Dead at Eight
Muscle Man is hammering and sawing some wood. "Looks like he's at it again." (Y/n) said. "Ugh... Why does he waste his time?" Rigby asked. The trio walk toward Muscle Man. "You've been building your water slide for six weeks." Mordecai said. "You're never gonna ride it, man." Rigby said, and Muscle Man shakes his head. "Dudes, dudes. Let me get real for a second. This slide is my life's work. It's gotta be perfect." He said. "Dude, dude, we dare you to ride it right now." Rigby said. "I'll ride it when it's done." Muscle Man walks toward wooden beams. "I still need to add some support beams to the ramp so that I can clear my trailer and land in the lake." Muscle Man said.
"Dude, its totally sturdy." Mordecai said. "Are you sure about that?" (Y/n) asked uncertainly. "Well, yeah, (Y/n), look at it." Mordecai said. "Yeah, but-" Muscle Man said, but Rigby cuts him off. "BOOOOOOOOOO!!!" He shouted. "What? You think just cause you're yelling "Boo" I'm gonna ignore-" Muscle Man said. "Booooo!" Mordecai & Rigby shouted, and (Y/n) rolls her eyes. "Fine! I'll do it!" Muscle Man shouted. "Hmm, hmm, hmm hmm!" Mordecai & Rigby said.
Muscle Man is now on top of the hill and screws open the fire hydrant. "I'm totally gonna do it, you know!" He said. "Sure you are, man!" Mordecai shouted. "Wait guys, are you sure this is a good idea? What if he gets hurt?" (Y/n) asked worriedly. "Ah relax, (Y/n). He's fine." Rigby said. "Yeah, it's not like he's actually gonna do it." Mordecai said. "WHOO!!!!!! WHOO!!!!" Muscle Man said shirtless and running. "Oh no..." (Y/n) said. "Yep, any second now he'll stop." Rigby said. Muscle Man jumps on the water slide. He is laying down on his back and he has his arms crossed over his chest.
"I can't believe it! Dude, he did it!" Mordecai said in shock. He goes down the slide. "WHOO!! WHOO!!!" Muscle Man passes the trio. "Yeah!" Rigby said. "Go dude!" Mordecai said, but (Y/n) was just watching worriedly. "Go man!!" Rigby shouted. "In yo face, suckers!!" Muscle Man gasps to see the ramp is breaking. "Uh oh..." (Y/n) said worriedly. "Oh, geez!" Mordecai said, also worried now. "Yah, aaah! Yah!" Muscle Man hits his trailer, then crashes into some tree branches.
"He could be all right." Rigby said, then gasps. Muscle Man slides off a tree branch and lands on top of his car. "Muscle Man!" (Y/n) shouted worriedly as she runs over. "Are you okay?" She asked. Muscle Man gets up to show a bruised face with branches sticking out. "Ahh!" The trio shouted. "Yeah, I'm all good." Muscle Man spits out a tooth. "Did you see how cool I looked?" He asked. Death comes through a portal talking to someone on his phone. "What do you mean you can't babysit tonight? I know it's short notice. I'll pay you double. Wait, wait, don't hang up!! Oh!" Death walks over to (Y/n), Mordecai, Rigby, & Muscle Man.
"I'm in a bit of a rush today, so I'll just take Muscle Man's soul and be off." Death said. "WHAT?!" (Y/n) asked in panic. "But I'm barely even hurt. It's just a few broken—" Death interrupts and lifts up his scythe. "No wait, stop!" The trio shouted. "It's all our fault! He didn't even want to use the slide." Mordecai said. "Yeah! You can't take him!" (Y/n) shouted. "Look little girl, I'm just doing my job here, got it?" Death asked. "Please, we'll do anything!" Mordecai shouted. "Anything?" Death asked. "Yeah!" The trio said. "Yeah." Muscle Man said. "Hmm, wait a sec.
Maybe we can make a deal. If you two babysit my son Thomas so I can take my wife out for our anniversary tonight, I'll let your friend go." Death said. "Sure, not a problem." (Y/n) said. "Very good." Death pulls out an amulet and shrinks Muscle Man inside it. "Oh, no! Help me, bros!" He shouted. "Hey!" (Y/n) shouted angrily. "I'll be keeping your friend in this amulet until my wife and I return from dinner. And one more thing: if Thomas isn't asleep by 8:00, Muscle Man's soul is mine for eternity. Got it?"
