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p dir="ltr"Baby emsnuck /emfrom tent, silently squealing as tan arms wrap around her. She is softly pressed to a tree behind the bathroom area. Her bright blue eyes lock with smirking hazel eyes. She bites down on one of peach pink lips as he moves his face closer to hers./p
p dir="ltr"Colt is soon, making out with Baby as if his life depends on it. His hands are in her red curls, smiling as the need becomes real./p
p dir="ltr"Baby wraps her legs around his waist, running her hands in his chestnut brown hair. It's a moment she wished could have lasted until old age. She was enjoying herself until movement froze them both./p
p dir="ltr""emClaudia! /emWhere'd you go?" Samuel hysterically asks, shuffling around the tent. He fumbles with the zipper, running into the night. His loud footfalls catch the couple making out off guard./p
p dir="ltr"Colt furrows his eyebrows, remaining still. His eyes follow the man who darts further in the opposite direction of the woods. He sets his girl down who takes the hint, both wearing confusion. "What was that about?"/p
p dir="ltr""I don't know." Baby softly replies, recalling what his father had said. She found the warning a bit odd, blended into confusion./p
p dir="ltr"Sam strongDouglas /stronghad been more than skeptical of Samuel Sinclair. He kept his ever-present frown watching the younger male, shocked by how old he was to have a young daughter with no mother. He heard some of the story from his wife, but still didn't find the story to make sense. So he warned his children to be careful around the male while also promising they'd keep a close eye on him./p
p dir="ltr""We should emcheck /emon Wit and Tum Tum." Colt softly suggests, sending alarm through Baby./p
p dir="ltr"Baby already sights them as little brothers even if she didn't know Wit for too long. She came to spend time with the boy who was more than capable of handling himself in a disaster./p
p dir="ltr"He had the smarts too./p
p dir="ltr"Colt is off, leaving Baby to catch up. He might be in a hurry, but he knew how to keep quiet in his hurried pace so did the redhead following pursuit./p
p dir="ltr"London has his scrawny arms, wrapping softly around Tum Tum./p
p dir="ltr"The two opted to share a sleeping bag while talking well into the night. Neither of them had a conflict with the closeness, thinking of it as an odd friendship that held no significance at the time./p
p dir="ltr"London had heard the shuffling of his step-father, gripping tightly to the brown haired boy who was fast asleep in his arms. He peered at the zipper door, listening to the night as crickets chirped around them. He felt something of the night wasn't right. He silently removed himself from the boy in the sleeping back while quickly pulling on his pink sneakers. He got to the tent door when the soft yawn of the boy in the sleeping bag caused him to freeze in his tracks./p
p dir="ltr""Wit, where are we going?" Tum Tum yawns, rubbing at his eyes. His neat brown bowl cut, falling into place as the yellow ninja puts on his shoes./p
p dir="ltr""Oh, I heard something." London answered, narrowing his eyes over his shoulder as the other boy tugged on the royal blue hoodie Tum Tum was borrowing. Honestly, he didn't mind; considering he wore the leather pink his sister gifted him with. He was shown by her that it was alright to be yourself even with scars on you- so he looked up to her for many reasons. Nor did he mind that it was a quick bond between himself and Midnight./p
p dir="ltr""Should we get the others?" Tum Tum softly yawns as London unzips the tent, sticking his head of blonde curls from the tent./p
p dir="ltr"London softly chuckles at the dark haired male, "no, I don't think-"/p
p dir="ltr""Wit, Tum, are you alright? We heard Sam mumbling then he went running in the opposite direction." Colt came into view followed by his girl./p
p dir="ltr"London came from the tent with a sheepish Tum Tum./p
p dir="ltr"Tum zipped up their tent, stretching his short arms into the sky./p
p dir="ltr""Yeah, something about Claudia." London nods./p
p dir="ltr""Come on, this way." Baby hisses to them in the dark as they start the way they heard him go running. She takes off in a sprint as they all follow her./p
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p dir="ltr""The man is fast!" Colt complains, stopping in the middle of a clearing to catch his breath./p
p dir="ltr"They hadn't been able to catch up with him./p
p dir="ltr""Geez! You think none of us know this." Tum Tum calls, sounding a bit irritated. He secretly was having fun, especially strongspending /strongtime with Wit./p
