Dangerous Dana (A Suspense Thriller)
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Tony nervously and frighteningly tells the police officer, "You're right! I'm gonna check to see if my girlfriend is safe!"
Another man in the crowd suggests that he is going to check on his family also. Tony turns to leave and heads for the elevator! He is hysterical and scared! The elevator door opens. Tony goes inside the elevator with a group of people! The elevator door then closes behind them!
The elevator soon stops on the 4th floor and opens up! Tony rushes out into the hallway! The elevator door closes. As Tony rushes towards his apartment door, he almost slips! He quickly catches his balance and looks down at the hallway floor. He sees that the entire hallway floor leading from the stairwell to his apartment door is wet and damp as if it had just been mopped and cleaned! He carefully heads towards his apartment door, trying not to slip and fall. He reaches his apartment and unlocks the door. He opens the door and goes inside his apartment. He closes the door behind himself. He looks around the apartment. It is very dark and dim inside. He turns on the lights and goes into the living room and the kitchen, looking around for Dana as he calls out "DANA! DANA!" He does not see her anywhere! He starts to go into the hallway and head towards the bedroom! As he is about to walk through the hallway, he notices that the front door is wet and damp, like if it had just been cleaned. He notices that the walls are wet and damp, like if it had just been cleaned. He then looks down at the floor and notices that the floors are bright and shiny, like if it had just been mopped and cleaned. He continues to walk through the hallway and goes into the bedroom. When he enters the bedroom, he looks and sees Dana in the bed face down, sleeping with her head beneath the covers and blanket. He gives a sigh of relief. He is relieved to find that Dana is home safe and sound. He starts to walk over towards her side of the bed as she sleeps. He removes the covers and blanket off her head a little and taps her on the shoulder, trying to wake her up. She does not respond. She remains asleep with her face down. Tony changes his mind and decides not to wake Dana. He places the covers and blanket back over her head. He walks away from Dana and heads towards the bedroom doorway. He turns around and looks back at Dana as she continues to sleep beneath the covers and blanket. He leaves the bedroom and goes to the bathroom. When he enters the bathroom and turns on the light, he looks around and sees that the bathroom sink and floor are damp, like if they had just been mopped and cleaned.
Tony starts to wash his hands at the bathroom sink. There is no blood stains in the bathroom sink as Tony washes his hands. He is unaware that there had been blood all in his bathroom sink.
A few minutes later, Tony leaves the bathroom and starts to head back into the living room. He gets on the telephone and calls up Michael and Diane D's number.
In Michael and Diane D's room, the telephone rings. Michael picks up the telephone and says, "Hello?"
"Hey Michael! It's me Tony! How you doing man?"
"I'm alright Tony. What's up?"
"Hey listen Michael, whatever you and Diane do, don't come over here, alright?"
"Don't come over there? What are you talking about Tony?"
"Michael, something terrible happened in this building today! I just came home from work and I saw cops and a heavy crowd of people outside the building! I went inside the building and saw another crowd of people! I spoke to some of the people! They said that some guy named Mark that lived upstairs on the 6th floor was found dead inside his apartment! They said he was found beaten to death! They said his body was found lying in a pool of blood and his face all broken! They said his eye was busted, his nose was broken and he had a broken jaw! They also said his arm was broken, his skull was fractured and he had a broken neck!"
"WHAT! ARE YOU SERIOUS MAN?"
"Yeah! The people in the crowd also said that a piece of the guy's private part had been ripped or bitten right off his body!"
"OH MY GOD!"
"I had heard that there was blood all over his apartment! I heard his apartment was very ransacked! I had gone up to the guy's floor to see if I could see anything! There was a heavy crowd of people up there! There were cops and paramedics all over the place too! I wanted to get a closer look at the guy's place, but the police didn't let anyone near the scene, but I did see a trail of bloody shoe prints leading from the guy's apartment going into the stairwell! The police don't know who could have done this to the man or why! That's why I want you and Diane to be careful not to come over here, because whoever could have done this horrible thing to that guy is still on the loose and I don't want any of you to get attacked!"
"I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN TONY!"
Diane D comes near Michael and listens in on the phone conversation as Michael tells Tony, "Hold on for a minute Tony!" Michael turns to Diane D and quickly says, "Hey Diane, Tony just told me that some guy named Mark that lived in his building on the 6th floor was found dead inside his own apartment! Tony said the guy was found beaten to death and his apartment was ransacked!"
"What!" Diane D shouts.
"Yeah! Tony said that the guy's body was found in a pool of blood with his face all broken up! He said the guy's eye was busted, his nose was broken and his jaw was broken! He also said the guy's arm was broken, his skull was fractured and he had a broken neck!"
"Oh my God!"
"Yeah! Tony also said that a piece of the guy's private part had been ripped or bitten right off his body! He said that there were cops all over the place! Tony also said he heard that there was blood all over the guy's apartment and he saw a trail of bloody shoeprints leading from the guy's apartment going into the stairwell!"
"What!"
"Yeah! Tony says the police don't know who could have done that to the man or why! They haven't caught anybody yet! So Tony told me for us to be careful and not to go over there because he does not want any of us to get attack by whoever the perpetrator or perpetrators are! He said they're still on the loose!"
"What! Well does Dana know about this?!"
"I don't know. I hope she does. Let me ask Tony." Michael gets back on the phone with Tony and asks, "Hey Tony! Is Dana there? She knows about this right?"
"No!” Tony hysterically says. “I didn't get a chance to tell her yet! She's in bed sleeping right now and I didn't want to wake her!"
"WHAT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S IN BED SLEEPING AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE HER? TONY IF THERE'S SOME VICIOUS PERSON OR MANIAC RUNNING AROUND LOOSE IN YOUR BUILDING, DANA HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT IT FOR HER SAFETY!"
"But she's asleep!"
"SO WHAT SHE'S ASLEEP MAN, WAKE HER UP! WAKE DANA UP AND TELL HER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT MAN IN YOUR BUILDING TONY! YOU DON'T WANT DANA TO ACCIDENTALLY RUN ACROSS THIS PERPETRATOR DO YOU?"
"No! Of course not!"
"ALRIGHT THEN! FOR DANA'S SAFETY TONY, PLEASE WAKE HER UP AND TELL HER SO THAT SHE CAN BE CAREFUL WHENEVER SHE GOES BACK OUT THE BUILDING!"
"I tried to wake Dana up to tell her about what happened upstairs as soon as I got in here, but she didn't respond! I think she's tired right now! I think she might had done some house cleaning a little while ago because I notice that the doors, walls and floors in the hallway and in the bathroom are all wet and damp like they've just been cleaned! Dana's probably tired from house cleaning, that's probably why she's in bed right now!"
"TONY, DANA CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO SLEEP! YOU BETTER TELL DANA ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT GUY IN YOUR BUILDING RIGHT NOW WHILE SHE'S STILL INSIDE THE APARTMENT! YOU MIGHT NOT GET A CHANCE TO TELL HER ABOUT IT LATER ON! YOU KNOW DANA USUALLY SNEAKS OUT OF THE APARTMENT DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE YOU'RE ASLEEP! SHE MIGHT SNEAK OUT OF THE A