Go now

You need to hurry! It sounds like something’s going on, and you don’t care if people see your underwear. You hustle down the hallway and around the corner. Nobody ever goes to the attic, but you’ve noticed the trap door before. Sure enough, the ladder is down!

You climb straight up as fast as you can, following the noises. You hear a hard bump and a grunt of pain. Is there a catfight going on?

It’s dark, but you follow the noise. There’s a shout of pain, and something hot flies through the air and touches your skin. It’s blood!

A shape that smells like sweat, sex, and great perfume comes toppling out of the dark and hits you. You crash to the floor under the detective. She’s groaning.

You have no idea what’s going on, but you see a dark shape approaching behind her.

A bloody knife gleams. You have to do something! There’s a door right here.

Try to get out from under the wounded detective?

Or try to kick the door shut?

Or maybe try to trip up the attacker?