The Pacifier

Chapter 5

When we had finished our security installments, we had to say goodbye to Mrs. Plummer. It was going to be my first real mission, but I wasn't nervous,  just excited.

My dad and I were standing next to the car while Julie was saying goodbye to her children. "Oh, and kids? Remember, whatever Lieutenant Wolfe and Samantha ask you to do, do it" Julie said, still holding Tyler. "Mom, chill. We're gonna be fine" Zoe said. "I'm sorry. It's just that I don't do this very often" Julie said to us. "You're only going away for a few days" my dad said to her. "Yeah, I know" she said. "Okay, here you go Helga" Julie said, giving Tyler to the nanny. "I take baby" Helga said. As soon as Tyler was out of his mothers arms he started to cry. "You remember the emergency numbers, right?" Julie asked us. "Don't worry, Mrs. Plummer, your kids'll be safe with us" I said to her. "Your little angels will be fine, Mrs. Plummer" Helga told her.

Julie looked to her kids, and blew them a kiss. In response, they all waved to her. And like that, the car drove off. "Tell me, are you licensed to kill?" Helga asked my father. "No, ma'am" my dad said, confused. "Too bad. It could have come in handy" Helga said, scoffing and walking towards the house.

It had soon became dark, but my dad didn't notice because he was too busy checking the security cameras in the house. I, of course, helped but I at least looked outside to see the moon and stars. Soon we heard gunfire and screaming that sounded like Lulu. My dad jumped from the ladder and we raced to the center of the noise.

"Prepare to be annihilated" I heard an automated voice say. As soon as we found Lulu we noticed that it was just a video game, and no one was in any danger. I looked around and saw that the whole house was a wreck. Zoe was talking way to loud on the phone, Lulu's video game had the volume up to high, Peter was standing in the fish tank throwing cereal. And last but not least, Seth was sneaking around the house scaring the crap out of me when he would show up in front of me and my dad. "Where's the baby?" My dad asked Lulu. She just pointed behind her.

I turned and saw Helga cooking over the stove, with baby Tyler in her hands. "Is there anyone here that understands the meaning of the word 'discipline'?" My dad asked Helga, I shyly raised my hand. "Hey, Flipper. You don't like it? Do something. I make bottle" Helga said, before getting cereal thrown on her by Peter. "Thank you, Peter" she said before trying to help a crying baby Tyler.

I heard the security monitor beeping, and I saw someone running outside the house. My dad and I slowly walked towards the back door. We walked outside slowly, and I saw the person climbing on the house. So I ran up and tackled him from the wall. He was running away, so my dad grabbed him by his shirt and held him still. The alarms and sirens were going off and I had just got up from the ground,and my skirt was ruined...yes! I get to take a shower and change clothes, but back to the burglar.

"What's your problem? Get off me!" The kid said, he looked around Zoe's age. "Oh, my God!" Speaking of Zoe, here she is. "What are you doing, you spaz? That's my boyfriend!" She yelled at my dad. "So you're the one that's been breaking in!" My dad said. "Go back inside" he shouted at her. "No" she said. I heard the neighbors speaking Korean, but I didn't know foreign languages yet so I couldn't understand their conversation. My father responded, also in Korean. "Oh, we speak English, buddy" the husband said. "Look, about the sirens and the strobe lights. We own a bakery, so we're up kind of early. Would you mind?" The wife said. "Sorry" I said, speaking for my dad.

My dad turned off the sirens and the lights with the remote. "Oh, and we found this in our pool filter. Try to keep that zoo reined in, huh, babysitter" he said, throwing the little troll doll that my dad had thrown in their yard that morning. "Yo, fool. Handle me like that again and I'll be forced to lay knuckle upside your head" Zoe's boyfriend said. "Okay. Enough is enough! Come on, Scott, lets go" Zoe said. He walked toward Zoe, but my dad and I thought otherwise. "No, you don't" I said, while grabbing him backwards and handing him to my dad. "Get back here. Give me 20" my dad said. Scott took out his wallet but my dad interrupted him. "I meant push-ups" my dad said. "Zoe?" Scott said. "Drop down! Do 20" my dad yelled in his face. "Okay, this is not the army or the navy" Zoe said, while my dad was counting Scott.

"Real nice move, Lieutenant Smooth. He'll probably never speak to me" Zoe said when we were inside again. "Then I did you a favor" my dad said. "Woah! Personal bubble invasion" Zoe said. "Your mother was worried sick about you! You should call her and tell her the truth" my dad told her. "Well, I'm sure you'll take care of that for me. Stay out of my life!" Zoe said, before kicking her leg towards my dad. But he caught it and turned her around, then he walked her towards her room. "Wait! You can't do this! I have plans! It's Saturday night" Zoe said, hobbling towards her room. "Not anymore" my dad said, shutting her door. Seth came out of his room right after. "You too. Lights out" my dad said to him. "Bite me" he said before closing his door.

"Boy, this family's in for a rude awakening" my dad said. "Dad, can I go take a shower. I got dirt all over me from outside" I asked him. "Yes you can, after that you need to go to bed too" he said. "Okay, goodnight. Love you dad" I told him. "Goodnight Sammy" he said.

I took my pjs to the bathroom and started the shower. I cleaned my body from the dirt and sweat of today's work. It didn't see like it, but Scott weighed a lot and when I grabbed him off of the wall he fell on me. I had a few bruises on my stomach, but nothing to bad.

After about ten minutes in the shower I put on my pjs and dried my hair with the towel. I walked out of the bathroom to see Seth, in what appeared to be his pjs too. "Oh, I'm sorry. How long were you waiting for the bathroom? Did I take to long?" I asked. "Um, no. I just had to use it about two minutes ago. I, uh, saw what you did to Scott. Pretty cool" he said. "Well, that's like the first rule of military school. To protect and serve, well after never leaving a man behind" I said, feeling my face heat up. "Well, what do you do in your free time. Besides kicking peoples butts" he asked me. "Um, it's kinda embarrassing" I said. "No it's not, you can tell me" he said. "I like acting, even though I'm not any good at it" I said, trying not to look at him. "That's cool, I'm in a play. But no one knows, that's what I do when I skip wrestling practice" he said. "Wow, looks like we have more in common than I thought. I have to go to bed soon, but maybe we can talk more tomorrow" I said. "Yeah, sure" he said. It felt strange, that I told him things I haven't told anyone and I was telling almost a complete stranger.

I walked to my room as he went into his, and I realized that he didn't go to the bathroom. Maybe he just forgot, or maybe he didn't have to at all.