Ice: I know I take too long. Sorries. I do have a handful of ideas though. Thank you Sonar for this awesome idea! And yes, I realize I went stupid with counting and this is the real chapter 14. *Fixed minor spelling error. We're good now. ^_^

That afternoon, Valon spent the rest of his time hiding in his room. He would whimper ever so often and Raphael would throw a random object to make him stop. So far, three shoes, five books, various bottles and cans, and Valon's own keys had been thrown at him.

Alister had also been hiding in his room since the incident. He almost feared walking out the door, but really just didn't feel like it. He figured it was best to just sit and relax and maybe all the pranks would end. At least he thought that until he realized he wanted revenge.

How do I scare a paranoid runt… Alister wondered.

He knew Valon was paranoid with loud noises so what was the best in loud noise making? Maybe there was an idea waiting in the closet to be found. Besides, who doesn't keep this stuff in their own closet anyway?

I had those firecrackers saved from last year… Where did they go? Thought Alister as he dug through clothes and various other items in the closet.

While he was digging, he was trying to think of the best place to set them off. He thought of the kitchen and of course the bathroom, but neither really gave him the evil good feeling he was wanting. He then thought of Valon's own bedroom, but knowing him, it was probably rigged with traps just waiting for Alister to set off.

As he continued his search, Raphael happened to be walking by and heard the sound of things being thrown.

"Do I dare ask what you're looking for?" he asked Alister.

"Probably not."

"Okay."

With that, he continued walking on and went to check on Valon who was still paranoid that Alister was going to run in and kill him without notice. He knocked on the door.

"Valon? You alive in there?"

"AHHHHHHH!" Slam.

Raphael ran in and saw the poor kid lying on the floor. He had to figure he was previously sitting on the bed.

Oops… Thought Raphael, "Did I scare you?"

"Who? Me? Nooooooo. I just found… A dust bunny. Yeah, that's all."

"If you say so… Are you ever coming out of your room again? You do know it's safe, right?"

"Yeah, I know. I just like it in here for now. I'll come out later. I promise."

"Okay then. You're welcome to join me in the living room if you want."

"Okay, I get to pick what we watch?"

"…Sure…" Great. Another shoot 'em up movie. Wonderful. Not like there hasn't been enough excitement around here as it is.

"Okay! I'll be out soon!"

Raphael left him alone and instantly regretted his idea. However he did think now was a good time to try out his new video camera. He began to think about where to rig it. Obviously the living room, but where would be the best spot…

If I sit in the chair, he can have the couch to lay on. If he lays on the couch, I can hide it above the tv itself and have a good view of everything. This is going to be great one day…

Raphael set up his video camera angled down from a shelf above the tv. It turned out to be quite discreet and was fairly confident that Valon would never know. He expected Alister to pull something on him and figured he may as well cash in on it. May as well make some money out of it.

Almost on cue, Valon came walking into the living room trying to figure out where he should sit. He knew the chair was really Raphael's spot and the couch was usually Alister's, but Alister wasn't out here this time, was he?

He eyed the couch and Raphael knew what he was thinking.

"Go ahead. Take the couch. He's not going to mind this time," said Raphael.

"Okay… Wait a minute. You're not trying to set me up, are you?" It was written all over his face that he was absolutely paranoid at this point.

"No, he's just refusing to come out of his room too."

"If you say so…" he said as he looked around cautiously before pouncing on the couch.

"Now what did you want to watch?" Here it comes…

"Mission Impossible 3? Pretty please?"

"Alrighty then." Great. I knew it. I knew it was too much to ask for a normal quiet day.

Back in Alister's room, he finally found his little set of firecrackers. Just perfect enough to be set off in the house without hurting anything. He thought it might be best to do some surveillance and see where the best place would be. Why not start with the living room?

He had just barely tiptoed around the corner when he saw the pipsqueak laying on his couch watching a movie. Perfect. It would also happen to be a movie with plenty of guns.

Oh, this is just way too easy…

He ran back to his room and grabbed the firecrackers and a lighter. He creeped along the wall and waited until Raphael went back to his book looking discontent. Valon was way too into the movie to notice Alister clumsily sneaking along. Once he got behind the couch he set them out and waited until someone started shooting.

It took maybe two minutes of sitting there ready for a shootout to start on screen. He lit them and ran back to his room knowing all hell was about to break loose. He could barely contain his laughter for what was about to happen.

Valon was still stretched out on the couch content and happy that he could claim the couch and watch his movie. Or was.

Bang!

The firecrackers went off and caused the young boy to go flipping off the couch backwards. Raphael didn't seem to be bothered by the loud sudden noises. Valon stared at him wide-eyed in disbelief.

"How the hell did that not bother you?"

"What? Oh, sorry," he replied as he removed ear plugs. "You had to watch a guns blazing type movie and I wanted to read so I thought I'd read in peace. Why? What's wrong?"

"That jerk just set off firecrackers behind the couch! You seriously didn't hear that?"

"I didn't hear anything. Wow, these are better than I thought…"

"You're unbelievable. He's dead."

Valon took off searching the house for Alister. He knew it was his fault. If there's only three people in a house and two are in one room, who does that leave? A redhead sitting in his room looking decidedly not innocent. Valon slammed the door open and stood there seething.

"The hell is wrong with you? Can you not knock or something? Geez, act like you were raised in a barn or something."

"You… You… You jerkface!" the young one yelled as he lunged for Alister.

"Oh… Crap…"

He tried to run for the door, but Valon had already attacked his ankle like a rabid mutt. He tried crawling, but it was proving to be very difficult. Then there was a figure in the doorway holding something. Raphael had grabbed his video camera and was going to town filming the aftermath.

Valon and Alister instantly stopped and stared at him.

"Oh… You noticed me… Oops?"

Raphael ran for it and the two quickly followed. He didn't really expect them to be upset by it, and yet somewhat expected a little retaliation. Just not two angry guys with brooms.

"I can't believe you would film this!" Alister screamed.

"You set me up! You lied to me!" Screeched Valon.

"You set yourselves up when you started this whole mess!" Raphael yelled as he continued to run down the street hoping to lose them as it grew darker out.

So maybe I didn't think of how to get back in the house after this…


Ice: There, finally another chapter down. I've got ideas for 2 more that will probably be posted within the next week or so. Now to try to work on the other stories…