And although the outside Hunters had no voice, their breathings could be heard quite clearly. The Librarian forcefully pulled Harley out of the way as they turned to the mace on the shelf just beside the door before he unlocked the door and pulling it wide open to see the hungry mindless horde of Hunters waiting outside. The Librarian started to recite…
”Girls and boys, come out to play,
The moon doth shine as bright as day;
Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,
And come with your playfellows into the street.
Come with a whoop, come with a call,
Come with a good will or not at all.
Up the ladder and down the wall,
A halfpenny roll will serve us all.
You find milk, and I'll find flour…”
The Librarian gave a pause. Not long after, the sound of something like porcelain breaking could be heard. From one, to many more, the sound of porcelain breaking was slowly growing louder and louder until silence broke it. There, on the ground, were the bloodless and headless bodies of the ‘Hunters’ that had scared the living day lights out of Harley. Within the seemingly silent atmosphere, the sudden maniacal laughter from the Librarian was easily heard, followed by the shaking recital of the last line of the rhyme as they turned back to Harley.
”…And we'll have a pudding in half an hour,”
…
The masked Hunter who was with Emerson turned back to them. ”A number of Hunters are being killed upstairs… we must both go up. Only you can end the game,” the Hunter claimed, extending his hand towards Emerson as if inviting him to take it.