At 12.35 am, Sebastian Thaddeus Scam walked silently into the kitchen to look for some midnight snack when he sees his adopted sister standing still in the middle of the kitchen staring at the corner of the sink. The kitchen's lights weren't switched on but the moonlight streaming from the glassy windows provided enough light for him to see his sister's murderous intention clearly visible upon her expression. Blinking comically, Thaddeus stood there staring at Areia silently
"What are you-?"
"SSSHHHH! Get me a broom. Quickly" She hissed.
"Why?" Thaddeus asked cryptically.
"Just grab it for goodness' sake" she replied curtly.
"Why?" he repeated.
"We're haunting" Areia answered, not turning to see that Thaddeus had paled. He had seen a shadow of a beastly kind which gave him the idea that a ghost had decided to haunt his home.
"Haunting? As in Ghost Haunting?" he whispered shakily but Areia stayed silent. He then grabbed the broom and the dust pan as his makeshift weapon and braced himself for when his sister went down and the beast decided to get him next. He was scared. Unnecessary mind-numbing thoughts swirled in his head, fueled by the anxiety and adrenalin he was feeling and he cursed his carelessness on forgetting to grab his gadget.
"Get ready." Areia said seriously as she makes her way to the creature with the broom; ready to strike.
"Whatever. Let me record this first" Thaddeus whispered as he activated the Interactive Earphone on his ear to activate the video camera.
"Have you lost your mind?!" she hissed in exasperation.
"What if something happened, huh?! At least there'll be proof!" he snapped.
"SSSHHH!" Areia hissed, looking at her brother pointedly.
Should anyone had entered the kitchen, they would have seen the comical sight of Super Spies, Areia Knightstar and Thaddeus Scam holding a broom and a dust pan like two warriors ready for an ambush. Seconds later, Areia strikes first, hitting whatever it was with speed and close precision as she jumped up and down like a pogo stick.
"HIT IT! HIT IT! STUPID HEAD! HEADDDD!" she shrieks in fright, making Thaddeus panic at the sight of his composed sister-turned-crazy-maniac. Spying a chair behind him, he climbed up to see clearly what exactly had caused his sister to act like this and finds himself gob smacked as he stares speechlessly at the sight.
EPIC FAIL -_-
Interested to know what he saw?
It was his sister; jumping around in fear as she strikes down a . . . RAT?! A FREAKING RAT!
He watched as the rat scampered away, dodging his sister's frantic hits on him as she follows the rat around in small jumping steps. He found it hard to believe when earlier on she was as ready as if it was a life and death mission. His previous negative thoughts were evaporated as he laughed until his stomach hurts. He had seriously thought the worst when she had said "Haunting". His mind certainly had played trick on him and he laughs as Areia continues trying to chase the 'ghost' all around the kitchen and causing havoc as she did until the rat escaped into a small hole, leaving his sister muttering some jumbled up curses.
"Why are you being crazy in the middle of the night? I seriously thought the worst. You have no life or something, trying to haunt a rat? I mean, can't you do this in the morning?! I was at my wits' end." he asked, sniggering.
"I'M HATE THAT RAT! YOU KNOW WHAT?! YESTERDAY I BEGGED MOM TO BUY ME SOME CHOCOLATES! IT TOOK GREAT DEAL OF PERSUADING AND YESTERDAY, SHE FINALLY DECIDED TO GIVE IN. EVEN THEN, I ONLY ATE A LITTLE BIT."
"What does that have to do with the rat, dummy?" Thaddeus asked in frustration.
"THAT'S WHAT MADE ME UPSET! EARLIER THIS MORNING, I WANTED SOME OF THE YUMMY CHOCOLATE I KEPT IN MY BAG AND I OPEN MY BAG TO FIND A TARNISHED CHOCOLATE WITH TEETH MARKS AND CLAW SCRATCHES. I WAS PUZZLED HOW IT GOT INSIDE SINCE IT IS A BRAND NEW BAG AND I ZIPPED IT VERY WELL SO IT WAS SECURED. I CHECKED THE BAG AND IT WAS TOTALLY DEMOLISHED! RUINED! WITH A NICE HOLE AT THE CORNER! CURSED RAT! I'M GONNA SET UP SO MANY RAT TRAPS TOMORROW AND THEN FRY IT IN THE SUN LIKE SHRIVELED MEAT!"
Thaddeus laughed hard until his stomach hurts from all the laughter he did while Areia continues to seethe in the corner, muttering curses upon the rat and its descendant as Tim entered the room with a frown on his tired expression.
"What in the-? Areia, Thad, what is going on here?" he asked as he sees the chairs on the floor and some of the kitchen items away from their place. Areia ignored her adopted father as she continues her ramblings while Thad looked up at his father in glee.
"Well . . ."
THE NEXT DAY
Tim and Sam Scam laughed as their son retold the story of last night while Scarlet laughed so hard that she found herself held by her daddy as he steadied her on the seat. The four then turned to the living room where a sleepless Areia sat on the couch, facing the coffee table where plans with the label 'RAT TRAP VERSION' were laid out according to its order with her Vampire Knight mug full of steaming coffee laid on the side as she plans to destroy 'the rat colony'.
All in all, it was a bright sunny morning.