At its sudden appearance in front of her, Coraline screams once again. The piercing noise echoes between structures until it seemed like multiple copies of her were screaming at the same time. Her only thought was that she needed to stop. That she couldn't touch the thing.

As soon as that desperate need echoed through her, she froze mid run like a snapshot, her face merely an inch from the orb. She could feel herself start to gulp down air, trying to fight back the rising panic attack.