Author Note: I'm sorry it took me so long to get this out. I had it done one tuesday, but I was having some problems with it and so it never got posted. But chapter four is finally done! How nice ^_^ This is where things begin to get interesting. heh, I also have some people wondering whether Cassy and Johnny will get together or not. hehe, well, just to let you all know, I already have my answer on that, and have had that answer since chapter one, but I can't tell you, not yet.... that would just take the fun out of it all! Oh yes, before I forget. I am now looking for a beta reader person. I need someone who will read over my story. But, this is just not for everyone, I am looking for certain things. Here's what I would like: 1.be able to find my punctuation (sp?), spelling (definitly need), and grammer mistakes.... 2.be able to tell whether Johnny is in character, that's a big, major thing there.... 3.tell me thoughts on the chapter and what I could improve or if it's all okay. There's also other things. I do not want someone who will take my story and, after reading, change things here and there and make it their own. I have had one person actually *ask* me if they could do that to my story. Also, I would like to get to know the person a little first. If you are interested in being my beta, email me to the address that is in my ff.net profile and subject it Beta Reader, just so that I'll know why you're emailing me.

I would like to thank: Mike, kagato23, Settie (I find it annoying also when people leave a story unfinished. But don't worry, this story will be finished, no matter how long it takes. I already have the ending written out), SpookyRagmuffin2002 (I'm very glad my story caught your attention and you interest, I hope you will continue to enjoy it ^_^ ), Invader Nina (hehe, I'm going to keep you guessing on whether or not Cassy will be a romantic interest.. aren't I so mean? But don't get your spork out on me! If you do that, I will never be able to finish the story!), Midnight Phantomess, Rocker Baby (a cute genre? I've never thought of that for Nny. I'm glad you like the discriptivness, I wasn't quite sure how I did on that. Yes, Nny *does* need a girlfriend... but will he get one in this story? I guess you'll have to wait and see ^_^ )

I appreciate you all reviewing, all of them made me smile and I'm sorry I could not write a comment to all of them. Well, here's the next chapter, I'm done rambling. I hope you enjoy! Don't forget to review. If you do, I'll give you all a big cookie and Nny plushies!! ___________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 4

The next day, Cassy went through Todd's room, cleaning it up a little as she waited for him to come home from school. As she stood up from picking up one of her brother's drawings, her eyes fell on Johnny's painting. She stared directly at it, shivering as she looked at the eyes. The eyes seemed to be looking straight at her, staring straight into her soul. She turned away from the painting and continued tidying up Todd's room. She stopped suddenly, her eyes widdening as she heard a voice that seemed to echo throughout the corners of her mind "Serve...... kill...."

She looked about frantically, trying to find the source of the voice "Kill...... Serve your master..." the voice whispered, echoing all around her.

Cassy suddenly looked at the painting 'It seems like it's coming from there.' she thought to herself.

"Kill...." was the last thing she heard, the voice dieing away slowly, turning into silence. Cassy shivered involentarily and quickly walked out of the room as she heard Todd's bus pull up.

She quickly walked down the steps and opened the door, smiling as Todd walked up the short sidewalk that lead to the front door. She stepped to the side as he walked in the house, putting her arm around him slightly as the walked to the kitchen "So, how was your day at school today?"

Todd seemed to frown slightly "It was okay, I guess. Some kid made fun of me for writing stories and reading."

Cassy shook her head slightly "Don't listen to them, okay, kido? They don't know what they're talking about. You doing those things will make you smarter than them."

He sat at the table, looking up at his sister "Really?"

She smiled, getting a glass from the cabinet and filling it with milk "Definitly. It's a known fact that children who read become much smarter than those who don't." she placed the glass of milk infront of Todd, along with a few cookies.

Todd seemed to think about this for a minute as he picked up a cookie and placed it in the milk, letting it soak for a moment before eating it "So.... I'll be smarter than them?"

Cassy laughed "Yes, Todd, you'll be smarter than them. Besides, they're just jealous because they know how much better than them you are."

He ate another cookie "I don't know."

She was just about to say something else when a tapping sound on the window attracted her attention. Both her and her brother looked over and saw Johnny standing at the window, grinning from ear to ear and waving at Todd. Squee smiled and waved back as his sister opened the window "Would you like to come in and have something to eat with us, Johnny?"

Johnny shook his head "I was just heading to the 24/7 to get a Cherry 'Freezy. I saw Squee come home and thought I would say hello."

Cassy nodded slightly "All right, I guess we'll see you later."

Johnny nodded as well and waved once more at Todd before leaving. Cassy closed the window and walked back over toward Todd, leaning against the counter "I want to take Johnny to school with me tomorrow for show and tell." Todd said quickly, shoving his last cookie in his mouth.

She looked at Todd, shocked "What!? No! You cannot take Johnny to school with you tomorrow!"

He looked at his sister innocently "Why not? I don't have anything else to take, and he would be perfect for show and tell tomorrow."

