The Promise

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*Annie was playing with a few blocks with the other children, happy as ever to be where she was. She was happily living with Sun, Moon and Eclipse ever since she was very young. She was 10 years old now, so she still had a long way to go before she could 'leave the nest'. Sun was lifting one of the other children in the air, while Moon watched from one of the slides. He didn't like the light as much as Sun did. Eclipse however didn't mind but he wasn't one to get too close to the children, only watching from up-top the stage area from inside the rooms where they resided when not monitoring the little tikes. Vanessa pushed open the right door, peeking in to see the commotion while fumbling with something in her pocket. She carefully slipped her way through the crevace of the door and gently shut it, walking through the daycare area over to Sun.* "𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐝! 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?"

*Sun turned his head, his bright orange tinted rays all slightly spinning in a counter-clockwise motion while putting the child down.* "𝘚𝘜𝘙𝘌!" *He replied, seeming happy like usual. He was always such a 'ray of sunshine'. Literally speaking. Vanessa turned her head to glance at Moon spying on the both of them inside the slide, nudging it forward for a second before turning to walk back outside the daycare's perameters.* "𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨." *Moon raised his head suddenly, surprised that he'd be involved in a supposed 'important' conversation such as this. But as he did so, he hit the bridge of it against the top, slightly messing up the position of his star-speckled hat.* "Fυcкιи' нєll-" *He re-adjusted it quickly and rushed out of there to follow Sun and Vanessa, slipping through the door crevace as it was closing after Sun had let go of the door just in time. Eclipse raised his head, seeming somewhat curious as to what she needed them for.

Perhaps it wasn't that important, he thought. Couldn't be. But through the windows, he spotted another person. A person he hadn't seen before, but this was different. She had brown hair, glasses and a neat suit like she was dressed up for a buisness meeting. She definately didn't look like she worked for Fazbear Entertainment. His eyes narrowed, still watching from the shadows. He'd just have to wait for the results of this little 'conversation' Vanessa oh so wanted Sun and Moon to be a part of.* 
"𝐒𝐮𝐧, 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞." *The woman smiled, holding out her right hand to shake Sun's. Sun suddenly gripped the woman's hand, shaking it violently and surprising her with his energy.* "𝘖𝘖𝘏! 𝘚𝘖 𝘚𝘏𝘌'𝘚 𝘈 𝘋𝘈𝘠𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘈𝘛𝘛𝘌𝘕𝘋𝘈𝘕𝘛, 𝘓𝘐𝘒𝘌 𝘜𝘚!?" *Moon rolled his red-tinted eyes, narrowing them towards Sun as the woman refrained her hand from Sun's tight grip.* "Nσ, уσυ dιмωιт. Sнє нєlρѕ cнιldяєη ωнσ αяє ιη тяσυвlє." *Sun's face turned to one of confusion, tilting his head.* "𝘉𝘜𝘛 𝘕𝘖 𝘖𝘕𝘌'𝘚 𝘐𝘕 𝘛𝘙𝘖𝘜𝘉𝘓𝘌!" *Carol let out a small chuckle, gripping her clipboard closer to her chest.*

