Chapter 2: Nighttime And Night Scares
Crystal was surfing through the channels. They had finished the T.V. series about two hours ago after that Crystal and Kelly had gone through the channels looking for some juicy late night television. Kelly picked up her soda the fourth one she'd had this evening, Crystal had had six by now. The channels flipped by after a few moments static started to appear on The screen fuzzing and blurring the images soon the audio was gone to. Kelly was beginning to get frustrated, watching the deformed images and sounds of the channels as each went by.
"Is there supposed to be a storm tonight?"
she wondered aloud. Both looked too the nearest window, it had become dark after the hours of marathon TV, but the moon was full and showed no sign of looming clouds or any weather disturbance for that matter.
"Guess not."
Crystal concluded despite them both knowing the obvious answer,
"Maybe we can pop in a DVD or something?"
Kelly suggested taking another sip from her soda. Crystal, considering the option. Stopping her crusade through the television stations. The pictures continued to scatter and flicker in and out, Crystal was about to give her response when the TV decided it wanted to go back to working order.
Its pictures perfect and reception no longer afflicted and lagged.
"Never mind I guess?"
Kelly shook her head in confusion.
"I highly suggest you ask your parents to get a new TV."
"No, duh."
They both watched the station Crystal had stopped on, it was apparently playing an old re-run of a black and white suburban TV show that was probably somewhere from the 50's or 60'S. The two both laughed at how cheesy and enjoyably awful it was, the son had apparently been tossing his football round in the house and broken his mothers dishes.
Half way through the program a dog outside started barking. It started soft and distant but, as time went on it grew louder and closer.
Crystal sighed,
"And theirs Mr, Hamilton walking his dog."
"does that guy ever sleep?"
"during the day maybe."
Crystal gave another sigh.
"Ignore him and his yippie dog. They'll be gone in five minutes."
Kelly looked back at the TV screen and tried to take her advice.
"Gosh darn it Billy if you pull another stunt like that I'll strangle you with my bare hands darn it!"
"I didn't mean it pa! I didn't mean it really! Don't hit me! Don't hit me! please!"
Kelly blinked confused and shocked at the surprising twist from the family friendly sitcom.
"Did you change the channel?"
Kelly asked.
"Did you?"
"No….."
Now the father was walking up to Billy who was crying and cowering the corner. The father spoke:
"Listen Billy, what I am about to do is for your own good."
"N..no! Pleas pa! P..p..please!"
Kelly looked over at Crystal,
"Is this some kind of wacky remake or something?"
Crystal shrugged in reply. Kelly turned back to the screen.
The mother was now walking outside she noticed the father standing over Billy instead of rushing to her sons aid she lazily eyed the father before saying:
"What did the brat do now?"
"He broke your china dishes."
"My good ones?"
"Yeah."
A wide smile spread across the mothers face from one side to the other making her look like the Cheshire cat.
"What the heck?!"
Crystal muttered.
The mothers unnatural smile filled the screen.
"Well then, we're gonna have to make him pay aren't we?"
The father turned his attention back to Billy who had curled into a ball.
"Yes."
The father raised the iron bar in his hand bring it down on Billy just as the bar was about to hit him the screen and audio cut to static. Kelly and Crystal sat in complete shocked silence for a few minutes just staring at the static on the T.V. After a few moments Crystal spoke.
"What the heck was that?"
"No idea."
Kelly replied not taking her eyes off the T.V.
"Well it's done now whatever 'it' was. Come on we should get at least some rest."
Crystal stood up.
"I'll get some blankets you just settle down for the night."
"You mean what's left of the night? It's one in the morning right now."
"It is?!"
Crystal turned to look at the clock. Sure enough it was.
"Well we should hurry up then."
Crystal ran out of the room.
"Oh man, if my mom finds out she's gonna be pissed!"
Kelly picked up the T.V. remote. In an attempt to remove the twisted images from her mind that she had just seen Kelly pushed the off button.
Nothing happened.
Kelly frowned.
"Hey Crystal, I think your remote is-"
Before Kelly could finish the static seemed to come out of the T.V. involving the room. In an instant everything went black and white. Crystal walked back into the room dropping the blankets she had been carrying.
"What…"
A black triangle appeared on the T.V. screen slowly growing bigger until it filled the screen turning it completely black before it came out of the screen entirely and into Crystal's living room.
Kelly and Crystal remained dead silent.
The triangle/thingie/whatever it was glowed then flashed making both Kelly and Crystal cover there eyes when they lowered there arms again the triangle was now yellow…
and wearing a top hat.
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