𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℝ𝕖𝕕 ℝ𝕠𝕤𝕖 {ʀᴀʏxᴍ!ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ}

12:Don't underrestimate

Seven...

I stood in the shadows, eyes on the predator.

Eight...

How will it move?

Nine...

What is it capable of?

Ten...

Who is their target?

———————————————

"Time to get serious~"

I flinched, hearing a yell echo throughout the forest.

I hid under the bushes, ears out. 'Eh?'

She's not chasing us?

What is she doing?

I hopped out of the bushes and sprinted before spotting a weird-looking leaf.

'No...'

I picked it up.

'She's luring the kids!'

—————————

"Help! Help me!"

I gulped as I watch Don get chased by Sister Krone.

'Who the hell is she?!'

"Y/N! Hi!"

I heard rustling of bushes nearby and ran over to Shelby.

"Shelby! Cover your mouth!"

I picked her up, just in time before Sister Krone came in.

'I need to distract her to buy me some time... but how?'

Watching the dirt beneath me fly in the air, I reached down, picking up a handful of dirt before throwing it at her.

I couldn't look back. Seeing a cliff, I jumped.

After landing, I spotted a tree with a trunk in it.

I placed Shelby on the tree branch. "Go inside the trunk!" I mumbled.

She nodded and crawled in.

"Where are you? That was a nice trick, Y/N!"

'Uh oh...'

"Emma!" "Emma! Here!"

I could hear Sister Krone's footsteps disappear slowly.

Shelby crawled out but I shook my head.

"Stay."

———————

I panted.

'Shelby will be fine on her own... right?'

"Oh~ Y/N!"

I paused in my tracks.

Hearing a familiar giggle, I couldn't bear to turn around.

I need to run, she knows.

I began to sprint.

"I see you~ hehe!" She cackled, running to me at an inhumane speed.

I took a turn and dived into a pile of bushes. I crawled through the bushes, the leaves and branches scratching against my body.

As I found an opening, I ran out and tried to get further only for a pair of arms pulling me back.

I froze and looked up.

She grinned.

"Found you!"

——————

How...

Who is she...?

Is she even human?

"Y/N! You're back!"

Phil exclaimed, snapping me out of my thoughts.

I smiled. "Yep! I got caught by Sister Krone, unfortunately..."

Phil hugged my legs. "It's okay to lose sometimes, you just have to learn from your mistakes! Isn't that what you taught me?" He giggled.

Learn from my mistakes?

Why did I even do that?!

"Gosh..."

"Guys! It's times up."

"Look!"

I turned and saw Norman and Ray emerging from the forest.

"Wow! You actually won!"

The younger ones all ran to the two.

I smiled. 'Norman and Ray are smart, they use strategies and are way more agile. But it seems like no matter how good I am, I'll never beat them, and I'll never be any better than them.'

"Y/N, your body." Ray pointed out.

I stared in confusion, "what do you me-"

"You're bleeding."

I gulped. "Oh."

"You should head to the infirmary now, there's dirt on your clothes too, that could cause an infection." Norman said.

"I'll go with you, Y/N." Norman dragged me into the house. From afar, a black-haired male glared daggers at the albino male.

-------------

"Ray? Norman? Emma?" I spotted them discussing with each other.

"Is something going on?"

Norman sighed. "We think that mama might have her own way of monitoring us."

Ray nodded. "She has no need for Sister Krone."

"In other words... there's highly likely that there's a mole among us children."

"A mole?"

"A snitch, a spy."

"But we can't just jump to conclusions. It's completely possible that someone has been leaking data unknowingly into mama's side. To be exact, mama has her own personal source."

Using her sources to analyse and restrict her targets,

is her true strategy.

'A spy? Among us? Why would someone do that? All the children love mama, it's hard to believe someone would be telling mama some of our secrets.'

"Well, since theres spy, we need to look for them, find out who they are." Ray spoke up.

Emma furrowed her eyebrows. "But what about our plans to include Don and Gilda?"

"If those two end up being mama's sources..."

"No worries. We can find out if they are and make them join our side. It'll be like two birds with one stone. They can become our trump cards."

I thought for a bit. "I guess it's not impossible to turn this situation in this favour."

"Yep! And I've already laid out a net."

My eyes shot open. 'What the...'

"Hey!" Don yelled. "Break time's almost over. Let's start round two!"

We made our way towards them. "Ray."

He hummed. "What do you think mama's planning?"

He shrugged. "Who knows."

'Mama's already in control, that's why she isn't making any moves.We only have a month or so before the next shipment date... I hope we'll be able to escape before then.'

"The plans to destroy the transmitters are going okay, I'll need around 10 days."

"Alright then. Then let's put things into action in 10 days."