"ᴏʜ ɴᴏ ɴᴏ ɴᴏ, ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ꜱᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʀᴏᴜʙʟᴇ ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛɪᴇ! ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴋ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴀɴɢᴇʟ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴋᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀᴇ." *Moon and Sun glanced at each other while standing in different positions, before looking back at her.* "𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘔𝘌𝘈𝘕 𝘈𝘕𝘕𝘐𝘌?" *Moon crossed his arms, slightly mumbling through his voice box.* "I dσи'т lιкє ωнєяє тнιѕ ιѕ gσιиg..." *Annie was still playing with some of the toys while staring outside the window and watching Sun and Moon, curious of what they were talking about.* "ɪ'ᴍ ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ, ᴜʜ, ᴍᴏᴏɴ ᴡᴀs ɪᴛ?" *Moon nodded, slightly annoyed with her already. He was annoyed with everyone though as it is.* "ᴀʜ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏᴏɴ ᴀʀᴇ ʀᴀɪsɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ. ɪs ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴀɴʏᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ?" *Sun lifted his finger to say something, but Moon gently elbowed him in the torso. No one could find out about Eclipse.* "Nσ. Jυѕт υѕ." *Sun flinched in shock, soon glaring at him. Carol flipped through her pages, nodding slowly. Sun peered over at the clipboard, Moon extending his neck a little to also look. The documents looked all jumbled, but it looked very official.* "ᴀʟʀɪɢʜᴛ. ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴄʟᴇᴀʀ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜ, ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀᴍᴀᴢɪɴɢ ᴊᴏʙ ʀᴀɪsɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴀs ᴍᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴠᴀɴᴇssᴀ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅɪsᴄᴜssᴇᴅ, ᴜɴғᴏʀᴛᴜɴᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴡᴏ, ᴀs ᴅᴀʏᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴅᴀɴᴛs ᴀʀᴇ, ᴡᴇʟʟ, ᴅᴀʏᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴅᴀɴᴛs. ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴇ ᴏғ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʀᴀɪsᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇғᴏʀᴇ, ғʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴛᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀɴɴɪᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏsᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴀʀᴇ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ."

*Sun lifted his head away, his face expression no longer smiling. Moon was now ticked off, stepping closer to her to grip her shirt. Carol took out a taser at the same time as Vanessa did, pointing it at him while Sun held him back. It was a lot to take in for both of them.*
"Wαιт α fυcкιи' мιиυтє нєяє lαdу, уσυ cαи'т נυѕт тαкє αωαу συя кιd!" *Some other parents looked over from the outer cafeteria area and some children from inside the daycare stopped playing, noticing the commotion. Annie immediately stood up, dropping her toy that she was playing with and taking a few steps out of the colorful floor section to take a look at what was going on. Two men stepped in, along with another security guard and a mechanic. Eclipse's attention was peaked, standing up while watching everything unfold. Something was up. He could feel it. Annie peeked through the door, slightly scrunching her face.* "ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜɪs ɪs ʜᴀʀᴅ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ. ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ғᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴏ, ɪ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ ᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴀʏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ-.. ᴏʜ.. ʜᴇʀᴇ's ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏɴᴇ ɴᴏᴡ! ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀғᴜʟ."

*Sun was already up in tears, ready to let Moon go; but at the same time, he didn't want anyone to get hurt in this situation. Especially Annie.*
"Guys?.. What's going on? Who are you.." *Moon kept struggling in Suns grip, suddenly yelling at her to hide.* "Rυи!" *Annie backed up away from the woman trying to reach her arms out calmly towards her, Vanessa holding her shoulders.* "𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲, 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞. 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐲." *Eclipse peeked out for once in the broad 'daylight' of the lights, squinting his eyes to get a better look. It looked like Annie was talking to the woman. After a short time of exchanging words, Annie slowly walked back into the daycare with Sun and Moon, with a solumned but sad look on her face. Something happened, and it definately wasn't good. Moon used the cord and clipped it onto Sun, lifting Annie up to the stage so they could talk.* "̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞d̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞h̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞y̳̿͟͞'̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞j̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞k̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞g̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞y̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞?̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞J̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞l̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞k̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞h̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞?̳̿͟͞"̳̿͟͞ *Moon punched the wall, causing a dent.* "Tнєу cαи'т fυcкιиg dσ тнιѕ!" *Sun was anxious, pacing back and forth like any worried parent would if they were told their child was going to be taken away from them.* "𝘐-𝘐 𝘒𝘕𝘖𝘞! 𝘞𝘌 𝘊𝘈𝘕 𝘏𝘐𝘋𝘌 𝘈𝘕𝘕𝘐𝘌! 𝘑𝘜𝘚𝘛 𝘓𝘐𝘒𝘌 𝘞𝘌 𝘋𝘐𝘋 𝘉𝘌𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘌! 𝘉-𝘉𝘜𝘛, 𝘜𝘏𝘔-" *Sun was interrupted, all three looking towards Annie.* "No, Sun. We're not doing anything." *Moon tilted his head, slightly chuckling.* "Wє cσυld נυѕт кιll тнєм, lιкє ωє dιd тσ уσυя мσтнєя~"

