They probably still remember the terrible forest fires that blazed in Russia. The memories of their consequences have not yet cooled down. Smoke from the burning forests was blown away by the wind for thousands of kilometers, covering cities and villages with a dense gray veil. And my city, Nizhny Novgorod, also found itself in this sea of smoke and ash.
It was getting dark. There was absolutely nothing to do at home, but it was impossible to go outside - acrid smoke made it difficult to breathe and hurt my eyes. To pass the time until nightfall, I decided to listen to music. I plugged in bass headphones, chose the more powerful tracks, turned the sound louder (within reason) and lay down on the sofa.
It was probably past midnight when the queued tracks ended. Before bed, I think I ought to go get my throat wet. In the fridge I had a couple of cans of soda (I don't drink alcoholic drinks at all) in case of the heat.
I took off the headphones, got up from the couch and for some reason went to the window. Obviously, to see how it is with the fog. You know, the picture I saw could only be found in some Stalker or FEAR. The smoke dropped somewhere on the level of 2-3 floors (for reference, I live on the fifth). The impression was that the house was floating in a sea of fog. And the windows of the house on the opposite illuminated this sea from the inside. And in the evening twilight it looked a little creepy. But, as they say, “my home is my fortress” and within the confines of my apartment I can be completely calm. I headed towards the hall and suddenly heard a strange sound from the dark doorway. It looked more like a slide than a step. It resembled the movement of a tail or tentacles rather than legs or paws. Periodically breaking the silence with short gliding sounds, SOMETHING was crawling across the hall. FrightenedI staggered back to my computer.
I always had a flashlight near the system unit, in case of breakdown or malfunction, as well as if I needed to find something. Sometimes it happens that at the right moment the most unnecessary things come across. In the lantern, the batteries sat down, at the right time to get them! But, fortunately, the battery in the phone was charged. And, as you know, a flash, with the help of certain applications, can be used as a flashlight. Armed with bass headphones, which yell no weaker than the speakers at max volume, and turned on the muzlo harder, I went to the hall. Having illuminated the hall with a "lantern", at first I did not notice anything. And the sounds seem to have stopped. But when I turned the light on the sofa, I almost fell to the floor with fear. A creature was sitting near the sofa (well, it seemed to me that IT was sitting), the size of a man. I could not take a step, my legs, as if they did not obey me. The creature slowly rose and was already hovering a meter or two above the floor.
The only thing I could do was (don’t laugh, I know how it sounds, but believe me, it was not funny to me then) to increase the volume even more.
Unable to withstand the sound, which seemed too loud for him, this creature turned sharply and rushed with a wild screeching out the window, breaking the glass at the same time.