Chapter 6
The gang got home while the sun was going down. There hands were num and their noses, and cheeks were pink. Kyrano welcomed them back with hot chocolate. The best that they ever tasted. They sat around the fireplace tell Brains` parents came to fetch him, then L'Oreal's mother came to get her. She thanked Jeff for allowing her daughter to stay over and out of the rain. Jeff made no mention about the fight the night before. He just said your welcome and L'Oreal and her mother left. The boys ones again were left alone. But then there was Tin Tin.
Dinner was different that night. For once no ordered pizzas, no soup and sandwiches. This time it was just plan.wonderful. Kyrano had made his best that night. Probably so he could show off his abilities to cook well. Or he just loved to cook. It was clear the boys enjoyed it. Jeff got up and began to walk toward the door.
"Where to now father?" Scott asked, Jeff smiled and looked at his sons.
"I figured ice cream would be nice." He said and continued to walk
"I wanna go to." Gordon said and pulled on his Velcro shoes, and walked over to his father. Scott smiled and walked out to the car with them, leaving Alan, John, Virgil, and Tin Tin behind. Kyrano smiled and looked at them.
"How about a story." he boys looked at one another. The last story they heard was the one there mother last told them. The nodded and sat down on the ground in front of Kyrano and braced their heads on their knees or hands. Kyrano loved it when the kids smiled back at him at every mysterious part of the story as if they were trying to guess what happens next.
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Brains looked over his science project for the fair next week. Everything seemed to be in order. Yet he couldn't help to think something was missing. He walked upstairs from the attic. He walked over to his father, a skinny man who wore thick glasses himself.
"Dad I need some help. My project is missing something." Brains said his father looked at him with concern his mother looked around the corner and smiled.
"I'm sure its fine honey. You're a perfectionist. Just like your father." She said Brains smiled at her. A chuckle escaped his father.
"Alright son, I'll be down stairs in a minute after I finish helping your mother with dinner." Brains smiled and looked at his mother working in the kitchen. Looks like Boiled chicken and macaroni and cheese tonight. Brains loved macaroni and cheese.
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Jeff walked through the grocery store closely followed by Gordon who had a comic book in his hands, and Scott who was talking with his father about how the space program was going. Jeff glimpsed outside the window.the trees where bending in an odd angle. Scott followed his father's eyes and his own eyes grew wide.
"Get away from the window. GO!" Jeff yelled and dragged his sons to the back of the store where the bathrooms hide. He threw them in and closed and locked the door
"Get up against the wall Gordon." Scott said and done what he had told his brother what to do and Gordon done what he was told. Jeff pressed himself against his sons. The world seemed to have started to shake.
"Dad what's going on?" Gordon yelled tears in his eyes. Jeff didn't answer it was clear his son was scared. Ear popping squeals came from above them. The roof shot off into what was unmistakably a tornado. Gordon began to scream at the top of his lungs as he looked up into the eye of it. Jeff pressed himself even more against his sons and Scott held onto Gordon.
"Oh shit." Scott let escape.
"Hold on Scott hold on." Jeff yelled and finally the wind stopped and Gordon's screams were all that you heard.
"Are you to ok?" Jeff asked. Gordon wouldn't come away from the wall. He was to scarred. Scott nodded out of breath.
"Fine." He managed to say.
"We've got to get back home." Jeff said and unlocked the door and took a look around.
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Kyrano finished telling his story in time to see that everyone except Virgil was asleep. Kyrano smiled and picked up Alan to carry into his bedroom. Virgil picked up Tin Tin and nudged John so he'd get up as well.
"Dude go to bed." Virgil said and John got up and tried to walk toward his bedroom rubbing his eyes. He ran into the wall next to his bedroom door.
"Mr. Virgil, could you tell me where Mr. Alan's quarters are please." Kyrano said and Virgil laughed and looked at him.
"That's right you haven't had the master tour yet have you. Here let me put your kid up and I'll take you myself." Virgil said and led Kyrano down the hall to a door that was now painted a pretty pink color. He walked in to a pink room and put Tin Tin down on the bed. Kyrano handed Alan over to Virgil and bent down and kissed his daughter on the forehead and whispered his goodnights and walked over to the door and closed it.
"You may lead Mr. Virgil." Kyrano said and Virgil began to walk down the hall and opened a door that was white. Each door had its own color.
"Okay we all have our own rooms. After our mother died dad added onto the house so it would keep us from moving into the attic. The way you can tell which door is ours is the color. Scott's is blue, mine is yellow, Johns is like a violet color, Gordon's is orange, and Alan's is white. Got it so far." Virgil looked into Kyrano's eyes and he had a smile on his face.
"Of coarse." He said and looked inside Alan's room it looked like a Viking wrecking crew came through. Kyrano walked over to the bed and began to tidy it up and then took Alan and laid him in it.
"He'll sleep like a rock. Don't worry about making loud noises." Virgil said and walked out of the room and closed the door behind Kyrano.
"You know you're ganna fit in great here." Virgil said Kyrano smiled and bowed low.
