The Hunting (A House of Anubis Story)

Chapter 17

No One's POV

Patricia paced back and forth in front of the rest of the house as they watched her. All the Anubis residents were sitting in the lounge for their free period.

"Shouldn't they be back by now?" Patricia asked worriedly.

"Patricia, we don't know how this works. This could be normal," Jerome spoke softly.

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"This isn't normal!" Nina screamed as she clung to a thick tree branch. The Ao Ao circled around the tree she was in, digging at the roots.

"You don't think we know that!" Eddie yelled back. Nina let out a loud shriek as the tree began to lean.

"Jump to another tree!" KT shrieked at her as Nina listened.

"Why's it always me?" she whined loudly as the sheep-like creature moved to the new tree she was in. "The Supernaturals are getting stronger! We could actually have a higher chance of dying."

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"They shouldn't even have that high of a chance at dying; I mean, they've been doing this awhile. Death shouldn't happen," Alfie spoke softly. The residents hesitantly agreed as Fabian tried to get Patricia to sit down. Willow entered the lounge and let out a huff.

"I was walking by the woods and I heard screaming," Willow said in a vexatious tone as Patricia jumped up again.

"See! I told you guys they should be back by now!" Patricia shrieked.

"Maybe it's not normal for them to be gone so long but they don't need help," Joy tried to soothe Patricia's nerves.

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"We need help," KT hissed in Eddie's ear as he tried to get a shot on the Ao Ao.

"You think I don't know that!" he snapped as Nina jumped to a different tree again. "Crap." They got up from their position in the bushes and moved to a new spot.

"Should I call it in?" KT questioned. Eddie bit his lip as he adjusted the crossbow in his hands.

"KT, there's no help here. It's not America, we don't have friends that are hunters," he spoke to her softly.

"I can set off a sensor," she suggested. He shook his head, still watching Nina.

"The only ones who would get the alert would be us and...no," he shook his head, realizing what she was suggesting.

"You're only saying that cause you don't want to put Patricia in danger," she muttered.

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"Patricia, Eddie wouldn't want you in danger. So stay here with the rest of the girls," Jerome begged her.

"Why does Fabian get to go?" She scowled angrily.

"Because he's supposedly a boy," Jerome replied.

"Well you can't go unarmed and I know where the spare key to their trunks are. So, us girls are going," Amber spoke with a flip of her hair.

"They don't need us! If they did they'd find a way to tell us," Joy whined. A beeping sound came on as all of them turned to Fabian. He held out the beeping pager as the Anubis residents dashed out of the lounge.

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"Don't!" Eddie hissed as he tried to snatch the slingshot from KT's grip.

"We need help!" she screamed at him, trying to aim.

"Not from our friends, who don't know anything about Supernaturals AND my girlfriend, who's stubborn enough to try to do what I do," he rolled his eyes.