Death asked. The trio and Death walk to his house and open the front doors. "Baby! I'm home!" He said. "Who is that with you? Wait, let me guess, the "babysitters". She walks down the stairs and walks over to them. "Well I must say, you three certainly don't much look like babysitters." She said. "Course they are! The best babysitters money can buy." Death said. Rigby laughs nervously. "Yep, we're totally babysitters." He said. "And how did my husband contact you a month ago?" The woman asked. "Phone." Mordecai said. "Email." Rigby said. " Fax." Death said.
"Email?" Rigby asked. "Phone?" Death asked. "Fax." Mordecai said, and (Y/n) face palms. "All three naturally. Wanted to be thorough." Death said. "And you've had experience with paranormal children?" Death's wife asked. "Yeah. Pairs, one on one, all sorts of normal kids." Mordecai said. "Hey, so, where is the little guy anyway?" (Y/n) asked. "Oi, Thomas. Say hi to uncle Mordo, uncle Rigs and aunt (N/n)." Death said. "Come on Thomas." Thomas is seen babbling nearby.
"Come to mommy." Death's wife picks Thomas up. "You know, Thomas can be quite a handful. Make sure he's asleep when we get back. If he isn't, I'll be most disappointed in you. ALL of you." She said. "I will be disappointed also." Death makes MM get squished in the amulet. "Get it?!" Death and his wife walk out. "So, where is the reservation?" Death and his wife teleport into their car and drive off. "Oh, you know, that extra fancy, extra available place." Death said. "I can't believe this! You losers better know what you're doing! Do you even know how to get a kid to sleep?" Muscle Man asked. "Dude, no problem." (Y/n) said.
"Yeah, man, he's just a kid." Mordecai said. Later the quartet are in Thomas' room. "Okay little dude, time to go to sleep." (Y/n) said with a firm mother tone. "NO! I REFUSE." Thomas said, talking like an adult. "What the?" (Y/n) asked. "Wait, you can talk?" Rigby asked. "Of course I can. I am over 300 years old." Thomas said. "A baby that's over 3,000 years old? How does that work exactly?" (Y/n) asked, and Rigby shrugs. "Wait, do your parents know?" Mordecai asked. "NO! And let's keep it that way! I wanna ride this baby thing out for a little while longer, and before I slumber, I demand that we play." Thomas said. "You're demanding?
That's not how this works. You have to listen to US, we're the babysitters." (Y/n) said. "Come on (Y/n), maybe he'll listen to us more if we let him." Rigby said, and she sighs. "Fine..." the trio let Thomas play with a small scary-looking vacuum cleaner, and fiery sparks come out of it. Next, Rigby gives Thomas a black toy bunny which he chews up, spits out, and tears the stuffing out of. (Y/n), Mordecai, Rigby, and Thomas start playing with fake guns, Muscle Man not feeling amused. Thomas is later taken to a swing to play on, and he performs a fiery trick.
(Y/n), Mordecai and Rigby show some appreciation, though it later gets out of hand. "That was an excellent playtime." Thomas said. "Ok! Now, you need to go to sleep!" (Y/n) said. "In time, but right now, I hunger: for food!" Thomas said. "Aw, what?! But that wasn't part of the deal!" (Y/n) shouted. "She's right." Rigby said. "Food!" Thomas said, and she groans. "Ok. Let's see what we can find." Mordecai opens the fridge, which appears to have a magical green light. "Ok. Soul juice, goat's feet....augh, almond milk?" He finds something. "Oh, there it is." he pulls out a glass of milk and gives it to Thomas. "Here you go, Thomas. Warm milk." He said.
"Warm milk is," Thomas whacks the glass away. "Nothing to me! I want cookies!" He sucks cookies into his mouth. "I also love sugar!" He sucks sugar out of a bag in the cupboard. "It gives me power!" He starts bouncing around the kitchen. "Ugh! Are you kidding me?!" (Y/n) asked in frustration. "Ugh! You toolboxes are hopeless! You couldn't put a kid to bed to save your lives!" Muscle Man shouted.
