Chapter four: Let him suffer.
"The basement… There's something in the basement. We have to get there before they do!" Tom exclaimed as we walked back to the front of the house.
"Ricky? Ricky?" Beth called. Oh no… She spotted us.
"Oh guys. There you are. Have you guys seen Ricky?" She asked us. We exchanged looks, Jake looked over at the bushes where my cousin was lying motionless on his back.
"Umm, I'm pretty sure he's still hanging around here somewhere." Jake said. Beth looked around again.
"He didn't leave did he?" She asked. Tom stopped his sister just seconds before she could spot Ricky.
"No, no he didn't… Actually he went down to the lake. Yeah, he said something about wanting to bronze up his rock hard abs…" Tom said. Jake and I exchanged a weird look which we then transferred to Tom. That was kinda scary… Not gonna lie…
"Yeah, he wants you to meet him there." I added. She looked at me then back at her brother. All of a sudden she smirked. Wtf was she thinking?
"Did he say anything about me while you two were on the roof?" She asked. Wow… Really?
"No… He talked about his car… Just his car… Yeah, but you should hit the lake. Just so he doesn't think you blew him off." Tom replied. Beth looked disheartened at this news.
"Yeah Beth.. Hop along." I said. The others chimed in with some form of agreement and we went Beth on her way. She walked off and we ran back into the house. We made it to the basement and stood at the bottom of the stairs.
"Guys. Get searching." Tom instructed. We all nodded and dispersed. I walked over to a work bench type thing full of tools and such. I started moving things around to see if it triggered like a secret stair case or room or something… Sadly, nothing did. I turned back to face the others. They were milling about, shuffling things and looking around.
"Wow… Someone needs to do some spring cleaning." I said as I watched Lee pick up a sock and sniff it then throw back into a bucket full of them. Lord knows how long that's been there.
"I'm telling you… Their maps led down here." Tom said, pacing the room.
"You're positive?" Jake and I asked. Ah! He's my enemy! Enemies do not say things in unison... It's just not how things worked.
"Shh! Do you hear that? Rice crispies." Hannah shushed us all of a sudden. We all froze and went silent… a weird crackling sound filled the air. We looked around trying to find the source of it. I was standing next to Lee, it sounded like it was coming from him… No wait, his pocket.
"Umm… Lee… I think it's you.." I said. The others looked at him and he pulled out his Nintendo DS. He opened it to reveal the screen doing some Matrix style writing.
"What is that?" He asked. Tom took it from him and looked at it.
"It's them." He breathed. He looked up at us.
"Something down here is setting it off." He said. I looked around again. There wasn't anything unusal in the basement... Except the bucket of dirty socks... That's kind of random. Tom felt along the piping on the roof as the others looked around too.
"Well whatever it is… We can't let them get to it!" Jake exclaimed grabbing an old looking rake.
"Everyone. Gear up. We move on my command." He said. I gave him a weird look, now he was the leader?
"Now just hold on. If we run up there with just a bunch of random junk. We're gonna get creamed." Tom said. Ah the voice of reason has spoken.
"We can make something better." He said, looking at some plastic pipe.
"We're in the middle of a battle. And you wanna play 'Science Fair'? No way! We're going back in now! Before our parents end up as alien zombies." Jake said.
"You're not thinking. We need a plan. I already have a great idea for a weapon." Tom countered.
"Really?" Jake asked sarcastically. He didn't wait for an answer as he turned to me and the twins.
"Let's go. Now!" He demanded tossing the rake to Lee. I don't know who he thinks he is, but I sure as hell wasn't going up there, practically defenseless, where those aliens could get me again.
"I'm staying down here. I'll help Tom build his little weapon." I said. All heads snapped at me
"No! Go up there and help them… If you can hold them off until I build it, it may help." Tom said automatically. I gave him a look and he just shooed me away. Art handed me a baseball bat, Jake grabbed my hand and we ran upstairs.
