The first sentence is correct and the second sentence is a fragment.
There was a blood curdling scream and then the noise of the cats crying stopped. The sinister silence in the empty neighbourhoos sent chills down my spine as I increased my pace to reach the (insert place) .
you continue.
A is a infinitive, so we can take that out. B is past, and D is future tense.
The answer would be C because rises is the correct from of present.
