"We'll return in a few hours, there are some leftovers in the fridge in case you or your brother are still hungry."
"Okay, mom, goodbye!" Kelly waved, not bothering to look anywhere else but her laptop screen.
"Vincent will take care of you while we're gone, be careful dear!" Kelly's mom cooed and patted her daughter's head before leaving for the front door.
"Heh, I'm the one who's gonna end up taking care of him…" Kelly laughed while typing furiously into her laptop, most likely making stupid posts on whatever social media site she was logged in that instant that may or may not be related to her fandoms.
Truly everyone in the Peterson family had some degree of… Uniqueness, for a lack of better word, but all in all they were nice people, even though they could act stupid from time to time.
Speaking of acting stupid, it was just about that time that her brother came rushing down the stairs whenever their parents left. The guy was always busy with something when their parents bid them goodbyes and left, only to almost fall down the stairs in a hopeless attempt to catch them and bid them off as well.
Various thuds and a yelp could be heard, and Kelly looked up to see Vincent holding onto the stairway's railing for dear life.
"You know, I feel like one day falling down from high places is going to become your job or something," Kelly laughed, "You missed them again."
"I did? Crap… I'm sorry." Vincent apologized, standing up and walking down the stairs carefully.
"No need to apologize, mom left you in charge, after all." Kelly shrugged, looking back at her laptop. Vincent grinned and approached Kelly, who was lying down on the sofa and using the armrest as a pillow.
"What are you watching?" He asked, resting his chin on her head, causing Kelly to instinctively lower her laptop's lid.
"Nothing." Kelly hummed, reaching up to poke her brother's cheek.
"If you don't tell me I'll just assume you were watching some naughty crap on there."
"Haha, don't you have some sludge to toss out again, though?" Kelly laughed, snatching Vincent's eyeglasses.
Vincent stood up, "Ew, it's back?" he groaned, taking back his glasses and equipping them to his face. With a disgusted face, he headed towards the backyard door and looked outside.
For the last few months, the overall normal backyard of the Peterson's had been the designated dumpster of a strange, grey sludge. Nobody had any sort of idea as to what it was, and although it was referred to as garbage, it was odorless and seemingly non-toxic and clean, as it was safe to pick it up with your bare hand and didn't leave any sort of residue.
Knowing all of this, however, didn't stop Vincent from deeming the thing absolutely disgusting, as well as openly expressing his disgust every time it was his turn to pick it up. The fact that nobody in the house or the rest of the neighborhood knew where it came from grinded his gears even more.
Kelly resumed her Internet shenanigans as Vincent angrily slid the glass door open and stepped outside to pick up the most recent lot of sludge. Making gagging sounds, Vincent picked up the stuff and hurried over to the trashcans in the backyard, tossing the sludge from a few feet away and rushing back to the house to wash his hands.
'Ugh… Screw whoever keeps tossing their crap in our yard- Huh?' He rambled on in his mind, but this was cut short when he heard a faint noise come from the far end of the backyard. He turned around and glanced over to the yard.
"What was…? Never mind." Vincent huffed and went back to the house, going to the bathroom to wash his hands.
Meanwhile Kelly put her laptop down on the coffee table and sat up, stretching. Those leftovers sounded like a good snack to grab and eat. Standing up, she headed towards the kitchen, passing next to the sliding doors that lead to the backyard. Wait, hold up a minute…
Kelly stepped backwards and looked into the yard; apparently Vincent wasn't done with picking up the sludge, as she could see traces of it on the far end of their lawn. Or so it seemed. When Vincent exited the bathroom and was heading back upstairs, Kelly saw it as the chance to tug him from the back of his shirt to get his attention.
"There's still some sludge left in the yard." Kelly teased, and Vincent just slowly and kind of dramatically turned around to glare at his sister.
"Hey… Vince, bro! Don't look at me like that!" Kelly whimpered, waving her hands, "Come on, I'll help you out so you can stop looking at me funny!" she assured, grabbing her brother's hand and dragging him outside to where the bits of sludge were.
When the two siblings approached the remnants of sludge, however, they discovered something much more interesting to say the least.
"What…"
"Is…"
"That?!" The two siblings said in unison. In front of them was a perfectly circular hole, it didn't seemingly lead anywhere; it was pitch black, like a black hole.
"Vincent… What the heck is that?"
"Wha- Well, how would you want me to know? I'm just as confused about that… Thing…"
"Is that even possible?" Kelly asked.
"I thought not?"
Kelly put a hand under her chin, "How about we toss something into it?" she asked.
"Something? Something like what?"
Before any of the two could think of something, what seemed to be a stick or pen began to emerge from the black hole, wiggling about. The two siblings' faces showed something that could only be described as surprise, I'd put an emoticon to show you, but then it'd look slightly unprofessional, wouldn't it? (Then again, how professional could a fan fiction get, anyways…?)
"Is that a pen?" Vincent asked.
"Yeah, I think it is!" Kelly replied, kneeling down and poking the tip of the pen, making sure to not to touch the actual hole. This caused the pen to stop moving and retreat back to the mini black hole's darkness.
"Someone must be on the other side!" Kelly chimed, then cupped her hands and placed them on both ends of her mouth, "Hello?"
No response.
"Why are you getting so excited about this, though?" Vincent asked when Kelly stood up and dropped her hands in defeat.
"Why wouldn't I? This is like something out of a book or a movie!" Kelly chirped, pointing towards the hole, "You have to admit you don't get to see this kind of stuff daily, Vince."
"Well yeah, but, what if it's dangerous?" Vincent crossed his arms, "You know how everything involving this kind of things usually ends up in some sort of disaster."
Kelly pouted.
"Oh come on, don't tell me you were thinking of hopping onto that thing, were you?" Vincent laughed, patting his sister on her head.
"Maybe…" Kelly hummed, smiling.
"Well, OK, I admit it looks fun, I'd let you in but I care about what would happen to you," He explained, "The only thing we know about it is that there are pens on the other side, for all you know it could be the… I don't know, gateway to pen hell or something!" he joked.
"Pfft, that'd be a fun adventure alright." Kelly giggled.
"In your dreams," Vincent teased while pulling her sister close for a hug, "I don't want you to get hurt, OK? You mean a lot to me."
"OK Mr. Worrywart, I won't go into the gateway to pen hell," Kelly joked, returning the hug, "But you still have some sludge to pick up!"
Immediately after hearing this Vincent pulled Kelly away with a flat expression and looked down to the bits of sludge around them with disgust, "Damn it." He muttered and reached down.
Unluckily for him (and luckily for Kelly), Vincent kneeled down too fast, losing his balance and lunging forward into the black hole. With a yelp, he fell into the hole, and Kelly in shock tried to jump after him to pull him out before he was completely sucked in; this was a fruitless attempt, however, as it caused the two of them to be sucked into the portal, leaving no traces behind.