||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 63: House Fire||

Saul patted Nicky on the head, ruffling his hair a bit,"Soup will be heated up soon, if you need me I'll be in a zoom call.", Nicky nods,"Thank you, Uncle Saul.", so Saul went to the living room for his meeting, Nicky got his soup and sat at the table as he watched an Alien Documentary.
Then his phone blinded and a messaged appeared from Aaron.
'We need to talk, meet us in your backyard cause I'm assuming you're not allowed to leave.'
. . .
Well that gave him anxiety.

Nicky put his hat on, his shoes and coat, stepped outside and waited for Aaron.
. . .
"Sup!"
"Oh, hey."
Aaron walked in, Mya, Maritza and Delory following.
"What's up? Is something wrong?"
They looked at one another,"Well. . . It's been a long day, you might need to sit down and hear all this.", Nicky nods, sitting on his swing,"Okay?", Mya took the swing next to him as they unravelled the day.

"That. . . That is a lot."
Mya nods,"Yeah, Mr Wilson is okay thankfully. . . Though, today was weird; First it was the weirdo in the woods, the birds and then all this?", Aaron nods,"Trinity's okay, Enzo was with her and she's probably at home recovering.", Nicky nods, it's good to know they were both okay.
"You know. . . Ivan mentioned Mr Murtaugh had this weird look when the saw blades hit, it was like deja vu, or moments in movies when time slows down.", Aaron frowned,"Maybe he's seen it happened before? I mean, he is a science teacher.", Delory nods,"I also find it weird that these coins just keep appearing though.", Aaron took it from Maritza and showed it to Nicky,"Found it in Dad's bag, but Nicky have you seen this before?", Nicky took it, it was a rusted coin that had an apple on one side.
"Odd. . . We're finding rusted coins and golden coins."
"No, sorry. . . Do they mean something?"
Nicky asks, between coughs as Mya tries to pat him on the back to help, and then he turns away to throw up.
"Sorry. . ."
Mya smiled,"It's okay, you're sick; Maybe go lay down, we'll catch you up if we find out anything.", Nicky nods.

"He doesn't know?"
Aaron sighed,"I thought this was over, hence I thought I'd never have to tell him.", Delory nods. . . That was fair.

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Trinity just ran, through the woods as something stalked her.
Tripping over a tree branch, she saw. . . Imbir; Quentin and Beatrix's cat.
It then stood on it's back legs, growing taller and more human limps as she heard the body snap and grow, the sound disgusting her as he looked at something.
. . .
A huge Gold Coin came rolling.
'Meeeeooow'
Trinity ran, screaming in horror,  confusion or in hope someone would hear her.
She pushed past fun house mirrors, that were of her like her face, eye, hand figure and she came to a dead end.
The coin was getting closer, the rumbling-
Then hands came from the mirror, pulling her in!

She was thrown out, into a familiar front yard. . . This was Friendly Court! Her street and, across was Nicky's house so.
Turning back, she saw. . . A unfamiliar but a familiar man.
He stood at the front door, the house glowing green. . . A man with black hair, glasses, white shirt and tie.
He stared at Trinity, his eyes were cold and his face was unreadable.
He then closed the door.
The coin then returned, Trinity rolled out of the way as it crashed into her house, turning into thousands of coins that fell all over, she grew more panicked and confused, crows or Ravens above her circling her.
The coins began to turn to rust and her house went into a blaze.
"NOOO!!!"

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Slowly. . . Trinity woke up, her head felt awful and she felt numb.
"Hey dear, can you hear me alright. . .?"
It her mom, she was in her room. . . Slowly, Trinity blinked and sat up.
Her mom handed her a juice box,"Here, something to help. . .", Trinity nods and takes it,"Uhm. . . What happened?", "Diabetic Shock. . . Enzo explained you reached into the wrong box during a conversation, distracted, and. . .", her mom hugged her gently,"Me and your dad were so worried.", Trinity nods,"I'm sorry. . . It wasn't their fault, please don't be mad. . .", her mom, cupped her face,"I wasn't their fault, they helped you and that's all that matters, that you are okay. . .", Trinity nods,"I'll be more careful mom. . . I'm sorry.", her mom kissed her head, told her to get some rest and left her be.
Once gone, Trinity reached for her bedside table and opened her drawer that was filled with old things like Newspaper Clippings.
One of them, had that man in her dreams; Robert Peterson.
From what Mr Peterson, Ike, Norman and newspapers described him as, he was a hardworking man, scary with his aura and big build, not to mention he was fricken tall but he was mostly feared for how smart he was, how he built things ahead of his time, both him and his wife, Mr Peterson's mom.
But apparently they were very nice people. . .
So, why did Robert appear her dream?
Why did any of that appear in her dream??
. . .

