It was late and the hospital was quiet except for the sounds of electronic
beeps and the occasional doctor's shoes clicking on the white linoleum.
Logan could not sleep. He peered into the shadows where he knew the police
were waiting for him to fall asleep so they could drag him off to jail.
Well Logan wasn't fooled. He was going to find them first. Cautiously, he
peeped down under his bed like a small child inspecting for a monster.
There was nothing there. The door creaked and opened a smidgen allowing a
shape with a trolley to pass through. Logan, alerted by the light that
cascaded into his room quickly retreated under the protective cover of his
sheets. He lay trembling, and awaiting his fate. He squealed as something
grabbed onto the covers and pulled them hard, causing Logan to tumble off
the bed in a tangle of blankets. Logan felt hot breath on his cheeks and
opened his eyes to see his attacker.
Max sat in Alec and Joshua's living room and buried her head in her hands. How could this have happened? How could she have lost Scarlet? Alec was pacing back and forth.
"When was the last time you remember having her?" He asked.
"I don't know. I know I had her up on the roof the day we were attacked by the squirrels."
"That was 2 months ago Max!" Alec cried. " I think you would have noticed that she was missing by now." They were startled by a faint beeping noise coming from inside the couch. They both froze in terrified silence.
" Are you hearing what I'm hearing?" Alec asked tentatively. Max just nodded, then a huge grin spread on her face and she ripped the pillows off the couch. She rummaged around for a few seconds and came up triumphant with Scarlet, still ringing, in her hand. Alec grabbed her around the waist and swung her around in delight. " You know for a second there I thought it was the beeper come back from the dead to haunt us." Alec said smiling. Max laughed.
" I thought that myself. But it was just Scarlet. I knew I couldn't have lost her." Max said gleefully.
"But you could have Max. That's the point. You have to be a lot more careful with her. She could have been seriously hurt." Alec said becoming serious. "What if it wasn't the couch that found her but some psycho like Logan who massacres innocent technology? How would you feel knowing that it was your fault? I don't know if you could handle that. I think that you should give Scarlet to me until you are really ready for the responsibility." Max looked at Alec in shock and then her face broke into a smirk
"Nice try Alec! Like you'd be any better. Two weeks ago you were dead set on destroying technology forever. I wouldn't trust myself leaving Scarlet in your hands."
"The destroying technology thing is a small insignificant detail of the distant past."
"You just want my phone."
"Yes. But while we're on the issue of ownership, you shouldn't be calling it your phone. I do recall that I paid for it."
" Because you threw my beeper off the Space Needle!"
" Actually Max you threw it."
"Yeah but you started it."
"Yeah, I started it.So the phone's mine right?" Alec asked hopefully.
"Your such an ass." Max said playfully. Then she wrapped her arms around his neck still holding the phone. "I love you."
"I love you too." He said and kissed her softly. The phone right near his head was still ringing.
"Maybe you had better answer that," he said. Max quickly answered the phone.
"Hello?" she said into the phone.
"Miss Guevera?" said the female voice on the other end.
"Yes"
"This is Harbour Lights Hospital. Your friend Logan Cale was attacked last night."
"What! What happened? Do you know who?"
"No we don't know anything. The nurse found him this morning. He was lying on the floor in all his sheets and."
"And what?" Max almost yelled.
" It appears as though he may have been forced to eat green Jell-O.
"So?"
"Bowls and bowls of it."
"Is he alright?" Max asked.
"He's been sent up to the psych ward for some tests but he appeared unharmed. We just thought we'd phone someone so he had a familiar face when he got back from his tests."
"Ok I'll be there." Max clicked the off button and turned to Alec. "We have to go to the hospital. Logan's in the psych ward getting tested."
"It's about time." Alec said grabbing his coat. Max punched him playfully knowing that he had overheard the entire conversation.
" Ouch! Max that hurt." Alec said in mock distress.
"Not as much as it's going to if you don't get your ass moving." She said and pushed him out the door.
Logan glanced nervously out the window in the white room. The Doctor in the white coat was talking to him but Logan couldn't focus on his words. He kept glancing out the window at the squirrels. He leaned over to the doctor and whispered to him conspiratorially. "Be careful what you say. The squirrels are watching us."
"The squirrels?" The doctor said turning his head to look at them.
"No, don't look!" Logan hissed. "They'll know we're talking about them. Just be careful. They're sneaky."
The doctor raised an eyebrow. "How are they sneaky Mr. Cale?" he asked.
" They pretend that they are just stupid animals that have lost their nuts, but they aren't. They can talk."
"What do you mean by lost their nuts?" The doctor prompted.
"Squirrels always bury nuts in the ground and forget where they bury them. Or at least that's what they'd like us to think. I believe that the nuts are actually used to send messages through the underground root system to other squirrels. Just like the internet or our telephone system."
"Fascinating, Mr. Cale. Now when did you first suspect that the squirrels were more than they appeared?"
