A Rattling Strum

My heavy forearms pulled me around the dark corner of the boiler room toward a tall steel mesh partition dividing the storage bins. A stiff strip of discarded strapping tape hung caught between two diamond-shaped wire grids. Heh heh... I hooked one sharp claw through the metal loop and dragged it backward, letting the taut plastic band snap across the rusted wire. *Twang-shudder!* The hollow grid buzzed like a giant iron spiderweb, sending a stinging ripple straight through the floor and into my knuckles. Leaning my head into the dim alcove, I let out a low cackle as the vibrating wire hummed against the darkness.