"You're so bright, I swear you swallowed the Sun. And I am so in awe, just basking in your light. But I am just the one who swallowed the moon. The only light that I have's just a reflection of you. And the only thing I know is I wanna know what it'...
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The smile did not fall off of Sister Krone's face. If anything, it got even wider. Alex found herself unable to say anything. The Sister just filled her with this uneasiness and anxiety. Thankfully, Ray was making his way over here with some of the other kids following behind him. He stopped a foot away and the kids took this as their moment to start climbing on him. The sight made Alex feel a lot calmer and collected.
"What? Why?" Ray asked.
Sister Krone clapped her hands together with the same creepy smile still on her face, "I want to become friends with everyone! Let's play a game of tag." Her smile was so wide that Alex was surprised that it hadn't started to hurt from smiling that much.
The little kids began to become excited at the fact that Sister Krone wanted to play with them. Ray came to stand by Norman. He spoke to Norman, making sure to not speak loud enough to where the Sister could hear them, "Did she just come to get in our way? Or maybe to investigate us?"
"Probably," Alex gave the woman a stare that was full of suspicion. Sister Krone was no doubt brought here to make sure they were always being watched. It wouldn't surprise them if she were just doing this to get some kind of information out of them, "She might be trying to gather information for Mom."
Norman smiled, "No worries, she won't be able to find anything. We're just playing a game of tag, albeit a complex one. She can't do anything to stop our fun."
"This is our chance!" Emma exclaimed. She punched her fist into her palm lightly, "A chance to get to know our enemy!"
"Yep, that's right." A grin broke out on Ray's face as well.
"Then let's use this to our advantage." Alex let out a deep breath.
No one even had to tell Sister Krone that she could join for her to assume that she already was. She was speaking to the younger kids, "The time limit is 20 minutes. I will be it. Everybody, make sure you get away from me!" The eerie smile became even worse. She started to count down.
Everyone took off into the forest. The four oldest ran together and stopped after two or three minutes. Ray decided to keep an eye out for Sister Krone so they would know to stop talking and run. They were currently talking about what they thought Sister Krone was planning with all of this.
"We're playing with this many children but she gave herself a time limit of 20 minutes," Norman started. "She'll probably come looking for us first. She must be targeting us, the six oldest children. Her plan must be to find us first, and then go find the rest of our siblings along the way."
That ended the conversation. The four of them split up and went in their own directions. Alex hid up in a tree as she watched the younger kids start to come out into the open. Her eyes narrowed in confusion at them. Just what were they doing? One of the kids picked up a leaf and that was when she realized. Sister Krone had cut shapes into the leaves so the kids would be distracted by them. Seeing the kids distracted, Sister Krone hugged all of the kids that had revealed themselves which meant that they were all out.
Alex took off again. She had actually ended up running into Norman and Ray while she did. The three of them stuck together seeing Sister Krone was literally right behind them. She even had an unsettling expression when she was chasing after them. Like she was enjoying watching them run from her. The three kids shared a look. Ray pointed to the side and in front of them with two fingers.
They were going to split up. That's what he was telling them. Ray ran to the left, Norman ran to the right, while Alex kept running forward. She could hear Sister Krone's footsteps heading away from her. She let out a light smile. If Sister Krone had done her research then it was obvious that she was going after Norman first. He was the one who didn't really excel much in physical activity.
It was definitely entertaining watching what happened with Sister Krone and Norman at the end. Norman had ended up running on top of a large rock while the Sister looked up at him in shock. It was like she couldn't believe that the boy had outwitted her so easily. Ray came up beside Alex and showed her the timer. There was only a second left. The two started heading over to Sister Krone.
Ray came up behind the woman and touched her shoulder to get her attention, "Time's up." He held up the timer to show her that there was no time left.
"It's our win, Sister." Norman and Ray said together.
"Nice try!" Alex shot a victorious smirk at Sister Krone. They all went back to the little kids. Their siblings ran toward them with looks of surprise and happiness.
"You won?! You really won?!" One of them shouted out.
"Did you doubt us?" Alex asked.
They all talked with the kids for a little while before walking off on their own to talk. They had analyzed the enemy and how she worked so now, they were giving ideas on what to do when it came to escaping. "We're gonna have to escape in small teams," Norman stated, "The teams will be split so that everyone in each group will be able to make up for each others' weaknesses."
Alex nodded, "Sounds like a good idea. It will make escaping a lot easier."
"But we also found the answer to our main question today," Ray said.
"Yeah," Norman confirmed. "We're capable of sneaking up behind her. Our first target is the Sister. I don't think it will be impossible to kill her."
"Wait, we're killing her?" Alex turned her gaze to them with shock very apparent in her eyes, "I thought we were just getting information." Ray just sighed at the girl instead of giving her a clear answer.
