Abominant

Chapter Eight

Stein

I woke up in my garage my face slumped over the blueprints for a 1970 Cougar Eliminator engine block to the sound of beeping in my ears. I shot up shouting "It was the butler!" for whatever reason and looking around frantically, but for what I don't know. Then, I realized what was beeping I turned to this old morse code receiver I had set up down here I had forgotten where the hell we got it, but I guess I probably figured someone would try to contact us that way... I also guess that Star thought I was an idiot for thinking that but who's laughing now? I slid to the right in my office chair so I was right in front of me and grabbed paper and a pencil. I struggled to remember what the translation were as I wrote down the rhythm "two dashes three dots, one dash four dots, four dots one dash" I wrote down that pattern as fast as I could barely keeping up and then began to try to translate it and what I got was "764" I stopped writing and listened waiting for the rest of the message, but nothing. "764" I said aloud "What the fuck does that mean?" I said, "That doesn't mean anything" but then machine kicked back and I got another rhythm "one dot one dash, one dot one dash two dots, one dot two dashes one dot" I scribbled it down and almost instantly got the translation "ALP" I stood up and ran up the stairs to Star's room "We got mail!" I shouted she groaned falling out of bed fully dressed "What? How?" She asked, stumbling to the doorway I smiled "That morse code thing downstairs" I walked into the living room and she followed me so did Grey, he was yawning and trying wiping the sleep out of his eyes as he bumbled in and plopped down on the couch "What does it say?" Star asked, leaning up against the wall I smiled holding the sloppily written paper up. Grey tried to read it "lG9? ALq?" He asked, confused I sighed "I was writing fast okay?" I said, "It's 764 Alp." Star and Grey shared the same look as they both states at me like I was an alien which I'm not just to clarify and if I am then that's some Terminator Salvation robot thinks he's human shit and I don't even want to get into that. "What the fuck does that mean?" Star asked, I smiled "See that's the best part" I said "We don't know it could mean there are 764 alpine trees in Minnesota for all we know!" I exclaimed "Like my favorite batman villain it's an enigma and I'm gonna solve it" I said excited. We all just sat there in silence them confused and me thinking until Grey raise his hand like this was a kindergarten classroom "Yes?" I said/asked him, he gave me a stupid look and asked, "What's an enigma?" I sighed pushing down my glasses and pinching the bridge of my nose "I'm done" I said leaving the room so I could think in peace.