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Origins Part 2: Left in the Dark Hunter Spector: Do you believe in Ghosts? Join me, Hunter Spector Spectre Hunter Leader of the Academy of Really Good Ghost Hunters or ARGGH!!! as I descend into the scariest place in any home: THE BASEMENT! Sunday night at 8:00 PM. Don’t miss it or you’ll be left in the dark. ARGGH!!!

I am over at Lincoln’s house and just bursting with excitement.

Lincoln marks today on his calendar.

Lincoln: It’s finally here! The live season finale of the GREATEST, SHOW, EVER!!

Me: Oh Yeah! ARGGH!!!

Lincoln: Alright, I know you’re probably saying to yourself ‘Lincoln, with 11 sisters, there’s no t a huge way you’re going to get to watch your favorite show.’ And you’d be right. Every sunday at 8, it’s the same thing.

(Cuts to a flashback of his sisters fighting over the remote) End Flashback

Me: I bet it’s like going into a lion’s den.

Lincoln: Yep. Tonight, I have a plan. (Busts out his walkie-talkie and calls Clyde) Cadet Lincoln calling Cadet Clyde, do you read me?

Clyde: (on the Walkie-talkie) This is Cadet Clyde, I read you loud and clear! I’m so excited! We finally get to watch ARGGH together. And by together, I mean you at your house and me at mine, right?

Lincoln: (to me) For such a landmark event, we decided that it’d be best for us if we watched it separately. Clyde’s got a huge crush on my sister Lori.

Me: Your oldest sister?

Lincoln: Yep. It gets awkward.

Clyde: (Looking dreamily at a drawing of Lori) Hubba Hubba.

Lincoln: Clyde? Clyde? Do you read me?

Clyde: Uh, You better hurry Lincoln. It’s almost 8:00!

Lincoln: It’s time to put Operation: Distract My Sisters So That I Can Get to the TV First and Watch the Special Live Season Finale of ARGGH and Think of a Shorter Name For This Operation into action.

Me: Whoo! That’s a mouthful. How about Operation: ARGGH Distraction?

Lincoln: That’s perfect.

Me: How are we gonna pull this off? (He gives me two frogs) What do we need frogs for?

Lincoln: Follow Me.

I follow him over to the twins room

Lola & Lana came out of their room.

Lola & Lana: Cartoons! Cartoons! Cartoon! Cartoons!

Lincoln: Did someone say tea party? (reveals a tea pot and a box of cookies)

Lola: Eeeee! Thank you Lincoln! (Takes the items and goes back into her room)

Me: (in my head) Oh I see hot he’s doing it.

Lana: hey, I don’t want to be part of some dumb old tea party, I want to watch TV!

Me: Not even if (pulls out something from behind him) these boys are invited? (holds out the two frogs; one croaks)

Lana: Eeeee! Thanks J.D.! (takes the frogs and goes back to her room)

Lincoln: Hey Luan!

Luan: I was just heading downstairs to watch TV.

Lincoln: You might want to grab your video camera instead. The twins are at it again.

Lola & Lana are fighting

Luan: This is totally going to go viral! (goes in to record the brawl) Thanks Linc.

Me: Hey Luan. Why couldn’t the 11-year-oof get into the Pirate Movie?

Luan: Why?

Me: It was Rated ARR! (closes one eye, Rimshot)

Luan: (Laughs) Good one J.D.!

Laney came out of her room with a book in her hands.

Lincoln: Oh! Hey Laney!

Laney: Oh, I was just going to the living room to read my book in peace. I can’t focus with Lola and Lana fighting next door.

Me: No problem

I pull out some earmuffs and place them onto Laney’s head.

Laney: Gee, Thanks J.D.

Laney went back into her room and Lisa and Lilly came out and I grab Lily.

Lincoln: Hey Lisa, I saved you a trip downstairs and got that stuff you needed.

Lisa: The lactose, triticum protein, sodium chloride crystals, sucrose and galus galus ovum.

Me: Milk, flour, salt, sugar and eggs? Lincoln holds out said ingredients)

Lisa: You say tomato I say solanum lycopersicum. Thank you. (Takes the ingredients and goes back into her room)


 * Yeah! Two Minutes to game time! Whoo!

Lincoln: Hey Lynn, check it out. (holds out a football that starts floating) I filled with helium for the extreme player who demands more.

Lynn: I demand more!

Leni comes out

Me: Go Long! (I throw the ball into Lynn’s room. Lynn struggles to get the ball)

Lynn: Get over here you!

Lincoln: Oh my gosh! Leni!

Leni: What is there a spider on me? (Frantically rubs her head) Get it Off! Get it Off! Get it Off Get it Off!

Me: I have some awesome clothes you can make. (I pull out a piece of paper with fashion designs on it and give it to Leni) Here.

Leni: Oh these are totes adorbes! I’ll make them right now. Leni heads back into her room)

Luna comes out.

Luna: Hey bros! TV tonight is gonna be rockin’! (strums her guitar) Yeah!

Me: Rock on Luna!

