Chapter 200-2

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“Hey, you’re my sister. Looking out for you is my job,"

Xavier said, puffing up a little.

“Now that’s the kind of son I like to see," Howard said with

asmile. "I’ll take the lead. Danielle, you and your mom stay

in the middle."

"Danielle nodded. "Got it."

“With Howard in front, they moved forward in tense silence.

No one dared breathe too loudly.

“As they moved deeper into the cave, the squeaking grew

louder, filling the air like an eerie soundtrack.

"Danielle switched off her flashlight and glanced up. Her

stomach churned. The ceiling was covered with bats,

massive ones, way larger than anything she had ever

seen.

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"Howard, Vivian, and Xavier followed

her gaze, a hatever calm they

had managed to hold onto vanished:

Their knées felt weak, anda S

creeping dread settled over them. If

to attack,

stand

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nowhere, Xavier let

the cavern, startling

restless motion.

slapped his hand over

hiccup now?’ he cursed himself

nervously at

froze, barely daring to breathe as

bats stirred.

wings and darted

settled down

and heavy, but their relief

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second, Vivian stepped

branch. Th€ Sound

toud in the empty

sank. Some

flying towards them.

the bats

cave seemed

fl€w towards them.

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fire!" Danielle yelled,

the panic.

grew louder, the chilling sound

them like a

do we do? They’re

glancing back nervously. His

swarm, and his legs

with the lighter,

he tried, it wouldn’t catch. "Dad,

sharply. "We’ll run

figure it out."

her, his face flushed with

was almost on them, and he hadn’t even

this simple task.

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