Huddled in the dark cell within the church, Ashley hugged her knees tighter to her chest. It was bitingly cold inside, the sounds of the thunderstorm raining outside only increasing the frigid feeling in the room. Even while swaddled in her many layers, she still shivered.

But the sounds of the cell door jingling snapped her to full attention. Was it her captors, back to torment her? Were they going to kill her, once and for all? She couldn't risk it, not if she had the chance to do something. Scrambling to her feet, she stumbled around the room for anything she could find. Anything heavy, anything that could knock somebody clean out.

She ended deciding on a heavy candlestick, hoisting it up over her shoulder as she shuffled towards the back of the doorway, ready to get the jump on whoever was inside. When the door finally creaked open, and the figure entered... She leapt out, swinging the heavy candelabra at the intruder.

"... Hiiyah!"