"Well it's hard to say but I think the first time was when the squirrels started throwing all my technological stuff out the window of my penthouse."
"Why did the squirrels throw your technology out the window?"
"Because they wanted to destroy it. Not just my technology, but all technology. They were going to recreate the pulse."
"Astounding, Mr. Cale." The doctor said ruffling through the papers in front of him. "I'm going to show you some ink blots now, and you are going to tell me what you see. Do you understand?" Logan nodded his head and the doctor held up a large fat blot.
"That's Sumoziah." Logan said without hesitation.
"Who is Sumoziah?"
"Sumoziah is Alec's huge squirrel bodyguard."
"Who is Alec?"
"The bastard who stole my girlfriend from me. The only reason she is with him is because she finds him attractive. I looked like him before my face melted." The doctor desperately wanted to ask Logan how his face had melted but he was getting off track so he sighed and pulled out another inkblot. This one was hundreds of tiny little specks. Logan gasped when he saw it.
"It's Max's indestructible beeper."
Max stood up as the doctor entered the room.
"Is he alright?" She asked.
"I think we had better talk about this sitting down." The doctor said. Max sat down in the chair next to Alec. She reached out and grabbed his hand fingers entwining in support. " Logan is psychologically unstable. He has created a delusional fantasy world in which he is stalked endlessly by killer squirrels. I believe that the squirrels represent Logan's anger at being dependent on technology. He also feels great animosity towards Alec and the relationship that he has with you.
Max nodded. "What about his attacker?"
"We have every reason to believe that this incident was self inflicted. It is very possible that Mr. Cale simply believed he was being attacked because of his extreme paranoia and phantasms."
"What do you suggest we do?" Max asked.
"I think that he should stay here for the time being." The doctor said.
"Do you think that's really necessary?" she said.
"I think he should have been here a long time ago Miss Guevera."
Logan was dosing on the bed when something heavy landed on his chest. Logan's eyes snapped open and saw Sumo sitting contentedly.
"Hi Sumo." Logan said smiling.
" Not 'Hi Sumo.'" Sumo said crossing his arms. "Sumo very angry."
"Why?"
"Sumo angry you lied. You say Sumo pay ticket I pay you back. Sumo pay. You no pay
Sumo."
"I will get you the money Sumo."
"When?"
"Soon."
"Sumo wants money now!"
"I don't have it right now." Logan said desperately.
"You pay 500 later."
"Wait a second! The ticket was only 275" Logan protested. Sumo just looked at him.
"Fine" Logan said. "500"
"Good." Sumo said getting a twinkle in his eye. He pulled a bowl off the tray he had brought. "Green Jell-O for Logan."
A/n: Thanks you guys for all the support I got on continuing this story. I had no idea my story was still so popular. You guys are the best. I will try to update frequently but I am pretty busy so probably updates will be mostly on weekends.
Max sat in Alec and Joshua's living room and buried her head in her hands. How could this have happened? How could she have lost Scarlet? Alec was pacing back and forth.
"When was the last time you remember having her?" He asked.
"I don't know. I know I had her up on the roof the day we were attacked by the squirrels."
"That was 2 months ago Max!" Alec cried. " I think you would have noticed that she was missing by now." They were startled by a faint beeping noise coming from inside the couch. They both froze in terrified silence.
" Are you hearing what I'm hearing?" Alec asked tentatively. Max just nodded, then a huge grin spread on her face and she ripped the pillows off the couch. She rummaged around for a few seconds and came up triumphant with Scarlet, still ringing, in her hand. Alec grabbed her around the waist and swung her around in delight. " You know for a second there I thought it was the beeper come back from the dead to haunt us." Alec said smiling. Max laughed.
" I thought that myself. But it was just Scarlet. I knew I couldn't have lost her." Max said gleefully.
"But you could have Max. That's the point. You have to be a lot more careful with her. She could have been seriously hurt." Alec said becoming serious. "What if it wasn't the couch that found her but some psycho like Logan who massacres innocent technology? How would you feel knowing that it was your fault? I don't know if you could handle that. I think that you should give Scarlet to me until you are really ready for the responsibility." Max looked at Alec in shock and then her face broke into a smirk
"Nice try Alec! Like you'd be any better. Two weeks ago you were dead set on destroying technology forever. I wouldn't trust myself leaving Scarlet in your hands."
"The destroying technology thing is a small insignificant detail of the distant past."
"You just want my phone."
"Yes. But while we're on the issue of ownership, you shouldn't be calling it your phone. I do recall that I paid for it."
" Because you threw my beeper off the Space Needle!"
" Actually Max you threw it."
"Yeah but you started it."
"Yeah, I started it.So the phone's mine right?" Alec asked hopefully.
"Your such an ass." Max said playfully. Then she wrapped her arms around his neck still holding the phone. "I love you."
"I love you too." He said and kissed her softly. The phone right near his head was still ringing.
