Breaking the Ice

[Gar]

Todd heard footsteps approach. The small slits of light shining into her locker dimmed. Was that the sound of flesh brushing metal? And then the sound of the bedroom door shutting again--who else had entered? Ideas raced through her mind and she could feel her heart pounding in her chest. "W--what is happening?" she stuttered through the thin metal door of the locker, which she suddenly realized was just a hopelessly fragile wall standing between her mind and one of The Mind Benders. "W--why are you here? D--did you want something?!"