Suddenly, the front door downstairs burst open, and somebody was yelling for Joe. I went to the top of the stairs.

It was Andrea who was screaming for me.

She seemed genuinely upset for some reason. She frantically searched around for a while, and then she finally looked up and saw me. I gave her a wave, but I sure wasn't expecting her reaction. 

Her mouth just fell open, and she gave a scream unlike anything I’d ever heard before. Only, I guess the word “heard” was not quite correct. You couldn't exactly hear the scream she let loose. It was too high-pitched for that.

Not that it mattered. The effects were powerful enough you didn’t need to hear it. Feeling this scream was plenty bad enough. Heck, it was so severe it made my bones vibrate. Then Andrea turned and ran out the door. 

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