When Trouble Comes: A sequel to "Through the other Dimension"

Chapter 11: Toby's POV

Destiny was hiding something. How do I know? Today some boy around Destiny's age came to our house, carrying Destiny, who was injured. Luckily daddy and mommy weren't home because they went to see their therapist, who was creepy in my opinion.

I led him to Destiny's room, thinking who this guy was, he placed her in bed and kissed her forehead.

"I'll give that jerk a piece of my mind," he stated as he got up. Before he could leave, Destiny grabbed a hold of his hand.

"Be careful, Sonic," she continued, "I don't want you to get hurt too."

"I will." She released his hand and he went past me. Curious, I chased him to the front door.

"Hey, what's your name?" I asked.

"Sonic Thunder, now excuse me I've got to go..."

"Go where?" I asked curiously as I blocked the front door.

"Oh... um... to go and do a favor for Destiny," he continued, "and what's your name, kid?"

"Toby... Toby Hope."

"Wait... you're Destiny's little brother?"

"Eeyup," I replied. We stood there looking at eachother awkwardly until I piped up.

"What happened to my sister?"

"Look, Toby, I've got to get going," he continued, "you could ask Destiny herself. She was the victim after all." I thought for a moment before I moved out of his way. I looked at him as he was about to go out the door, when he stood infront of me and kneeled down, where he was my same height.

"Hey, Toby, you know what you could do to help out?" He asked. I got all of a sudden excited and my eyes widened.

"Really?! HOW?! What can I do?!"

"You can help by taking care of Destiny and protecting the house from strangers breaking in. You up for the challenge?" I saluted the way Destiny did in ROTC.

"Challenge accepted!" I replied as I stood at the position of attention. Sonic smirked and rubbed my hair.

"Just like your sister. She would be proud of you." He than got up and ran out the door. I closed the door and locked it. I closed everything that could be opened, including the basement windows. Just than I heard a knock at the door.

Scared, I grabbed the nearest weapon I could find, which was a... fork... Oh well. I placed my back to the front door.

"Who is it?" I asked as I peeped through the peep hole.

"It's Sonic Thunder... again." Gee what does this dude want now?

"Sorry I can't let you in," I stated as I snickered to myself.

"Why not, Toby?" Sonic asked frustrated.

"Because you're a stranger."

"WE JUST TALKED!!!!"

"But I don't know you as well as I know my friends," I backed talked. "What do you want, anyhow?"

"A weapon of some sort!"

"Why do you need a weapon?" I asked now shocked at his question.

"Because... GWAH!!!! I DONT HAVE TIME TO EXPLAIN!!! JUST PLEASE GIVE ME A WEAPON OF SOME SORT!!!! I DONT CARE IF ITS A PIECE OF SILVERWARE!!!!" I looked down at the fork in my hand. The fork gleamed in the setting sun as if ready to be used in ways that aren't predictable. I cleared my throat.

"Well, I have a fork in my hand for no reason at all if you would like to use that as a weapon," I suggested as I put the fork through the mail slot. I peeked through the peephole and saw Sonic pick up the fork.