"Maybe you had better answer that," he said. Max quickly answered the phone.
"Hello?" she said into the phone.
"Miss Guevera?" said the female voice on the other end.
"Yes"
"This is Harbour Lights Hospital. Your friend Logan Cale was attacked last night."
"What! What happened? Do you know who?"
"No we don't know anything. The nurse found him this morning. He was lying on the floor in all his sheets and."
"And what?" Max almost yelled.
" It appears as though he may have been forced to eat green Jell-O.
"So?"
"Bowls and bowls of it."
"Is he alright?" Max asked.
"He's been sent up to the psych ward for some tests but he appeared unharmed. We just thought we'd phone someone so he had a familiar face when he got back from his tests."
"Ok I'll be there." Max clicked the off button and turned to Alec. "We have to go to the hospital. Logan's in the psych ward getting tested."
"It's about time." Alec said grabbing his coat. Max punched him playfully knowing that he had overheard the entire conversation.
" Ouch! Max that hurt." Alec said in mock distress.
"Not as much as it's going to if you don't get your ass moving." She said and pushed him out the door.
Logan glanced nervously out the window in the white room. The Doctor in the white coat was talking to him but Logan couldn't focus on his words. He kept glancing out the window at the squirrels. He leaned over to the doctor and whispered to him conspiratorially. "Be careful what you say. The squirrels are watching us."
"The squirrels?" The doctor said turning his head to look at them.
"No, don't look!" Logan hissed. "They'll know we're talking about them. Just be careful. They're sneaky."
The doctor raised an eyebrow. "How are they sneaky Mr. Cale?" he asked.
" They pretend that they are just stupid animals that have lost their nuts, but they aren't. They can talk."
"What do you mean by lost their nuts?" The doctor prompted.
"Squirrels always bury nuts in the ground and forget where they bury them. Or at least that's what they'd like us to think. I believe that the nuts are actually used to send messages through the underground root system to other squirrels. Just like the internet or our telephone system."
"Fascinating, Mr. Cale. Now when did you first suspect that the squirrels were more than they appeared?"
"Well it's hard to say but I think the first time was when the squirrels started throwing all my technological stuff out the window of my penthouse."
"Why did the squirrels throw your technology out the window?"
"Because they wanted to destroy it. Not just my technology, but all technology. They were going to recreate the pulse."
"Astounding, Mr. Cale." The doctor said ruffling through the papers in front of him. "I'm going to show you some ink blots now, and you are going to tell me what you see. Do you understand?" Logan nodded his head and the doctor held up a large fat blot.
"That's Sumoziah." Logan said without hesitation.
"Who is Sumoziah?"
"Sumoziah is Alec's huge squirrel bodyguard."
"Who is Alec?"
"The bastard who stole my girlfriend from me. The only reason she is with him is because she finds him attractive. I looked like him before my face melted." The doctor desperately wanted to ask Logan how his face had melted but he was getting off track so he sighed and pulled out another inkblot. This one was hundreds of tiny little specks. Logan gasped when he saw it.
"It's Max's indestructible beeper."
Max stood up as the doctor entered the room.
"Is he alright?" She asked.
"I think we had better talk about this sitting down." The doctor said. Max sat down in the chair next to Alec. She reached out and grabbed his hand fingers entwining in support. " Logan is psychologically unstable. He has created a delusional fantasy world in which he is stalked endlessly by killer squirrels. I believe that the squirrels represent Logan's anger at being dependent on technology. He also feels great animosity towards Alec and the relationship that he has with you.
Max nodded. "What about his attacker?"
"We have every reason to believe that this incident was self inflicted. It is very possible that Mr. Cale simply believed he was being attacked because of his extreme paranoia and phantasms."
"What do you suggest we do?" Max asked.
"I think that he should stay here for the time being." The doctor said.
"Do you think that's really necessary?" she said.
"I think he should have been here a long time ago Miss Guevera."
Logan was dosing on the bed when something heavy landed on his chest. Logan's eyes snapped open and saw Sumo sitting contentedly.
"Hi Sumo." Logan said smiling.
" Not 'Hi Sumo.'" Sumo said crossing his arms. "Sumo very angry."
"Why?"
"Sumo angry you lied. You say Sumo pay ticket I pay you back. Sumo pay. You no pay
Sumo."
"I will get you the money Sumo."
"When?"
"Soon."
"Sumo wants money now!"
"I don't have it right now." Logan said desperately.
"You pay 500 later."
"Wait a second! The ticket was only 275" Logan protested. Sumo just looked at him.
"Fine" Logan said. "500"
"Good." Sumo said getting a twinkle in his eye. He pulled a bowl off the tray he had brought. "Green Jell-O for Logan."
A/n: Thanks you guys for all the support I got on continuing this story. I had no idea my story was still so popular. You guys are the best. I will try to update frequently but I am pretty busy so probably updates will be mostly on weekends.