So we continued to watch the movie, the question still pestering me. I tried to stay focused on the movie and not on the question, the answer ridiculous, as my eyes drooped from sleep. But as my head started to bob I realized I was losing the battle to remain awake. I looked around and noticed I wasn't the only one; half of us were already asleep while the rest of us fought to finish the movie. I checked the time left in the movie, twenty minutes. I groaned and sat back next to Oliver who elbowed me in his sleep. I elbowed him back before leaning my head back against the couch. The bobbing and eye drooping was getting harder to fight, finally making me give in to sleeps sweet embrace. Soon all of us were in deep slumber, the movie irrelevant to us anymore. It wasn't until fifteen minutes before midnight that something woke me from my sleep. I glance at everyone else, all of them still asleep. What woke me up? I shake my head, maybe it was just me. Then Oliver's elbow jabs into my side, everything becoming clear. Oliver and I must have been elbowing each other in our sleep, and at one point he elbowed me hard enough to wake me up. I glare at him as I walk to the kitchen to get a glass of water.
"Fluff brain..." I mutter filling up a half glass from the kitchen sink. I take a swig and head back to the couch, sleep calling my name again. I'm almost there when I trip and fall into Oliver. I look back and see... The black cat from upstairs.
"How did you...?" I ask bewildered by its reappearance. It just hisses before dashing under the couch, I try to grab it before it can. I miss it by a mile. I lay on my stomach to pull it out but movement from the corner of my eye catches my attention. It's Oliver elbowing Alicia. I must have pushed him towards her when I fell on him and he must have thought Alicia was me so he continued to elbow her. I watch as he elbows her harder than before, looking for a response. Instead she falls forward onto Dot's lap which surprises Dot. Dot throws her hands out in surprise which hits Missie in the face. Missie's ears stand straight up in alarm which tickles Wakko's foot. Wakko laughs at his foot being tickled which causes Remmy to fall off his lap. Remmy is caught off guard and she falls back which makes her run into Yumi. Yumi falls forward off the back of the couch because of Remmy's momentum which makes her grab Yasmin's ponytail to avoid falling onto the ground. Yasmin screams from her hair being pulled by Yumi which shocks Yakko awake. Yakko so surprised by Yasmin's scream that he falls over the arm of the couch and onto the ground, a blanket trailing behind him. I grimace at the thud he makes and I quickly grab the blanket off his face.
"Are you okay?" I ask him with a sheepish smile.
"Yes." He replied bitterly, obviously not amused.
"Are you sure?"
"Sure of what? Sure of the fact that Yasmin made me fall because if so yes, I am sure!"
"It's not my fault, Yumi pulled my hair!" Yasmin shouted with a glance towards Yumi.
"Well Remmy fell into me!" Yumi shot back glaring at Remmy.
"What?! Wakko's the one that made me fall into you!" Remmy accused giving a smack to Wakko's head.
"Hey! It was Missie's ear that tickled my foot!" Wakko pointed out while pointing at Missie.
"So?! Dot smacked me in the face!" Missie stated sticking her tongue out at Dot.
"I couldn't help it; Alicia scared me by falling into my lap!" Dot cried rolling Alicia off her lap.
"But it was Oliver who elbowed me over!" Alicia defended motioning towards Oliver.
"I didn't do it on purpose, Kitty pushed me over!" Oliver ended, sending them all after me with glares.
"KITTY?!" They all questioned. I laugh nervously and back away slowly, but their enraged glares burn through my calm and I hold my hands up defensively.
"It was an accident! I wasn't looking where I was stepping and then the cat-" I stop and remember the cat that had caused all this was still under the couch. I lie back on the ground and reach under the couch for the cat. Unsuccessful I stand back up with a puzzled look on my face, confusing the others even more.
"Cat? Are you talking about the one from upstairs?" Yasmin asks looking worried.
"Yes! It was just here under the couch and now it's..." I drift off in disbelief.
"It's what?"
"...It's gone."
At that moment every face I saw showed the same thing. Fear.
"It has to be here, it can't just disappear!" Missie shouted looking under the couch herself.
"Kitty's right, I checked upstairs and it's not there either." Yumi confirmed my story.
"But how could it...?"
"I don't know but I do know one thing. None of the windows were open."
We all stop what we're doing and stare at her. I give her a look of disbelief and she nods back to signal she's telling the truth. I sit down on the couch feeling numb. Slowly everyone joins me and we squeeze together in a giant group hug.
"Hey, Yakko?" I ask him in a spaced out voice.
"Yeah?" He answers in the same voice.