"Sup Nate?" Jake asked.
"Hey guys!" I called.
"Hey Nana!" The twins yelled.
"Who wants a treat?" Nana called after us, but we ignored her and bolted up the stairs. We made it to the room and we all stood there. I heard thumping. Oh no.
"They're busting through! Warrior code says strike first." Jake told us. He turned to Art.
"Art! Cover me!" He told his younger brother.
"With the rake?" Art and I asked, confused. I don't think a rake would do much damage to aliens. The attic opened. It wasn't until he had ran to grab the paintball gun, did I notice he hadn't let go of my hand. He shot it up in the attic as we stood behind him, holding our weapons up defensively. Note to self: Kill Tom for making me come up here with him.
"How do you feel now?" Jake exclaimed, shooting the gun.
"Suckers!" He yelled. He stopped shooting
"Mission accomplished." He said. A silver bomb thing came rolling out of the attic, we all backed away, Jake landed right on top of me. OUCH!
"Oh-" Art started.
"Crud." Lee finished. It rolled between Jake's legs and we all held our breath. A spike shot up, but nothing else happened, the tension was relieved.
"Whew… It was just a dud." Jake laughed. We all sighed, then all the other spikes shot out and I felt myself slowly lifting off the ground. Oh my God!
"What the hell?" I exclaimed
"Whoa!" Jake added.
"What's happening?" He asked.
"They turned off the gravity like in Halo!" Lee exclaimed.
"This isn't XBOX Lee! It's real! Like Wii!" Art called to his twin. The aliens crawled out of the attic door. Oh shit…
"What are we gonna do now?" I asked. The door opened and in walked Tom and Hannah.
"No! Don't!" We called. Too late, they're floating now.
"Go back before it's too late!" Art yelled. Oh, like that's gonna do any good…
"Hello hu-mans!" The female screeched in her annoying voice.
"Enjoying the ride?" The other asked. I rolled my eyes. They each clicked a button on their boots and floated to the ground. Well talk about an unfair advantage…
"They have gravity boots! Why don't we have gravity boots?" Lee asked.
"Because this isn't XBOX or Wii!" I yelled.
"The door!" Jake yelled.
"Stop 'em!" I added.
"Use your weapon Tom!" Jake yelled.
"Bring it meat-sack!" The male challenged. Meat-sack? Really? Is that the best he could come up with?
"Today dude!" I yelled. Tom shot the gun and a potato flew out… Wtf! That was the big idea? Tom flew backwards.
"A potato gun? That's your big idea?" Jake yelled, as if he read my mind.
"My plan is working!" The male one said.
"My plan!" The girl hissed, slapping his head. Ha! That seems kinda familiar… They started walking to the door. Tom noticed the fire extinguisher and grabbed it. He pulled off the tab and aimed toward the door.
"Hurry Tommy!" Hannah cried. Tom pressed the handle and flew forward. He shut the door and locked it, then turned the extinguisher onto the alien scum.
"You okay?" The guy asked her after the thing ran out.
"Yeah. Just get the door." She replied. They pressed the same button and the male began climbing on the wall.
"Jake! Get the grenade!" Tom yelled. Jake went all ninja and kicked off the ceiling and the wall, and grabbed the grenade. He picked it up and chucked it at Tom. I couldn't help but stare as his shirt lifted up to reveal his abs. He had really nice abs. Tom smacked the grenade and it smashed to pieces. Then I fell and landed on top of Jake. Oh.. Awkward…
"Ouch!" He grunted.
"Sorry!" I exclaimed.
"Are you okay?" I asked, concerned I had hurt him.
"I think I'll live." He smirked, eyes darting down to the position we were in. I took the time to notice I was straddling his waist. I rolled my eyes and got up in time to see Tom smack the aliens away with the extinguisher. We all grabbed our weapons and went to smack them. I narrowly missed the male one with my red umbrella. Jake grabbed his gun and began shooting. He got the guy right on the ass. This made me giggle a bit.
