"Hide and Seek"

When the lights went out throughout my house, I hid beneath my kitchen table. I held my breath as the creature drew nearer. 
I have no idea where this monster came from, but I can say with absolute certainty that it was the most terrifying thing I'd ever laid eyes on. It was shiny and purple with four long spider-like legs that appeared almost spiked on the ends. The head of this creature looked like that of a woman's face. It's face was pale with piercing, cold blue eyes. The size of it was nearly as tall as me, a five and a half foot man. The noise it made was indescribably blood curling and inhuman. The shrieks it let out was how I knew it was even here.
Maybe thirty minutes ago I'd heard it coming from my basement, which a door in my kitchen led down to. I threw the door open and the thing must've heard the door creaking because it's head turned to me and it sprinted up the stairs at full speed as it let out its terrifying shriek.
I was lucky to have escaped that thing and had been hiding down here ever since. I was glad I lived alone. I couldn't imagine a family member coming down stairs after the lights turned out, only for this monster to leap toward them and attack.
Suddenly, an idea struck me. It's a giant bug creature thing, what if I tried to vacuum it up? Perhaps one of its legs would get stuck in the hose. There was only one way to find out. When the creature had found the staircase, it made its way upstairs. I made sure it was safe before sneaking out from under the table. I crept over to the vacuum, which was sitting against the wall in the living room. I found the plug on it and plugged it in.
I lured the monster down by calling for it. "Hey, you hideous looking abomination!" I heard heavy thuds coming from upstairs growing louder and louder. There it was, at the top of the staircase. It stared at me for a second before sprinting down the stairs. I would've been terrified, but I was prepared. I had the ultimate weapon, a vacuum. I grabbed the hose off the side of the vacuum and flipped the power switch. Nothing happened. I nearly beat myself over the head with the hose. Had I seriously tried turning on a vacuum when there was no power?
Dropping the hose, I dodged the creature that lunged toward me. I reacted as any normal person would. I unplugged the vacuum, picked it up, and began swinging at the thing. It backed away from me, shrieking. Only this time it shrieked in fear. I knew what it was thinking, "What is this crazy man capable of?"
I continued swinging at the creature. That is, until the door swung open. It was a man in a black ski mask, whom had made his way through my front door, only a few feet away from us. The creature and I stared at him as he continued to make his way inside. He sat his bag down and looked around, somehow avoiding us. "There's so much good stuff here."
He turned in our general direction, patting the wall. He was probably searching for a light. He found us instead.
"Who the hell are you?" I demanded. I slammed the vacuum down on the creature, hopefully killing it. I walked toward him menacingly.
"W-what the hell was that thing?" he stammered with fear, backing away.
"Your worst nightmare." I replied as intimidatingly as I could. "If you don't get out of here right now, you'll meet the same fate as it did."
He grabbed his bag and charged out the door, screaming. I laughed before turning back to the creature. It was gone. I looked back to the door to see the purple thing chase after the guy. It picked him up and swallowed him whole, the man screaming the entire time.
I shut the door behind me. I had no idea what that thing was, but I was certainly glad it left me alone.