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*Angel POV*

Waking up to the warmth and soft light of the hotel, it's blissful. Getting ready for the day and preparing to wake the children up, it's quiet. Realising Amber and Topaz have leafs in their hair, unsettling. Then, realising they both have scratches and most likely went on a 'adventure', upsetting.

I quietly wake them up, "Dearies, it's time to wake up." I get groan from Topaz and a whine from Amber. "You best get up or I'll be having breakfast by myself," I tell them. Amber shoots up and quickly sprints into the bathroom.

Topaz lays there, then he shuffles. He sits up and tiredly meets my eyes. "You can't do that. We're both hotel guest, they have to feed us," He grumbles. I stare at him, giving him a questioning look. "You already checked didn't you?" I nod my head in response.

Topaz groans again and slowly shuffles out of the bed. I leave as he gets dressed. But before I leave out the door, I call over my shoulder, "Oh, and trust me. Neither of you are outta trouble."

As I go down the stairs, I meet the eyes of Michael. I realize all the people we've previously met are here. "Well, good morning, hm?" I politely ask. Descending down the stairs, I let my gaze wander through the crowd. I stop when I see a man I haven't before.

He's larger, he's also tall, like everybody I've met so far. The man most definitely doesn't see normal, but nobody here is. Eyes sunken in, an obvious layer of skin covers his true face. Grotesquely stitched together and made into a mask. Does he not care about hygiene?

Once I reach the end of the steps I walk towards the man. I hold my hand out once I'm in front of him. I introduce myself, "Hello, I am Angel. And you are?" The man looks uncomfortable, but grabs my hand. His is enormous compared to mine, dirtier too.

"Leather-" His sentence is interrupted by a shrill yell. "LEATHERFACE!" Amber launches herself towards the man, attempting her best to give him a hug. Everybody is taken back from the sudden noise. Leatherface gets horribly startled, but still gets a grip on her.

"I knew I would see you! Do you wanna play?! We could play with Topaz," Amber starts to ramble off about playing hide and seek. The others get visibly awkward with only the girl talking.

I grab Amber off the man, she's basically attached herself to him. "Come on, Dearie. How about you go explore the rest of the hotel? You can do it with Topaz. He does owe you for not giving you a nighttime hug," I convince Amber.

Topaz walks down the stairs just in time to hear what I said. He already starts to follow her down a random hall. But before he leaves, I lean towards him and say, "You better not get into anymore trouble, you hear me?" He nods and silently tails her.

"Alright, I do believe this isn't any daily gathering. What kind of trouble did Topaz and Amber get into?" I sigh.

Lee shifts around, and starts to speak, "I-I've been to-told that Topaz a-attacked one o-of Leatherface's fa-family." I can physically feel my face pale. Oh, dear. He can't keep himself out of trouble can he?

"For Amber," Leatherface starts, "He thought she got hurt, that we killed her." The sentence in the raspy tone puts chills down my spine.

"That she had been killed? Why would he think such a thing?" My voice rose as I talked. "Did something so bad happen?!" Scratches. The tension in the air grew, as I talked. The bodies around me stiffened. My anger, a sharpened point towards Leatherface. "What happened to my child to make him think his own sister was dead?!"

The room went quiet once I stopped talking. Leatherface, a rigid board in front of me. The others were staring at me. They seemed so taken back. All these killers seemed to be scared off me. They should be.

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