See Me

#4 Feel of Music

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"Mom! I cleaned my room! I did", I plead with her. The box of spilled crayons and tipped over toy-bin say otherwise. Ender is tucked close to the other boy's side, both fearing the wrath of their mother.
"Tyler, I don't have time for this right now", she sighs. Although exasperated with her son's imaginary friend and constant lies, she does love her son. With a half smile, she continues with, "Okay, you little piggy. Just make sure that your room is cleaned when I get back from work". And then she leaves.
"We totally cleaned the room", Ender pouts.
"I didn't even put stuff under the bed this time", I agree. A sudden shifting sound makes both of us turn our heads to the side. Something's moving under the bed. Before I can do anything, a small shape runs out and barrels into me. And I start laughing. "It's a baby pig!"

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     I wake up to hands on my shoulders, shaking me back and forth. My immediate reaction is, unfortunately, striking out with my fist. The person gasps and falls back, and I spring up into a crouch on my bed. I slowly peek over the side to see who it was. And it's Demonlox laying on the ground. And I just throat punched him.

"Whoops.....", I mumble. Demon tries to say something, but ends up coughing and choking on air. I have to pull him back up once he's done. "That one's on me, my bad", I apologize.

"J-Just w-wait until I can g-get you back", he stutters. It only makes me laugh, and we walk out of my bedroom and down the hall. Vampirelox drops from somewhere behind us. His shoes have literal bells tied to them because he used to freak everyone out with how quiet he is. I'm sure that he finds it more annoying than we do. The bells jingle as Vampire follows us into the living room.

The first thing I notice is Squidlox sitting up on the couch. Brine is standing in front of him, being motherly as usual.

"Can your eyes focus? Are you dizzy? Nauseous? How do your ribs feel?", Brine rambles on, poking and prodding at Squid. When he catches sight of me, he gives me a 'what the hell did I miss?' kinda look. I only offer an awkward smile. I hear footsteps behind me, and I turn to see Insane coming down the hall with Doll on his shoulder. Both of their knives are thankfully out of sight.

"Squid's up? I was sure he'd be out for the entire night", he says, pausing before muttering, "Yeah, I know that owe ya 20 bucks". I'm honestly not sure if he's talking to himself or Doll.

"What even happened?", Squidlox snaps, finally getting Brine to stop hovering over him.

"Um, a car crash? It was totally his fault, and he's paying for it, but you got a concussion and broken ribs", I tell him.

"Is that why I feel like I took a couple hundred nerf bullets to the head?", he groans, flopping back down on the coach. "Why didn't you tell me you had a headache!?", Brinelox snarls.

"And so it begins. I have a bad feeling about this", Demon huffs from beside me. Ghostlox joins us from the kitchen with Enderlox behind him.

"So Squid, Shade, and Pig are staying, right?", Enderlox asks me. I nod my head.

"It is a good idea to leave just Shadox? He can't really help much it something goes wrong", Ghost points out. A figure suddenly dives out of the wall mirror, screaming in Ghost's face before disappearing again. He may be undead, but I think Ghostlox just had a heart attack from the jump scare. Sirenlox walks down the hall laughing his head off at the stunt. He sends a smile towards Squid before stopping joining the group. Last is Hologram, walking through the opposite wall.

"Alright, everyone here?", I mumble, doing a head count. There's 10 of us going to the party, three staying here. Insane doesn't wait for an answer before turning and walking out the door. He slams it open with a 'dramatic' kick. He's the reason that my damn locks are all broken. The rest of us follow after down the sidewalk. To anyone else, it's looks a single person occasionally talking to himself. How wrong they are.

I hear the party house before I see it. And that's sating a lot, considering my headphones are still on my head. They should block out at least a little of the noise. People are all around the building, with even more inside. This ain't our first rodeo.

"Meet at the entrance in an hour, ok?", I tell them all, just catching Demon before he runs off. A series of yes'es, yeps, and sighs reach my ears at that. Splitting up isn't very smart, but it's impossible to stick together with all the other bodies.

Everyone leaves, probably looking for some people who are wasted enough to see them. And now I'm stuck here for another hour. I sigh before stepping inside. The music is the only thing I can hear, and the floor vibrates with the sound. At least a hundred sweaty bodies are packed like sardines on the dance floor. I really wish Insane didn't cruse the internet so much. I'm already regretting coming. Almost everybody has one of the those 'discrete' plastic cups in their hands. It's surprising to see an actual DJ booth up on a platform. Places like these usually don't have the cash. I'm actually starting to like his style, until I hear the music stop. Everyone stops their half attempts at dancing, to look up as the DJ picks up a microphone.

"Hey everybody? How are you all do'in tonight!?", he yells, earning a cheer from the crowd. "We all have a special treat for you tonight! With the help of some wonderful people, Bluetooth speakers have been planted all around the neighborhood", he continues, "tonight, the whole block is our playground!". The crowd roars and cheers, seeming not to think that cops won't notice an entire block being used as an outdoor party.

I don't want to find out. I've already been a little too close for comfort with cops already today. I don't have the best experience with the government. I should really get the others and leave. I turn to leave as the DJ starts to count down. I didn't realize that he was connecting to all nearby Bluetooth signals. This was the one time the batteries in my headphones weren't dead. By the time I realized, it was too late.

I don't have time to yank of my headphones before music is suddenly blasting into my ears. It was just so damn loud. It felt like my ears immediately started bleeding. My legs buckled underneath me with the music in my ears. It's all I could notice. I didn't feel myself even hit the ground or see the people around me. All I new was the music. All I felt was the beat as it raged through my body. I was too stunned and dazed to scream at the pain scorching through my head.

But then it was fine. It was amazing! The change happened too fast for me to even acknowledge. I lurch back to my feet with a hand gripping my glowing, neon blue headphones. I'm at a party! This is so awesome! The music is everywhere, and I love it!!!! Is that a DJ booth? Oh my god it's a DJ BOOTH!

I weave my way around all the people, a couple asking where I got the blue and pink glow sticks dangling from my arms. Don't know, don't care! I also don't care when I shove the DJ out of the way. All I care for is the music still blasting in my ears. Two laptops are in front of me, one playing the music, the other controlling the tempo volume. I turned the dial all the way up. The music surges up as I mess with the controls on the second laptop. I know how this works. I can use the numbers to make music.

"What the hell man!?", the DJ yells, shoving me to the side. I giggle, not being able to hear him over the music. It just looks like he's trying to lip sink. He balks when he sees my neon blue eyes. I laugh harder at his reaction and dive back into the crowd. He won't be able to figure out how to change it back! The whole block is music!!

A hand suddenly clamps onto my wrist, dragging me towards the door.

"What's wrong with you, Deadlox!? That stupid DJ is going to bring the cops", they growl at me. I still can't hear anything!!! I briefly take notice of purple dragon wings on his back, but I think they're cool rather than strange. The dragon looks back at me when I start laughing, his eyes widening.

"Oh good god. Who the hell are you?", he snaps, seemingly more worried than angry. I still don't hear him, but I can see the question in his eyes. Giggling, I say,

"I'm Beatlox".

(A/N)
As far as I know, Beatlox is a character I created just for this book. He's the only one that I own so far. XD