JKWriter's 100-word story for September 11, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on September 11, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Out of breath and feeling fatigued from running around in her impractical shoes and wildly constricting jacket, the young woman slid down the side of the car in exhaustion. Beads of sweat ran down her face as she waited fearful that the man who had just killed all of the other counselors at the summer camp would find her and do the same. Just then, she heard the same uncanny, eery music that seemed to start just before each of the other victims had met their demise. This was it. Before she could even move...the spiked glove grabbed her....

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