Kuto awoke with a start, his heart pounding in his chest. It took him a moment to remember where he was - he was in Slovakia, on vacation with his family. But what had caused him to wake up so suddenly?
He looked around the room, trying to see if anything was out of place. Everything seemed normal, but something felt wrong. Kuto couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was about to happen.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash from downstairs. Kuto's heart jumped into his throat and he froze in fear. Was someone breaking into their house?
He slowly got out of bed, careful not to make any noise himself. He crept towards the door of his bedroom and pressed his ear against it, trying to hear what was happening below. There were voices - multiple people, speaking in Slovakian too quickly for Kuto to understand them clearly. They sounded angry and aggressive...and they were coming closer!
Kuto's mind raced as he tried to think of what to do next. Should he hide under the bed? No, that would be the first place they would look...should he try and escape out the window? But it was three stories up...there was no way he could survive a jump like that...