"No, Todd." Cassy said firmly, "You will not take Johnny to school with you tomorrow, and that's final."

Todd looked at his sister "Please? Can I at least ask him? If he says no I'll find something else to take."

Cassy looked at her younger brother causciously "I'm sure if he says yes you'll want to take him with you."

He nodded and his sister just threw her hands up in the air in frustration "Fine! Ask him later on tonight. I know there's nothing I can say that will change your mind."

Todd jumped up at smiled at his sister "Thank you!"

She just shook her head and sighed "I swear, some times I am just much too lineant with you."

He smiled even more before giving his sister a hug "I love you, sis!" and he ran off to his room.

Cassy picked up Todd's empy glass and began to wash it, completely forgetting the events that happened not too long ago.



Todd sat in his room, drawing a picture of Shmee before looking up at the bear "What? No, Shmee, I will not burn down the house. Hee! Hee! You are so silly Shmee."

He continued to draw the stuffed bear and listened to what the bear was saying, this time not even bothering to look up "What are you talking about, Shmee? You've been acting so strange this afternoon. You usually always tell me to burn down the house, but now you're telling me to kill things too."

"You have to, Todd. You have to kill people, you have to trap It." the bear said, only being heard by Todd.

"Trap what, Shmee? I don't know what you're talking about." Todd replied, drawing the small stitches that were on the bears face from when he first met Johnny.

"You have to trap It, the thing. It just came here. It will control you if you don't trap it!"

Todd sighed in frustration, now drawing the long stitch on the bear's stomach "Shmee, I just don't know what you're talking about. What thing? Nothing's here except for me and Cassy since mommy and daddy are off somewhere."

"Todd, listen to me, you have to kill people, that's the only way you're going to trap It."

Todd shook his head, looking at his finished picture "I'm not gonna kill anyone, Shmee."

"Then have that stupid neighbor do it for you!"

Todd stood up, taping his picture to his bedroom wall "No, Shmee. No one is going to die."

Just as he was about to continue, he heard a scream from next door. He walked over to his window and saw a disembodied, bloody mess go flying out of a window. Todd backed away from his window slightly "Now.. might not be a good time to ask him." he told himself aloud.

Then he sighed, if he didn't do it now, he would never do it at all. He turned and started down the stairs, heading for the door that led outside. Todd stopped at the kitchen, seeing his sister cooking dinner. He peaked his head around the door "I'm gonna go over and ask Johnny, okay?"

Cassy sighed, giving him a slightly disapproving glance "All right, don't be over there too long, all right? Dinner will be ready shortly."

Todd nodded and walked out the door and over to Johnny's. As he drew closer, he saw Johnny holding a shovel, covering a hole next to a sign that said "Keep Off The Loose Soil". Todd stopped a couple feet behind Johnny, watching as his neighbor slammed the shovel into the dirt, making it stand up right. Johnny shook his hands slightly, making blood splatter on the ground, and he turned around to see Squee "Hi Squeegee! What are you doing here?"

Squee shifted his weight to his other foot, slightly uncomfortable about Johnny burrying a dead body "Umm.." he start uncertainly, "I have to ask you a question."

"Let's head inside." Johnny replied, blood still dripping from his fingertips, "I need to clean my hands off."

As the two walked into the house, Todd would have sworn he heard screams from down in the basement, but he couldn't be sure. Johnny left the room for a moment, then walked back in, wiping off the blood that was left on his hands and smiling at his small, squeeish friend "So, what can I do for you, Squee?"

"Well," Squee began, thinking on how he wanted to word his question, "tomorrow there's show and tell at school. I was wondering if you would be what I presented the class."

Johnny seemed shocked at Todd's question, then shrugged "I suppose, I don't see any problems with it."

Todd smiled "Okay! I always go last, so I'll probably be up at two thirty."

Johnny nodded, smiling his sadistic grin "See ya then, Squee."

Squee walked out of house number 777, excited that tomorrow he would actually have something exciting to present.



The next day, Todd sat at his desk, watching the time slowly go by. It was almost his turn to go up and Johnny still hadn't shown up yet. 'He said he would be here.' he thought to himself as one of his class-mates finished presenting a lame picture that they had drawn. His teacher called his name, and he regrettfully walked to the front of the class "Umm.... I don't really have a presentation, he hasn't shown up."

"I'm right here, Squee." Johnny said, walking into the classroom, "I told you I would be here."

Todd smiled "Okay. This is my neighbor, Johnny. He used to be kind of scary, but now he's pretty nice. Even though he can still be scary sometimes. He gave me a really neat painting, and even though my sister didn't like it, she still let me keep it."

Todd went silent, as Johnny leaned against the blackboard he looked at the rest of the class. Most of them seemed to not even be listening to him, and those who were, were giving his friend mean glances. Johnny glared at them, wondering how Todd could stand to be there. Todd stood there silent for another minute, then said "Mmmyep." quietly.

