A Call From Within

As the alley's dark walls and patinaed windows flashed in his peripheral view, Arthur kept racing toward the end of the alley away from the excruciating dread of being captured after what he heard. With his current explosive speed, he reached the end in an instant.

"Nowhere to run now!" The woman descended behind him and was only a few meters away. Arthur didn't stop at the end of the alley and simply kept rushing forward. From an outsider's point of view, Arthur was simply mad. However, before he reached the wall by a few inches, he disappeared into the shadows on the wall and reemerged from the other side.

"What the, wait!" The woman was stunned before she screamed again. Arthur could hear her surprise even despite her accent.

'Are you mad? As if I'll wait just for you to grill me alive!' Arthur thought to himself as he found himself inside an apartment.