"We're trying!" (Y/n) shouted. "Well, it's a good thing it's your life at stake then." Rigby shot back. "You shut your face! You're lucky I'm stuck in this ball!" Muscle Man shouted as he furiously begins banging the glass. The phone starts to ring. Mordecai goes to answer it. "Hello?" He asked. "Dinner went magnificently. We're coming back now, and if Thomas isn't asleep, Muscle Man will be a permanent part of my wife's jewelry collection!" Death hangs up and Mordecai gasps. "They're on their way home." He shouted. "What?!" (Y/n) shouted.
"What do we do?!" Rigby asked. "You get up there and put that kid to bed, or I'll haunt you turds for the rest of your lives!" (Y/n), Mordecai and Rigby are seen walking around, trying to find Thomas. "Thomas?" Mordecai asked. "Thomas!" Rigby shouted. "Thomas, where are you? Time for bed!" (Y/n) shouted. They enter a room where Thomas is moving around. "Bad Thomas! Bad! You get down from there this instant mister!" (Y/n) demanded. "You promised you'd go to bed after you ate!" Rigby shouted. "Dad always reads me a story before bed." He drops down onto the floor. "Regale me with a story." He said. "Ugh, fine!" (Y/n) grabs a book off the shelf.
"Uh, once upon a time..." she began. "Not that book." He points behind (Y/n). "That book." He said. The trio turn to see a book that is being held up by skeleton hands and is engulfed in flames. "I'm not sure that's a good idea." Mordecai said. "It is a terrific idea." Thomas said. "To you, maybe." (Y/n) said. "Just read it, bros!" Muscle Man begins to sweat. "It's starting to smell like B.O. in here for some reason!" He said. (Y/n), Mordecai, Rigby, and Thomas sit on the couch. (Y/n) is getting ready to read Thomas the story. "The Hungry Hungry Soul-Sucking Death Worm. Lovely."
She adds to herself sarcastically, and her best friends snicker a little. She continues reading. "The hungry, hungry soul-sucking death worm was so, so hungry-" she said. "Pull the tab!" (Y/n) pulls the tab. "He searched far and wide for souls to eat, but only got hungrier. Wow, this is garbage. You actually like this?" (Y/n) asked skeptically. "This is the most boring part of the book. It gets much better." Thomas replied. (Y/n) is now almost done reading the book. "And once all the souls were eaten, he took a nice, long nap. The end." (Y/n) looks up.
"Well, I'm officially scarred for life." She said. "No, wait. You forgot to pull the last tab." Thomas said. "Uh..." (Y/n) said. "PULL IT! This is my favorite part!" Thomas shouted. "Okay, okay! Chill, dude." (Y/n) said. (Y/n) pulls the tab, releasing a real life soul-sucking death worm, which breaks the table in front of them. (Y/n), Mordecai and Rigby scream and run away while Thomas claps. "Don't be afraid, just feed it!" He said. "What do we feed it?" Mordecai asked.
"Souls." He tries to teleport Muscle Man out of the amulet. "Wah!" The death worm roars happily when it sees Muscle Man. Rigby screams in fear and runs away with (Y/n) and Mordecai as the hungry creature comes towards him. He keeps running and turns around only to see the death worm right behind him. He quickly thinks of an idea and takes off the amulet. "(Y/n), catch!" Rigby throws the amulet and barely avoids getting bitten by the death worm. Muscle Man screams as he is hurled through the air. (Y/n) manages to catch the amulet, which makes the death worm start to chase after her instead.
As it turns, its tail hits Rigby in the face, causing Rigby to be flung into a TV. "Rigby!" (Y/n) shouted. "What are you doing? Give it the fat man's soul!" Thomas shouted. "Never!" (Y/n) shouted. He climbs up (Y/n) in an attempt to get the amulet. "Hey! Uuuuh!" Thomas bites (Y'/n)'s arm, causing her to drop the amulet. "Ow!" "(Y/n)!" Mordecai shouted worriedly. "Leave her alone!" The amulet rolls away. "Augh, knock it off you little demon!" She shouted furiously. The death worm smiles as it sees Muscle Man, and Thomas laughs with glee. Before Muscle Man can be eaten, however, Rigby rolls by and snatches up the amulet. "Got it!" Rigby said. "Watch out!" (Y/n) shouted. Rigby rolls out of the way right before the death worm eats him.
