I finally pushed myself up off the rooftop concrete and looked around, scanning until I spotted a maintenance room set into the corner of the roof, small and boxy with a single door.
I looked at Jisoo. "So. We go check that?"
She nodded, already standing, and I walked over to the door first.
Locked, obviously… because nothing in this trial had ever once been easy… no actually it's just lock.
I looked at my fist. I mean, it had done worse. And punched the door near the handle.
The frame cracked and gave, and I shoved it open.
A growl answered from inside.
I barely got my hand back before the thing lunged— teeth snapping at the space where my finger had been and I drove a punch straight into its skull before it could try again, the impact sending it staggering back into the cramped little room.
I followed through, hitting it again, and again, until it stopped moving.
