He can’t. Tommy can feel it. He’s wearing out. He can’t take another day of this. Hell, probably not even a few hours with how he’s burning his energy reserves here.

Case in point, Tommy jumps up to kick one climbing across the ceiling toward the door. And the thing catches Tommy by the leg, teeth closing around the flesh and tearing.

And Tommy screams in pain as he tries to batter the thing around the head to make it let him go.