss, it, uh, looks like you attached your hammock outside to the central AC unit sticking out of the ground. Well, you damaged a component in there. I'm gonna have to take off the housing to get a good estimate, but I think you're looking at a couple thousand. And because you damaged it, it's not covered by standard maintenance."

You open your mouth and blurt out:

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