Lincoln: Or you can have your very own flashlight rock show in your bedroom. (Holds out a colorful flashlight and Luna takes it)

Luna: That is sweet! Thanks Linc! (goes back into her room)

Lori came out

Lori: Has anyone seen my phone? I need to live-tweet my show!

Me: (takes out the phone and presses buttons on it) I got this. (I run over to Lori and give the phone to her) Lori! Here’s your phone. I found it in the bathroom and figured you accidentally left it there.

Lori: Oh. Thank you J.D. How you liking here?

Me: It’s awesome. (Lori’s phone rings)

Lori: Hello? Oh, Hi Bobby. (Laughs) No, I didn’t text you to call me. But I’m glad you did. (to me) Thanks for finding my phone J.D.

Me: No problem Lori.

We see Lily sleeping.

Me: Aww she’s tired. Watch this Lincoln.

I use the Force and bring Lily’s blanket over to me and wrap her in it.

Lincoln was amazed

Lincoln: How did you do that?

Me: I have lots of unique powers. I’ll go put Lily in her crib and meet you in the living room.

Lincoln: That was Awesome!

I put Lily to bed and run downstairs.

Me: Am I on time?

Lincoln: Yep.

Me: I have this feeling we forgot something.

Lincoln: Like I said, I might not be the fastest, and I might not be the strongest, but to get all of my sisters out of the way, it pays to have a plan.

Lucy: You forgot me.

Lincoln and I got scared as an pipe organ plays, we fall to the ground.

Lincoln: Lucy! I always forget about Lucy.

Lucy: Story of my life.

Me: Hey Lucy. You need some words for your latest poem?

Lucy: Not this time. It’s the season premiere of my favorite show, “Vampires of Melancholia”.” How you liking here in Royal Woods, J.D.?

Me: It’s awesome Lucy. Thank you for asking.

Lucy: You’re welcome.

Lincoln: This is the episode of ARGGH that everyone is going to be talking about at school tomorrow! Please let us watch it? Pretty please with a black cherry on top?

Me: I would’ve chosen a black rose.

Lucy: Those are my favorite flowers J.D. but I’m sorry guys but you know the rule. I was here (in slow motion) First.

Lincoln: NOOOOOO! (Looks at the remote and licks it) Ha!

Me: Ew!

Lucy: (holds up another remote) That’s the old remote that Lily threw in the toilet.

(Lincoln gags, rubs his tongue, and spits out the germs. He then weeps and I console him.

Lucy: Sorry Lincoln. I can’t miss my vampires. Edwin is so cold tormented and mysterious. Sigh. If only he wasn’t from another century.

Lincoln: Another century! (He whispers something to me and I smile and wink and give him the thumbs up) That’s okay, lucy. You watch your show on the big color TV. I’ll go watch my show on dad’s crummy, old black-and-white TV.

This got her attention.

Black and White are my favorite colors

Me: Yeah, It’ll make watching my show a little more spooky!

Lucy: Spooky is also my favorite color.

Lincoln: Well enjoy your vampires.

Lucy: Wait! I’ll take the old TV.

In Lucy’s room I carried the old TV and put it on Lucy’s bed.

Lincoln: Wow. J.D. you are strong.

Me: It’s not that heavy. I help dad around the yard a lot.

Lincoln: Now to plug it in.

I noticed the plug is all dented, bent and had electrical wires exposed.

Me: This plug needs to be fixed. But we’ll try it anyway. (I plug it in and the power goes out) Oh Tire Logs!

The Loud kids were murmuring in confusion about why the power was out.

Lori: All right! All right! Everybody just calm down!

Leni: Guys! I can’t see anything! I think I’ve gone blind!

Lori: No you didn’t go blind. What the heck happened?

Lincoln: Me and J.D. were just plugging in the old TV for Lucy and it must’ve made the lights go out.

Lori: Of course it was your fault, Lincoln.

(All the other sisters complain about what their brother did)

Laney: Girls please! I’m sure Lincoln didn’t mean to cause a blackout.

Lincoln: Yeah! All I did was plug in some dumb old TV!

Me: (coming to Lincoln’s defense) Yeah, We didn’t mean to make the lights go out!

Luan: Hey! I know the reason why the lights went out! Cause they liked each other! (me and her laugh as her siblings sigh) Get it? Get it?

Me: (Laughing) Yeah, good one Luan.

Lisa: That one was so good it deserved a cookie. (Hands her one)

Luan: Oh thanks. (eats it) So anyway, what did one light bulb say to the other? (suddenly starts glowing)

The rest of the siblings and I gasp.

Me: Whoaaaa.

Lincoln: You’re glowing.

Luan: Oh. I already told you that one.

Luna: No dude. YOU are glowing.

Me: Yeah. You look like a human light stick.

Luan: Hey, wow!

Lori: Everyone back away from Luan. (The siblings step back) Lisa, Mom and Dad said you’re not allowed to use your siblings as experimental guinea pigs anymore.

Leni: Yeah! Not after what you did to me!

