If you haven’t read Part One, you can do so here. Last week, you guys chose to have the characters check out the banging by the window. Here is part two.
Another banging at the window came, shaking the wooden boards that held it together. Luna shrank back stepping away from the window while Alex grabbed a poker from the fireplace and pointed it toward the window. Felix watched this with wide eyes before holding a hand up motioning for her to stand down.
He crept to the window and peered above the board that covered most of the glass. He saw nothing. He ducked lower and peered before the plank.
Felix turned back around with a shrug. He didn’t know whether to be relieved or worried that the banging must have just been the bugs or maybe the wind.
Alex let the poker go lip, her face twisting in frustration. Luna looked as though she were about to pass out.
None of them spoke a word or dared to breathe loudly. There still could have been something out there, but no one was willing to suggest it out loud.
“I know you’re in there.”
Felix looked back over his shoulder at the window. He heard Luna gasp from behind and Alex possibly take out another tool from the fireplace. He crept closer to the window.
“If you want to live, follow me.”
Felix furrowed his brows. He couldn’t make out who was standing outside. The window was tinted with dust and there was only a small crack at the bottom, Felix could barely hear him speak.
“If you want to live,” the voice said louder, “follow me.”
He walked away from the window and Felix turned to the girls. “Did you hear that?” he said quietly.
Alex nodded.
“You’re not going out there, are you?” Luna asked, stepping forward.
Felix shrugged. “This could be someone in the same boat as us. Someone who can help.”
“Or it could be a trap,” Alex suggested.
“He could have sent the bugs,” Luna added.
“I don’t think anyone can really ‘send bugs,’” Alex said, rolling her eyes.
Luna glared at her. “Have you seen the size of those things? They’re not normal. Something altered their DNA or their mechanical. And where did they all come from?”
“Bugs lay eggs and nearly 100,000 of them are born,” Alex stated.
“You know what I mean,”
“Girls,” Felix interjected, putting a hand on his sister’s shoulder. “I’m going to go outside and check what’s going on.”
“Don’t you dare,” Luna snapped.
“Alright,” Alex agreed. Luna shot her another glare, though the new friend just shrugged in response.
“We haven’t heard any buzzing in a bit, so I’m thinking the bugs moved on to a new location. Let me just see what this guy wants. He might be able to help us,” Felix explained in an attempt to convince his sister.
Luna shook her head. “Or he could just be trying to kick us out of our hideout so he can have it to himself.”
“Oh, please. This is the worst possible shelter,” Alex grunted.
Felix, ignoring Alex, looked Luna in the eyes. “I will be right back. I promise.”
Without waiting for a reply, he turned his back and exited the house closing the door behind him. Luna stared at the door as though it would open back up immediately. She looked over at Alex, who sat dwn on the couch.
Alex shrugged. “And now we wait.”
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