None of them expected it but, the mood in the house changed almost immediately after their father and brother came back from their trip. Seeing as how they went out to do some fishing, and came back with such a load, they figured they'd be happy or right chummy with one another. The exact opposite happened. Lhaklar, instead of speaking of how much he showed the old man up in catching what he did, or speaking of what he caught, or wanted to keep as trophies, just placed his basket on the countertop then went upstairs. Their father spent around twenty minutes with their mother before going to the living room then sitting down to watch some tv. Up to the morning of the thirteenth, when Lhaklar came down then gestured for their father to follow him, neither of them said a thing to one another; they continued to do so after coming home from whatever they did together.
For some reason, Lhaklar's decision to work right up to when they moved was dropped. He quit the club on the thirteenth; with their father going with him on that morning, they figured he knew of his working there and quitting his profession. At around noon on that day, Lhaklar called his friend who co-owned the Shoe Bot. He told him to stop calling the house and that their friendship was over; their father was in the room when he did this, so he knew of the call being made. After making his call, Lhaklar gave their father a displeased look then went up to his room. While they wanted to ask what was going on, they couldn't—their father, right after Lhaklar de-friended his friend, started in on them.
While their mother was at work, he said that no one was to leave the house or do anything constructive with their time. They were to "prepare themselves" for the excitement that awaited them on the seventeenth. Even though they weren't allowed to go out, or make the time go faster by doing something that they liked doing, they didn't do plain nothing on the thirteenth, or yesterday. Their father worked them on them days; along with making his rounds of their rooms, then getting them to pack what wasn't packed, he had then clean up the house and then the cabinets of the stuff that'd not be eaten before the move was made. All of them were told to skip feeding their pets today—the spell that put them in a type of stasis was done just an hour ago, then they were all moved to the mansion. Seeing as how they were to move here in the next two days, the man went ahead in calling the companies that their mother did business with. The water, gas, and electric were scheduled to be cut off on the morning of the seventeenth, while the cable was already turned off.
"Momma went according to plan in quitting her job yesterday." Hazaar thought while standing where he was.
The old man, while "gentle" with her, did have a few spats with her over the things that he was doing in the house, and with the few days that they had left in being in it. The Porsche was no longer in the driveway. It was in one of the parking spaces in their father's garage. After sending the car away, he approached their mother then "spoke" to her on her needing to call Mr. Leinart—the deed to the house needed to be overnight shipped to him, he said. A fight on the matter of whether that happened was done before their mother went to the kitchen, then started making lunch. With the man being so "nervous", as their mother called it when Guyunis asked what his problem was, it was no surprise that their uncle announced his decision to leave the house tomorrow, just after everyone went to bed. Their mother, after that announcement was made, got on their father again for how he was acting; she also got on him when he said they needed to go to bed earlier than their usual, and then when he continued to say that he needed to stay home instead of go out to the movie theater.
It wasn't a secret anymore that, even though it was cold, and there was four feet of snow on the ground, he wasn't deterred from wanting to see the movie that he saw in the newspaper yesterday. After Lhaklar, then their father, read the paper, it was placed on the table; seeing as no one looked to be interested in it, he picked it up then opened it. He had no more done so before noticing the ad for the upcoming November 15 movie listings that were to be shown in the local movie theather—while most of the movies were corny, or targeted towards child or feminine audiences, two caught his attention. Right after seeing the listing for the 2018 science fiction comedy film, Snakenado, he had to see it; the same went for the following film—another science fiction comedy, but this one being made in 2015 and called Lavalantula.
After seeing the ad, he nodded his head then looked up. The announcement of what he was to do from noon to three of the following day was made; he was surprised by the response that he got from it. While his mother was fine with his going to see the movie, and looked at the ad, his father wasn't and he refused to see what he was interested in seeing.
"I see nothing wrong in his going out to see a movie before we leave." his mother said to his father after he said he couldn't go to the theater.
"Have you seen the weather, Angel? With it being as cold as it is, and the snow being as high as it is, we don't need or want any of them to get or become sick before the move is made." his father said.
"I doubt if he'll spend any length of time outside, Tazzy. The movie's being played inside a building, where the temperature is better than what it is outside, so he shouldn't get sick or anything."
The subject of his going to see Snakenado was dropped yesterday for other things, then it was rekindled today at exactly ten-thirty. When he asked if he could see it, his mother was fast in saying yes; she also said for him to see the other movie that he wanted to see, which was a good surprise to him. When he started getting ready to go to the theater, his father stepped in to stop him. His mother must of been waiting for him to say no on his going out because she pounced on him right when he barred him from getting his things.
