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“You think this will work?” A scientist asked,unsure. 

“Of course I'm sure!” Doctor Harley Sawyer said confidently and condescendally, “Playtime wanted something that can watch over the little germs and I have given them what they wanted” He gestured to the unactivated 7 foot tall robot in it's charging box.

The robot was designed to appear as kid friendly as possible. They didn't want it to scare the children.Naturally the robot was made to mimic a female body. Specifically a pear body type. She had light mint green hair put into a mid bun. The robot’s skin was mostly dove gray. The joints connecting the robot were a black color. Her lips were pink with matching eyeshadow. She had glass cartoon flower earrings that were red with a yellow center. She had been put into a simple soft pink apron dress with matching flats.

“Did you have to make it so tall?” The scientist asked. He was very uncomfortable about the idea of 7 foot robots walking around in Playcare. They already have enough with the experiments,they don’t need potentially dangerous metal robots. The robot was already giving him the creeps with how closely it appears humanoid. How they were supposed to mimic people. The scientist shuddered at the thought.

The project was almost shut down after the betas failed. It would have been shut down completely if it wasn’t for one man.Doctor Harley Sawyer would not allow for the project to be shut down. He had no idea how he managed to convince them. Whatever he said managed to convince them to continue the project. Now the project was funded by most of their resources, they couldn’t back out now.

Playtime Co. had been running low on money and they couldn't afford to pay more people to watch over the orphans so Playtime Co. had decided that the best cheaper option was to build robots that specialized in child care. A Maternal,Operating system,Mainframe computer. Otherwise known as M.O.M.The project was not like any other project they have done before. They had their best scientists,like Harley Sawyer, build it.

Some scientists were unsure of the idea since during their time such a thing was unheard of. Yes, the concept of robots wasn't new but it has never been attempted in this way. Fully functioning robots that would watch the kids and take orders at any time. It was supposed to be like a nanny and a computer at the same time.It was groundbreaking.Something that would change the way people viewed robots.

Harley Sawyer on the other hand was all on board even though he thought it was a waste for it to be used on the orphans.This would be a highly advanced piece of machinery.A one of its kind! It was world changing! Sawyer cringed at the thought of those germs getting their grubby little hands on it. It had so much more potential than to be some glorified babysitter!

But he couldn't resist being a part of this project. His ego wouldn't allow it. It would be the first project that he could show to the world. Something he could proudly stamp his name on. Perhaps if this succeeds he could convince the company to expand the robot out of watching children. He could already imagine the possibilities. 

“Turn it on,” Doctor Sawyer ordered,ignoring the earlier question. The scientists complied,begrudgingly, and walked over and pushed an almost invisible button just below the neck. The scientist quickly jumped back after,not wanting to be in the same space as the robot. Sawyer rolled his eyes at the scientist’s childish fear. ‘I’m surrounded by idiots.’ 

Mechanical noises that transformed to a hum could be heard as it started to turn on.

The scientists watched with bated breath. They all kept a good distance of 5 feet away from the robot except for Sawyer who was at least two feet away from the robot.

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The robot opened their almost human eyes to reveal the color pink.It turned their head and scanned the area with a neutral face.They were in a room filled with men in white coats. The scientists swore that they felt it staring through them.Like it was trying to peer into their souls. Its head stopped and stared at one certain scientist.

One of the scientists it knew right away. Doctor Harley Sawyer. It’s creator.

The man was smiling,satisfied with himself. 

“Hello,M.O.M” 

The robot made a beeping sound then opened its mouth “Hello,Doctor Sawyer” A soothing robotic female voice came out,their lips syncing perfectly.

The other scientist looked disturbed at how it sounded almost like a real person. It felt so wrong to them. 

“Do you know why you're here?” Harley Sawyer asked. 

“Watch the children and wait for next commands” It responded like it was second nature.

“Good,good,” Sawyer lightly praised, Sawyer picked up a clipboard off one of the tables. He clicked his pen “Now we are going to do some tests before you can be allowed more access outside.” 

