||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 67: Break In and Chase||

Aaron and Nicky hopped off the bus, it was definitely getting colder and decorations of Halloween were putting put up now, soon it would be Halloween in 3-2 Weeks.
Aaron looked at Nicky, noticing his worry,"You alright?","Yeah, I'm just. . . Worried about Ivan and Mr Wilson, with the whole Buzz Saw Incident.", Aaron nods,"Yeah, I guess. . . But, Mr Wilson understands it was an accident and the invention was mainly messed up because of the sprinklers, so they should be fine.", that reassured Nicky a little, though there was that little voice in the back of his head that told him to worry.
"Try not to think about it much, Nicky, it should be resolved soon and-. . ."
Aaron paused, seeing his sister and Trinity in the front yard staring at their house.
"Uh. . . Why are they just standing there? Mya has a key."

Approaching, Aaron and Nicky slowed their pace once realising what they were staring it.
The front door was wife open.
. . .
"Dad and Mom are out. . . And no one would have left the door wide open."
Aaron nods, worry setting in as he takes his school bag off,"I'm checking the house for anything that was stolen.", so they collectively put their bags in Nicky's house before they went back over.
"The door wasn't picklocked, it was forced open."
Aaron crouched down, sure enough the door was barged into before the lock broke the food and they were in.
"Just a quick check, then we call for help. . ."
So Trinity, Aaron, Mya and Nicky entered the house to have a look around.

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"Nothing in the kitchen."
"Nor the dining room."
Mya frowned,"Usually robbers try and make it look less obvious they broke in, but they just broke the door?", Aaron nods,"Yeah, that is weird. . . And nothing looks to be taken.", Trinity approached the staircase, looking upstairs and then to the others,"Maybe we should check upstairs.", Nicky groaned, clearly uneasy as he rocks on his heels,"I-I dunno. . . Maybe we should call the police.", Aaron rested his hand on his shoulder,"It's okay, we're just going to quickly check and we'll call for help, I just wanna make sure nothing is stolen.", Nicky nods, so he went upstairs with Trinity, Aaron and Mya though he hasn't had this uneasy feeling in a while, the house suddenly had this. . . Cold feeling.
Aaron could feel it in his gut something was wrong, when they first came to the house it didn't feel like their home and it felt like they were intruding but now. . . There's a feeling that something was wrong.

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Trinity peeked into one room,"Clear.", they went inside, Nicky looking around at old machines and carnival stuff like horses on a Merry Go Round, Popcorn Machine amd even an Old Balloon Cart.
"Woah."
"Yeah, pretty nice?"
Mya waved her hand around,"Dad stored The Theme Park stuff here in cade he ever returns to it, either unused ideas or stuff that he took back to fix.", Trinity approached an old machine, it was a classic Fortune Teller, it was a very pretty machine so it was too bad it looked so run down.
Trinity took out her coin, having the sudden urge to just. . . See if it works.
Clank
Aaron, Mya and Nicky jumped, Nicky freezing and Mya grabbing Aaron.
The Fortune Teller shook to life, twitching to life and shaking, words barely audible and clear before it breaks down.
Mya shuddered as a spider crawled out of it's mouth,"Ew. . .", "Why did you. . .?", Trinity shrugged,"I dunno, I just had the urge to. . . Wait, what's this?", Trinity crouched down, the others approaching the machine Trinity pulled out a black notebook, the cover was torn a little as she dusted it off.
"It had a notebook?"
Trinity opened it on a random page, finding a lot of writing, a sketch of a bird and some weird. . . Hexagon thing?
"Who's notebook is this? From the few sentences this seems to be about The Forest Protectors."
Nicky leaned over,"From what you guys told me, they were a cult that worshipped that Crowface thing?", Mya nods,"Yeah. . .", then they all jumped, hearing a loud crash from downstairs.

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Downstairs, Crowface ignored the family picture they had knocked down and began to look.
"Are you positive they didn't throw it out? They sure look like they've cleaned a lot out."
"There's no way they would throw away something so valuable! Now keep looking."
Crowface opened box after box, looking for it to no avail.
Creak
Freezing at that single sound and sensing eyes on them, they slowly turned to see 4 children by the stairs staring at them in shock or fear, maybe a mix of both.
"DON'T JUST STAND THERE; GET THEM!!!"
As he turned more sharply to them.
Aaron, Mya, Trinity and Nicky let out screams before running into the house, Mya and Trinity ran down the hall, and Nicky, Aaron ran upstairs and Crowface darted after the two boys.

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Ike was walking back from work, enjoying the walk as it would be good, seeing everyone get their decorations.
Ike needed to get his up, he already brought them down from the attic so-
Wait.
Was that Quentin's car?!
Then his mind went from his brother, so a scream from the Peterson House.
"MYA?!"

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Aaron pushed a table to block the door.
"That. . . That person looked like the person from the painting and the statue."
Aaron stepped away from the door, taking Nicky's hand,"I don't know. . . But we need to get out of the house and call-", then the door began to bang, making them jump as they could literally see the door shaking.
*CRASH*
Crowface's arm broke through the door, making Nicky grab Aaron in fear as Crowface tried to either reach for them or to unlock the door.
"JUST FOLLOW MY LEAD."
Aaron pulled Nicky to the window.

"Why are holding back, just break down the door!"
Crowface pulled their arm back out before kicking the door down only to find the room empty.
Where could they have-
The window was open, a breeze gently moving the curtains.
DID THEY GET OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW?!!?
Crowface peaked his head out, seeing the one in pink helping the sleepwalking child.
He darted back inside.

Aaron pulled Nicky in, catching their breaths,"This. . . This how it feels to climb a roof? I only ever do it in my sleep. . .", Aaron nods,"True. . .! Dunno whether to be impressed or concerned about it still.", Aaron coughed, taking Nicky's hand,"We need to quickly get out of the house, Trinity and Mya are probably already on their way out, we can lose Crowface in the house.", that was true, it was like a maze.

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Mya and Trinity hid the downstairs closest, while Mya called her dad Trinity took to taking pictures of the pages of the notebook to analyse later or show the group.
"Mya?"
"Dad. . .! You need to come home and mom, me and Trinity are hiding in the closest; Someone broke into the house, looking for something and they chased Aaron and Nicky upstairs."
. . .
"Mya we're coming home now, just stay in the closest."
Trinity then held her breath, hearing footsteps as Mya immediately held the phone close to her chest so no light would give them away.
. . .
The doors opened.
"AAAHHHHH!!!!"
"AHHHH!!!!"
But it wasn't Crowface. . . But Quentin, looking more tired.
"Quentin?? What are you doing here, I thought you went on vacation-"
"THIS IS PERSON IS FAST, FUCK!!!"

Aaron and Nicky found themselves cut off, Crowface had somehow managed to stay on their tail and find a way to cut them off or find shortcuts.
Immediately Aaron made sure Nicky was behind him, Crowface stared at them a for a moment.
Crowface looked at the boy in blue, feeling. . . That feeling again of familiarity, just in their grasp as they began to approach.
Ike rushed in, pushing the bookshelf onto Crowface and crushing them!
"Quick, quick out the door!"
Aaron grabbed Nicky and they booked it outside, Trinity and Mya already out as Keith ushered them past the lawn.
Ike ran out, looking back they all saw Crowface getting up and staring at them before disappearing into the house.
. . .
"You saw that. . ."
"Hard not too. . ."