"Do I need to go through this again with you, Tazir? Just because there's two days to go before we move doesn't mean you can turn on the ones who live with you, or succumb to the stresses of the move." his mother said after coming between him and his father.
No reply was given. All his father did was go harumph, then go to where the kitchen was. Before leaving, he asked if his brothers wanted to come with him; surprisingly, they said no. Seeing as his uncle might want to see the movie, he asked him if he wanted to come with him next—with his being on his father's side in their staying inside and not getting involved in anything, he wasn't but so surprised in getting the response that he did. Following the responses given to him, he collected his coat, gloves, hat, and boots then left; he appeared before the Elchesheim-Illingen movie theater right after leaving the house, then went in and got in line at the nearest cash register.
"Thank you, come again." the cashier said to the one before him. When he stepped up to take the man's place, the cashier turned to address him. "What's your pleasure for today, Hazaar?"
"A double-feature—Snakenado, followed by Lavalantula." Hazaar said to the man who had waited on him many times when he came to see a movie in the theater.
"Better hurry—been giving tickets to see them movies all day, so not sure if there's a seat available or not." the man said while sliding him the long ticket that gave him clearance to see both films.
"Thank you, and I will."
He rushed to the room that the movies were being played in then went in. Like the cashier said, the house was packed; he still found a seat, regardless of it being so crowded. After sitting down, he took his wallet out then stashed his ticket in it—it, like the rest that he kept over the months that he was living here, would be framed and then used as a memento of his residency on the planet in the coming years. His ticket had no more been put in his wallet when the room darkened, and his wallet had no more been returned to his back pants pocket before the screen started showing the actors who were in the first movie that he was here to see.
Snakenado was something like a joke for the now-defunct television network, CNN. The network didn't expect for it to gain the interest that it did, or go through in making it. With the population reeling and ranting about wanting to see it, then being disappointed in hearing that it didn't exist, they had no choice but to make it—it was either that or watch their ratings plummet, was what he heard. With the plagues going on, not many saw it. CNN went down right after the film was done; it never returned to television line-ups after the plagues and ensuing climate change came to a close. The film was considered "B" material, but it had a good following that kept it being shown in theaters and sold in movie stores.
"Surprised they haven't remade it, or the other tornado-disaster movies that involve animals." Hazaar thought before the movie started.
If not for his being in a public place, he would of laughed himself into a coma. Like with the other science fiction comedy movies that he liked seeing, the actors were going crazy and doing crazy antics before meeting their fates. About fifteen minutes in, a Boa landed before a fat woman, who was eating one of them long, submarine sandwiches; the unassuming woman never saw the snake enter her sandwich, but she noticed something wasn't right when she went to take a bite from it. Five minutes later, a skinny woman was squashed by an Anaconda; before being squashed, she was doing nothing more than waiting for the bus. After the woman was squashed, a man screamed. This man, who was working construction, and on his lunch break, had just found himself as having a King cobra land on his lap—as expected, the Cobra bit him after he started reacting to it being on him. Before the heroes discovered what was going on, then started looking for a way to stop it, a gay couple started howling after a Gaboon viper landed in the port-a-potty that they were having sex in.
The movie had a feeling to it that was similar to the one that was present in the Sharknado franchise. With his being such a fan of them movies, he became a fan of this one too. Like with Sharknado, the cause of the snakes falling on people was based on a tornado, which spanned from a hurricane that was in the Gulf of Mexico. There was no explanaton given on how the various snakes found themselves as being in the tornado, but there was one on how the tornado was formed—with the hurricane going over mostly desert terrain, and encountering its dry climate, a sand-like funnel was birthed. Despite there being no explanation on where the snakes came from, he laughed and enjoyed what he was watching.
In order for the tornado to be stopped, the heroes had to go to space and then turn one of the space stations towards it. A blast of space air was what "killed" the funnel, while the vacuum on the station did the trick in sucking the snakes up and then sending them out to space. While the ending was stupid, he liked it—he bet them snakes traveled through space for years before being "deposited" on other planets then reeking havoc on them.
"And now for Lavalantula." he said after the first movie ended, and the credits started to roll.
