Wait

She couldn't risk it, Katie decided. Not in this state. Too many things could happen to her, and all of them bad. What if she fell down, or got lost, or encountered an evil person in this rain?

So Katie waited.

The rain lashed against her body, big, hard, cold drops hitting her face, shoulders, chest, and stomach with considerable ****. Katie tried to tune out the rain, but couldn't manage it. She waited for the rain to stop, and shivered and cried while she waited.

It was still raining when Katie suddenly heard a voice, speaking to her from only about two feet away.

"Well, well well. Look what we have here."

Startled by the suddenness and closeness of the voice, Katie jumped and screamed into her gag. "Mmmmmf!"

Then the voice spoke again. Katie quickly realized that her discoverer was: