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"Well then, hand over the pen and get out. Or ya'll gonna die right here." The black haired man demanded, pressing the barrel of the gun harder against Y/n's temple. Ray stared at Y/n while clutching the pen as hard as he could. He stood there in thought, thinking about what he was supposed to do. The man quirked his eyebrow at Ray. "Well?" He questioned.
As soon as Ray grit his teeth, Y/n put her hand into a fist and swung her fist behind her, hitting the man's groin. Everyone stared, dumbfounded. Emma stood in complete shock, but with a light smile on her face. "Wha-" Don cringed at the hit. "Ouch.."
The man curled into a ball, holding his stomach in pain, groaning, while Y/n ran back to her siblings. Ray grabbed her by the arm and dragged her behind him, making sure she was out of the man's sight. Don and Gilda started to grab kids and lead them out of the room quickly. "Quick, get out of the room, everyone!" Gilda exclaimed.
Y/n rubbed her neck thoroughly. "I thought he was gonna choke me.." She said, staying put in the room while Ray tried to take her out of the room. "You idiot! What are you even doing?!" Gilda nodded. "Right?! What if he pulled the trigger?!"
Y/n looked straight back at the man. "But he didn't." Everyone stood put in confusion at her words, Ray stopped pulling onto her by the arm. "He's bluffing. He doesn't wanna kill anyone, just chase us out-" Y/n was cut off by the sound of a bang and a piercing cut on her left cheek. "Y/n!" Ray and Emma yell in unison.
"Like hell I was bluffing." The man spat, starting to recover from her hit. "Sure..You just missed again." Y/n said, now raising her brow at him. His face started to churn into rage and anger as he stared back at her. "You don't want us around, but you don't wanna kill us." The kids started to converse and agree while the man repetitively shook his head. "Bull crap! I don't wanna deal with 16 bloody corpses, that's all! I don't give a damn about you brats. And the next one ain't for show! I'm serious! Get outta here or else I'm gonna blow ya' fuckin' head off!" He yelled. "We refuse." Emma said, stepping up next to Y/n. Y/n smiled at her before looking back at him.
"We can't afford to leave this place, and we can't give you our pen either. And also, my family isn't god damn dead weight!" Y/n shouted, Emma adding on. "Comrades, hope, caring, those are important things! All of them are important!" Everyone now started back at the man, showing no intention of leaving the bunker. He paused for a moment, until Y/n could see his legs started to shake.
She furrowed her brows at his legs before looking back up at him. The man started to clutch his head, muttering things to himself. Don started to say something, but was cut off by the man. "You shut the hell up, Lucas!" He shouted before starting to pull onto his hair. "No..No..God dammit..!" He then stopped and stood still as the kids stared at him in complete confusion. "They're really awful."
The man then fell onto the table, fully passed out. Ray cautiously walked over to check him out. "He's not faking it. He's out for good." Don shrugged. "What's with him all of a sudden? And who's 'Lucas'?" Gilda stared at his passed out state. "Is he alright? What could've happened?" She asked as Emma walked up next to her. "And who does he mean by 'they'?"
"Well then! At any rate, our colleague here is out of the game for now. In the meantime, let's go ahead and gather some information." Ray plainly said while Everyone else looked at him, sweat dropping. "Ray.."
Everyone walked out of the room and into the hallway. "This shelter was set up by Minerva. Unfortunately, he's not around to meet us. Therefore, we search for any leads about him. Leads about the outside world, too. Starting with the archives." "Archives?" A little kid asked at Ray's explanation. "You heard the guy mention it, right? This shelter has materials and information about the world. Me, Emma, and Y/n will go check that out. Don, Nat, you guys keep guard on the room he's in, please. Everyone else, look for rooms where we can sleep and rest safely." Everyone let out a loud 'ok!' before walking off to their assigned duties.
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"Sleeping on mattresses is the best!" All the kids exclaimed as Emma walked into the room, clanging pans together. Everyone sprung up happily, sharing their greatly slept sleep with each other. Meanwhile, Y/n and Ray groaned while levitating off of their beds. The two had put their mattresses next to each other, not for any reason. As if on cue, the two look at each other at the same time. Y/n smiled. "You look like you could've slept more." She joked as Ray only stared at her. He was in a daze from just waking up, but also from admiring the h/c haired girl. The way her hair sat messily atop her head, and how her lips were chapped, but not too much. And how she rubbed her e/c eyes before looking back into his. He cleared his throat before scoffing. "Hah, yea. Same goes for you though." She rolled her eyes. "Yea, yea."
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After changing into new clothes, everyone got ready to eat. They sat at the dining table and clasped their hands together. "Thank you for the food." They say before digging into their meals. "This shelter is seriously impressive. A working toilet, showers, and kitchen. Even a vegetable garden." Ray commented on the shelter. "If there's no more water left from the underground reserve, for the garden, there's another generator that's able to run some fuel." He added. "Like organic waste matter?" Don asked, joking, until Ray shrugged. "Wait, what?! With poop?! For real!?" Don burst out as Gilda looked at them in disbelief. "Don! Ray! We're eating here!"
Ray smirked. "To put it in another way, as long as we're careful, we won't be lacking water or energy." Emma smiled. "The food stockpiles were running low, but.." "Well, what do you expect? The man has been here for the past 13 years." Emma smiled at her. "I saw birds, lizards, and snakes outside the bunker. So we'll be able to hunt. This is a place where we can live." Ray nodded. "Yea. Minerva's not here, there's a weird guy around, and plenty of questions to be asked. But, BO6-32 is the ideal hidden home. And here, we're safe."
As soon as everyone finished their dinner, they helped each other clean the dishes. Cleaning them, drying them, then putting them back. While cleaning them, Nat found some sheets of music, and started to play the piano. The lovely melody echoed throughout the shelter's halls. Once Emma, Ray, and Y/n were alone, they began to converse. "All of our family must go to the human world. Phil and the others deserve to." Emma said, sternly.Ray and Y/n nodded. "Yea."
Emma then smiled warmly to herself. "Oh, how I want to meet the kids so badly again...and Norman...." Y/n looked at Emma's face, her smile faltering as she stood up. "Well, that's why we're looking for leads, right? We found the archive room, so let's find Minerva. The keys of this mystery must be found within these books...and with that man." Y/n said, determined.
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