"You may return to your seat now. Your," the teacher gave Johnny a nasty look, "friend may wait at the back of the class, since the bell will be ringing soon."

Johnny walked to the back of the classroom slowly, his hands held behind his back and his head down slightly. He listened as the children whispered amongst themselves, some of them glancing at Johnny as he passed, then saying something to their petty friends about how he looked. He shook his head slightly, some things never changed it seemed. As he leaned against the wall, he noticed a couple children looking at Todd, grinning, then look back at each other and start snickering. He tilted his head slightly, knowing that look all too well, but he knew there was nothing he could do until something happen. Suddenly the bell rang and everyone got up and ran out of the class, but Johnny waited until everyone had left before walking out. As he walked, all the children seemed to make a small path for him, moving out of the way out of fear that he might do something to them. When he walked out of the building he saw four kids that had circled around Todd, pushing him back and forth "So you're friends with that freak, huh? You gonna be a freak just like him??" one of them screamed, shoving Todd to another one of his friends.

"What do you mean "gonna be a freak", he already is a freak!" another screamed, pushing Todd to the ground.

By this time, Johnny was already behind one of them, considering pulling out one of his knives "Are these children bugging you, Squee?"

They all stopped, looking at Johnny with wide eyes. Todd stood up and brushed himself off, sighing "No, there's no problem."

Johnny frowned slightly, placing his hands behind his back and bending down to look at one of the kids "Get out of here."

They all scrambled off, making Johnny smirk slightly. As he looked at Todd, he frowned again "I don't see why you allow them to push you around like that."

Todd shrugged "They don't know any better."

Johnny grinned slightly "I could make them know better, if you wanted."

Todd shook his head, looking up at Johnny "That's okay. I'm going to go home, okay?"

Johnny nodded and walked off toward his car. After a few minutes of walking, Todd saw the four kids that were pushing him around earlier running down the road, screaming in pure terror. Todd stopped and looked behind him, seeing Johnny driving his car, chasing the four kids with a grin that seemed to go from ear to ear. As he passed Todd, the small boy could hear Johnny laughing sadistically. Todd shook his head slightly and continued walking home, continuing to watch as Johnny chased the four boys with his car until he couldn't see them anymore.



Todd walked into his house, closing the door behind him quietly. As he walked to the kitchen he thought of the four boys Johnny was chasing earlier. 'I wonder if he ever caught up with them.' he thought to himself. When he looked into the kitchen he didn't see his sister waiting for him like she usually was. He looked around, heading into the living room "Cassy?" he said aloud, "Are you here?"

He walked over to the stairs that led to his room "Cassy?"

Suddenly, he heard a loud 'thump!', like something heavy falling to the floor. He ran up the stairs as quickly as he could and when he walked into his room he saw his sister laying on the floor, unconscious. He ran over to her, wanting to make sure she was all right "Now do you see why you have to trap It? If you don't, it will kill your sister." he heard the voice of Shmee say, concerned.

He turned to look at the stuffed bear, tilting his head slightly in confusion. Just as he was about to speak, another voice intruded his mind "If you do not allow us to escape, we will most definitly kill your sister. She will never have a chance against us. We will spare your lives if you allow us to go free."

This voice was completely new to Squee. Instead of it sounding like just one speaker, it echoed like there were many voices, as if there were hundreds of mouths and each had a different voice, all speaking at once. He looked up at the painting Johnny had given him, confused and wondering where the voice origionated from. As he looked at the painting, he gasped. The eyes appeared to be glowing, becoming a more vivid yellow. The eyes dimmed, turning back to their origional color as it said "Let us free."

Todd looked at it for another moment, waiting to see if It would speak anymore. Once he was sure, he turned back to his sister, shaking her gently "Cassy? Cassy, wake up."

Cassy turned her head to the side, groaning slightly "What? Huh?"

"It's me, Cassy. It's just Todd." he said to her, helping her sit up.

She looked at her little brother, confused "Todd? What? How did I get here?"

Todd shrugged slightly "I don't know. When I came home from school I couldn't find you. When I heard a load thump that sounded like it came from up here, I ran up the stairs and saw you laying on the floor." he paused, watching as she seemed to be thinking through everything, "What happened?" he asked quietly.

"I don't know, truthfully." she replied weakly, putting her hand on her forehead, "I must have passed out or something. I thought I heard a voice up in your room, but once I came in to check everything just went black."

Cassy opened her mouth to speak again, but was cut off when they heard loud cracking noises coming from the wall. They both stood up quickly, backing up slightly as they looked at the wall. Brother and sister both gasped at what they saw. The wall was pushing out slightly, mostly around the picture. As it was pushed out even more, the cracking got loader and loud. Then, as suddenly as it started, it stopped, the wall going back to it's normal size. Squee and Cassy looked at each other, their mouths open slightly and their eyes wide with shock. They both bolted out of the room, Cassy locking the door as they left, and running out of the house as fast as they could.