#1 A Long Day
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"Mommy! Ender gave me a cool nickname like his! I'm Deadlox", I happily cheer. Enderlox stands beside me, smiling at his cleverness. My mother's face slightly falls at my words.
"Honey, I think it's time that you stop talking to imaginary friends. You know they aren't real", she scolds. The seven-year-old gets a confused look on his face.
"But mommy.... Enderlox is real".
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I wake up to hear a crash from downstairs. Again? Unbelievable. I sit up to see Dollox sitting on my dresser.
"You're really creepy, you know that?", I ask the smiling doll.
"At least I didn't kill you in your sleep", his disembodied voice says. His mouth is stitched shut in a smile, so he can't really talk any differently. But to be honest, I'v see way worse things than him. I hear another crash from downstairs. Ugh.
I get up and put on my headphones before leaving my room. I see Vampirelox hanging from the doorframe of the bathroom. Can't he sleep somewhere else!? I edge my way around him and grab my toothbrush and toothpaste. I look back up and would've screamed if I hadn't expected it. My reflection is a creepy version of myself, very pale with dark clothing and hair.
"Hey Shadox", I say before sticking my toothbrush into my mouth. He smiles creepily at me and disappears. He's not much of a talker.
I leave the bathroom and almost trip over Piglox. I groan and continue on with my crazy day. I look out the window at the pool to see another two swimming. Squidlox is in his human form, and Sirenlox is in his siren form. They swim around and talk in the pool. I turn around and I'm left staring into Brinelox's blank eyes.
"Good morning to you, too", I say while going around him.
"Morning", he mutters while going to find something else to do. I make it half way down the stairs before a hologram pops up in front of me.
"Just a warning, it's bad today", Hologramlox says in his glitchy voice. He then disappears into thin air. I cures under my breath and head into the kitchen. Various types of breakfast food cover the walls, floor, and ceiling. And in the middle of it all, stand Enderlox and Demonlox. They both have pancake batter covering them from head to toe.
"You better be planning to clean this up!", I shout at them.
"In your dreams!", Demonlox yells before running out the other kitchen exit. Enderlox shrugs and casually follows him, wings held in an almost cocky manner. Ghostlox then sticks his head through the ceiling from the floor above.
"When it's dry and stuck to the walls, then you can make them clean it", he tells me before disappearing. I agree with him and move into the living room, where Insanelox is sharpening a knife.
(A/N I think I got them all! Who wants to do a head count?)
"So, what's the plan for today? Anything violent?", Insanelox asks me as soon as I sit down.
"If you want blood, go play happy wheels! But we need to go shopping today, and then I have a few recordings to do with Adam and Mitch", I tell him. Oh, did I not mention that I'm a YouTuber? How else do you think I can spend so much of my time babysitting my other selves? And people wonder why I have a big house!
"I went shopping last time, so I'm not going", Insanelox pouts while crossing his arms.
"Ok, you can stay here. But don't break anything for crying out loud!", I scold him, "So who hasn't been in a while? Hmmm..... I think Ghostlox and Squidlox should go, they got out of it on their last turn". Insanelox grunts while licking his knife and watching me leave the room. I head out to the pool first, because Ghostlox was probably listening.
"Squid, we're going shopping. No whining", I say to the seemingly empty pool. A bubble rises up and pops at the surface. "I'm not kidding. Car. Now". A small, blue squid reluctantly floats to the surface of the pool. I grab Squidlox while he's in his squid form and set him on my shoulder. Since he's part human, he can breath water and air. He's only about as big as a kitten in this form. Adam would flip if he could see him. I walk out the door and wait for Ghostlox. He's one of the less stubborn of us. He eventually floats out of the ground.
"Where are we going to? Walmart or Target?", Ghost asks while opening front car door then shouting, "Shotgun". All of my other selves can still move and touch things. It's actually quite funny to see people's reactions. The whole of my YouTube group, Team Crafted, are convinced that my house is haunted. I get in the driver side of the car and insert the key to start the engine. Squidlox stays perched on my shoulder. He probably won't switch into his human form until we get to-
"Walmart", I say out loud. Technically, Ghostlox could drive if he wanted to, but I'd look pretty weird to see a car driving itself. Plus, he'd probably crash. And people wonder why I drive a 'mom van'. Now, you might think that I hate my other selves, but it's actually the opposite. We're basically brothers. Sure we all met in the least humane way possible, but I still love all these bozos.
Once we get to Walmart and park the car, I quickly get out with Ghost following. No one will notice the door opening by itself. Probably. Did I mention that's it's five in the morning? It's 5:07 A.M. to be exact. You'll see why we're here so early in a second.
I enter the store, and thankfully see no one in the immediate area. Squidlox practically rolls off my shoulder and shifts to his human form in time to fall face-first on the floor. Ghost bursts out laughing, and I have to bite my tongue in order not to giggle.
"C'mon guys, we actually have a job to do", I say, lowering my voice so no one else can overhear me. I haul Squid to his feet and drag Ghost behind me, still laughing. The three of us go over to the carts, where I stop and pull out three different lists from my pocket. I keep a sheet of paper on the fridge all week for my various selves and I to write down things we want from different stores. I almost always have to cross out half of them. We definitely don't need a bunch of life-sized light sabers. I divided everything up based on where they are in the store before I went to bed last night.
"I'll leave the cart by the laundry soap isle, make sure you get only the stuff written down. And no, Squidlox, we're not getting anymore pool noodles", I sigh to his unspoken question. He glares at me before taking his list and slinking off into the depths of Walmart.
"You better be getting those chocolate chip muffins", Ghost comments before slipping into the floor. I'm the only one of us who really has to eat, but the others would occasionally nibble on something. But I don't think I've ever seen Shadox eat. I'm sure that people think this place is haunted by now with how things sometimes randomly fall off the shelves and slide underneath the isles. The cameras have plenty of blind spots for stuff to be snuck away from that point. But it's not like I plan to steal it! The items just so happen to wind up in the cart...
After about twenty minutes of cruising around the isles, I come back to the cart with an armload off stuff. Squidlox is already waiting there with stuff in the cart.
"I really hope you didn't put the bread at the bottom again......", I grumble at him. He just smirks at me. Ghostlox then makes his appearance, fazing out of the floor with some stuff in his arms. I still have no idea how he can make a box of ramen noodles go through walls.
"Is that everything? I'm worried that Insane is going to leave something gross in my bed....", Ghost grumbles.
"You're the one who stuck his knife in a jar of nutella!", I laugh, grabbing hold of the cart and pushing it forwards.
"I wanted some toast", is his only explanation.
Squid and Ghost keep jabbering as we near the check-out isles, but I have to keep quite that way I don't look insane......... even if I might be. There's two tired looking workers at the check-outs today. Ghostlox sits on the moving belt and swings his legs, quickly getting sucked up underneath the machine.
"Good morning sir, did you find everything ok?", the women asks me when I start loading things up on the cart.
"Yeah, nothing like some early morning shopping", I hum.
"Ty! There's more jelly beans over here", Squid speaks up, tugging on my shirt sleeve. I have to fight not to react. Ghost is suddenly pulled back on top of the belt, and he snatches a small box of jelly beans and holds it on the belt. I'm surprised the worker didn't notice. Ghost poses like a model as he slides past me.
"What happed to the ones we bought last time?", I mutter under my breath.
"I'm sorry?", the woman says, looking confused.
"Oh, n-no. I was just talking to myself", I hastily explain. Ghostlox winks as the women reaches through his hand to take the jelly beans. Him and Hologram are the only ones who can pull off that little trick.
This is going to be a long day.
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