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(Percy POV)

HC peaks into the living room, clearly just hearing our entire conversation. She gives me an odd glance, then beckons me over. I slowly get up, glancing back at the younger children. I approach HC, my hands in my hoodie pockets.
"Did you tell them this whole thing was a game?" HC whispers to me, casting glances in Meri's direction, where both the children sat staring at us.
"I told Imara it was a game, I don't want her to worry. She's still 10. heck, I don't even know if I understand what's going on myself." I murmur kicking the toe of my shoe lightly against the floor. HC sighs, placing her hands over her face and quietly screaming. I put my hand on her shoulder, trying to comfort her. Kyu comes back out of her room, and makes her way towards us.
"Good news!" she starts, "My dad is a slight gun fanatic, so if we go into his room we might find some useful shit!" Kyu says, pointing to a room not far.
"Language!" I whisper, glancing back over at Meri and Imara, who didn't seem to notice. Kyu shoots me a smile and starts walking to her room, followed by Meri. HC and I look at each other then shrug it off.
"Mar, I'm sorry for lying. This isn't a game. Those things, well uh, they aren't human. By the looks of it they don't enjoy humans much either.." I say again glancing back at the window, where it seemed around a dozen of those things lurked, not far from the house. Imara glanced back at me, and nodded, even though I don't think she understood, she tried. We all collectively stand up as Kyu comes out holding a rifle, shotgun, and some ammo, followed by Meri, holding an assault rifle.
"Why does Meri have a gun?!" HC says walking towards her sister only to be stopped by Kyu's hand.
"Listen. If we wanna live through this whole thing, we're all going to need weapons. Even if they're young, they need some way to protect themselves from those little shits outside." Kyu says, handing me the shotgun. I look into my backpack when my eyes land on a bat, grabbing it I walk to Imara.
"Here, I guess you should have this." I say, handing her the bat. Kyu notices this and her eyes light up.
"Can I borrow that bat?" She asks, approaching Imara with a shy look. Imara nods, handing her the bat. Kyu walks back into her dad's bedroom, swinging the bat around a bit. I look around the living room, before motioning everyone to the couch.
"Alright. I know this whole situation could be a lot better, but we gotta have a plan. What do we do, where do we go? At the moment we're as good as sitting ducks." I say looking at everyone individually.
"We could go look for Kyu's parents. They might have a slight clue at what's going on." HC speaks up, I nod in agreement.
"The only problem is the nearest store is 10 minutes by driving, and well, we don't have a car." I speak up, letting out an annoyed sigh. HC also lets out an annoyed sigh, and at this point it's clear that everyone feels completely hopeless. Kyu comes back out of the room holding something behind her back.
"Here kid I fixed your bat." She says, handing Imara a bat full of nails. Imara gingerly takes the bat from Kyu, she's in complete awe. I glance up at Kyu, then back at the bat.
"Thanks." I tell Kyu, still slightly concerned with Imara having a weapon. I look back out the window, the sun starting to set, silhouetting those things. I would've said it was a beautiful sight if it weren't for the whole apocalypse, but I guess that makes it even prettier in a fucked up way.
"The sun's going down, we'll look for Kyu's parents tomorrow?" Everyone but Kyu nods, looking to me and Kyu on where to sleep.
"Here I'll show you where you can sleep." Kyu leads everyone away into what looks to be a guest bedroom. She returns after around 5 minutes, and takes a seat on the couch beside me.
"What was all that blabber about looking for my parents?" She asks, I relax a little more into the couch.
"Since your parents are adults they might have some slight clue of what's going on. So we decided our best bet would be find your parents, since ours are well, vacant." I say standing up and walking towards the room where everyone else lay. Kyu follows, and at this point I think we all need some well deserved rest. Upon entering the room, I lock the door with everyone in. I set down the backpacks and grab a pillow and blanket.
"G'nite nerds, get ready for tomorrow." I whisper.

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I groggily wake up as I feel a sharp stab in the leg. "Shit." I hear someone whisper, and I slowly sit up, rubbing my eyes. HC has her hand on the door, staring straight at me fear in her eyes. "Sorry I-I couldn't sleep.." She trails away, I shrug and prop myself up. "What are you doing?" HC whispers, still careful to not wake anyone. I glance back up at her then at the bed. "You already woke me, might as well make sure you don't die." I whisper standing up fully. She nods and makes her way onto the back porch. This back porch was a lot taller than all those things, so even with all of them there, it was hard to notice, besides the putrid smell of course. "I uh, saw you need some help with guns," She starts, "so I brought this with me, if you want me to show you of course." She says in her normal voice. The smell of rain hung in the air, as I glanced around at all those things. "I'm down, it's for the best I learn how to use a gun." I say glancing down at the small weapon, and as the sun came up, a small shine reflected off it and into my eyes. HC hands me the gun and shoots me a small smile. "Remember, they don't like you, they aren't human, they want you to be dead." She whispers, and points to one of them not far from here. "Breathe, aim, fire." She whispers. I take a deep breath, aim, and then ever so lightly pull the trigger. The thing come collapsing to the floor, but the shot echoes and echoes. Those things started crowding the base of the house, HC and I look at each other. Even though we had just made ourselves a target for those things, we couldn't help but laugh. I turn away from the back porch and make my way into the kitchen, while HC heads for the room.