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Chapter 2: Never Start What You Can't Finish
A few seconds after hearing buzzing, a huge crash came from the window. An entire swarm of vicious locusts charged through and flew all around the room in a menacing manner. The locusts were brown with tinted-red eyes. Veruca screamed as the locusts flew in her hair, grabbing hold and piercing her scalp with their teeth. Violet was bitten several times by the nasty monsters. Charlie and Augustus hid while Mike was trying to hit them with a fly swatter. One locust grabbed a hold of the swatter and literally threw Mike across the room before devouring the swatter with no effort. One charged at Violet, so she knocked it down and stomped on it, killing it. The other locusts flew out the open window in fear.
"What was that!" Mike shouted.
Charlie looked at the game and remembered the warning. "I think the game did it. The answer to the words in the crystal is a locust, and they attacked us. I think the game is cursed. Are you okay, Violet?"
"Yeah," Violet answered. "The bites didn't break the skin. So you're saying the game brought those things into our world?"
Charlie nodded, and Veruca asked, "So what do we do?"
Mike responded, "We have to keep playing." They all looked at him in disbelief, so he continued. "The game says that we shouldn't begin if we don't intend to finish. But if we finish the game, everything will disappear. We can't let those locusts stay out there. Do you have any idea how fast they breed? If we work as a team instead of against each other to win, we can do this. Who's with me?"
Mike put his hand out. Violet and Charlie followed, and Veruca reluctantly put hers in as well. "Alright, I'll go next," Charlie said. Mike handed him the dice, and Charlie rolled an 8. His token moved and he read the message inside...
"When their wings give flight,
they don't want to play.
They want to capture
and take you away."
Without warning, four hairy arms busted through the ceiling and grabbed Charlie. As they lifted him up, the four kids tried to pull him down. The ceiling caved in, and what they saw was unusual. The arms belonged to two apes with leathery, bat-like wings on their backs. They roared in anger before attacking. One attempted to steal the game, while the other smashed the table. Mike jumped on the back of the ape with the game, but it threw him off.
"We have to get the game back! I have an idea!" Mike shouted. He jumped on the back, this time squeezing the Winged Ape's throat. It thrashed about before finally passing out. The other ape flew outside, breaking through a wall.
"That was too close," Veruca said. "I hope when we win, the house gets fixed or daddy will kill me!"
"Well, it does say the consequences will go away if we finish," Charlie replied. "Maybe everything that happens as a result of the creatures will fix itself. But what do we do about that thing?"
All of them then picked up the ape, and moved it slowly into the kitchen before locking it in the house's gigantic freezer. It was down to Veruca and Violet to roll. Veruca handed Violet the dice, but she pushed them away. "Aren't you rolling?"
"Oh no," Violet refused. "I am not rolling next. I'd rather go last." Veruca shrugged her shoulders and began her roll.
That's the chapter! What do you think Veruca will get when she rolls? Be sure to tune in to find out. Have a great day!