Oooh, "To Be Continued" - I will hold you to that!
*** ....he looked up and saw a pair of eyes looking right back at him.
And the eyes were smoking.***

Well, dang! I hope 'Timmy-from-school' all in one breathless word (love it!) will show up again and find out what basements are like, but only long enough to escape and never be a victim. :)