??? POV

"That man has left," I whisper to my partner.

"Thank god we didn't attack when we wanted to...we would be joining those punks in the after life," she mutters as I nod

"Yes...he was certainly scary," I say as I take note inside the house.

"He left that lady here too," I tell her.

"He didn't have her assist him in the takeover, I don't think she is very strong," she says as I agree.

"If she was, she would have been fighting with him," I tell her.

"Let's give him a day or two to move on, it would suck for him to get word and return before we can steal all the children," she says.

"Yep, we are gonna turn a good profit," I say with a sly smirk

Cassy POV

I helped Mother Rosie around the house. It wasn't much, but she's been taking care of these children all alone for awhile. I can't imagine how much stress she experiences.

Wether it be a curse or a blessing, Rebecca and Jacob are almost clued to my side.

"They have you to themselves, that's why they act like that," Rosie says as I attempt to wash dishes.

"But don't they have you?" I ask her confused

"They do, but so do the other 40 children, I don't treat them any different then I do the others," she says as I look down at Jacobs face. At this point...I'm not sure if I'd be ok with leaving them.

It's only been a day, but I feel myself getting attached to them. At first it was me thinking they were adorable. But it slowly morphed into something more emotional.

Maybe this was my brains way of healing the gap that was left by Martha and Conner. Maybe this is something that I need to move on.

I think of (Y/N)...will he return? I'm not scared that he will die, the world will end before he gets killed. But I'm afraid he will leave me.

But...if he does come back...then I'll need to leave these two. I look down as Rebecca and Jacob laugh together. It warms my heart.

If I want to stay here with them...that means leaving (Y/N)s side. As much as I like to admit different, I've grown fond of him.

My heart tightens as I think of him. He makes me feel calm. The anger I used to feel is all gone now and I'm finally starting to experience what he describe to be happiness.

I don't know if I can leave someone whose helped me to much with little to no repayment.

"You must repay all favours!" I remember Martha lecturing me one time.

"Wanna play outside!" Jacob asks Rebecca as the two agree and Sprint outside.

"It makes me so happy to see the children happy again. That's how I remember being a house keeper. Seeing the happy faces on all the children...I missed seeing that when they took over," Rosie says.

"How did it happen?" I ask her as she sighs

"I don't know...just one day they were here...they killed...they killed," she began but tears threatened to leave her eyes.

I was silent. I've learned from (Y/N) that being silent is sometimes the best course of action.

"I wasn't always alone...my husband helped make this place," she says quietly

"They killed him and my two daughters," she chokes back a sob.

My heart beats as I feel sadness for this lady. She has been through so much

"I'm sorry for your loss," I say as she shakes her head.

"Those bastards are dead, to that I may thank you," she says as a switch gets flipped and she is happy again.

"Come now, we must make the beds," she says as I nod

We did other house work before I was given free time.

I knew deep down that I would leave with (Y/N) if he ever came back...so I wanted to spend as much time with Rebecca and Jacob as I could.

I walk outside and start looking for the two siblings. I looked all around the yard...no sign of them. I checked inside of the house again to make sure they weren't there...nothing.

My heart started pounding against my chest as worry filled my head.

Calm down...listen to (Y/N)

"Always take notes to find the best course of action," he would repeat.

I walked around the house looking for tracks.

Even without being here, he helped me out greatly. Within ten minutes of remembering his advice, I find fresh tracks from the forest. They were a totally different direction from where we arrived and where (Y/N) left...so they must of made these themselves.

What are they doing?

I follow the tracks, being as sneaky as possible like the way (Y/N) taught me.

I found them 4 minutes after...alongside two unknown individuals.

"Stupid kids, they aren't telling us anything useful," a female voice says as she kicks Rebecca in the ribs.

They both looked pained...had they beat them?

An anger I've never felt before arose inside me...a fury that I could never hope to contain.

"Let them go!" I say as my vision goes black.

Rebecca POV

Why...why is this happening!

My legs hurt. My arms hurt.

My chest hurts, my head hurts.

Jacob is hurt too.

I look at our abusers, they wield evil smirks as they use their boots to inflict painful hits.

"Please stop," I cry as wet tears roll down my face...

Please stop hurting my little brother. Watching him get kicked is worse then getting kicked myself.

"Stupid Kids, they aren't telling us anything useful," the girl says

"Let them go!" I hear a scream as the two figures look away toward the source.

The ground shakes for a moment and I shut my eyes hoping for it to go away.

"Oh....no," the girl says as I open them again.

A giant sandy monster was looking at us.

I felt my heart drop as fear kicks in,

The two people who had hurt us start to run, but the beast kept looking at us.

It moved toward us as fear rose up inside of me.

Is it going to eat us? Jacob was knocked out...luckily he wouldn't be awake for our deaths.

I meet the red eyes of the monster.

I can't explain it...but all my fear went away when it's eyes met mine.

The beast walked toward us. We were tied around a tree so we had no where to run.

The beast wrapped it's arms around the tree. I closed my eyes waiting for death.

But instead a soft arm embraced me, I was shot into a memory that I would rather forget.

"M-m-mom?" I stutter as I open my eyes

"Shhh," I hear a soothing voice

"Your safe...your ok," I hear as the rope that bound us goes loose.

"Cassy!" I say in glee as I hug her.

"It's safe," she says in a weird way.

Almost as if it wasn't for us...but rather, herself.