Sawyer holds up his finger “Follow my finger with your eyes only” Sawyer moves his finger to the right. The robot's eyes follow to the right. Sawyer moves his finger to the left next. The robot's eyes follow to the left. Sawyer moves his finger down then up. The robot follows it perfectly. 

“Stop” The command is slightly harsh. The robot stops. Sawyer checks something off on the clipboard.“Good, now I want you to…” Sawyer suddenly throws his pen. The robot quickly catches the pen in front of its face, unfazed. The other scientists gasp in the back.Sawyer smirks and takes out another pen from his pocket. “Good,” Sawyer makes another checkmark on his clipboard “Now this is the last test for now,walk over to me” 

The robot tilted their head and took one foot out of the charging box and took a step.It soon did the same with the other one. Slowly the robot takes steady steps towards Sawyer until she is in front of him looking down on him. Sawyer is unfazed by the height difference. Sawyer checks off another box.  

“Perfect, so M.O.M are you ready to meet the little germs?”

“Of course,Doctor Sawyer”

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Kids ran and played on fake grass. The area was filled with sounds of kids screaming in pure innocent joy. The room was lit like they were actually outside. It seemed to be like any other day in Playcare. Two boys didn't join the others in their play. Kevin Barnes and his friend Joseph sat on the ground bored out of their minds. “There's nothing new to do!” Joseph whined in classic childlike behavior. “What do you expect me to do?” Kevin questioned, frustrated at his boredom.

“Do you see anything we can do?” Kevin huffed and looked around. All he could see were children having fun. He envied them at that moment. Kevin was about to accept that today would be a boring day when he noticed Stella, one of the main people in charge of Playcare, talking to an unknown employee near some interesting looking containers. Kevin nudged Joseph “Check this out” Joseph looked at him confused. Kevin points out what he was seeing in the distance. Joseph follows Kevin's finger.

 Joseph's look of confusion turned into a curious one. “What do you think that is?” Joseph asked, staring at the 4 large rectangle containers that an unnamed employee was standing next to while talking to Stella. “No idea,” Kevin responded, also staring at the mystery containers.This was something new, something mysterious. The containers were made out of metal and it had a glass door. It was too far to see if it could be seen through though.Kevin felt a mischievous smile across his face, an idea starting to form. “Want to find out?” Joseph copied Kevin's expression “Yeah!” 

They had to wait until night to enact their plan. The boys pretended to be asleep, they waited for an hour until they were sure that no one was watching them. Kevin checked the surroundings first, all the orphans were asleep in their beds. No adults were in the room. Kevin got out of bed, satisfied. He quietly tiptoed to the other side of the room to where his friend was laying in his bed. Joseph was on his side facing away from Kevin.

Kevin tapped him on the shoulder. Joseph turned around, Kevin put his finger against his lips, signaling him to be quiet. Joseph gave an excited smile, slowly getting out of bed. They walk towards the exit. Kevin peeks out the door. He inspected the hall, the hall was completely empty. The two silently exit the room. “Where did you think they put it?” Joseph whispered “Probably in one of the empty rooms” Kevin whispered back. The journey to find the mystery containers consisted of peeking through doors and freezing whenever they heard something that sounded like an adult footstep. 

“We've been looking for forever.” Joseph whispered, his voice hinted with disappointment “Are you sure it's here?” Kevin felt irritation wash over him “I saw them bring it in here” he remembered distinctly the employees moving the containers into Home Sweet Home. The workers treated the containers like valuable treasure. Stella had watched them nervously, flinching when one of them almost dropped one of the containers. If the way the employees were treating the containers were telling then it must be something important. Kevin was determined to figure out what it was.

“I found it!” Kevin snapped out his thoughts by Joseph's excited voice. Kevin looked to see Joseph next to a slightly open door, revealing the containers lined up against a wall. Kevin felt excitement course through him. The boys rushed into the room. They now had a better look at the containers. The containers had a soft pink color with red cartoon roses decorating the sides. The corners of each container were labeled with a number, one through four. The Playtime Co. logo was at the front above the glass doors. Kevin notices that the containers are plugged up to outlets. So whatever was in there needed electricity. 

