[Warning: Violence, slight gore, upsetting content, readers have been warned.]
Aaron, as the oldest, woke up first. He quickly woke his younger siblings, "Mike, Nathan, Tony, wake up!"
Aaron shook their bunk beds to wake them up one by one. They rubbed their eyes and complained, "What's wrong, Big bro?"
"I heard a scream outside. Stay awake, I'll check it out!" Aaron said. The boys quickly regained consciousness after suddenly hearing maniacal laughter from their mother outside.
They looked at each other, and their faces paled. They didn't know what their mother was doing, but the last time she laughed like this, she got too stressed and beat them up one by one.
"You guys wait here, I'll see what's wrong," Aaron said.
He opened the door and then peeked from the small gap.