"Ouch! Ow! Ouch again!" He cried. The girl pulled him into the attic.
"Buttocks on fire!" Was the last thing I heard, which made me laugh even harder. Two things fell to the floor. I control type thing and a Bluetooth looking thing.
"That's the thing they used to control Ricky!" I exclaimed as Lee picked it up. He began pressing buttons, and Art grabbed it from him. Jake jammed the attic door shut. I watched as the twins fought over the control.
"Wow guys! This is not a toy! It's real!" Jake exclaimed. A loud thump came from outside and I ran to the window to see what it was. Tom and I got there just in time to see Ricky run into a swing and do two layouts in the air and land on his back. I began laughing my butt off. This was just too good.
"Ricky?" Jake asked
"Oh yeah!" I laughed.
"Go get him before somebody finds him. I'll stay here on alien watch." Jake said to us. I nodded and hopped down from my perch. The twins, Tom and I all ran downstairs with the aliens devices. We stood outside and waited for Ricky to show up. He came running like a moron towards us and ran straight into the side of his oh so precioous car, leaving a giant dent in the door and the mirror broken. Tom smirked.
"I'm sure that'll buff right out." He chuckled, we laughed along with him.
"Hmm, I wonder where he went?" I asked.
"Oh I'll find him!" Lee laughed. He fiddled with the control a bit and all of a sudden Ricky popped up on the other side of the car.
"Wow!" I jumped and looked at him. Lee began to mess with the control.
"Cool! So these move him!" Lee said, he twisted a knob and Ricky slapped himself. I laughed. He made it so he slept himself repeatedly.
"Sweet!" I laughed.
"Talk about the ultimate GameBoy!" Art snorted. Lee laughed too. And continued to make him hit himself.
"What's that big button do?" Tom asked. Lee pressed it and my cousin straightened up as he came back to his normal state. He walked over and looked at his car. Oh! This oughta be good!
"Huh? What the? What the hell happened to my caaaaaaaa-?" He yelled out, looking at Tom and I. He did some type of jogging in place thing like a little kid. Lee pressed the button again and Ricky froze in the position.
"That would be the on and off button." I laughed. Tom looked at me, and we were both thinking the same thing. Beth was coming.
"Hit it again." Tom said. Ricky unfroze and finished his little tantrum
"Aaaaaaaar! Who did this to my car?" He demanded form us.
"You did you big idiot!" Tom smirked at him, while I nodded. He leaned towards us threateningly.
"Hit it again!" I said. Lee did and Ricky froze again. We stepped out of the way as Beth walked up.
"Ricky! Where have you been?" She exclaimed, stepping in front of him. I nodded at Lee and he hit the button again.
"Oh shut up you little b- Bethany?" He started, but saw he was talking to the wrong person. She looked taken aback by his outburst.
"What?" She shrieked, then she slapped him, hard, across the face. I started laughing again, enjoying the whole situation very much.
"Why are you hitting me?" He asked, extremely confused at the hell was going on.
"Why are you being such a jerk?" She snapped back. His mouth fell open. I'm guessing the mind control wipes your mind clean so you don't remember anything.
"Revenge is so sweet!" Tom sighed to me. I nodded in agreement. I couldn't speak I was laughing so hard.
"I have spent the last hour walking around the lake looking for you! Where have you been?" She demanded.
"I-I…" Ricky stuttered, trying to recall anything that happened.
"That's what I thought!" She snapped, stomping away. He ran after her, stumbling for an apology.
"God! I love this!" I sighed.
"Want me to bring him back?" Lee asked.
"Nah. Let him suffer." I smiled. Tom laughed and we all headed back inside the house to see how Jake was doing.
Chapter 4 is done! (: Tell me what you thinkk. Suggestions are welcome. Thank you all so much for the reviews and those who favored my story.(: You're the best.
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