Chapter 10

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Andrew was nearing WebCom's compound and was soon just half a mile away from it . He was driving at top speed in his car down the road . Luckily the road was almost empty at this time of the night . Only a few homeless people walked around at this time with their trolleys , walking aimlessly .

 Andrew reached his office after a while and parked his car . He then made his way to his cubicle and to get some things . He decided to check his e-mails before making his way to Robert's office . Skipping work for so long had piled up a lot of work for him but his workaholic nature helped him chew threw the work in no time .

 He was just checking his e-mails when he received one from Emma . She was asking his whereabouts . He responded saying that he's at his office and has some work to do , and suggested that she go back to sleep . He thought completing some of his work quota in advance wouldn't hurt now that he was here anyway . An hour passed , and Andrew had fallen asleep while working . Suddenly the fax machine beside him started beeping , which woke him up in a start . He looked at the time . It was 1 am .

 "I think a cup of coffee would do me good . " , he thought and made his way to the cafeteria . 

Andrew was all alone in his office at the time , why wouldn't he be , it was pretty late for anyone to be working , but not for Andrew . He was addicted to work , he enjoyed it a lot . Emma always hated this habit of his and he always said that he would work on it , but Emma knew it was like asking a chain smoker to quit .

 Andrew took out the coffee maker and plugged it in . He then put the kettle on and went back to his cubicle , thinking it would be ready soon . On his way back , he went to the washroom to wash his face . His eyes were a bit blurry due to the water but Andrew was sure that in the mirror , behind him , was a woman standing . He rubbed his eyes in shock and looked again , no one was there .

 He ignored this , thinking it was his sleepy mind playing tricks on him . He really needed that coffee .He was walking half asleep out of the washroom when the door slammed shut right in his face . Andrew dropped down to the floor due to the impact and was dazed for a second or two . He shrugged it off and got up , then went ahead to open the door , but it wouldn't open . He applied all his strength to open that door but it was as if someone was holding it shut from the other side .

 He gave it one last try and pulled the handle with all his might , and this time , the door opened. Andrew saw that there was no one outside . Thinking the door had gotten stuck , he ignored it and went to get his coffee .

The kettle was blowing off its excess steam . He looked at the clock - 1: 45 am . The coffee was ready . Right on time , thought Andrew . He poured the coffee into a mug and took a sip . "Damn , forgot the sugar ." he said as he tasted the extremely bitter coffee .

 He went to ahead to open the cabinet where the sugar was kept . Andrew was just about to open it when simultaneously , all the cabinets swung open . Andrew was taken aback . He looked around for a while , just standing still . He then quietly took the sugar out and put it in his coffee . He was already quite freaked out . 

He decided that he'll just fax the report that Robert was talking about and then head home . He made his way to his cubicle to get his laptop . As he was about to close it and put it in his bag , he saw an new e-mail in his inbox . The mail was sent just recently , at 2 am . It was from an unknown person . He opened the e-mail to see what it was . He thought it was probably one of those junk mail people keep getting all the time . But the mail just contained one single sentence . " I SEE YOU ANDREW WEST , I COME FOR YOU NOW ......." . 

Andrew was freaked out but he reassured himself that it was a hoax , probably some guy spamming him . He closed his laptop and made his way to Robert's cabin . He took the key out from beneath the mat , and opened the door . Robert's cabin was completely dark , Andrew couldn't see a thing . He waved his hands blindly across the table till he found the night lamp . 

He switched it on and couldn't believe what he saw . There was an ouija board on the table and a few old withered candles lying beside it . But the thing that caught Andrew's eye was the arrow on the wall that was pointing towards something . The arrow looked like it had been smeared on  the wall with someone's blood . Andrew saw that it was pointing towards the whiteboard just behind him . He turned around to see what it was .

Andrew froze then and there . He kept staring at the board with wide open eyes . On the entire board in bold letters , was a message written in blood , "CHECK MY DRAWERS ..... QUICKLY". Andrew turned back quickly and opened the drawers one by one . Inside one of them was a post-it note . 

It read , "You're safe in here , this is the only place she cannot enter, yet. You  need to get out of this building Andrew , but she won't let you leave that easy . You need to send her back  , find a way . She's afraid of the light , use it your advantage . You don't have much time , as soon as you leave this room , she'll come for you . Remember , do NOT look at her face at all .You can't stay here forever, eventually she'll break through . Get out . Fast ." Andrew was freaked out . He didn't know what to do . He looked at his watch - 2:15 am. 

He needed to get out , and FAST ........

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