"Thank you sir." He said and Virgil shook his head.
"You don't have to bow Kyrano." He said and walked into the kitchen. The sirens began to go off. Virgil rushed over to the door and tried to open it.
"Oh no. Kyrano get everyone out of bed get them to dads room. It's the inner most part of the house. I don't care what they protest about." Virgil yelled Kyrano looked afraid, but he didn't argue. Whatever was going on made Virgil act quickly and give orders just as fast.
John came flying out of his room to the sound of the sirens. He looked at Kyrano and ran down the hall to get Alan as Kyrano went for Tin Tin. Tin Tin was sitting up in her bed looking out the window at something winding and twisting not to far away.
"Father what is going on. What is that?" She asked Her father took one look out the window and grabbed is daughter finally understanding Virgil's fears.
"Do not worry my child I will protect you." He said and carried his daughter out the door. The ground began to shake, as he ran down the hall.
John opened his brother's door. His room was messier then it ever has before. The window was broken and there was a huge branch in the dresser. Alan was on the ground blood coming from his arm. He had been his by the tree branch. He was crying breathlessly. John picked him up and ran full tilt down the hall running into walls to stop, he finally ran into the closet. Kyrano grabbed Alan and put him next to Tin Tin, Virgil grabbed John hard by the arm and pressed him against the wall. The objects around and in the house were yelling from the force of the wind. The door crashed open. Kyrano ran over and grabbed it and tried to force it closed.Impossible. Tin Tin was yelling at the top of her lungs. Finally the wind stopped.
"Is it over?" John asked and the door slammed open making everyone jumps and scream. Jeff stood in the doorway. Alan got up and jumped into his arms
"Is everyone alright?" Jeff asked Kyrano nodded and pointed to Alan's arm and Jeff eyed his son.
"Alright lets go to the doctors then ok." Jeff said to Alan.
"Yeah." He whispered and sniffed hard.
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It had been a while.an hour in fact where was his dad. Brains began to walk back upstairs to see if his dad wasn't still busy. Just as he had opened the trap door to the basement. He had seen something that wouldn't leave his mind for the next 20 years. His mother was opening all the windows in the house. His father wasn't anywhere to be seen. His mother ran over to the trapdoor and opened it.
"You say down their Hiram. I'll be down in a bit. I'm waiting for your father to get back inside." She said and forced the trapdoor closed and she locked it. Brains beat on the door tell his shoulder was bruised and bleeding.
"Mom.mom." He yelled the ground began to shake he fell down the stairs and hit his head on the leg of his worktable.
The gang got home while the sun was going down. There hands were num and their noses, and cheeks were pink. Kyrano welcomed them back with hot chocolate. The best that they ever tasted. They sat around the fireplace tell Brains` parents came to fetch him, then L'Oreal's mother came to get her. She thanked Jeff for allowing her daughter to stay over and out of the rain. Jeff made no mention about the fight the night before. He just said your welcome and L'Oreal and her mother left. The boys ones again were left alone. But then there was Tin Tin.
Dinner was different that night. For once no ordered pizzas, no soup and sandwiches. This time it was just plan.wonderful. Kyrano had made his best that night. Probably so he could show off his abilities to cook well. Or he just loved to cook. It was clear the boys enjoyed it. Jeff got up and began to walk toward the door.
"Where to now father?" Scott asked, Jeff smiled and looked at his sons.
"I figured ice cream would be nice." He said and continued to walk
"I wanna go to." Gordon said and pulled on his Velcro shoes, and walked over to his father. Scott smiled and walked out to the car with them, leaving Alan, John, Virgil, and Tin Tin behind. Kyrano smiled and looked at them.
"How about a story." he boys looked at one another. The last story they heard was the one there mother last told them. The nodded and sat down on the ground in front of Kyrano and braced their heads on their knees or hands. Kyrano loved it when the kids smiled back at him at every mysterious part of the story as if they were trying to guess what happens next.
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Brains looked over his science project for the fair next week. Everything seemed to be in order. Yet he couldn't help to think something was missing. He walked upstairs from the attic. He walked over to his father, a skinny man who wore thick glasses himself.
"Dad I need some help. My project is missing something." Brains said his father looked at him with concern his mother looked around the corner and smiled.
"I'm sure its fine honey. You're a perfectionist. Just like your father." She said Brains smiled at her. A chuckle escaped his father.
"Alright son, I'll be down stairs in a minute after I finish helping your mother with dinner." Brains smiled and looked at his mother working in the kitchen. Looks like Boiled chicken and macaroni and cheese tonight. Brains loved macaroni and cheese.
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Jeff walked through the grocery store closely followed by Gordon who had a comic book in his hands, and Scott who was talking with his father about how the space program was going. Jeff glimpsed outside the window.the trees where bending in an odd angle. Scott followed his father's eyes and his own eyes grew wide.
"Get away from the window. GO!" Jeff yelled and dragged his sons to the back of the store where the bathrooms hide. He threw them in and closed and locked the door
"Get up against the wall Gordon." Scott said and done what he had told his brother what to do and Gordon done what he was told. Jeff pressed himself against his sons. The world seemed to have started to shake.