*Sun dug through his 'party-favor' box, picking out a knife.*
"̳̿͟͞G̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞d̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞d̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞.̳̿͟͞"̳̿͟͞ *Eclipse agreed with their stupid plan for once, nodding his head. Annie thrashed her arms outwards, as if trying to keep her balance on the floor.* "NO! NO, MORE, KILLING! I don't want you guys to get hurt this time. We shouldn't fight them." *Eclipse turned his head, getting closer to Annie to gently stroke her soft red hair.* "̳̿͟͞S̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞y̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞'̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞j̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞g̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞g̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞l̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞h̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞k̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞y̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞w̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞y̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞f̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞?̳̿͟͞"̳̿͟͞ *Annie reached her hands up and held onto Eclipses hand, slowly pushing it back down.* "No. I'm going to make a plan. They're going to take me away to some foster care center." *Moon peeked outside, seeing they were waiting for Annie to come out.* "Sσ lιкє αи σяρнαиαgє вαѕιcαllу." *Annie packed her little backpack with the things she needed, nodding her head once.* "Yea, an orphanage. Whatever. I'll let them take me, and then when it turns to night in a week or two's time, I'll sneak out and come right back here. If they come and look here, that's when we all run from this stupid daycare. We'll find a place of our own, and make a fresh start there." *Sun excitedly jumped up; throwing some of the confetti he had in one of his pant-pockets.*

"𝘠𝘈𝘠! 𝘐 𝘓𝘐𝘒𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘈! 𝘉𝘜𝘛- 𝘞𝘈𝘐𝘛.. 𝘞𝘏𝘈𝘛 𝘋𝘖 𝘞𝘌 𝘋𝘖 𝘜𝘕𝘛𝘐𝘓 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘕?" *Annie gave Moon a slight hug, but he pushed her a little bit; being playful. She mumbled followed by a small giggle, glaring at him before turning her head to Sun to give him a hug.* "Jerk- Uh.. You guys have to STAY here so it doesn't raise any suspicion, okay? I know that's going to be really hard when I'm away, but do it for me. Do you understand? Urk- Dad.. Can't breathe." *Sun let go of Annie from the hug, before she turned to Eclipse.* "𝘖𝘒𝘈𝘠!" *Eclipse lightly smiled, cupping her face with both of his hands.* "̳̿͟͞M̳̿͟͞y̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞d̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞,̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞A̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞.̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞Y̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞v̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞f̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞l̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞z̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞w̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞h̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞y̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞v̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞d̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞.̳̿͟͞.̳̿͟͞.̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞P̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞h̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞n̳̿͟͞g̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞h̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞g̳̿͟͞h̳̿͟͞.̳̿͟͞"̳̿͟͞ *Annie stared into his yellowish eyes, replying back with a quieter tone.* "Yea?" *Eclipse suddenly squished Annie's cheeks, almost as if trying to suffocate her. She gasped a little, feeling her throat tighten up from the tension.* "̳̿͟͞P̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞i̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞,̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞y̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞'̳̿͟͞l̳̿͟͞l̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞c̳̿͟͞o̳̿͟͞m̳̿͟͞e̳̿͟͞ ̳̿͟͞b̳̿͟͞a̳̿͟͞c̳̿͟͞k̳̿͟͞.̳̿͟͞"̳̿͟͞ *Annie nodded quickly before Eclipse let go of her, coughing a little. It seemed almost like a threat, that if she didn't come back terrible things would happen.* "Promise..."

