Vacation of Hell

Pigs

Mindy smiled as she watched Carrie pet one of the chickens in the house. The day had been going slow. There were no people coming around the area. Nubbins still hadn't come home and Drayton was still at work.

"Hey Tommy", Mindy said. "Are you bored?"

Thomas nodded. All he did all day was just sit around the house in the hot weather.

"Me too", she said. "What do you want to do?"

Thomas disappeared into the kitchen for a minute. She heard him moving some stuff in the drawers looking for something. He came back into the den with a couple of pieces of paper and some pencils.

"Oh, drawing!" Mindy said. "We haven't done that in a long time!"

They looked over to Carrie who was laying on the floor yawning. Mindy picked her up.

"Let me put the baby to bed and then we can get started", she said.

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Mindy rubbed her eraser against the paper for the umpteenth time.

"I'm still no good at this", she laughed.

She looked over to Thomas' paper. She was amazed by how good his artistic skills still held up. Smooth clean lines, no major flaws.

"What are you drawing, hun?" she asked.

Thomas turned his page toward her. It was a drawing of a pig.

"Oh, a little piggy", Mindy giggled.

She started laughing as Thomas began making snorting noises, pretending to be a pig. They stopped as soon as they heard knocking on the front door.

"Hello? Is anyone home?" they heard.

"There's someone here", Mindy whispered.

Thomas nodded and reached for her sledgehammer. They heard the person continue knocking on the door. They waited for that person to come inside.

"Hello? Hello is anybody home?"

Thomas continued making pig sounds trying to lure the guy closer to them. He nodded to Mindy to take a peek and see if he was coming. She leaned as far as she could without letting the person see her.

"He's coming", she whispered.

Thomas gently pushed her aside and tightened his grip on the sledgehammer. Rapid footsteps came as the man came tumbling up the ramp toward the hallway.

"Hey!" he yelled.

Thomas raised the sledgehammer over his head and brought it down over the man's head. He and Mindy watched as the guy fell to the floor and started shaking. Blood spilled down his open shirt as his body shook. Thomas bent over and hit him again to get him to stop. Mindy pulled him behind the wall letting Thomas slam the sliding door.

"Finally", Mindy said smiling. "Our first catch of the day!"

He nodded as he threw the guy over his shoulder and carried him into the kitchen. They looked up toward the stairs as Carrie began to cry.

"I'll take care of her", Mindy said. "You go ahead and get started.