Cain and Glitch entered the cave, having left the moose outside. Rodney and Julia told the group they still had more eggs to fetch, and left the cave. DG crossed her legs as Glitch sat next to her. Her, Azkadellia, Jeb, Glitch, Cain and Aiden formed a circle in the middle of the floor. But Aiden seemed more interested in his toys to even get in the conversation.
"I think Julia has a problem with me," DG spoke up. Azkadellia looked at her. "Julia is cool. Its Rodney who is mean," she said. "Julia's nice to you…" DG said, turning to look at her. "And Rodney is nice to you," Azkadellia stated. Cain sighed. He didn't need anymore drama then what they already had going on. Finding an burnt down village, getting beat up… by girls, being forced to spend the night in the cave, and now sitting in a circle listening to DG and Azkadellia's worries about who liked them and who hated them.
Jeb leaned forward. "We could cut and run," he said. Cain turned to face his son. "We could," he said. Jeb smiled triumphantly. "But were not," Cain finished and Jeb's smiled faded. "Yea, I like it here. These girls may be… odd…but they seem like nice people at heart," Glitch said. "Mommy and Mommy are nice people. They the coolest ever. I wish I had a brother or sister…" Aiden piped up, setting his toy airplane to the floor.
"You wish you had a brother or sister?" DG asked in a childlike voice. Aiden smiled and nodded. "Uh-huh. Just like Mommy Julia and Mommy Rodney are sisters," Aiden said smiling at DG. Glitch looked over at Cain. "They're sisters?" he asked. "Why wouldn't they tell us that?" Cain asked. "Guys, they didn't tell us they were just friends. We assumed they were," Azkadellia said, with a bored tone.
"That is true, but it was something they could have mentioned…" Jeb said, watching Aiden pick up his toy airplane again. There was a sound outside the cave, like that of footsteps. "Mommy and Mommy must be back! Let's go say hi to them," Aiden said, standing up. "Mr. Zipper, will you come with?" he asked. "Sure thing Aiden," Glitch said, standing up and taking the boy's hand.
They stepped to the mouth of the cave to see two hooded figures, with their backs to the cave, in the remains of the village. It looked like they were looking for something…or someone. "Hi! Do you need help?" Glitch called to them. The figures turned around and Glitch's eyes widened in horror as he realized the two figures were not humans at all.
Their faces were a pale blue color, as if they had drowned. They had wide black eyes and slits instead of a nose. They had a thin red line for lips, and when they opened there were rows of sharp triangular teeth. They raised up their hands slightly and Glitch saw that one hand looked normal. The other hand was three sharp spikes, each glowing on the end.
The creatures began walking towards the cave. Aiden started whimpering. "They're going to get me…." he whimpered. "MOMMY!!!!!!!" Aiden screamed. The creatures hissed as the rest of the group came to the front of the cave. "MOMMY!!!!!!!" Aiden cried out again. Azkadellia pulled the small boy close to her as the creature continued to come closer.
One of them tilted its head and Glitch assumed by the tone of its voice that the creature was female. "We do not wish to harm you older ones. Hand us the child, and we will leave you. Fail to do so, and the consequences will result in your death," she hissed. Cain drew his gun and pointed it at the female who hissed even more. "Fool! Your guns cannot kill us," she hissed again.
"This will," a voice called out. An arrow fired and struck the female in the neck and she collapsed. The male charged towards Aiden, but collapsed when an arrow hit him in the neck. The group looked over to see Julia and Rodney running towards them, emerging from a bush. "We have to get out of here, now! The other Baguns will note their disappearances!" Rodney yelled.
Rodney picked up Aiden in her arms and the group sprinted through the woods. A faint screeching sound could be heard in the distance. "The others know!" Julia yelled. She stopped and a small pile of wood, and pushed it aside, revealing a hole. "Everyone get in, now. Hurry up!" Julia called out. One by one, the group hurried into the entrance, Julia climbing in last. She pulled the wood overtop the hole just in time. They were in an underground cavern. A bunch of footsteps could be heard, thundering as they ran past the hidden entrance.
Some dirt fell from the ceiling. Five minutes after the footsteps vanished, Glitch spoke. "Wow, now that was scary. Hey Julia, will this place hold up?" he asked. Julia grabbed Glitch by his collar and lifted him against the wall, slamming him into it. "What the hell were you thinking?! You were supposed to stay in the cave like we told you to!! You could have gotten Aiden killed! Don't you think before you speak?" Julia yelled, her face getting red.
"I didn't know they were bad!" Glitch protested. "I don't care! They were strangers in a village! You don't just call out to random strangers! I swear if those Baguns took Aiden, you would not be alive! I can swear to that! I am not loosing another child!" Julia yelled, and then looked shocked at what she just said. She lightly let Glitch go, and then looked at the floor.
Rodney looked over at her, taking a break from hugging Aiden to try to calm him down and whispering into his ear that it would be okay. Julia turned and then disappeared up the hatch, shutting it shortly after.