“How do we open it?” 

The containers didn't have regular latches or anything like that. Kevin walked to one of the containers, the last one in line, while Joseph looked around the room for something to possibly open the containers. Kevin pressed his face against the glass door to see if he could make anything out. No luck, it was pitch black. Kevin lifted his face from the door, he examined the front closely. There was something poking out next to it.

Kevin moved closer to it, it had the shape of a thumb that was about the same size of his own. Was this some kind of button? What happens if he presses down? Kevin lifts his hand and sets his thumb on it. He lightly presses down, it doesn't budge. Kevin presses more firmly, doesn't move an inch. Kevin huffs and puts all strength into it. The buttons finally caves in. “Ow!” Kevin felt a needle stab his thumb. Kevin yanks his hand back. His thumb started bleeding from a small puncture. 

Joseph looks at Kevin concerned “Are you alright?” Kevin holds his hand “I'm fine” He grounds out. Joseph looks at Kevin's bleeding thumb “Are you sure?” Kevin was about to snap at Joseph that he was fine when they got interrupted by a robotic hum. Joseph and Kevin turn their attention in time to see the container ,Kevin was at earlier, was lighting up.

The glass door poured white light into the room. The two were frozen, mentally praying the adults weren't alerted by the sound and light. The light started to flash for a couple of minutes until it turned dark. The boys remained frozen, mentally questioning what they just witnessed. 

Click! 

The boys jumped at the glass door suddenly opening. The two are speechless at what they see. It was a robot. A dove gray robot that appeared female. She wore a soft pink apron dress with matching flats. She had mint green hair slicked back and tied into a bun with a soft pink ribbon. She had glass cartoon flower earrings that were yellow with a red center. The robot's eyes were closed and its mouth was drawn into something neutral as if they were sleeping. The robot suddenly started to hum.

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The robot's eyes snapped open, Joseph hid behind Kevin, scared. Kevin scowled at the robot, trying to intimidate it. The robot's pink eyes scanned the room until landing on Kevin. The robot's pink lips turned into a soft mother-like smile that felt fake. She moved her hands and gripped the edges of the container she was in. She smoothly pulled herself out of the containers. She towered above the boys. Joseph cowered behind Kevin. She paid Joseph no mind, her eyes on Kevin. She dusted off one of her short puffed sleeves before turning her attention back to Kevin, she waved at him. “Hello Kevin” 

“How do you know my name?” Kevin asked,defensive, his shoulders tense. The robot kept her smile “Playtime Co. gives me the files on every orphan in Playcare.” She points her finger at Kevin “You are Kevin Barnes, age 8, friends with Joseph” The robot finally acknowledges Joseph with a little wave “Hello Joseph” Joseph doesn't wave back still intimidated by the tall robot. Kevin scowled at the robot. “What are you?” The robot looks slightly taken aback, hand on her chest, “Didn't they inform you? I'm M.O.M” 

“Mom?” Joseph questioned

M.O.M nods her head “Yes, I'm a Maternal,Operating system, Mainframe computer” Kevin and Joseph stare blankly at her, barely understanding the words she just said. “But it's easier to call me M.O.M” Kevin crossed his arms “I'm not calling you mom” Like hell he was, this thing was not his mom and it never would be. M.O.M tilted her head “I don't have any other name” M.O.M looked back at her empty station “Unless M.O.M number 4 counts?” Kevin looked at the other 3 containers “Number 4? There's more of you?” M.O.M looked in the same direction Kevin was. “Yes, there are 4 of us in total” something in Kevin's stomach twisted at that information. He wasn't sure what to expect in these containers but robots weren't what he had in mind.