"Is it okay if for tonight Oliver and I stay here?"
"Sure, at this point I think everyone is staying. What's two more?"
I was shocked to hear he was letting Oliver stay, fear overpowering his hate for the bear. We eventually parted from the group hug to find places to sleep for the night, none of us wishing to go home alone and in the dark. We all settled into our makeshift sleeping places to at least attempt to sleep. Yasmin and Yakko climbed into the top bunk, not wanting to be near the floor with the disappearing cat. Wakko, Remmy, and Yumi slept in the middle also wary of the cat. That left Dot, Alicia, and Missie on the bottom, all three looking around the floor for the creature. Oliver and I decided to sleep in the living room, knowing there wasn't any other place to go. I protested the idea but he gave me the couch willingly, ready to sleep on the floor. He brought two pillows from the closet before lying on the floor in front of the couch. We all said our goodnights and then it was complete silence. Although our eyes ached from sleep not one of us wanted to close them. So we sat in the dark, silent water tower watching everywhere for the cat's return. It wasn't until a creaking sound was made that we said anything.
"Oh my god, did you guys hear that?!" Asked a worried Alicia.
"Sorry, I had to move my leg." Remmy replied from the bed above.
We all let out a sigh of relief and again we sit in the dark. Then the floor lets out a groan and someone screams.
"The cat's back and it's in the kitchen!" Wakko shouts from under his sheets.
"No it's not; it's just me getting a drink." I yell back. They all start to sigh again but mid sigh the doorbell rings and we all scream. Hiding behind the counter, I can see Oliver is hiding behind the couch under a blanket and everyone on the bunks is hiding under the sheets. The bell rings again and we let out another scream.
"W-who is it?" Dot calls. We wait for an answer but as the seconds turn into minutes there isn't one. I slowly stand up and walk over to the couch to go back to bed when it rings again. The surprise makes me hit the deck behind the couch next to Oliver where I poke my head up to look at the door.
"Well we can't just sit here, someone has to check it!" Oliver suggests muffled from the blanket. No one moves and Oliver's impatience pushes him to get up and head for the door. He's ready to pull open the door when whoever is on the other side decides to ditch the doorbell and pounds on the door three times. It scares Oliver so much that he sprints across the living room and dives over the couch to hide.
"Alright, here's the plan." Remmy whispers.
"We're listening." I say back.
"Everyone grab something to defend themselves with and when we open the door, let em' have it!"
We all crawl out from our hiding spaces and grab random things to fight with before meeting up together in front of the door. They pound again and we all take six steps back. I take a deep breath before turning to my troops.
"Alright, is everybody ready?" I ask them quietly.
"Ready." They say back holding up their 'weapons'. I say that because as I look around I see pillows, lamps, popcorn bowls, and even someone else's foot in their hands. I can't really say much for I myself have a toaster grasped in my hands. But it would have to do; we didn't really have much to choose from. I count down from three on my fingers before I throw the door open and we all jump at whoever's there.
"Get him!" I command while smashing my toaster against the knockers head. I do this a few more times and then I see who it is we're attacking.
"Stop, everyone stop! It's just the mime!" I shout to the others who one by one stop attacking the mime. All except for Wakko who continues to beat the mime with Remmy's foot. Remmy taps on his shoulder to show him who it is. He smiles apologetically and pats the mime on the back.
"Sorry!" Wakko apologizes. The mime gives him thumbs up before he stumbles into and over the guardrail. We watch as he hits the ground, a loud crunching sound meets our ears and we wince.
"I'm glad I didn't knock." A female voice says from behind. We all turn ready to attack when we're met with a pony. Oliver and I lower our weapons and walk over to her confused.
"What are you doing here Nicky?" Oliver asked blushing at his girlfriend.
"I went to your house to talk to you about our date tomorrow but you weren't there. I saw that mime out front and figured he knew where you went so I asked him if he did. And that's why we ended up here." Nicky finished her story. Oliver was about to say something else but was interrupted by a crash of thunder. A bolt of lightning followed and then it started to pour. We quickly ran back into the tower as the storm intensified. I watch out the window as everything outside blurs into a dark gray blob. But something catches my eye in the gloom and I squint my eyes to see what is. Another bolt of lightning lights whatever it is up and I can see it clearly. With one good look of what it is I scream and back away from the window as fast as my feet would allow. Everyone runs to me, my face ashen white.
"What? What did you see?" Missie searches for answers.
"De-dede-de w-wa u-ss..." I stutter aimlessly, the terrifying image still fresh in my brain.
"Stay with us Kitty! What did you see?!"
"...Demon watching us..."