"A little help, guys?!" Rigby asked. Mordecai and (Y/n) run to catch up with Rigby. "Dudes, we have to get the worm back in the book!" Mordecai said. Rigby tosses the amulet. "Take Muscle Man. I got a plan!" He runs away. "Rigby!" Mordecai and (Y/n) shouted. Rigby slides into the living room and grabs the book. Meanwhile, Mordecai and (Y/n) are running away from the death worm as Thomas follows in hot pursuit, laughing. Mordecai and (Y/n) then run up a flight of stairs, causing the death worm to chase them. "No, no, no! This is not how it is written! The worm must eat the soul!" He throws a piece of wood at Mordecai and (Y/n).
They both duck. "No way, you bloodthirsty little jerk!" Mordecai shouted. They continue to run away as the death worm appears right behind them. Rigby then runs back into the room with the book in his hands. "Mordecai, throw Muscle Man over to Thomas!" Rigby said. "What?!" (Y/n) asked. Mordecai and (Y/n) are running up the flight of stairs again. They stop when they hear Rigby say this. "He'll just feed him to the worm! " Mordecai shouted. The worm roars in response. "Trust me!" Rigby shouted. "You better not do it, man!" Muscle Man shouted.
"Sorry, Muscle Man!" He throws the amulet over to Thomas, which confuses the death worm. Muscle Man screams in anguish. "I will feed it myself if I need to!" Thomas! shouted. The amulet lands into his open hands. "Huh?" The death worm then proceeds to jump down the flight of stairs in order to get to Muscle Man. "Ah! That's not what I meant!" Right before the death worm can eat Muscle Man's soul, Rigby jumps in front of Thomas with the open book. Rigby screams as the death worm starts to get sucked back into the book, and (Y/n) picks up Thomas and the amulet. The death worm has its tail wrapped around a chandelier, but that does not stop it from getting pulled back into the book. Rigby then closes the book in success.
"Dude. Nice!" Mordecai said. "You did it!" (Y/n) said with relief. "Thanks!" Rigby said, who's face has been messed up from the force of the worm getting sucked back into the book. "Ugh. I think I'm gonna hurl." Muscle Man said. "Augh! That was an awful storytime!" Thomas shouted. "Hey, we read you the story, now go to sleep!" (Y/n) shouted furiously. "I could have been killed! I'm never going to sleep! Never, ever! Look at the time!" The trio look at the clock which shows that it is almost eight p.m. and they gasp. "Mommy and daddy will be back any minute now, and when they see me wide awake, they'll go ballistic."
Footsteps are heard right outside the door. (Y/n), Mordecai and Rigby gasp in fear. Thomas starts laughing, only to be silenced when the chandelier falls on top of him. (Y/n), Mordecai and Rigby grimace. "Dudes, we're so dead." Mordecai said. "Uh huh." (Y/n) agreed. "He could... be alright." Rigby said hopefully, then the door opens. "We're back!" Death gasps. "Oh! What happened here?" Death walks around and points out everything. "Broken furniture all over the place? Fires everywhere! My favorite harp: ruined! Unbelievable!" He walks back over to (Y/n), Mordecai and Rigby and is furious with them for the destruction of his house.
"And what about Thomas?!" He asked. "Uhhhhh...." Rigby said. "Thomas?" Death's wife lifts up the chandelier. "He's out cold." She walks back over to Death. "Oh, thanks for a perfect anniversary, darling." She kisses Death and walks away with Thomas. "Right." Death points at (Y/n), Mordecai and Rigby. "You three... are the best babysitters we've ever had! You certainly did better than the last few." He holds up his hand, which has three rings with the last few babysitters' souls inside. "I'm impressed. I was sure you'd perish." He said. "Yeah, thanks. Now we had a deal, remember?" (Y/n) holds up the amulet. "Yeah, bring Muscle Man back." Rigby said.
"Alright, fine. A deal's a deal." Death teleports Muscle Man out of the amulet, which also brings Muscle Man back to his original size. Muscle Man cheers and swings his shirt over his head until he realizes it is now too small to put back on. Later (Y/n), Mordecai, Rigby, and Muscle Man are standing outside of Death's house. "You know, it's not easy juggling a full-time job and raising a family, so don't expect it to be so easy to get one of your souls back next time. Which will be soon, what with Muscle Man entering that hot dog eating contest." (Y/n), Mordecai, Rigby, and Muscle Man laugh. "Seriously, you're gonna die in a hot dog eating contest. Ta!" He walks away and closes the door. "Wait, how do we get home?" Rigby asked.
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