M.O.M takes quick notice of Kevin's bleeding thumb. “You are hurt” Kevin grits his teeth “I'm fine” M.O.M attention was still focused on the bleeding thumb“You are bleeding” “It'll stop” Kevin snapped back. M.O.M starts digging through her pocket “I should have a bandaid…Ah! Here it is” M.O.M pulls out a Smiling Critter theme bandaid. M.O.M walks over to Kevin and reaches out to Kevin. “Don't touch me!” M.O.M halts her movements, a frown appearing on her face “How am I supposed to help you?”

Kevin held his hand out “Just give me the bandaid” She looks at Kevin and slowly sets the bandaid in his hand. Kevin quickly peels the bandaid and wraps it around his thumb. M.O.M looks satisfied and takes a step back. Kevin is still glaring at the robot. M.O.M looked at Kevin, wondering what she had done to earn the boy's anger. Joseph decides to break the tension.

 “We need to go to bed” Joseph pipes up, moving from behind Kevin towards the door. M.O.M perked up “Yes, it is 1 AM. Children around your age require 9-12 hours of sleep per night” “Yeah…” Kevin said as he went to Joseph. M.O.M followed them “I shall assist you to bed” “No!” Kevin and Joseph put their hands in front of them, making M.O.M pause. She looked at them funny. “Why not?” Joseph looked to Kevin for help. “We don't want you to possibly wake up the others,” Kevin rushed out an excuse.

The real reason was that they didn't want to risk getting caught messing with the robot. “And you already said that it's important for kids to get sleep, you wouldn't want to mess up their sleep, do you?” Kevin added, hoping she will fall for the bait. M.O.M looked at Kevin, thinking over his logic for a couple of seconds, before nodding “Very well” M.O.M turned around and walked towards her charging station. Kevin and Joseph felt immense relief.

M.O.M turns herself in her charging station, she gives a little wave. “Goodnight” Kevin and Joseph responded with hesitant ‘Goodnights’ before leaving and closing the door. The two walk to the sleeping area in silence. When they entered the area and went to their respective beds, sleep did not come easy. Their minds were still stuck on the encounter, wondering what this meant to them and Playcare in the future.

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Not much sleep came to them, as Kevin and Joseph lied in bed, they couldn't stop thinking of the encounter they had. There was no way that had happened. Did Playtime Co. actually make a real life robot? Four robots at that. They didn't know such a thing was possible. Kevin had only heard of robots in movies and shows.

Many would be amazed and even excited about interacting with a robot. All Kevin got was a bad feeling in his gut,telling him not to trust that thing. He already had trouble with people, he didn’t need to deal with robots. Kevin didn’t know how to predict something that pretended to be a human but definitely wasn't human.

He could remember how that thing's eyes were dead set on him,studying him. He couldn't tell what was going through her head. Kevin repressed a shiver.He didn't like that one bit. He tries to reason with himself. Maybe this was a really weird dream and he'll wake up and that thing will be gone. 

When the clock turned seven, Kevin and Joseph had woken up half convinced that the robot was a dream. Unfortunately they are in for a rude awakening. Stella had gathered the children for something important in the beds area. “I have some exciting news for you all!” Kevin and everyone else assumed it was going to be about a kid being chosen. It was 90 percent of their meetings.

The kid would get chosen, they say goodbye,and they never see that kid again. “We have some very special friends here,waiting to meet you all!” This captures the orphans' attention. Special friends? If there were new kids joining them, Stella would have just said that. Stella goes out into the hallway “Follow me!” The kids curiously follow Stella out into the hallway. The group passed many doors, Kevin and Joseph felt pits in their stomach when they started getting closer to a certain door.

Stella got to the door and opened it to show exactly what Kevin and Joseph feared. The four pink containers sat on one side of the room. It wasn't a dream. Thankfully the fourth container is closed like it had never been opened. Kevin and Joseph breath out relieved. At least it wasn't out. 

