IT'S A SPOOKY MONTH!!

▪︎ CHAPTER FOUR ▪︎

Skid was putting on his casual clothing and combed his hair neatly then went downstairs to greet Lila, "Hi mom!" The woman looked at her son and waved, "Hey son, what's up?" Skid stood beside her with a smile, "Nothin', just wanna tell you that I'm going out to see Pump & Tyler!" Lila chuckled then kissed her son's head, "Alright, but be careful and back before midnight. You already know the cases.." The boy nodded, "I know, love you mom!" "Love ya too, my lil' skeleton." And Skid went through the front door while stuffing some cash in his pocket, in case the kids wanna visit the candy store.

Pump was drawing with his big sister, Susie and heard a knock on his front door, "I'll get that-" He stood up and went there to open it, "Skid!!" "Hey Pump!!" And both of them did the Spooky Dance, while Susie rolled her eyes then continue her drawing, "Hey Susie, can I go out with him?" "Sure, I'll tell grandpa." Pump went to hug her and she returned it, "I'll be back before dark!" And with that, two kids went to Tyler's. Luke was the one to open the door, "Hey, want me to get Ty?" The kids shake their heads, "Nah, we can get him." The man nodded and let them in, "If anything, I'll be in my room." "Okay, Mr. Luke!" They slide to Tyler's room and Pump is the one to knock on his door and Tyler opened it with something in hand, "What's that?" Skid asked and Tyler looked at dark navy blue fabric, "You'll see." He walked inside again to get his jacket then finally came out, "Let's go!" They said goodbye to Luke and left his house.
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Kevin has to admit; work's boring as hell. But at least he has someone working with him, his manager said that maybe he needs an extra hand and that's Basil; pretty enby but very shy that xe used a notepad or sign language to communicate. He looked at xem, stacking the candies in order at 2nd or 3rd aisle, he didn't really like them, he only see xem as a younger sibling figure, much like Ross but just two years apart. Though, he has to stop young adult customers hitting on Basil..he doesn't want xem to feel uncomfortable at working times.

He felt a poke on his shoulder, jumped then saw his co-worker already done with the stacking. "Oh god, don't scare me like that-!" Basil panicked a little then signed language, 'Sorry-!!' Kev sighed then pat their head, "It's fine, just don't do it again." Xe nodded and they both heard a ding from the bells at the entrance so they looked at newcomers; it's the Spooky Kidz. "For the 131th time, the candy bags are for Halloween." Kevin let go of Basil's head while shaking his head, "Awee, it's okay! We can get others, right?" The young adult enby just nodded, sharing Kev's expression and the kids went to the aisles to take; Kit Kats, Airheads, M&Ms, Hershey's Cookies 'N' Cream and Starbursts then went to the counter, "...That much..?" Basil spoke up and it didn't surprise anyone, not only xe's comfortable with their co-worker but also the kids since they been praising both of them. "Yep!" Skid responded and they sighed, god these kids are something..

After scanning and Skid paying (Finally, Kevin thought), the kids said goodbye to both of them and left Candy Club, "So, one question-" The enby looked at their friend, "I don't wanna personalize anything about..last year but wanna talk about those nightmares..?" It didn't take long as Basil nodded, "S-sure.." They both sat down on the floor since standing up for so long made their legs tired and talked (well, Basil is doing the writing for now) about the bad dreams from last Halloween.
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While the kids are walking down the street, they heard curses from somewhere so they turned their heads around to see two cops; one was screaming angrily while the other looked at him with pity and concern. They looked at where the sheriff complained about and found why; the street wall got vandalised..again. Tyler pulled their hands to move on and they did, not wanting to interfere into the police's work. "Poor sheriff, he got another vandalism problem.." Skid frowned at Pump's sentence then nodded, "Yeah, must be from the troublemakers that don't respect the law!" He pouted and Tyler looked at him, "I'm sure they'll get a fine or..?-" "Actually, my mom told me if someone is caught for that; it's either getting fined or going to jail..or both. They even have to force that person to repair, wash or replace that damaged property!" Pump and Tyler looked at him, "You seriously need to ask your mom for that?" The dark purple haired kid shrugged, "I couldn't help but ask since I keep seeing those on the walls alot and got curious of what happens next." The older boy sighed, "Well, at least you're learning fast so that's good.."

The moment they got to the park, they heard a voice, "Hey!" They looked at where the source came from and it was a girl, about Tyler's age, with poofy dirty blonde hair, a mole just between her mouth and right eye and a lime green dress. "Reeda, what you doing here?" Tyler recognized the girl and that only made the iconic duo confused, "Ty, who is she?" "Ah right, she's the girl that I talked about! Ya know, at school-" Pump snapped his fingers, "Ohhhhh, that Reeda!" Reeda nodded, "Yeah, that's me!" She smiled, "Oh and by the way; did you get my text, Ty?" He nodded and gave the same fabric he was holding back at his house, to her.

Skid, already too curious, asked "What's that, really-??" Reeda looked at him, "It's a beanie that I asked him to make, it's for Riko." The duo got confused, "But Ty, you can just give it to her face-to-face!" Pump exclaimed and Ty just gave out a sad smile, "I don't think I have the courage to face them..think she still hates me..." He was almost on the verge to cry when the kids hugged him, "It's okay..it's not your fault, I'm the one to blame-" "No no, me!-" Skid and Pump putting blames on each other and Tyler shakes his head, neither of that incident is THEIR faults..they were just..careless.

"Guys, we were just stupid last Spooky Month, just to fall in Roy's trap.." The girl sighed, Tyler talked to her about this and it was a cry fest that they even skipped one class just to calm him down and washed his face, one time. "H-hey, if it makes you feel any better; I can give this to Robby and he can give it to your big sis..Sound like a solid plan?" The boy looked at her, "Y-yeah.." She hugged him for one last time before walking back home, "Come on, let's go to my place and eat candies there." Skid suggested and they walked there.

BONUS :

Robert heard a knock on his door and went to get it just to see his little sister with her hands behind her back, "Hey Ree, can we play for another time? Me and my friends are having something important-" She just nodded, "I know I shouldn't have disturb you but I want you to give this to Rik-" She showed him a dark navy blue beanie, "Wha-?" She didn't let him finished as she gave him the headwear with a little "Tell them it's from her brother." Then ran off to her room, he got really confused and walked back in just to close the door. "Who is it?" His short leader asked and answered with "Just my little sis-" and walked to his friend, Riko, "And she wants me to give this to you, said it's from your brother." She looked at him and back at the beanie so they took it, guilt was shown on their face. Ross was the one who noticed it, "Hey dude, you alright..?" She tried to let the tears not fall down and nodded, "Y-yeah, I'm fine.."

'How the hell am I supposed to tell them that one kid in blue from those Spooky Kidz is my brother..?'

A/N : Reeda's name and appearance will be changed if Pelo reveal her in next Spooky Month 5 or later. And yeahh, Riko didn't tell the Hatzgang that Tyler is their brother, which sucks.