『 Broken Promises 』The Promised Neverland Ray x OC

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"It's seemed like everything was normal this morning right? She was smiling and doing chores like she usually does. And now she's gone. It's all because of mom." Don whimpered.

Phoebe flinched at the loud sound of Ray kicking a bucket across the grass.

"Ugh!"

<•••>

"Ray what about Norman and Harp?!"

"They're going to escape no matter what!" Ray shouted.

"Bee, Don, Gilda, let's go." Ray looked at the three of them. They all nodded.

Phoebe followed Ray to where Emma was.

They walked in the room and there was silence.

"We're getting Norman and Harper out." Ray said with no hesitation.

Emma nodded.

<•••>

"I'm back!" Norman walked in the room to find Ray, and Phoebe sitting next to Emma's bed. Harper was sitting with them.

"Guys..." Norman sat down in his chair.

"The plan is, tomorrow, you and Harper are going to escape by yourselves." Ray explained.

"You guys won't die, not on our watch." Emma exclaimed.

"Sorry but...I can't." Norman apologized.

"Me either." Harper frowned.

"You can!" All three of them interrupted him.

"But to be more accurate, you'll just pretend to do it. You'll disable you and Harpers tracking devices, fake an escape, then hide in the area till Emma's healed up." Ray nodded.

"Then on the day of the escape, you'll run away with us." Emma pushed.

"Yeah but...even once we go security will get tighter." Norman fought.

"Not a problem, based on the houses care taking qualities, security won't increase much." Ray fought back.

"Care taking policies?" Norman asked.

"One, to let us all grow freely. Two, strict confidentiality. The first is for developing our brains, a child that grows up freely with rich emotions. That's the minimum requirement for the product here." Ray explained.

"So point two means?" Harper crossed her arms.

"Yeah. The demons stay out of sight. If we fear them, our brains won't grow as planned. The worst they'll do is add more guards or care takers. And those things we can deal with. I know it." Ray concluded.

"Even so, if they end up making the wall taller than it is now, how do you plan on climbing over it?" Norman pressed.

"You can make a ladder while you're hiding out in the forest!" Ray yelled.

"But what if they change the tracking device to a more complex one?" Norman pushed.

"If they implant new ones we'll know where they are so we'll take them out! We can handle it!" Ray answered.

"Don't you get it?! We're telling you that you don't have to die! I'll supply your food and keep you and Harper hidden no matter what! Tighter security should be no problem and I still haven't used my trump card to outwit mom so stay alive, just pretend to run away and then-" Ray yelled.

"We can't." Norman and Harper cut Ray off.

Phoebe didn't notice there were tears running down her face.