Bloody Skeleton Series #1 The Monster in the neighborhood

17 Rumination Cycle

From a mile away, Mikey could see his father standing with Jerry near his garage. They both were busy with the construction stuff that was being handled by his father. Internally Mikey was afraid of Jerry after seeing some horrendous reality and his father also connected with him now. He is the mysterious guy wrapped up with some evil that was being hidden by him in this house. All of them rushed towards their home as curfew was being imposed on them by their parents and all had to be at home by 5 or 6.

Mikey entered the house and slammed the door. Her mother was cooking in the Kitchen and she sensed his frustration from there.

"Mikey, come here.."

"Huh, not again. It's not the right time, Mom..." Mikey mumbled

Mikey tried to sneak out while lowering his head and he continued to wiggle on the ground.

"Mikey, you know that I'm your mother and I can sense what you are doing actually. Now come here quickly.."

"What's up, Mom?" Mikey pretended to be alright while adjusting the pitch of his sound.

"What's going on with you guys? The four of you?" Mikey mother frowned

"Ahh, Nothing. We were helping dad and Jerry. Jerry is a good neighbour. We thought we could mingle around his house while helping him."

Mikey's mother can sense something strange but she preferred to focus on Mikey's explanation rather than her own intuition. Mikey didn't glance at her and he went upstairs.

Marie was impatiently waiting for Mikey and Mikey's mind was surrounded by deep thoughts. He was deeply ruminating about all the things that he had seen and walked into his room.

"Hey, you. What do you think that where you are going? Come here to my room" Marie glanced at him

Mikey went into her room and flopped over her bed. He wasn't saying anything and ruminating about everything that happened in Jerry's house.

"What's wrong with you, Mikey? Will you bother to tell me what happened there? Did you guys take pictures or not?" Marie was gibbering like an idiot

"It was horrific.."

"Did he disembowel anyone else?" Marie inquired

"No, that was something else. Something evil and something that doesn't feel right." Mikey frowned while looking at her

"Stop confusing me and let's be straight, Mikey. My mind will explode now." Marie jumped on the bed and started ruffling Mikey's hair. Mikey was stunned after seeing her twin sister showing affection but he would rather not bother it. The sounds from the basement are still in his mind and he can still hear the voices again and again in his head.

"We heard strange horrendous sounds coming out from his house basement and when we tried to peek into the basement, there was a strange foul smell coming out from the basement."

"Ahh, What? Is this real? A psycho lunatic criminal is our neighbour and God knows what he is hiding?" Marie groaned.

It all seems bizarre to her but it's real. Poor old man Jones was jeopardised because of him and everyone was thinking that someone had taken revenge on him due to his grumpy behaviour.

"Whatever is inside the basement that was the one who attacked Sugar as well," Mikey said while looking at the ceiling.

"Everything is scrambled for now. We have to jot down all the pointers along with some strong evidence. What are you going to do now, Mikey?"

"Time for next plan of action. But this time we have to be well prepared..." Mikey said while being flustered yet preparing his mind.

Jake, Harry, Ned and Mikey were all gathering tomorrow at Ned's house for further discussion. Ned had his theory after seeing everything suspicious and horrendous and Mikey had mine. Marie was also going to join this Gang tomorrow as she can't resist herself from this detective game and resolving this mystery against the heinous neighbour. Mikey's rumination cycle was going on all night while seeing Jerry through his room window. And will Mikey succeed while using his rumination cycle