The Runaways

Sneaky Schemes

Great. Just great. Now I actually have to find out what our parents are doing. Did I really want to know? I mean sure I was Chase Stein, and I could take a beating, or someone else could take a beating from me, but this? No. This was too much. I felt like my brain was going to explode.
I looked at the ceiling, then down at Karolina. She was perfect. Perfect daughter, perfect student, perfect friend. I wish she could be more than that. Wishes were all I could offer myself at the moment, which wasn't much. Since I felt that it was my duty to be a leader of the team, I stood up and told the group that we needed to take action.
"We need to move now. I think the parents just arrived."
"Yeah, okay. Let's move." Said Alex.
We decided we would split up so if they caught us listening in, we could have an easier way out. I went with Gert, Karolina with Nico, and Alex with Molly. We quietly moved around the house and circled around Mr. Wilder's office room, where the meeting was being held. One of the parents was talking.
"We need to be more careful. Last night was cutting it too close. We could have been caught!"
"Catherine is right. Did you see that flash above us? What the hell was that?! You don't think it was one of the kids, do you?"
"I don't know, we can't know for sure. But from now on, we need to be more careful. The kids are getting older now, and they are more curious. What if they're getting curious about what we are doing and ask into it?
"No. We just need to keep cool, and act normal. If we need to take precautions, we will. If we need to take it further, we will. We have to. For our safety and our children's."
What the hell are they talking about? I thought. This was some messed up shit. I motioned to Alex and Nico that we needed to head back to the game room. We started back, when Molly stepped wrong, and made a creaking sound on the floorboard. There was silence. I motioned for everyone to move quickly. Just as we rounded the corner, we looked back and saw Mr. Wilder crack the door open and look out. I stuck to the wall, and stopped breathing. We all did. After what seemed like an eternity, he closed the door and went back in. That was close. Too close.
We continued to the game room. When we reached it we all started to feel the night come upon us. We talked little about what we heard. It was a lot to take in for all of us. After a while, we fell asleep. This would be a bad kind of hangover.