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It’s a bright sunny day. Usually, I wouldn’t notice things like this, but today, I was asked to watch my neighbors daughter, Elaine, a sweet little six-year-old girl. I’ve known them for a few years and watched her time and time again. It honestly was fun, well, usually. So, I brought her to a park located at the base of Mount Ebott. The breeze felt nice, especially under the hot sun. Elaine seemed to enjoy running around with another kid in the shade of the trees. The kid struck me as odd. Albeit, the child had a normal appearance, a green striped shirt, shorts, but their parents were nowhere to be seen. Maybe they're nearby under another tree and you’re just not seeing them, I reassured myself... Until they darted off closer to the base of the mountain.
“Elaine! Elaine, don’t run off on me! I can’t see you sweetie, please come back to where I can see you! I don’t feel safe with you being so far away!” I hollered as I chased after them.
I ran and ran until I saw them near the edge of a cave, then I slowed my pace trying to catch my breath and convince myself that they were fine, just misbehaving. As I approached, their faces came into view. Elaine had a very defiant expression prominent on her face, almost as if she was doing a dare. I’ve seen that face before when a kid followed her home and called her a big chicken, that face spelled trouble in a large and angry font. Her strawberry curls bounced as she turned her head and marched into the cave with determination.
“Elaine! Don’t go in there! It’s not safe!” My cries fell onto defiant ears.
I lunged into the darkness and saw the child push a very scared and shocked Elaine into a large hole. They turned and saw me and their face went from a devious smile to shock as my hand made contact with their face.
“What the HELL is wrong with you?!” I screamed as the force of the blow made me stumble.
I tumbled down into the darkness and I saw that evil smile dance onto their face as they faded out of my view.