Telling Stories of My Family
Sweetie woke almost instantly, when she heard two of her friends getting into an argument and it was getting a little out of hand. It was between Mish-Mash and Vinyl, since the two were known to not get along so well, but Sweetie decided to step in. She snarled at both of them like an angry alpha wolf, which woke the other appliances too.
"Can you two knock it off?" Sweetie scolded
"But she made fun of me for functioning in my backside!" Vinyl responded
"Oh gawd, since it's true and you know it." Mish-Mash snapped back
They tried to charge at each other, but Sweetie was blocking the way, with the rare chance of her having anger in her eyes. She did look a little menacing as well.
"Look, it's not either of your faults that you two being made they you were, which goes for the rest of us." Sweetie told them "Now be nice!"
They looked at her, a little terrified. They knew her father had a short temper, but they didn't know she could get ticked off too. I guess she was right though it wasn't their fault though and perhaps Sweetie just doesn't like to see anyone fighting. Sweetie then saw she scared them a little.
"Sorry, it just seemed like the arguing was getting out of hand." Sweetie replied "I didn't mean to scare you."
"We just weren't expecting you to snap." Fannie spoke up "I know your father can be aggressive, but we didn't know you could."
"Only when I need to, but I try not to snarl." Sweetie admitted "Trust me, that's nothing to another that my father told me of, which is another uncle of mine."
Potter tapped Sweetie with his fork again.
"Can you tell us that story?" he asked
"If it's a horror story, we'd love to hear it." Phil added
"Oh it's a horror story, but it's real." Sweetie warned "Are you sure you still want to hear it?"
"We're always willing to hear what you have to say." Phil told her
"Well okay, here it goes." Sweetie began "My father was built at the same as another giant magnet, which is brother and my uncle, but he said this one was even bigger and blood red in color and his name was... Ravager."
"Oh I like where this is going," Fannie replied, a little excited "Since the original magnet I was fan of was taken, I think I have a shot with this one."
"Oh no, you all don't want to get close to Ravager, not after what my father told me." Sweetie told them "He ended up getting a mouth when he first woke up alive, unlike my dad who needed a translator to speak. Now this sounds nice, right? Wrong! When my dad and Ravager were first built, functioning on their own before the separation when they were sold, my father couldn't believe what he saw Ravager do."
Sweetie paused before speaking again "He crushed larger machines with a compactor, just like my father used to, but as soon as Ravager saw small machines and appliances, around most of your sizes, he'd lick his blood red lips and pull them into his mouth, eating them in one bite!"
The appliances in the room gasped in horror that something that scary sounding was Real!
Sweetie looked to them "Don't worry, I'll never let him get any of you."
Blenny then nuzzled up against Sweetie, frightened, so she lowered her head and nuzzled him like before.
"Mama Sweetie, please don't let him eat us." Blenny begged, crying a little
"I promise, and I know my father won't let him get you either. I assure you, we'll make sure you're safe." Sweetie told them
"At least our story starts with a real 'sweetie' if you know what I mean." Phil brought up, looking directly at Sweetie
Everyone laughed at that, since it was true, that ended up with a very friendly crane and were grateful for that. She would be a great guardian and truly felt better after that. No wonder her and Phil get along, was what some of the appliances were thinking. She was there to help them as if she were family with them all along.
To be continued….
