Clank. Clank.. Click. Clank.. Clickticky tack..
Princess yelped. Something was hitting the windows of the Snack J and it had red beady eyes. And green eyes and…white eyes. Strangely enough most of whatever it was slid off the glass and fell to the ground. There were only two or three buggy eyes things clinging to the windows. No.. there were more of the little beast.
"Keyop?" She called questioningly before springing over the counter. Her yo-yo already clutched in hand and ready to be discharged.
No answer.
Clank. Click.. Well a blued eyed boogey monster splat and slid harmless off the glass but a purple eyed wobbled around retaining its foot hold on the glass.
"Mark, Jason?" Princess called easing closer to the door now.
Click, click, click clank. She jumped back three steps. Three beady eyed red things just stuck and a fourth just harmlessly bounced off.
Now her heart was racing as was her mind. Was she under attack again? Was this going to be another fierce flower incident? Or would it be a beetle or something even more hideous coming after her now?
Mark come through the swinging doors with several moon pies in hand. Jason was behind him with a couple of bottle root beers.
"What's up Prin?" Mark ask, not having noticed the buggy eyed invaders peering in the windows.
Splat. Click. Clank. Clank. Click wobble, wobble, clank. Click Click. "What the h-." Jason growled.
Wide eyed Princess pointed back towards the window. "That's what I want to know."
Clack. Clack.. Belly full laughter roared from the Owl, as he shoved the Snack J door open the bell jiggled.
"Tiny? Are you ok?"
He stood frozen with burger in one hand and a brown paper sack in the other; he blinked at a very up in arms Swan, Eagle and Condor.
"Uhm yeah, I guess so?" He turned to look back over his shoulder. Click, clack. Wobble wobble.
"Aren't those just the cutest."
He was pummeled by three speaking all at once. "What do you mean cutest! We're under attack? Where's KeYOP At?"
"Ahm." He looked dumbfounded and simply pointed back over his shoulder.
He was pushed a side by a very anger Swan as she shoved at imaginary sleeves, before charging out the door to beat Keyop probably with in an inch of his life for this little prank.
As the details finally began to come out, the team learned Keyop in his ultimately harmless state of boredom created what he thought would be a harmless compromise to having fireworks. Needless to say his idea caught like wildfire and all but the youngest of neighborhood children were playing with what he had dubbed LED Throwies.
In all actually the light emitting diodes were not sticking to the glass but instead to a center piece of metal that put two panes together.
The bad news they were informed was that the magnets used were rare earth magnets. Meaning you couldn't just walk up and pluck them off. No you slid these off whatever they leeched too. So needless to say there were a few spots high up on the J as well as other building through out town that had beady eyes for a few weeks until the coin sized battery was finally drained or Keyop get them pried off.
"So Keyop?" Jason inquired as he played with one of the Throwies. "Where'd you get the idea?"
He smiled a sly smile. "Broop. I was playing around with some old parts and pieces of cell phones."
"What 'bout the power source?" Mark ask pointing at the coin sized battery just big enough to fit into a electronic scale.
"Yeah cell phone battery is too big." Tiny added.
"Hey that's just the size of my sca-…" Princess stopped.
Keyop jumped and ran but Princess was already after him the yo-yo swinging in her hand.