Dangerous Dana (A Suspense Thriller)

by Doris Miller

PARTMENTS UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THE KILLER OR KILLERS ARE STILL AT LARGE!"

  The police start to yellow tape the apartment off. All the neighbors and crowd continue to be shocked and stunned.

  Outside, Tony is coming home from working overtime at his job. He walks towards his building. He passes by people in his neighborhood and says hello with a smile. As he walks towards his building, he sees a crowd of people! He sees police cars and ambulances outside his building. He approaches his building and goes inside. He then goes down the corridor. He sees another crowd of people and a lot of commotion. He sees an older black woman, around her early 60's, standing in the crowd! Tony asks her, "What's going on here? What happened?"

  "A guy named Mark who lived upstairs on the 6th floor was found dead inside his apartment! He was attacked inside his apartment! The police believe he was beaten to death! They don't know by whom! They said the victim's apartment is ransacked and his body is messed up pretty badly! They said one of the victim's eyes is busted, his nose is broken, his jaw is broken in three places, his arm is broken and he has a broken neck! The police also believe he has a fractured skull! The police also said that a piece of the victim's private part had been ripped or bitten right off his body! Blood is everywhere inside his apartment!"

  Tony is shocked and stunned, hearing the news as he asks, "Really?"

  "Yeah, I was just up there! I had seen it! It's a real gruesome scene!"

  "Oh my God!"

  Other neighbors start to listen in on the conversation, talking with Tony and the older woman. They are all shocked and stunned. Tony continues to talk with the older woman and the people. He then asks, "Well does anybody know who could have done this or why?"

  "No one knows who did this, why or how it happened!"

  Tony continues to talk with the older woman and the people for a while. Afterwards, he turns to leave and heads for the elevator, worrying about Dana. He does not know whether or not she is home yet, but before he goes to his apartment, he decides to stop on the 6th floor where he heard the scene took place! He rides the elevator up to the 6th floor. The door opens up. Tony sees a very heavy crowd of people in the hallway of the scene! He sees cops and paramedics. He hears all the commotion! People in the crowd are all crying and screaming! They are all hysterical and frightened, wondering how something like this could happen in their building! Tony goes and tries to get a closer look at the apartment where the gruesome scene took place, but the police won't let anyone near it! They had yellow taped the apartment off! Tony stays in the crowd for a while! As he looks on, he sees a trail of bloody shoe prints coming from the guy's apartment leading into the stairwell! He is all shocked and stunned! He tells another older woman in the crowd what he had heard happened. The older woman tells Tony, "Yes it's true that it happened! We need more security around here! That's why concerned tenants should get together about this matter! As far as we know, the attacker or attackers are still at large!"

  One of the police officers then shouts to the crowd, "LISTEN PEOPLE! THERE'S SOME KILLER OR KILLERS ON THE LOOSE HERE!" The crowd looks at the officer and listens anxiously as the officer continues, "WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE STILL INSIDE THIS BUILDING, BUT YOU ALL BETTER GO CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOUR FAMILIES OR YOUR LOVED ONES ARE SAFE INSIDE THEIR A