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,

dn’t stand a

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of nowhere, Xavier let out a

echoed through the cavern,

restless motion.

over his mouth, his

now?’ he cursed

nervously at

froze, barely daring

bats stirred.

their wings and

they settled down again. The

heavy, but their relief was

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second,

Th€ Sound

toud in the empty

sank. Some bats

flying towards

all the bats on the

seemed

fl€w towards them.

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yelled, her

the panic.

louder, the chilling

them like

we do? They’re coming right

glancing back nervously. His stomach

sight of the swarm, and his legs

lighter, his hands

hard he tried, it wouldn’t catch. "Dad,

sharply. "We’ll run ahead

figure it out."

it to her, his face flushed

almost on them,

this simple task.

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