When I was a kid someone broke into our home in the middle of the night.  My older sister was visiting from Texas and sleeping on the hide a bed with her young son. The house was pitch black and I guess the burglar didn't notice my sister right away.  He grabbed her, placed his hand on her mouth and told her, Don't said a word.   She screamed at the top of her lungs.  My mom came bolting out of her room, grabbed the first thing she could get her hands on, which was a broom,  and started beating the shit out of him.  Chased his ass right out of the house and down the street until she realized what she was doing.