Yep, definitely Loki's kid.

Chapter 18: Breathing Is Hard

Trigger Warnings: Physical abuse and violence

(It is throughout this entire chapter, so if you would like to skip it, feel free to message me and I can give you a summary of the important stuff that happened)

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I throw all my weight onto her and slam her to the ground. I stay on top of her, holding her down. But that is proving to be very difficult as she is surprisingly strong. Although my pure determination and adrenaline somehow successfully keep her pinned down.

I quickly risk a glance back towards the kids seeing them still trembling in the corner.

"Get out of here!!"

Scarlet seems to get over her shock and jump into action. She roughly and hurriedly pushes all the kids past the writhing Ms. Santina on the ground and over the fallen door.

When I finally hear all the little feet not pounding down the stairs and instead rushing through the front door, I finally give way, not able to keep holding her down. At least the kids are out.

As soon as she throws me off of her, she is on me again; Standing over where I am slumped against the wall. She grabs the collar of my shirt, pulling me up against the wall. When I am level with her, she doesn't waste a second before her fist hits deep into my stomach.

I breathlessly cough and my body naturally curls over while I try to catch my breath, but Ms. Santina doesn't allow me that moment to catch my breath.

Soon another flurry of several punches lands and I am then slammed up against the wall, hitting my head on the way and sliding down it.

Ms. Santina steps back slightly, with a pleased look on her face. That pleased look takes on one of rage and annoyance as well when she looks past the door laying on the floor.

"I am going to kill him." She seethes, and my fight or flight that is desperately relying on the fight aspect right now kicks in once again.

She begins to walk away from me and out the door and in the direction of the kids, but I will not let that happen. I push myself off of the wall, my head already spinning, however, it is spinning even faster with thoughts of how I can not let her lay a hand on the kids.

Rushing towards her much faster than anyone else in my state should be able to, I push her to the ground once again, but there is no hope that I would be able to keep her down, so I stand my ground above her.

"Don't you fucking dare." My voice is colder than I have ever managed before and Ms. Santina looks caught off guard and even slightly scared, just barely.

She stands up once again, and she is angrier than I have ever seen before. However, unlike her, I keep my face cold and don't let the fear that is most definitely there seep its way through.

Although, no matter how much I disguise my fear, it is still very much there, and it is only growing by the second. By the look on her face, I know this will not be good, and by the look in her eye, I know that I may never even make it out of this house.

I have been simply waiting for the day that she finally snaps, and I think this is finally the moment that I have been patiently waiting for. It is terrifying, but my determination to keep my siblings safe outways my own self-preservation

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Scarlet's Pov:

As soon as I get all the kids outside and onto the sidewalk, I instantly turn back towards the building. I saw the look on her face, it was more than just angry and I was terrified of what she would do. And Finnley is in there all alone with her.