"Dad what's going on?" Gordon yelled tears in his eyes. Jeff didn't answer it was clear his son was scared. Ear popping squeals came from above them. The roof shot off into what was unmistakably a tornado. Gordon began to scream at the top of his lungs as he looked up into the eye of it. Jeff pressed himself even more against his sons and Scott held onto Gordon.
"Oh shit." Scott let escape.
"Hold on Scott hold on." Jeff yelled and finally the wind stopped and Gordon's screams were all that you heard.
"Are you to ok?" Jeff asked. Gordon wouldn't come away from the wall. He was to scarred. Scott nodded out of breath.
"Fine." He managed to say.
"We've got to get back home." Jeff said and unlocked the door and took a look around.
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Kyrano finished telling his story in time to see that everyone except Virgil was asleep. Kyrano smiled and picked up Alan to carry into his bedroom. Virgil picked up Tin Tin and nudged John so he'd get up as well.
"Dude go to bed." Virgil said and John got up and tried to walk toward his bedroom rubbing his eyes. He ran into the wall next to his bedroom door.
"Mr. Virgil, could you tell me where Mr. Alan's quarters are please." Kyrano said and Virgil laughed and looked at him.
"That's right you haven't had the master tour yet have you. Here let me put your kid up and I'll take you myself." Virgil said and led Kyrano down the hall to a door that was now painted a pretty pink color. He walked in to a pink room and put Tin Tin down on the bed. Kyrano handed Alan over to Virgil and bent down and kissed his daughter on the forehead and whispered his goodnights and walked over to the door and closed it.
"You may lead Mr. Virgil." Kyrano said and Virgil began to walk down the hall and opened a door that was white. Each door had its own color.
"Okay we all have our own rooms. After our mother died dad added onto the house so it would keep us from moving into the attic. The way you can tell which door is ours is the color. Scott's is blue, mine is yellow, Johns is like a violet color, Gordon's is orange, and Alan's is white. Got it so far." Virgil looked into Kyrano's eyes and he had a smile on his face.
"Of coarse." He said and looked inside Alan's room it looked like a Viking wrecking crew came through. Kyrano walked over to the bed and began to tidy it up and then took Alan and laid him in it.
"He'll sleep like a rock. Don't worry about making loud noises." Virgil said and walked out of the room and closed the door behind Kyrano.
"You know you're ganna fit in great here." Virgil said Kyrano smiled and bowed low.
"Thank you sir." He said and Virgil shook his head.
"You don't have to bow Kyrano." He said and walked into the kitchen. The sirens began to go off. Virgil rushed over to the door and tried to open it.
"Oh no. Kyrano get everyone out of bed get them to dads room. It's the inner most part of the house. I don't care what they protest about." Virgil yelled Kyrano looked afraid, but he didn't argue. Whatever was going on made Virgil act quickly and give orders just as fast.
John came flying out of his room to the sound of the sirens. He looked at Kyrano and ran down the hall to get Alan as Kyrano went for Tin Tin. Tin Tin was sitting up in her bed looking out the window at something winding and twisting not to far away.
"Father what is going on. What is that?" She asked Her father took one look out the window and grabbed is daughter finally understanding Virgil's fears.
"Do not worry my child I will protect you." He said and carried his daughter out the door. The ground began to shake, as he ran down the hall.
John opened his brother's door. His room was messier then it ever has before. The window was broken and there was a huge branch in the dresser. Alan was on the ground blood coming from his arm. He had been his by the tree branch. He was crying breathlessly. John picked him up and ran full tilt down the hall running into walls to stop, he finally ran into the closet. Kyrano grabbed Alan and put him next to Tin Tin, Virgil grabbed John hard by the arm and pressed him against the wall. The objects around and in the house were yelling from the force of the wind. The door crashed open. Kyrano ran over and grabbed it and tried to force it closed.Impossible. Tin Tin was yelling at the top of her lungs. Finally the wind stopped.
"Is it over?" John asked and the door slammed open making everyone jumps and scream. Jeff stood in the doorway. Alan got up and jumped into his arms
"Is everyone alright?" Jeff asked Kyrano nodded and pointed to Alan's arm and Jeff eyed his son.
"Alright lets go to the doctors then ok." Jeff said to Alan.
"Yeah." He whispered and sniffed hard.
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It had been a while.an hour in fact where was his dad. Brains began to walk back upstairs to see if his dad wasn't still busy. Just as he had opened the trap door to the basement. He had seen something that wouldn't leave his mind for the next 20 years. His mother was opening all the windows in the house. His father wasn't anywhere to be seen. His mother ran over to the trapdoor and opened it.
"You say down their Hiram. I'll be down in a bit. I'm waiting for your father to get back inside." She said and forced the trapdoor closed and she locked it. Brains beat on the door tell his shoulder was bruised and bleeding.
"Mom.mom." He yelled the ground began to shake he fell down the stairs and hit his head on the leg of his worktable.