The second movie was crappy, but okay. Even though he got in some laughs, he found himself as being bored. To him, the special effects were just as bad as the feel; instead of being like the other spider-themed movies where super-sized, radiation-mutated, or scienfically created spiders got out from where they were then caused chaos to all who lived in the nearest town, it was on a bunch of spiders that got loose from a Los Angeles volcano. These spiders were double the size of the humans that were in the movie and, for some reason, lava-breathing. Along with terrorizing the people that they came upon with just their presence, they killed them by either biting or breathing their lavas on them. He wasn't but so surprised when the suggestion of the volcano being blocked off was made, or of the humans using fire extinquishers to kill them. Really, the ony good part to the movie was when the gigantic queen was killed by the freezing cold water that was channeled in from the nearby Pacific ocean.
He had seen such spider films as Arachnicide, Arachnid, Arachnophobia, Camel Spiders, Eight Legged Freaks, Tarantula, and The Spider That Bit Me over the years. To him, them movies were better in comparison to the one that he just watched. Maybe the graphics on some of them could be worked on, but the plots were good and he was entertained without feeling any effects of boredom. After seeing Lavalantula, he saw it as just something extra to keep him out of the house longer—instead of counting the seconds, minutes, and then hours as they ticked away, he finally did something to pass the time away. Following the seeing of the two films, the room was lit up then everyone stood to leave; while he grumbled over doing this, he obeyed the unvoiced command in leaving.
"Instead of going home right away, why don't you go to the nearby movie store? Pick up some movies that you like, or haven't seen before." his conscious asked him.
"Don't see anything wrong in doing that. Keeps me from going home, and doing nothing but sitting on the couch until its time for a meal, then bed." he said.
He had €120 on him, so he was good to go money-wise. Before entering the store, he said the spell that'd make him have an unlimited supply of cash on him; once this was done, he went in then started shopping. In the first aisle that he went down, he picked up the 1997 horror film, Jack Frost, then its sequel. When he was nearing the end of the aisle, he found and then picked up Piranha 3D and then the two sequels that followed it. While going down the next two aisles, he picked up Gingerclown, Slither, and then The Taking of Deborah Logan; before deciding to end his trip, then pay for what he had and go home, he had a stack of movies on him that he was looking forward to watching. In all, he spent €55.50 of what he had—with the spell being done, he really didn't lose anything in revenue. After paying for his purchases, then having them bagged, he went home; it was no surprise to him that his father greeted him when he came through the door.
"I should of known." his father said after seeing what he was carrying. He then took the bag from him, then started looking through it.
"They're just a bunch of movies, dad." Hazaar said. Even though he wanted to reclaim his bag, he didn't do so. Instead, he went to the only closet that was still being used then removed his winter wears. When he returned to the hallway that the door was on, he found that his father had three of his purchases in his hand.
"I can see most of these being kept. These, though, I can't." TazirVile said. Before Hazaar could say anything, his bag was given to him then the Piranha movies were marched upstairs.
In the time that his son was gone, he encountered some issues with all of the boys in the house. Surprisingly, his wife was coming to their defense with every turn he made; while this was annoying, he told himself to be patient. In the coming weeks to months, everyone would calm down and get use to their new schedules, lifestyles, and how order in the house was to be. Seeing as the boys did need something to do, and there wasn't much for them to do in the house anymore, he went to the mansion then grabbed a few board games and a stack of cards. Lhaklar refused to have anything to do with him; even though he was proud of him for going by his word in quitting his job, he didn't like how he was acting around him. He was doing his best to keep calm with him—with his admitting to how some things were to be handled after the move was made, then coming clean on knowing what his real job was, and being firm on his needing to quit it, he had lost some of the trust that he gained in him over the last seven months. Guyunis was still experiencing his regression, and didn't look to be feeling well; he was leaving him be with the hope that he'd get over what he was feeling. Really, of the ones in the house that were to be moved soon, it was only Eshal who was staying calm and well-behaved. Efagti was doing as he should in being the support system that he needed—instead of being on his wife's side, or being in the middle of them when certain opinions needed to be voiced, he was standing with him on things and helping him out.
Seeing as how things were to be a bit crazy for the next few weeks to month or so, only Eshal would have the right of having her pets put in her room after the move was made. He wanted the boys to settle in, and get use to their new routines, before their pets were returned to them—instead of letting them rig their rooms up to accommodate them, he was thinking about giving Hazaar and Lazeer a room on the mansion's first level; he didn't want their bedrooms to get crowded, or their pets to feel cramped while being in them. With the move being a little under two days away, he was nervous... but in a good way. Things were finally coming to a close, and a new start was to take place on Moas, and he'd have the whole of his family back to where they should be—he had a feeling that he wasn't to sleep a wink tonight, or tomorrow; despite the few surprises he had in store for everyone in the coming days, he was sure it'd all work out in his favor. It had to for his family to live well, healthy, and be happy... and for him to not sweat himself into being a nervous wreck.