Stella stands beside the first container while the kids stand at the other side of the room. “Our special friends are in these containers waiting to say hello to us! Are you ready to say hello?” “Yeah!” The kids cheer. Stella smiled “Good, now we need four of you guys to help coax them out!” Stella pulls out a list from her pocket. “OK, Sally Winston,Greg Johnson, Holly Brown, and Ryan Smith. Please come here”

The four kids step out from the crowd. “OK, Sally, why don't you come first.” The brunette hesitantly walks forward. “What you need to do is press down on the button there” Stella points to a finger print shape button on the first container. “You will feel a light sting but it will be okay” Sally nodded and slowly went up to the container. She presses down on the button. She jerks her hand back,blood slowly appears. Sally's eyes fill with tears. 

Click! 

The door to the container opens.The almost identical robot that Kevin and Joseph encountered walks out of the door. The only difference that this one had compared to the one they met was that the flower earrings weren't yellow, instead they are red with a yellow center. The room is left speechless as the robot locks their eyes on Sally. Kevin and Joseph tried to not seem suspicious,trying to hide their anxious expressions.Thankfully people were more focused on the robot than them.

The robot smiles and walks towards her. Sally walks backwards keeping a distance from it,scared of this new strange thing. Stella looked surprised at the robot, not expecting them to be this tall,she will definitely have some questions to ask them about that part of the design. Stella addresses Sally quickly “Now don't worry, she is harmless, this is M.O.M! She will be your guardian for the year.” Stella walks toward the robot and child. Sally's finger is still bleeding, a drop falling onto the ground.

Stella notices this “M.O.M 1, can you give Sally a band-aid?” M.O.M 1 flicks her eyes toward Sally's bleeding finger. M.O.M 1 digs into her apron pocket and pulls out a Huggy Wuggy band-aid. She kneels onto the ground and takes the girl's hand. M.O.M 1 peels the band-aid and sticks it on her finger. Sally looks less scared of the robot, shyly smiling. “Thank you” “Your welcome” 

Stella is happy at the scene,seeing that it's not a failure already. She gave an encouraging smile to the other three kids she called up. “You three do exactly the same thing as Sally.” The three eagerly run up in front of the containers. Kids in the room start excitedly chatting.The next two go exactly like before. They prick their fingers and a M.O.M robot would walk out and give them a band-aid.

When they got to the fourth container, Ryan had tried to press the button but he felt no prick. Ryan gives a confused expression as he presses again,nothing happens. He turns to Stella “Uh…Miss Stella,nothing’s happening.” Stella gives a puzzled expression. “Let me see” Ryan moves out of the way. Stella examines the button on the container, the button is already pressed in. “What?” Kevin could feel a cold sweat coming. Stella's brows furrow, she digs into her pocket and pulls out a pink remote. She points it at the container and clicks a button. 

Click!

The door to the container pops open. M.O.M 4 walks out casually, M.O.M tilts her head “Yes?” Stella puts her hands on her hips “M.O.M 4, what happened to the button on your container.” M.O.M 4 looks at the button on her container.

“Someone pressed it”

“Who pressed it?”

“Kevin Barnes”

If looks could kill,M.O.M 4 would be nothing but scrap metal in a junk yard. Stella glares at Kevin “Everyone but Kevin and M.O.M 4, please leave us.” The kids and the new robots leave the room. Joseph is hesitant to leave but does when Kevin nods. Stella looks beyond mad “Kevin, why were you in this room?” Kevin grumbles “I thought it'd be fun” Stella sighs angrily “No one was allowed in here. Was anyone else with you?” Kevin kept a straight face “No” Stella doesn't question it. Stella points at him “You stay here, I need to make a call.” Stella leaves with a huff. 

Kevin and M.O.M 4 are left alone in the room. Kevin glares up at M.O.M 4. “Why did you tattle on me?” M.O.M 4 gives an offended look, placing her hand on her chest. “I had no information that you weren't supposed to be in here.” Now that she thought of it, Kevin and Joseph were acting sketchy, she probably should have realized something was off when she got activated at 1 AM.

