That night Everyone slept peacefully in there beds like always, everyone but Henry and Joey. Joey had a hard time getting sleep since he kept seeing buddy's bloody body laying there with his eyes wide and horrified look and the creatures they seen, every time he closed his eyes. Henry wasn't much better off. He had nightmares of what they saw and what they witness. He would be Awaken by them and terrified as the images in his head never faded away. Joey eventually gave up on sleep and watched the children sleep for moments as he thought about what to do. After a minute he decided to walk around the house to see if he could find anything or come up with a plan to help Henry.. He got out of bed and quietly left the room as not to disturb the other's.As he roams the dark hallways of the orphanage, he started to believe that they should tell Norman about all this. He could help them by snooping around the place to see what he could find out. Maybe what those creatures are or why they were doing this to them. Norman could also help them come up with a way to escape from this farm. But of course they couldn't tell Sammy about this. Not yet at least. He would be so crush by the news of mom farming them and that's if he'd believed them at all. He'll talk to Henry about it in the morning. He still couldn't believe that sweet caring old mom would let them eat them. He thought he loved them all. It scared him to know the truth.
Joey stopped in the bathroom to looked in the mirror at his number tattooed on the side of his neck. All there necks had a number. 85389 was his. All his live he never understood why they had these. But now he knew they were only just food. His hand reached up to it and rubbed the number. There was no texture to the tattoo. It just felt like the skin around it.Joey uses the bathroom, washed his hands then he walked out of the bathroom, only to run into mom as she was passing. "Ah!" Joey looked up in fear. "Oh. H-hi mom!" He forced himself to be calm and put a smile on his face.
Mom looked down at Joey with a smile she always had. "Joey my dear. Your not pulling any of your tricks again, are you?" He voice was kind and caring as always around them. Not the cold dark voice her herd in the tunnel.Joey shook his head no. "N-no ma'am. I just Uh...just needed to use the bathroom." He replied. "That's all mom."
She nodded down at him. "Alright Joey. Let's get you back to bed now." She motherly took joeys hand with hers and lead him back to their room. "Goodnight Joey."
"Goodnight mom." He went back to the room were everyone was still sleeping and crawled into his bed. Though he still couldn't sleep from the images in his mind still. for hours he tried to but was to disturb what he's seeing. Eventually his body got to exhausted and he passed out.
When morning came with the bright sunlight shinning through their windows, Susie was the first one to wake up, like always. "Guys! It's time to wake up!" She shouted, leaping out of her bed. "It's a new day!"That got everyone up and moving. They all slowly crawled out of their bed and making them like mom taught them then after they all changed into their plain white uniforms. The older children helped the younger ones out with the bed making and getting on their uniforms. Once they were charged and there bed was made they'd run out of the room for breakfast after. One by one the room grew empty intel it was just Henry and Joey
"Henry. I think we should tell Norman." Joey started as he sat on his bed. "He has the skills to get around without being seen or herd. He could help us with figuring out how to get out of this place."
Henry came over and sat next to joey facing him. "I was also thinking about telling him to for the same reasons. And I wanted to talk to you about it." He chuckled. "I guess it's decided."
Joey couldn't help but smiled even in the situation they were in. Henry always made him smile. "I guess it is." He agreed.
Henry stood up, taking joeys hand in his. "Come on. Before mom starts to expect us." Together they walked down to the dinning area for breakfast and helped the others with the younger children.
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