『 Broken Promises 』The Promised Neverland Ray x OC

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"I know a lot of info about this place that may be helpful for you to know and I'm willing to share it with you all. It's proof of my good will. If you're interested why don't you drop by my room tonight!" Then within a blink of an eye, she was gone.

                          <•••>

"She was one of us and yet this is just so she can have a better life. What a monster, she doesn't care if any of the kids here live or die at all!" Emma vented.

"She said she won't ship us though." Gilda pointed out.

"What she meant...was she can't. If she really wanted to help us escape then she would've quietly helped us." Norman explained,

"The only reason she's showing us her cards is to try to gain our trust." He finished.

"But what's the point in doing that?" Don asked.

"It's all so she can get solid evidence of our rebellion. In other words, she's in a position where the higher ups won't trust her unless she has proof. She doesn't have the power to ship us out like mom does." Norman continued.

"Evidence..."

"Wait what happens if she finds the rope we hid in the tree?!" Don exclaimed.

"It's fine, explaining the rope is easy. We can say we were gonna use it for a game but if we-" Norman reassured.

"If she finds the tools to break the trackers, then we're done for." Ray dimmed the room.

"That kind of evidence...would be hard to explain." Norman agreed with Ray.

"No need to worry, I'm not gonna let that happen. I'm not finished making it yet anyway." Ray shrugged.

"That won't be an issue if we can convince her that we don't know where they are or how to break them. I'm sure sister Krone would believe us if we play our cards right." Norman smiled.

Gilda grunted, "You're going to her room? You're dealing with sister Krone here. It's nice she offered to give us information but..."

"Hang on. Why are we cooperating with her, does it give us an advantage?" Don asked.

"If we use her affectively, we might learn something useful. Additionally it'll keep her out of the way so we can focus on the inspection." Norman finished.

"We'll be fine! We have to use every opportunity that we can." Emma hugged Gilda.

Norman got up and put a hand on Dons shoulder, they nodded to each other. Then Norman looked to Ray.

"Ray, can I talk to you? I want to discuss the investigation." Norman asked.

"Okay." Ray then followed Norman out.

                          <•••>

Phoebe was sitting against the house, looking up at the sky. Then she got snapped out of her gaze with a sudden flash.

She jumped and looked around, her vision was blurry for a moment but then she saw Ray.

"What was that?" She asked, rubbing her eyes.

Ray sat down next to her and showed her the small blank piece of paper.

"Huh?" She gave him a confused face and took the piece of paper.

"Just wait." He smiled like a little kid getting a puppy for his birthday.

Phoebe smiled at Ray.

"See?" He gleamed.

Her eyes shot back to the piece of paper, and there she was.

"Wait is that me?" She raised an eyebrow.