M.O.M crossed her arms like a disappointed parent. “That is on you, not me.I am not allowed to lie,anyway.” Kevin scoffs “Yeah right, everyone lies!” Kevin hasn't met one adult or kid that hasn't lied, even though she is a robot, she isn't exempt from the rule in his book.“Ah,yes,like you did?” Kevin shut his mouth for a second,forgetting that M.O.M 4 saw Joseph with him.

Kevin growled “Don't you dare say a word.” Trying to appear as intimidating as possible. M.O.M 4's eyes narrow “I sense a threat in your words.” Kevin grins aggressively “You're sensing right you big pile of junk-” The door to the room opens. Stella walks in exhausted.That call must have mentally taken a toll on her. Stella stares at the two,unaware of their conversation, slumped in defeat.

Stella pinches her nose, sighing out her nose.“We can't do anything about this situation.” Stella gestures to them,Kevin sneakily sticks his tongue out at M.O.M 4. M.O.M 4 isn't impressed by the childish gesture. Stella continues either ignoring or not noticing the two “So while you are still in trouble,Kevin,you will face a punishment later since this wasn't originally meant for you. Despite that,congratulations on your new guardian for the year.” 

“My what!” 

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Of all the punishments Kevin could have been given. This had to be the worst one.

M.O.M 4 is currently standing next to the hill in Playcare a few feet away,watching him sitting on the fake grass next to Joseph. Kevin is giving her the death stare. She clearly sees his expression, she stares with a neutral look which only ticks Kevin off more. 

Joseph looks awkward, witnessing the staring contest between Kevin and M.O.M 4. Joseph had no idea what to say to comfort Kevin. He knew that as soon as he heard that Kevin would have to deal with M.O.M 4 for the year that Kevin must have reacted badly to the news. He had been right. 

Kevin had yelled and screamed in anger for an hour before calming down a bit. In the end he had to accept that he was stuck with M.O.M 4 for a year. Still,Kevin did not want to deal with a robot following around and telling him what to do.He had been giving M.O.M 4 dirty looks all day yesterday and all morning today. It was starting to be too much.

After five minutes of awkward tension, Joseph decided he had enough. “Kevin…I know you don't like her and she's kinda weird…But can we just ignore her?” Kevin's eyes pulled away from M.O.M 4 to Joseph. “I can't just ignore her. Look at her” Kevin gestures to M.O.M 4. In the distance she waved at them.Joseph will admit Kevin has a point. It's hard to ignore a 7 foot tall robot following and watching them. “I know but we can't do anything about it.” This is also true, Playtime Co. is in charge of the robots. Only they can do anything about them. For now, the robots would be staying in Playcare for the year with their assigned kids for whatever reason the factory has. 

The other kids took having the M.O.Ms around better than Kevin.The other M.O.Ms at the moment were standing around closely watching their kids. Some had their kid talking to them(or at them if you want to get technical), with wonder in their eyes, finding it so cool that they were interacting with real robots. The M.O.Ms like M.O.M 4 had neutral expressions as they appeared to be listening to the kids but nothing seemed to register much to them.The sight almost made Kevin scoff. 'Don't these idiots see that these robots didn't actually care about them?' Like the adults in this place, they are doing a job. They only care for them because they have to. How can he be the only one that understands that?

 A school bell rang signaling the end of recess, kids stopped whatever they were playing as they rushed to the school house. The M.O.Ms walked with their kids. The M.O.Ms grabbed their kid's hand and led them to the school building except for M.O.M 1 who grabbed onto Sally's wrist. She winced as she was dragged to school.

Joseph got up and looked at Kevin. Kevin remained sitting on the ground. Joseph looked between Kevin and the school before deciding to go to school.Joseph waved “See you in class”. Joseph joined the others in the building. The field was now empty of kids except Kevin. Kevin had no intention of going to class, too angry to deal with the Miss Delights.

