Sono

"Grab your bat. I'm getting my gun. Don't move until I come back," Levi hissed. He hurried down the steps, through the living room and into his bedroom. In his bedside table he pulled out a small revolver and rushed back upstairs to Jeremy's bedroom. He opened it as quietly as possibly and gestured for the man to follow him.
Without hesitation, Jeremy began to follow him to the attic door. Levi's hand was steady as he took the knob, but his entire body was rushing with adrenaline now. He wanted nothing more than to run upstairs and shoot the dick who was breaking into his house, but he opened the door without a sound and crouched.
Slowly, he made his way up the stairs, wincing at every squeak. As he came in sight of the floor, he scanned it and felt his breath leave him when there was no one there. The lights turned on overhead and illuminated nothing but junk and debris blown in from the storm.
"Holy shit, that scared me," Jeremy sighed. Levi turned and saw him sit on the bottom step. "Goddamn."
"Goddamn's right..." Levi sighed. He slumped onto the last step and rubbed his eyes, "I thought we were being robbed or some shit."
"Me too," Jeremy murmured.
Levi groaned and laid back on the ground, "Now I want to sleep forever, shit."
"Me too," Jeremy chuckled.
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She suffocated the panic and swallowed back whimpers. Flames sewed her flesh together, leaving black scars and reminding her of memories preferably forgotten. There was no possible way for her to hide the grimace on her face, the sweat beading on her skin and the shake of her hands. Nobody was there to see her though and it was for the better, really.
Finally, when no blood flowed from her side, she let the flames vanish and sank herself into the river. Water co...

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...red behind it. Charlie had squeezed herself into a notch and squealed when she saw Sono - "You found me! You're good at this!"
Sono blinked in surprise and felt a small swell of pride at the praise, "Thank you."
"Okay, now I have to count and you have to hide!"
Sono nodded and watched as Charlie covered her eyes and began to count from one. Quickly, Sono backed up and spread her wings. Perhaps she couldn't get far, but up in a tree would do if she was to win the game and earn Charlie's praise again.
Resistence met her wings as they fell and she lifted, far beyond Charlie's reach within a second. She ascended towards the top of the tree until she was confident it would be difficult for Charlie to see her through the needles of the pine. Sono perched on a steady branch and watched as Charlie's hands flew from her eyes and she began to spin around, looking for Sono.