p dir="ltr""Where'd the other two go?" London hisses to the group./p
p dir="ltr""We never woke Rocky and Midnight." Baby reminds, earning an eyebrow raise from London./p
p dir="ltr""Okay, but if we had them than maybe we could have gotten caught up to Sam." London points out the obvious./p
p dir="ltr""We don't want Midnight knowing her step-father is up to something. At least, not until we know what he's up to. We don't even know if she knows he's hiding something." Colt kindly informs./p
p dir="ltr""What about me?" London furrows an eyebrow, confused by the leniency./p
p dir="ltr""I think you would have told me." Tum Tum hopes he isn't being lead down a misguided path by Wit. He'd hate to lose a friend./p
p dir="ltr""Midnight?" Rocky calls into the dark, alerting the others who share an annoyed look. He was close to stumbling onto the group./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight strongrolled /strongher grey eyes, sneaking into the view of the others. She moved swiftly on her tip-toes, freezing as she saw them eyeballing with questioning gazes. She folds her arms, eyeing them in the same manner. "Your boy woke me up concerned you were all murdered by Jason. I, told him you were planning a prank on him."/p
p dir="ltr""That's what we were doing." London voices with his voice cracking due to his nerves. He chose to keep it from Midnight that their step-father is hiding something from them./p
p dir="ltr"Colt smirks, wiggling an eyebrow. "Hit the trees. We're gonna scare the daykughts out of, Mr. Know It All."/p
p dir="ltr"Baby perks up, tugging on London./p
p dir="ltr""You up to pranking, Rocky?" Tum Tum calls to Midnight, pointing to a tree above her./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight shrugs. What harm could it do her? She was strongalready /strongwide awake./p
p dir="ltr""We jump from the trees to alert him?" Midnight wonders, furrowing her eyebrows. She's quick witted, lifting herself into a branch above her./p
p dir="ltr""We're going to tackle him!" Baby hisses in reply from a tree nearby./p
p dir="ltr"Tackle? Midnight wonders in her silent endeavor. She cites this as bad, considering she hadn't done it before. Well, she's sure she had, but for her this was going the extreme./p
p dir="ltr""Midnight! This isn't funnyem!/em" Rocky comes into the clearing. A scowl etched onto his features while his tone held concern./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight silently sighed, feeling guilt tug at her heart. She didn't want to give him a heart attack on top of his fear of everybody being slaughtered. Poor idiot./p
p dir="ltr""Hai-yah!" Colt screamed, being the first from a tree. He swung a foot into the air, ready to roundhouse Rocky who quickly blocked his brother./p
p dir="ltr"The others emexcluding /emMidnight followed./p
p dir="ltr""Where's Baby?" Rocky asks as Colt chuckles./p
p dir="ltr""Baby ran into Midnight. They went off to gossip a bit." Colt easily lies, earning the confused expression from his brother./p
p dir="ltr"Rocky straightens his posture./p
p dir="ltr"Baby was the last to attack, succeeding in knocking the green ninja on his arse. A smile lit up her features at the look of disbelief written on his pale features./p
p dir="ltr""Baby? Where's Midnight?" Rocky once more finds himself asking as his eyes narrow on the red girl./p
p dir="ltr""I really don't know." Baby responds, upholding a stoic look./p
p dir="ltr"The other straighten their stance as the blonde gets to his feet, dusting himself off./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight is sneaky. She lands a few inches behind the boy, slowly straightening. Her eyes narrow as she lifts a hand./p
p dir="ltr"The others are withholding soft snickers while Rocky has yet to take notice./p
p dir="ltr"Tapping his shoulder, Midnight ducks as he brings his foot up to kick; colliding with the tree. His foot then touches the ground beside a crouching Midnight who smirks./p
p dir="ltr""Ah, there it is." Midnight comments, smirking at the scowl placating his pale features. She raised herself in slow motion, meeting the angered green ninja who thinks it has all been planned from the time he went to sleep./p
p dir="ltr""You guys are evil incarnate." Rocky angrily retorts, walking in the direction he had come from. He waits for no one to catch up; deciding to go to bed./p
p dir="ltr"Colt and Baby high five./p
p dir="ltr"Midnight is a bit sad while trying not to show it./p
p dir="ltr"The others are happy so it's all that matters./p
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