When Blossom came home, she could hear other kids.

She shut the back door slowly. Once it was completely closed, she walked through the kitchen and peered from the entrance to the room. She wanted to see who was here and if she recognized them.

Sadly, she did.

She swiftly turned back around and gulped. She could already tell that this was going to be another emotional rollercoaster. And not just for herself. For them as well. She thought about them being unable to handle the chemical like Joey and Susie. Or dead in battle like Mitch and Clara.

She breathed in and out through her nose before looking at her clothes. She had to focus on something else.

Her outfit had not been ruined that badly during the fight with Fuzzy. The only thing that was damaged was her stockings, which she had folded inward as to not distract the police at the station.

Ah yes, the police. They didn't look that convinced when she told them that Lumpkins was dead in his home in the forest. They had asked questions about it but she said nothing else and ran out of there. She was sure there was going to be a report about the case later on tonight.

"It's kinda quiet in here…" that was Jaiden.

"Where is everybody?" Holly. "I wanna say hi!"

"They're out." Jo stated. "They'll be back in a little while."

"Why don't you kids get settled in?" Him asked. "All the doors with names on them are taken."

Loud footsteps and laughter could be heard as the kids headed upstairs. The small glimpse that Blossom got of them confirmed that there were six of them, one more than the first batch.

Four or five were going to die, she had a feeling.

Footsteps approached the kitchen and Ashley looked up to see Jo and Him staring down at her, the latter holding a bag of Wendy's.

He grinned. "You deserve a cheat day for all your hard work~!"

"I eat fattening foods all the time. This is no different." Blossom stated, taking the bag and opening it up to get a fry.

"It's not everyday you get to eat a bag of grease." Jo stated. "You'll go back to normal meals tomorrow."

"What about tonight?"

"Pizza~!" Him chimed. "The new kids wanted to celebrate getting adopted and they wanted pizza."

Blossom nodded once before taking her food. "I'm...thinking about turning in early tonight."

"How come?"

"Let her go." Jo stated. "She had a rough day."

She flew upstairs before any other words were uttered. She shut her room door and stayed there for the rest of the day.

~I~I~

Holly felt like something was wrong.

Sure, she had been adopted with Robin and everything should've felt right. But it wasn't. For starters, no one but the eight of them (two being the adults) were even seen by the other kids. None of their other adopted siblings had even shown their faces yet. Another thing was that only one door had a name label when they came in. And it wasn't even of a kid they knew.

Who was Blossom? What happened to Ashley? Mitch? Joey, Clara, and Susie?

So many things were running through her mind that she didn't even touch her pizza. Robin, who sat to the right of Holly, noticed this immediately. She touched the blonde's hand and held it tight.

"You alright Holly?"

The blonde nodded. She was completely okay, it was just the situation wasn't.

"You sure?" Elmer - who sat on the other side of her - asked. "You haven't even touched your pizza."

"I'm okay, really." Holly gave them a small smile. "It's just-"

"Where is everyone?!" Jaiden butted in. "Where's Mitch? Ashley?"

"Yeah!" Floyd and Lloyd agreed in unison.

"You'll see them soon enough." Him stated, patting each of their heads and giving them another slice of pizza. "Now eat~! And relax~! This is supposed to be a celebration~!"

Holly nodded slowly, eating her food and staring down at her plate.

Something about this entire setup wasn't right. Five kids don't just disappear like that and yet, they were gone. What was worse was that neither Mr. Jo or Mr. Him were telling them anything. Just telling them to relax, that they were here even though there was no sign of them.

Everything about this didn't feel right…

But she continued to eat and stayed relatively silent. The party had started conversations with one another. The talk of exploring the house came up between Jaiden and the twins, causing Holly's eyes to light up.

Maybe that would help them find the others!

Him chuckled. "Alright. But save that for tomorrow. It's getting late and I want you kids to be rested up."

They nodded and continued with dinner until they were satisfied. They then headed to their respective rooms and soon drifted off to sleep.