*After saying her local goodbyes, she stepped into the black car Carol had driven over to pick her up in. It looked organized, but cold.* "ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴀɴɴɪᴇ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴏғ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴋɪᴅs ᴊᴜsᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴡʜᴏ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴘᴇʀ ᴄᴀʀᴇ." *She glanced out the window for the last time, taking in a deep breath while closing her eyes. This would be the first time she'd be outside of the pizzaplex all on her own. But little did she know it would be her last. 1 week had passed by, and Annie thought everything was going to plan. She had packed extra food she had stolen from the cafeteria at the orphanage, walking out to say 'Hi' to some of the other kids when she noticed most of them were gathered around the T.V. Stepping closer, she couldn't exactly see what was happening but it looked like a fire judging from the orange and yellow on the screen.* "Hey guys.. What's going on? Fire at the Museum or something?" *She chuckled a bit, leaning over while keeping her hands on her knees. One of the kids turned their head, shaking it a few times.* "The Pizzaplex burned to the ground, they're still trying to contain the flames! It's so cool!" *Annie's face expression faded so quickly from her smile and quickly turned to one in fear. Carol was watching, slightly standing up from her desk where she was writing out some papers.*

"Oʜ, ʜᴏɴᴇʏ..." *Annie tried to run down the hallway to the front doors, two security guards grabbing her on either arm; getting closer so they could carry her back once she stopped struggling. Annie started screaming at the top of her lungs, the tears gushing from her cheeks like the world had just ended for her.* "SUN! NO, NO! MOON!... ECLIPSE...!" *She kept crying and slowly stopped struggling within their grip, looking back to Carol and staring at her in the eyes. She felt angry at first, standing up as both of them let go of her; pausing for a moment to wipe her eyes with her sleeve.* "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU SHOULD'VE JUST LEFT ME THERE! THEY WERE MY FAMILY! I DON'T WANNA GET ADOPTED BY SOME STUPID HUMANS!" *Carol held her hands closer to her chest, getting closer and kneeling on the floor for a hug.* "ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʟᴇғᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ғɪʀᴇ?... ɴᴏ. ɪ'ᴍ ɢʟᴀᴅ ɪ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴅɪᴅ." *Annie thrashed her arm, beyond upset.* "I WOULD'VE BEEN FINE, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO GET IN THE WAY!" *She was hiccuping at this point, having a full on meltdown.*

"... ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ғɪɴᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ'ᴠᴇ ᴅɪᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ sᴍᴏᴋᴇ ɪɴʜᴀʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ, ᴀ ʀᴏʙᴏᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ-" *Annie thrashed again, interrupting her.* "SO WHAT!? SO WHAT IF I'M NOT!? THEY WERE THE CLOSEST THING I HAD TO AN ACTUAL FAMILY! MY MOM NEVER CARED FOR ME! SHE DIDN'T CARE! ALL SHE CARED ABOUT WAS USING ME FOR HER STUPID BEAUTY PAGENTS! FOR MONEY! THAT'S WHY SHE'S DEAD! BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T DESERVE ME! BUT SUN DID! ECLIPSE DID- THEY ALL DID! THEY CARED ABOUT ME MORE THEN ANYONE EVER COULD, AND YOU TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME! YOU TOOK ME AWAY FROM THEM... AND NOW, THEY'RE PROBABLY DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU!" *Annie kept sobbing uncontrollably, completely disconnected from reality. Carol still held her arms out, getting a little closer.* "N-NO! DON'T TOUCH ME!.. D-DON'T..." *Carol hugged her, slightly tearing up herself. It hurt her to see a child in distress like this.* "Shh... I know... I know, honey." *Annie sniffled a bit, and hugged Carol back tightly while continuing to let out her sobs. She didn't know what to do now. She thought all 3 of them were gone, and it was her fault. But something in her heart kept pounding, and she wanted to believe that somehow, someway, all of them were okay. She was still going to go through with the plan. It would just take a lot longer then 2 weeks, it would have to wait 2 years. If she got adopted by then, that is. She needed to keep it. The Promise.*

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