He, Bile, and Lazeer played two of the board games that he brought back, then he and Lazeer played a hand of cards. Guyunis stayed upstairs; when he went up to check on him, he found that he was sleeping in a near-fetal position—the way some teenagers slept still amazed him. They could be in the most uncomfortable of positions yet still sleep, or be unbothered by the aches or pains that they felt after woking up then being themselves untangled. Lhaklar either stayed in the kitchen, with his mother, or went up to his room. Most of the fish that they caught was on Moas, while a night's meal was kept here; when his son decided to calm down around him, he'd surprise him with the fish that he spoke of wanting to get preserved as trophies.
"Everything's packed, the utilities are squared away, the house is to be given to that Leinart-man, and Angel's car is on Moas. Nothing—absolutely nothing—can go wrong now. Just gotta get past the next nineteen hours and—" TazirVile was thinking while putting the movies that he conviscated from Hazaar's bag in a box in the attic, where he hoped they'd remain and disintegrate with age. Over the hours, he had grown to approve of his son's decision to go to the movie theater; even though he liked the idea of his son doing that, he wasn't okay with his coming back with a few cinematic films that were pornographic. While his sons could look at their dirty magazines, and continue to get the issues that met their fancy after they grew accustomed to their new living arrangements, they couldn't watch porn. Until they reached adulthood, they'd not be allowed to see a single bit of cinematic film on that content; he'd make sure of that. He was just putting the movies in the box, then turning to leave the attic, when his cellular went off. While wondering who it was, he phished his phone out from his inside coat pocket then opened it. "Hello?"
"Request time, Uncle. Need to hear Angel's voice, and speak with her." his nephew's low voice said.
"Can that wait until after the move's made? I would prefer for her to not be stressed—"
"No. Now. If you want me to uphold my end of the bargain, that is."
He hated being used, or taken advantage of. Even when his father was giving him grief in the period where he wasn't married, he didn't like it. If the stakes weren't as high as they were, he'd say no to his nephew's request then hang up; seeing as they were, he adhered to the request given to him. He walked his phone down to the basement, where his wife was, then got her attention. The pit of his stomach going cold didn't go unnoticed, nor did the sudden click that came into his voice when he said that someone wanted to speak to her. Angel, not knowing who was on the phone's other end, took the phone from him then held it to her ear.
"Hello? Who's this?" Angel said.
"A certain someone who's not heard your voice in over a year."
"Dad?" Angel looked at her husband; TazirVile knew at once that she was to become stressed, and wished that he could prevent it. Again, with the stakes being as high as they were, he couldn't. He let her speak to the one who was on the phone.
"Yes, and a pretty well happy one at that. I've been hearing things, and they mostly lie in you relocating soon." Master Vile said.
"Yeah, and far from you." Angel's voice sang with disgust.
"Far from me? I doubt if that'll happen, since I've still got rights in seeing you, and Bile, twice a week."
"Best be expecting them to be taken from you. With you attacking three of my sons, I won't have you coming a foot near them." Angel promised. The last she wanted was her blood-thirsty father being anywhere near her sons; if he hurt Lhaklar last year, then Hazaar and Bile this year, then what say he might do in the years to come?
"I never attacked them kids of yours." Master Vile's voice was full of lies and she knew it. She put the last of the laundry in the basket, then gave it to her husband, then leaned against the dryer. "They reacted in a negative way to me trying to remove them from the planet, and I reacted by defending myself."
"You and the courts may believe your lies but I won't." Angel said. "I know what I saw, and I believe my sons on what they've told me. You attacked them, and hurt them, and nearly took two of their lives—with that being done, I want nothing more to do with you and want you nowhere near them."
"Meh, you're still as fiery as ever." Master Vile sounded happy to hear this. "Good to know, since, one day, you'll be bringing further offspring by me into the U—"
"Never! I don't want you, or your disease-carrying ass, nowhere near me." Angel exclaimed. When nothing else was said, she went on. "I know, dad, what you've done while being on this planet. Do hope you've enjoyed yourself, and the three episodes in getting them diseases."
"You'll change your tone after you've been moved from this planet, then come face to face with me on my first visit." Master Vile gave a small, but menacing, laugh.
"Yeah, and you'll be feeling the blood coursing from your nose, then down your face." Angel said. Instead of saying goodbye, she hung up then gave the phone back to her husband, who never left the basement with the basket of clothing.