The long day’s work made Melissa tired. She felt exhausted and her body ached. Sitting in front of a computer all day didn’t help. Her eyes felt like they weighed ten pounds. She had her caramel French vanilla frappacino waiting for her as she slipped into her flannel pajamas. Then she parked herself in the la-z-boy for some premium chilling and relaxing. But there wasn’t anything on TV except a few badly acted R-rated Skin-e-max movies, and the TV flickering light through the dark, quiet apartment sent her into a badly needed sleep.

Melissa awoke to a bright light shining in through her window. She rubbed her face and scratched...