Time's Up Psycho

Chapter IV - Sweet, But Psycho

A week later Neil started to feel sick. His skin was getting pale and he felt tired all the time. Natasha and Sue kept complaining about the fact that he would start work around 3 or 4 in the afternoon everyday. It just took so much energy out of him to get out of bed. Neil started to drink more and more tea in the hopes of feeling more awake. Neil expressed his concern with his coworkers on the phone. He told Jadus and Patrick about it and they recommended Five Hour Energy and Red Bull. Neil knew it wasn't going to help, but he tried both anyways. He would take them when he woke up in the morning, but it didn't help. He realized that it all started the day after he thought Sue was in the house when she really wasn't. He remembered the fake Sue handed him a glass of water while touching his hand. He felt that was the reason why he felt sick all the time with no energy. During the nights when he tries to go to sleep he ends up staying wide awake in his bed. One night around 3 a.m. he felt thirsty and went downstairs to grab a glass of water. He drank the water and went to put the glass back until he heard a noise in the basement. He waited for a couple seconds and then he heard it again. He grabbed the biggest knife in the kitchen and then took his shoes off. He started walking down the stairs to the basement as softly as he could so whoever was in the basement couldn't hear him. He didn't turn on the lights either because he doesn't want to alarm the person in the basement or they might attack him first. He walked into the workout area, but no one was there. He looked towards the other room and he could see a light that seemed to be coming from the tv. The door to that room was closed, but he knew the light was coming from the tv. Neil was getting ready to push the door slightly open until he heard someone chuckle from that room. Neil needed to make up his mind on what he was going to do and do it fast. Then, he bust open the door as hard as he could and came running with the knife towards a silhouette of a person sitting next to the tv with a PS4 controller in his hand. The person turned their head to the left and looked at Neil right in his eyes. IT WAS NATHAN! "What the hell are you doing here man??" asked Neil. Nathan just kept staring at Neil with a very stoic look on his face. Then, Neil started to realize that it wasn't Nathan. This person had no eyeballs. The entire eye area was jet black. "WHO ARE YOU!!!" yelled Neil. The thing started laughing eerily. Neil was starting to get afraid and was getting confused. The thing suddenly got up and put his face right in front of Neil's face and whispered "Time's Up Psycho". Neil tried to stab the thing with his knife but before he knew it, the thing was gone. He looked around the room and it was pitch black. The tv was turned off as well. Neil thought he was going crazy.

The next morning Neil wanted to tell Natasha everything that happened. Not just about last night, but everything including the Dodge Journey and the Sue incident. However, he knew there was no way she was going to believe him. Or anyone for that matter. He always wanted to play pranks on the other siblings and now no one would believe him about this. On top of that his parents and brothers are out of the country. Neil still wanted to give it a try by talking to Natasha. "Hey has anything weird been happening to you lately?" asked Neil. "Like what" replied Natasha. "I don't know... like seeing stuff... weird stuff" said Neil. Natasha looked concerned for a bit. "Yeah actually I have seen something unusual" she replied. Neil's eyes widened. "What... what did you see?" he asked. "Ch... ch... CHICKEN BUTT!!!" she joked. Neil got angry and left the room. "Why the hell did I even ask" he thought to himself. "I'm going to have to get to the bottom of this myself".