Hide And Seek

"It's just like a game of Hide and Seek Emily." I reassured my little sister. "Really?" She questioned, her eyes lighting up. "Yeah, The first one caught...." I trail off as I stare into the small 9 year olds innocent blue eyes. "Is it? The first one found is it?" She questions, Believing she had finished my sentence with exactly what I had been thinking. "Yes. The first one caught is it." I nodded. That's what I would let her believe for as long as possible. That it was all a game. But what I had told her wasn't exactly the truth. The first one found, Is the first one to be killed.