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Trinity arrived, she was better after a few days so they needed to talk about what happened all in one day.
"Hey."
"Hey, Trinity."
Enzo, Maritza, Delory and Ivan,"No, Aaron, Mya or Lucy?", Maritza shook her head,"Well, Lucy can't exactly sneak out, and I wanna try and keep Mya, Aaron and Lucy out of it a bit, seeing as. . . You know.", Enzo nods,"That's fair, and Nicky's sick and doesn't know anything.", Maritza held up a coin,"Found in my Dad's bag.", Delory held up the collar, Ivan held up the one from the wall and Trinity held up hers,"So someone's gotta be planting these, and the question just is who and why, especially if they're cult members.", Enzo nods, Delory leaned against a tree,"But, we need to be careful about this; We need to think of who, motive, opportunity but also, if they could do this; Even if someone had the perfect reason to murder, had the skills to kill; Could they go forward with taking a life?", Maritza nods,"And let's also think of a possibility of maybe there are people in the cult that were forced into it, blackmail or something; So that's also gotta be something to think about.", they looked at one another, a million thoughts ram through their heads.

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Nicky sat up, feeling a little better though his throat was dry and he could taste the vomit in his throat and mouth.
But that was soon forgotten.
He stared into the dark, slowly seeing something standing by his wardrobe.
Slowly. . . Nicky reached for his flashlight, shaking and hesitated to flick it on.
But. . . There was nothing.
Nothing but himself, in his room and his cat sleeping soundly on the chair.
Nicky sighed, one of those days. . . He got up, taking his teddy and went downstairs to find his dad.

Jay was on the sofa, watching TV but was finding it hard to pay attention to it.
"Dad?"
"Hm, oh Narf; You're up late, you alright?"
Nicky nods,"Yes. . . But, uhm. . . No; Can I stay down here with you, I thought something was in my room and. . . I'm uncomfortable to go back in there for the night.", Jay smiled,"It's okay, Narf, it's okay to be scared and it's brave to admit you're scared.", Nicky nods, Jay pats the sofa,"Come on up, let's wait for mom together.", she must be working late, Nicky sat with his dad and they looked for something to watch.

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Outside, Crowface saw Mr Roth and his son together on the sofa.
It. . . Reminded them of something.
They shook their head, enough of these weird visions or feelings; It's time.

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There wasn't much on at night, but it filled in the background with noise so it wasn't too quiet or too loud to wake up Saul-
*BOOM*
Jay and Nicky jumped, taken it back by a sudden loud. . . Explosion!
Saul rushed down, having just woke up and putting his glasses on.
"Dad. . . I smell smoke. . .and see. . ."
"Nicky, stay in the yard."
Jay ran out of the house, Saul following close behind and Nicky trailing out and. . . He stumbled back in fear.
A roaring fire from Trinity's house, the house was in a blaze.
Nicky saw Mya and Aaron, they rushed across him,"What happened?!", "I. . . I don't know, we just heard a loud bang and, saw the flames.", Aaron gulped,"Least Trinity and her parents are okay, seems like she wasn't in. . .", they nod.

Alexander helped his wife out of the house,"What happened?!", Jay and Theodore running over, Charlotte dusted herself off as her husband went into a coughing fit,"My office; The outlets suddenly exploded and the fire. . .!", Theodore nods,"Diana's calling an ambulance and the Fire department.", Charlotte nods, coughing and waving her hand as smoke filled the air.
"Good thing Trinity is out. . ."
"The one time I'm glad she is out late."
"Look out!"
Alexander pulled his wife aside, Jay jumping and Theodore stepping away as something flew out of the flaming house.
Mr Peterson approached, crouched down and picked up a small. . . Golden coin.
"A Gold Coin?"
"HEY!!"
They turned to Alexander, in time to see someone running into the woods.
. . .
"We need to call the police too."