Arcellious walks out of Schroder Corp after a long day of work and gets into the subway station when he feels his phone vibrating. Arcellious pulls out his phone and sees it's his older sister Rachael calling him as the train pulls in. "Congratulations caller number nine, you have just won tickets to the Black Parade concert this saturday!" Arcellious said. "Oh ha fucking ha" Rachael said nettled. "What's up sis?" Arcellious said as he sat down.
"Grandpa called us and said we needed to head over to Star Hope for something. He didn't say what for or how urgent it was" Rachael said. "Why would grandpa want us at the school for?" Arcellious asked. "No idea, he just said 'i need you and your brother to both come to the school, there's something i need you to discuss with you two'" Rachael said. "Do you want me to call him and ask what's going on?" Arcellious asked. "No… he… I don't know… just… come home, we'll worry about it tomorrow given that it's like after seven" Rachael said.
"Did you make something from the deli for dinner?" Arcellious asked. "Uuh… no i didn't… i did order indian food though so there's your usual waiting for you when you get here. I already made the plate how you like it so when you come home you can just microwave it and eat" Rachael said. "You sound stressed. Would you want to have a duel when I get done eating to help you unwind?" Arcellious offered. "Where are you at now?" Rachael asked.
"Pulling up on… lincoln station now" Arcellious said. "That's not gonna be for a while… damnit…" Rachael said. "Long day?" Arcellious asked. "You don't know the half of it. I had to deal with the most annoying people today that just for the life of them could not make up their fucking minds… then i had to deal with four fucking kankers on top of that" Rachael said. "Sorry to hear that. Is that why you got indian? Because you wanted your comfort food" Arcellious asked.
Rachael leaned back nodding, not answering. "Alright, i'll get off at the next stop and have stern pick me up to get me home faster" Arcellious said. "I don't see why you don't just ask him to play taxi so you don't have to take the train all the damn time" Rachael said. "Yes but which is cheaper? Paying him to drive me home every week or no money but wait a hour and a half to get home?" Arcellious said as he got off the train. "How much does he ask for?" Rachael said, leaning forward a little.
"Forty a week" Arcellious said. "Train" Rachael said. "Alright, I'm gonna hang up and page his ass so see you in a bit" Arcellious said. "Alright. See you when you get home" Rachael said. "Bye" Arcellious said and hung up. Arcellious dialed sterns number and called him. "Billybobs roadkill cafe, straight from your fender served hot and tender. What can I get for ya" Stern said in a fake southern accent. "I really hate that of all the shit we've made up at school, that's your favorite" Arcellious said.
"Need a ride I presume?" Stern asked. "Yup" Arcellious said. "Where you at?" Stern asked. "Starlight station" Arcellious said. "Alright, i'll head out now" Stern said. Arcellious waited outside the station as Stern pulled up in a black vehicle. "Thanks for the short notice lift" Arcellious said as he got in. "Of course" Stern said. "Something i wanna talk to you about rach told me" Arcellious said. "What is it?" Stern asked as he merged into traffic. "She told me grandpa called and that me and her both need to see him" Arcellious said. "What's wrong with that?" Stern asked. "Grandpa never calls us in like this unless it's a serious situation" Arcellious said. "Maybe something happened with jane?" Stern said. "No, because rach would've said so. This time she didn't say why we need to come in, just that we do" Arcellious said. "That is weird… hopefully nothing wrong with his health" Stern said. "I hope so too…" Arcellious said and looked out the window and watched the street lamps pass them as they drove.
Fifteen minutes later stern pulls up to the apartment building Arcellious and Rachael live in. Arcellious said nothing as he got out and waved at Stern as he drove away. Arcellious entered the apartment and saw Rachael sleeping in a bean bag bed with a blanket over her with the tv illuminating the room. Arcellious saw the credits rolling to a movie and quietly turned off the tv trying not to wake Rachael and turned on the microwave to warm up his plate she had made for him. Arcellious opened the microwave door as soon as it went off to make as little noise as possible to not wake Rachael. Arcellious sat down and used his phone for light and ate his chicken mahkni and rice in silence. Rachael gave a small snore and jolted up and woke up from the noise and looked around to see Arcellious in the kitchen. "How long have you been here?" Rachael asked. "Few minutes" Arcellious said as he hand washed his plate and placed it on the drying rack. Rachael leaned out stretching her arms and legs and stood up and turned to stretch her back.
"What were you dreaming about?" Arcellious asked. "Honestly… i don't exactly know… i was watching a movie and there was a scene that involved whistles which worked its way into my dream. So all I remember was the whistles controlling my dream a little" Rachael said. "What movie was it?" Arcellious said. "Final salvation, what scene was it on when you came in?" Rachael asked. "Credits" Arcellious said. "Duel" Rachael said, turning on a lamp.