When Michael and Lisa went outside to get the keys, I turned to Ben to check on his shoulder. Even though Ben was against it and seemed scared at first, I told him I would only look at the wound, so he agreed immediately.
After I removed the bandages, I noticed that his shoulder had a sharp, deep scratch, but it wasn't dangerous.
I asked Ben, and he said to me hesitantly:
Ben: "Okay, I'll explain what happened. When we were told to meet at my house, I was upstairs in my room, lost in thought, trying to find a solution to our problem.
Then I started hearing a sound coming from outside my room. Of course, I couldn't check on it until one of you arrived.
But the sounds started getting closer and closer, so I hid under the bed so no one would see me.
After that, the entity started forcing the door open violently until it came off its hinges, and the one who tore it off looked just like the one we met in the old house."
Before Ben could continue, we heard sounds from the second floor, specifically Ben's room, like the sound of things falling to the ground.
Without wasting any time, I grabbed Ben's flashlight and a knife from the kitchen and went up to the second floor.
Ben tried to stop me, but when I reached his room, I didn't find anything except an empty glass of water. Then Ben arrived and was saying, "Don't go into the room!"
After that, Ben stopped talking for a few seconds, as if he was surprised that nothing had happened. He sat down on the bed and said, "Since nothing happened, I'll continue":
"It had no eyes, but it had sharp fangs and long claws. I held my breath so it wouldn't hear me, but it started getting closer, sniffing.
Then I started to panic, because if it smelled me, it would know where I was.
Its movements were slow, but with every step it took, my heart raced faster and faster, until the entity stopped right in front of the bed, and at that moment my heart stopped beating from the terror of the situation.
Then the entity lowered its head to the level of mine and began moving its hand toward the bed, as if searching the floor beneath it.
Its hand was right in front of my shoulder, but before it could grab me, sounds started coming from the hallway, like the meowing of a cat, heading toward the ground floor.
So the entity followed that sound. But as it turned its back, its tail was so sharp that it cut my shoulder as it turned, and the entity never came back after that.
After that, I stood up, and my shoulder started bleeding, so I got the first aid kit from the cabinet and used it on my shoulder. After a while, Lisa arrived, then Michael, and then you.
That's what happened."
After listening to what happened, I was in a state of shock, trying to process it all.
But before I could utter even a single word, my phone started ringing, and so did Ben's.
It was the same message, saying:
"Ben, Alex, we have the keys. We need to meet at a specific place."
I looked at Ben and thought for a second, but Ben said, "Why don't we meet in front of the public park?"
Given how close the place was, I agreed immediately.
I left the room with Ben behind me, but Ben kept looking back, as if making sure of something, before he started running alongside me.