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Genevie told her soht Sister Sarah told her to get a bunch of crosses even if the are made out of sticks and whatever you do don't take off the aot hoular bible she got from the library and three small crosses from the prop room She wanted to leave that day but knew she would be automatically ht again so She saas Sister Marie That was the only nun in the group she thought was her true friend if Sister Marie was liked that then it meant Sister Francis was that way also She knew there was no one except herself now

She got up and closed theas the monster reached out his hand He saw the amulet around her neck and let out the most unhealthy screech that she ever heard Is eyes was deep red he hit the ith his right long claw fingers

She forgot what Sister Sarah said about running away in the daylight She grabbed her bag and left she realized that was adoard her when she noticed the drain system and slid down into it

He reached in as far as he could Genevie noticed the drain system led to the city's storm system She walked in water up to her knees She could see that it started raining She walked a little farther She could see people lifting the grates and looking in if she hadn't hid in the bend she would have been seen

She overheard on of the search party tell the rest with the rain it would be useless to use the dogs People could hear what sounded like howling One of the nuns told the upset

Genevie could see flashlight bea faster The was a fork in the tunnel section She turned right not knowing if she was going the right way but it was better than staying where she was

She saw a sign on the side of the wall that pointed one way to the library She thought I could hide there and put a dry change of clothes on She headed that way as quickly as she could withoutnoise

When she reached the library she started to sneak up the base doors That idea was out of the question, She turned and quickly went back into the drainage tunnel