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Chapter 10: 181045

{Chapter 10} Book 1: Sister Krone
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''We now have sixteen kids under the age of three and Mom's not the only enemy anymore. It's more difficult to escape now.'' Aviana whispered as they were stood next to each other.

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Isabella was crouched down in front of Phil and Sherry as Krone stood behind her. ''Okay, now you two be careful when playing, okay?'' Isabella told the two kids. Sherry looked at her and asked: ''Are you coming, too, Mom?'' Isabella shook her head. ''Later, I need to talk to sister Krone about something first, okay?''

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''Damn it!'' Norman yelled out as he punched a tree.

'Ouch, that's gotta hurt.'

''Another Demon minion, this is bad. Plus, she's living in an inconvenient spot.'' Ray said as he leaned against the tree that Norman had just abused. ''The vacant room we just cleaned for three days straight. On the second floor, right in the middle of the three children's rooms.'' Aviana, who was sat against a rock, pulled her legs up to her chest and sighed.

''Making space in the Pantry, inspecting the spare Linen, We played into her hands and prepared to welcome in another enemy! I would have known had I given it more thought!'' Norman was Angry, that much was clear. ''Even if we knew, there was no way we could have prevented it-'' Ray began, but Norman cut him off by turning to face him and saying: ''It's not about preventing it! Mom kept dangling clues in front of us. If she wanted to take us by surprise, she wouldn't have made us do chores! I should have been able to read her moves, but I couldn't! She outmaneuvered me. At that point, I'd already lost to Mom!'' He gritted his teeth and glared at the tree.

'Man, He's pissed.'

''I underestimated her. I was naïve. We're still just children in the palm of her hand and what awaits us beyond that is certain death. It's all about mom. If we can't outmaneuver her, we'd never have a successful escape.''

''But maybe making us mad is what she's looking for? 'I'm way better at strategy than you' 'I see right through you' 'give up'. If she dangled hints in front of us, that's what she wanted to show off. We don't have to play by her rules. In the end, as long as we escape, we win. Crying would only satisfy the enemy.'' Aviana said as she stood up and walked to the tree before climbing it and hanging up side down, thankfully she was wearing shorts under her skirt. 

'She really loves hanging upside down, doesn't she?' The other three thought as they looked at her. Ray shook his head before saying ''We should actually be happy about this'' Shocking them all and making Aviana fall and land on her head. She let out an 'Ouch' Before she sat up and yelled ''The hell you mean by that?!'' whilst rubbing her head. ''And thanks for making me fall'' She pouted before climbing the tree again, this time just sitting with her legs hanging over the branch. 'So she climbs the tree again?!'