||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 78: Forest Chase||

Otto sighed, throwing his phone to the table ad Delory finished putting another plaster on his face.
"I tried to call your dad, but he isn't picking up but your mom is on her way now to collect you."
"Thanks, Otto. . . The uh, plushies look nice."
Otto nods,"Yeah, real pain to make though.", Delory took notice of his hands and fingers plastered from the needle, Otto putting his gloves back on,"Your dad insisted I make them for the fair.", Delory inhaled sharply,"Sorry.", "It's fine, learned new skills and-", Delory and Otto jumped, the door was thrown open and there was a Cultist!
Otto immediately put himself in front of Delory, pulling his gun and kept his eye on the cult member that froze.
"Delory: Back door, don't look back."
Delory ran to the back door, Otto turning back and clocked his gun.
"You wanna try me?!"

Delory ran out of the house, freezing at another cult member.
"Oh come on. . ."
Molly rushed to Otto's house to get Delory, only to see Otto in his holding a gun to someone in a cloak.
"AAAHHHH!!!"
"DELORY!!"
Molly chased after her son, seeing him flee into the woods and gave chase.

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Delory ran, he had no idea where he was going but he just had to run!
Push past any branch, any tree branch and leaping over rocks and fallen trees to try and slow down the cultist.

Molly was right on their tail, holding her dress as she ran.
Keeping her eyes on her son and the cultist chasing him.
"GET AWAY FROM MY SON!!"

The cultist kept up, only to realise where Delory was running.
"TOWARDS THE RIVER!!!"

Delory broke through the woods, only to lose his footing and fall face first-
"OH CRAP!!!"
Into the river.
Molly rushed to the scene,"DELORY!!", without a second thought, she jumped in to get to her son and she got deeper, the water reach to her waist as the current also became stronger as she grabbed her son's hand.
"MOM!"
"DELORY!"
Delory saw the cultist watch them get further away.
"MOM!"
Waterfall.
Immediately Molly held her son, so when they fell; She'd take most of the damage.
"AAAAHHHHHH!!!!"

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Drenched, cold. . . And scratched up, possibly brusied.
Molly made sure Delory was safe, she got up and shuddered as he back hurt from the fall,"Delory, are you injuried in anyway, do we need to go the hospital??", Delory shook, either from the shock, adrenaline or from the water,"I'm sorry. . . I'm sorry mom, I panicked and didn't want them to find you. . .!", Molly knelt down, pulling her son close,"I'm so glad you're okay, that's all that matters that you're okay! Especially from whoever that was. . .", Molly looked up, seeing no one there anymore.
"Let's head to the police station, check on Otto and then go home, wash up and change."
Delory nods, taking his Mom's hand and they walked away together, though Delory said she could lean on him if she was hurt at all.

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Leonard knelt down, sighing as he concluded that the jukebox was officially unsavagle.
"Hey dear, sorry Otto called me early but was busy looking at the damage when my trophy fell-"
Turning around, he was caught off guard with his wife and son, coming in drenched head to two, injuried and his wife. . . Looking rightfully mad.
"Delory, please go upstairs for a shower and change, I need to talk to your father."
"Yes mum."
And Delory left for his parents to 'talk', which means a fight was about to happen.

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Delory decided he'd rather run a bath, it was late and didn't have the energy for a shower so he got a bath ready.
. . .
So, a machine that makes Jazz Music was worth more than his life?
How wonderful. . .