It was late at night, many of the facilities of the schools empty while students slept peacefully in their beds. There was at least one that wasn't, though; one girl was swimming in the pool, safely (relatively) indoors and feeling good in the water. As she swam, the emptiness of the large room was emphasized by the echoing noise of her splashes and the reflecting ripples of light that dance on the ceiling and walls.

She wasn't alone though, not completely. In the changing room unseen by her, a shadowy form was shrugging off clothes, padding along, silent and barefoot as it made it's way across onto wet tile floor... it's head tilted as it heard the sound of splashing, and it smiled faintly to itself.

Diana swam across the pool, it looked like she was going fairly fast, but in reality, it was only really half her fastest, she was just getting some light training in before she went for her rest for the night.

She was wearing a blue bikini, usually she would be wearing the schools one piece, but she was kind of relaxing for her training a little for once. She stopped at the far end, from the dressing rooms, for a little break.

As she lingered on the far side of the pool, there was a sudden sound disturbing the noise of rippling water! The showers, in the changing rooms on the far end of the pool, were turned on. The steady hissing noise of the water escaping the shower head muted out other noises...

Inside, a shadowy form sighed and turned in the hot water, smiling and getting the soap. Working up a lather, it began to scrub up. That felt good, quite good...


Above the pool, a trio of eyes peered through tiny cracks and holes in the material, hidden quite aptly from view. Tiny holes in the ceiling let it peer down, eyes on the supple form coming up at the end of the pool. {Wow, quite nice!} He thought, twisting a tentacle about and slithering it down into the structure of the walls.

Diana took a last breath, before she started swimming back to the other end, so she could make her way into the showers. When she was at the other side, she pulled herself out of the water, when she heard one of the showers running, she was sure she was the only one in the pool, so why would they be running. She started walking towards the showers, to see what was in there...

The hissing sound continued as she maneuvered through the doors into the changing room, moving around towards the noise. As she comes around a wall used as a divider between the doorway and the showers proper, she catches sight of a shadow languishing under the showerhead.

As it turns, rubbing down its arms and lathering up some soap, she notices the rubbery texture of it's skin, the sinuous movements that can't be made by a normal human, and a curved head lacking hair... there was a prominent forehead that loomed over viper-like pits with eyes sunken in, long fingers and hands... and it was humming.

All of a sudden, it paused and turned in her direction... and SHRIEKED! It moved with sudden speed, snapping out and seizing a towel before tossing it up between them!

Diana recoiled in shock, taking a few steps back, she wasn't sure exactly what was going on here, she wasn't told that there were monsters in the school, was it even real, it looked real.

She slowly started backing out of the showers, eager to escape.

((Damn this writers block...))

She recoils quickly, eyes locked on the form as it dropped down, swaying a little as it began to move forwards! The creature was fast, closing the distance on her quickly, but slipped on the wet tile and dropped to all fours.

She can see the eyes lock onto hers, a leer crossing its face as it began to scramble towards her, sinuous body flexing as it tried to run her down like a beast as she manages to escape into the pool...

((hate that block. good luck with it))

Diana dived into the pool, she wasn't sure if it could swim or not, just hoping it didn't, she swam quickly to the middle of the pool, and started wading, to try and think of what to do next. She looked around the room to see of any exits.

She hits the pool with a loud splash, sinking under the water for a moment before she struggles to the surface! The humanoid, rubbery thing balked at the edge of the water, then began slowly to circle it slowly. It walked with a low gait, sometimes on all fours, sometimes on two feet, swaying back and forth as it stalked the pool.

There was an emergency exit at the head of the room, a pair of double-doors that led right outside. The other entrances were through the showers on the other side, the side nearest her, and the door that led directly out into the gymnasium building's hallway that was situated halfway down the pool on the same side.

As it came around to the end nearest the emergency exit it turned around, beginning to slink back along the same side, covering the exits. But for the moment she was safe in the pool... if it didn't want to get wet, she might be able to hold out until morning. Maybe. But maybe it would just grow impatient, and venture into the water...

A faint splash near her got her attention. As she looked, she saw something unexpected... a long white rope was dangling from above, it's end having fallen into the water! Up above, it looked like it was coming from a vent in the ceiling, a panel missing that used to cover it and the covering on the rooftop and other obstructions also removed. She could barely see the stars of the sky through it... a way out! But provided by whom?

Diana looked at the rope that had somehow fallen from the roof of the gym, it was quite a climb up there, but would she try it, with that monster prowling the edge of the pool, she didn't really have much choice. She swam over it, and grabbed the end, and tugged a few times, to check it it was able to hold her weight.

She started to pull herself up, it was hard work, but she managed 'maybe all that sport wasn't a waste of time after all' she thought, pulling herself up out of the water.

She pulls herself hurriedly out of the water, climbing up the rope as best as she could! There was a snarl, and she could feel the eyes of that... THING on her as it began to reach out, swiping at the air. She could feel the air whistle as it stretched it's body as much as it could... and then for a moment of blinding terror she feels something heavy hit her! It doesn't keep purchase though, and tumbles to the water with a splash as she clings to the rope in terror.

With the monster struggling below in the pool, she's able to frantically climb upwards, finding the rope slowly being pulled up as well. Pulling herself up through the square hole, she lays sight on her rescuer for the first time...

It was a young caucasian man with short blonde hair, wearing a simple white-collared shirt and slacks. He was a bit cute, she found, wirey and slender, but with a charming grin and a sparkle to his eyes. But at the same time, she felt a bit of unease...

Magnified intensely as she saw large, white rippling tentacles bundled up behind him, squirming and flicking about in some sort of pile!

"So what do we have here, hmm?" He asked with a broad (and creepy) grin. Up on this curved roof for the pool, she didn't have much room to maneuver at all. It was open, but with the sloping roof, she either had to chance sliding down or try and race past him towards the rest of the building...

'Why every time I go to train late at night this happens... Why do I even bother trying to train' She thought, as well as thinking out a plan to escape from this monster she was now confronted with. But she needed time to think of what she was going to do next.

"My names Diana S-sir"

She found it hard to say the last word in the sentence. She could afford to try and slide down the roof, or just run past but either way she would probably be caught... she needed time to think, but she didn't have much time to do so.

((Sorry I took so long to post =Pt))

He tucked his hands into his back pockets, walking forwards towards her. "Diana? That's an interesting name..." He raised an eyebrow, looking down at the growl and splashing of the creature below as it made it's way back to the edge of the pool... then the young man smiled back to her.

"Well, I won't do anything so horrible as the thing down there might've. Who knows what could have happened! Still though, I do require some sort of payment for bailing you out like that..." He grinned, though not quite a leer, bemused at the girls' timidness. The tentacles squirmed and thrashed louder, inching forwards a bit...

"What kind of payment?" Diana replied timidly, she moved a step backwards, she needed more time, and she saw the tentacles on his back move slightly forward. She decided it would be best just to try and keep him away long enough to escape. She wasn't really in the mood to be running along roofs at this time of night.

"Mm... why don't you... enjoy!" Tentacles lashed out from high above and low along the curved roof, the ones below managing to snare her ankles and hauling her upside down into the air!

As she undoubtedly struggled, the ones above slipped past her, zipping around to slide around and along her front as they encircled her torso. "What should I do with this little treat I've found...?" He phrased, a tentacle flicking along her toes as she swung back and forth in his grasp, upside down...