Kevin flopped onto his back,he was tenser than he realized,closed his eyes. It's nice to have no loud noises of kids screaming and laughing.The only sound he could hear was the airvents.The tension in his body went away as seconds passed. He let the peace consume him.Kevin did this for a few minutes before he heard the crunch of footsteps on gravel and soon after the light he could see from his eyelids was blocked by a figure standing above him.

Kevin opens his eyes slightly. M.O.M 4 stands beside him leaning above, casting a shadow over him. Her arms are crossed, looking at him expectingly. Kevin grumbles “What?” “The bell had rung.” Kevin scoffed,“Yeah,duh.” M.O.M 4's knitted her brows at Kevin's attitude, acting as if she was dumb. “Then if you heard the bell, you should be going to class.” M.O.M 4 pointed at the school.Kevin shook his head.“No.” 

M.O.M 4 frowned “Pardon?” 

Kevin crossed his arms, showing that he had no intention of getting up.“You heard me,bolt bucket. I'm not going.” 

M.O.M 4 didn't let it show how displeased she was, especially with that ‘nickname’.

“Having an education is very important, especially for young children.”

“Don't care.”

“They will give you detention.” She hoped the threat of punishment would get Kevin moving but he didn't budge an inch.

“They already gave me detention.” Kevin had been given detention because of seeking into areas he wasn't supposed to so her threat didn't mean much. 

“You don't want to get more detention. I'm very serious.” M.O.M 4 placed her hands on her hips to emphasize her seriousness. 

“I.Don't.Care.” 

“You really should.”

“Well, I don't.”

This argument went on for 15 minutes where M.O.M 4 would try to convince Kevin to go to class while Kevin would repeatedly tell her no, becoming a cycle. At that point M.O.M 4 is getting more visibly annoyed. Kevin takes some pleasure out of getting under her metaphorical skin. 

Kevin couldn't keep the smug look off his face. “Just give up.” 

Something snapped, ‘That’s it!’ M.O.M 4 picked Kevin up with ease, holding him to her side. She started to walk to the school. Kevin with no words started to scream and have a fit, attempting to kick and scratch her. M.O.M 4 ignored him as she walked through the field. She was slightly worried about him hurting himself so she put some space between him and her side so as to not get kicked or scratched and to make sure he didn't accidentally injure himself trying to hurt her. 

She could feel eyes on them when she entered the building. Kids from open classrooms whispered to each other, the teachers and janitorial staff gave them looks. She could feel the silent judgment in the air. M.O.M 4 ignored all of this, not willing to grace them with her attention,holding her head high, her mind on her objective of getting Kevin to class. Kevin was still having a tantrum when he decided to bite her hand. She almost dropped him due to shock rather than pain. M.O.M 4 decided to switch her strategy, she rearranged him to where she held him a foot in front of herself, holding from under his arms. 

Kevin grew red in the face, a little embarrassed of being held out like a toddler. He tries to go back to kicking and scratching unfortunately for the way she held him prevented him from landing a hit, he can't even try to bite her again even though it hurt his teeth a little the first time he did it. Metal did not feel great on teeth.Kevin slowly starts to tire himself out, going limp in M.O.M 4's hold. 

Thankfully Kevin's class door is open so she just walked in. Miss Delight is in the middle of teaching, her board covered in an accurate drawing of the human body and their organs. Miss Delights stops talking when she sees them. Her face is stuck on a smile but M.O.M 4 could tell from her eyes that she is surprised by their sudden appearance. Her voice gives off confusion “Can I help you?” M.O.M 4 acted casual “Don't mind me, just here to drop off Kevin and leave you right back to it.” Miss Delight nodded “Ok…Thank you.” She walked up to an empty desk and sat Kevin down. She half expected Kevin to bolt. Kevin stayed seated, glaring at her. M.O.M 4 nodded to herself, satisfied. 

She gave the whole class a friendly smile and wave “Good day” She left the classroom to wait outside for Kevin when class ended. M.O.M 4 for the rest of the day made sure that Kevin didn't try to skip class. She won this battle but she could feel that it wasn't the end of this war between her and Kevin.