Oh, crap

"I leave for two days, and our two eldest children are gone."

"A lot can happen in two days." Shadow replied, chuckling nervously, putting his back against the wall.

Walking away from him, she muttered, (1) "Ryvok."

Following her into the lab, he decided it wasn't best to ask that stupid question since it was quite clear, she wasn't too happy about this. "So…"

"Don't speak." Sandy gritted out, putting on her helmet. He shrugged and followed her, jumping into the slightly frigid water that led to her former home. Closing the door, they shook themselves dry and glanced at each other.

"Hi, mom."

Glaring at their daughter, they growled and walked beside them. Looking up at their parents, they smiled innocently, which later faded due to the intensity of their energy.

"Wait, how did you two even get here?" She asked, her frown tightening into a slight smile.

Maria glanced at her brother, who in turn shrunk from his father's gaze, before blurting, "It's dad fault, he wasn't watching us!"

Diving into the tree at seeing her snap her eyes towards him, they peeked out of the door. "Schatz, we've been over this, I…sort of apologized."

Kicking him past the tree, she replied, "I know, and I accept. But if this happens again, I'll have a new experiment to work on."

Getting up, he looked at his son and daughter, saying, "By the way you two are grounded for leaving the house unsupervised."

"But…"

"Don't make it worse." He interrupted, shaking a bit of dirt off.

Walking out of the tree, Bryce said, "Technically it is your fault, dad."

Baring his teeth, Shadow growled only to receive a slap to the back of his head. Sandy smiled despite his glare, as she said, "Also Ma's coming in a week."

Cringing, he replied, "You know your mother still hates me, right?"

"No, she doesn't, at least not much anymore."

He groaned, asking, "How long is she staying?"

"Two weeks."

"Why?!" He exclaimed, shaking her lightly.

Tilting her head, Maria asked, "But grandma's nice, why would she hate dad in the first place?"

"It's a long story, we'll tell you later." Sandy answered, walking out of the dome and back home. She shrugged and followed suit, currently ignoring her brother and father's arguing.

Dragging a hand through his auburn hair, Calvin inhaled sharply, muttering, "I can't believe I let her slip through my fingers, not this time. I swear I'll get her back."

A/N: Don't worry; they won't be grounded for long. Also I have a question: Should I write in the kids' point of view again now that they're ten? And yes, Calvin will be featured more. Re-

Bryce: Wait! I have a question. How do you have time for this?

I have a lot of free time, anyway review please. (1) "Idiot"