The blackness pressed upon me, a suffocating weight. I tried to remember the light switch, but my hands trembled at nothing. A raspy sound sliced through the stillness, sending goosebumps down my spine. Could it be just the pipes ? Or was something more, something sinister , waiting in the darkness? My thumping echoed loudly, each pounding a count

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