Actually there were 8

No one can control us now

The year was 1993. Vanya and I still had our powers. For now. It was before Grace. Our current nanny wanted us to eat our oatmeal. I didn't particularly like it but I didn't like getting scolded when I didn't. But I was gonna stick by Vanya no matter what. And I'd kill for her if she asked me to. And I knew Vanya would do the same if I asked which I could never do. And she wouldn't either. Even if we did it by accident. We were what 4? Who gives 4 year olds oatmeal? Apparently my father. Our other siblings were done with their meals and already starting their training for the day. Don't you want to join them numbers 0 and 7? She asked us. I was so mad anytime I was called number 0 being 0 meant being nothing. I'd rather be original. Is somebody having a tough morning? She leaned in to ask us as we sat next to each other so she could watch us both. I always have a tough morning with my father being who he is. My mother gave me a name he took it away he has nicknamed me nothing! I cried at her. While Vanya held my hand and the kettle made its whistling sound.

You know what cheers me up when I'm feeling down? She asked us. I don't need anyone to cheer me up "number 7" is always at my side. I was gonna say singing. And I know number 0 I mean the original likes singing. Maybe we can sing together she suggested as she started singing a song in French. But we were not amused. The whistling grew louder as she sang and danced at us. The wind blew the whistling drowned out the singing. She went flying across the room into a set of blocks. She groans in pain and the whistling ends. Dad comes in. Number 0 number 7! He scolds us. Humph! He frowns at us. Something about him saying that made me want to laugh. But I just snickered. Hurting someone wasn't fun but dad humphing at us was kind of funny. But we still weren't amused and we felt sorry about what we had done. We got a new nanny probably the next day I can't imagine it would've possibly been the same day. She told us she was our new nanny still insisting calling us by our number well as number 0 in my case.

Once again the kettle blew and things shook and then the nanny was falling down the stairs and her neck snapped. Number 0 number 7! Humph! He scolded again. I snicker again under my breath again but then we frown and look down ashamed. The next day we got a new nanny. She also spoke French and each day we got more and more unamused. This time she died by us making her crash through a window and onto the ground below. After the times we killed our nannies it was no wonder dad had to sedate us and make us think we were sick. Number 0 number 7! Humph! He said again. I snicker and roll my eyes But then we once again frown and look ashamed. Hello number 7 and original Grace greeted. She said she was our new nanny now and that I didn't like being called number 0 because that made me feel like I was nothing and also said we didn't like oatmeal. But she told us we needed to eat our breakfast so that we could grow up big and strong. And that we had to train with the others after we eat. She offered to help us as she picked up the spoons everything happened as it had before all the other times. The kettle whistling everything rattled in the kitchen. We sent her flying like we had all the other nannies. We thought we'd killed her.

But we were a little disturbed and frightened when her head was on backwards and she walked back over to us. We wondered why she was still alive. She walked back over to us her head still on backwards. She then turned her head back around still with a smile on her face never once falling. Shall we try again? She asked us picking up two more spoons. Eat your oatmeal before it gets cold. She told us. When we started eating dad and Pogo were watching pleased. We finished our oatmeal making slurping sounds as we finished it. Go back to present day I wasn't sure where Vanya and Leonard were but I was at the theatre. Vanya felt so bad but he told her they should be safe there. Maybe it was his house he said they couldn't stay there long that they had to pack their things. We can go over to the theatre and get Farrah and she can like flash home to her room and come with us. So that you still have her. Vanya? He asked her. But she said nothing. She knew I didn't trust him. She just stood there covered silently covered in blood. Come on let's get you cleaned up. He told her. He took her into the bathroom as she sat in the tub. Her skin was also covered in blood. He gently scrubbed the blood off of her.