What's Wrong with the Baby? by Vincent Courtney

Author:Vincent Courtney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grinning Skull Press
Published: 2018-10-29T04:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

In the morning, Marty felt something crawling across his cheek. Startled, he opened his eyes and frantically brushed his face. The voices that he heard were strange; a goofy western voice and a Spanish-accented one that said, "Quick straw." He saw Kyle staring at him. He heard a laugh and turned to see Kurt holding a piece of string that he'd been dragging across Marty's skin.

"Cut it out," Marty said, grabbing the thread out of his cousin's hand. "How'd you guys get in here?"

Kyle answered, "Kut picked the lock with a little screwdriver. He does it all the time at home."

Marty looked past the boys and saw the cartoon characters Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey on the television. He grabbed the remote and flicked off the set.

"So, did you watch scary Darian last night?" Kurt asked.

Marty bit his tongue to keep from subjecting himself to his cousin's ridicule. He shook his head no.

"I knew you were just messing with me."

"What are you guys talking about?" Kyle asked.

"Marty's says Darian is some kind of monster baby."

"A monsteh baby?"

"Yeah. He says that Darian killed the cat."

"Shut up, Kurt," Marty said, pushing his cousin away.

"Monster baby's gonna getcha," Kurt said, pushing Marty back onto his bed.

Marty's clenched his jaw. "You little shit!" He pushed Kurt again.

"Hey, language," Dan said, appearing in the doorway.

Kurt shot Marty a shit-eating grin. "Hey, Uncle Dan, Marty says that…"

Marty elbowed Kurt in the ribs. Kurt grunted in pain. He grabbed Marty and pulled him off the bed and onto the floor. They started wrestling.

"You guys knock it off!" Dan said, grabbing the boys and pulling them apart. "Cut the fighting crap right now or I'm not taking you to the studio this morning."

Marty and Kurt stopped trying to get at each other and stood listening.

"I thought we'd go there before you guys have to fly home this afternoon. We've got a mechanical vampire head and these robot ravens we had made for the movie. I thought you guys might get a kick out of working the controls and making them flap their wings."

"Nice!" Kyle said. He dashed out of the room to get dressed.

Dan fixed Marty and Kurt with a stare. "You two want to go?"

Kurt nodded and looked at Marty.

"Marty?" Dan asked.

"I guess."

"Then get dressed and we'll go," Dan said. "And no more fighting or cussing." He vanished from the doorway.

"You better not say anything to my dad about Darian," Marty whispered.

"I won't, Farty Marty, you weirdo freak hole," Kurt said. "But just because I don't want to make him mad."

Dan poked his head back into the room. "Oh, by the way, you guys shake hands and make up. I don't want any hard feelings hanging around."

Marty stuck out his hand. Kurt took it and tried to crunch his fingers, but Marty was more than a match. They released their grips at the same time.

"Now get ready and we'll go have some fun," Dan said before he left the room.

Kurt stalked off to get dressed, leaving Marty to contemplate his predicament.

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