(cuts to a flashback of Leni and Lisa with Leni experiencing side effects from Lisa’s experiment. Her face is extremely swollen and covered in blemish like substances)

Leni: My face feels funny

Flashback ends

Me: It was some kind of experimental cream that was created to get rid of acne forever, right Lisa?

Lisa: Affirmative J.D. Classic. All I did was infuse the bioluminescent DNA of the Aequoria Victoria Jellyfish into a cookie. I call them Gloweos. Besides, now we can see.

Me: How Illuminating. (Luan and I Laugh and the others sigh) Lisa your experiment worked successfully.

Lisa: Indeed.

Lori: Okay, Everyone huddle around Luan. (The do as Lori says)

Luan: I always knew I was the light of your life. (Luan and I laugh as the rest of her siblings sigh)

Lincoln: Okay. So how aboutwe get the power back on?

Lori: Hey. When mom and dad are out,I’m in charge. So first we need to get a head count to make sure we’re all here.

Me: Everybody’s all present and accounted for except for Lucy.

Lucy appear and scared Lincoln.

Lucy: That’s right.

I help Lincoln up.

Lincoln: Can I go flip the circuit breaker before Lucy gives me a heart attack?

Lori: Again, in charge. I’ll do it. Where’s this circuit breaker thingy?

Me: It’s usually down in the basement.

We all arrived at the basement and Lori’s shadow peers over the basements darkness.

Lori: Why am I the one who has to do this?

Me and everyone else: Because you’re in charge

Me: You even said so yourself

Lori: All right all right! Come on, Luan. Light the Way.

Luan: That’s the brightest idea you’ve had all day! (laughs, Lori pulls her away from her siblings. After doing so, Luan’s glow goes away. The rest of us gasp) Oooh. I thought I was staying in tonight, but I guess I’m going out. (Luan and I laugh white the rest of her siblings sigh)

Laney: No! Please don’t go out! I don’t wanna go down there! (Shakes Luan)

Lori: Lisa, give her another one of those cookies. We won’t tell.

Lisa: (On her clipboard) Negative. That was the only one. Prototype.

Me: Aw Cheese Logs. I wanted to try one of those.

Lori: Just great... (hears a wooden creak and it scares her) There’s something in the basement! I’m not going down there!

Lynn: (taunts) Ooh! you’re scared of the dark!

Lori: I am not! You’re the one who’s scared.

Lynn: I’m not afraid of anything.

Lucy: Boo!

Lynn: AAH!

While most of the girls start arguing, the twins start to treble with fright.

Lola & Lana: THERE’S A GHOST IN THE BASEMENT!!! (sobbing)

Lincoln: Guys! I’m running out of time! It’s really important that I...I...I...

Me: Lincoln, Your sisters are really scared. We have to do something.

Lincoln: (sighs in realization) You’re right J.D. I need to fix this. OKAY, QUIET! (The Girls stop) Come here you too. It’s okay. There’s nothing to be afraid of. (Hugs the twins to comfort them)

Me: It’s okay Laney. I will make sure nothing happens to anyone. (hugs me)

Lincoln: Your big brother and best friend will protect you. If fact... we will protect all of you! For I am Cadet Lincoln! CADET LINCOLN Highly trained student of the Academy of Really Good Ghost Hunters or ARRGH!!! ARRGH!!!

Me: And I’ll protect all of you too for I am Cadet James! CADET JAMES Elite Lightsword Specialist of the Academy of Really Good Ghost Hunters or ARRGH!!! ARRGH!!! (Lightning strikes in the background)

My eyes glow green and Lincoln puts on his night goggles and busts out his Walkie-Talkie.

Lincoln: Cadet Clyde this is Cadet Lincoln. Forget the plan. I’m going to need backup.

Enter Clyde

Clyde: Cadet Clyde reporting for duty. (Notices Lori and gets aroused) L-L-L-Lori? (Starts acting like a Malfunctioning Robot) RED ALERT. RED ALERT. DOES NOT COMPUTE. CIRCUIT OVERLOAD.

I snap my fingers and Clyde snaps out of it.

Clyde: Thanks J.D.

Me: No problem Clyde. Is that what you meant by awkward Lincoln?

Lincoln: Yep. (prepares to enter the basement) I will now descend into the scariest place in the house: the basement.BASEMENT but fear not, with my official ARRGH! Branded night vision goggles, I can see in the dark. (begins to head down but slips down the stairs and loses his walker-talkie. I run to the door.)

Me: Lincoln, are you okay?

Lincoln: The bad news is, my goggles are just a toy and do not really see in the dark! The good news is they cushioned my face from the hard basement floor.

Luan: Hey I think my video camera has a night vision setting.

Lincoln: (rushes back up) Sweet! (takes it) It’s just like the cameras they use on ARRGH! I’m going in.

Me: No! Let’s all go, together.

I then ignited my lightsaber. It has a green blade.

Lisa: (gasp) Is that a real lightsaber?

Me: It sure is.

The basement, Lincoln was leading the way with Luan’s camera as his guide.

Lincoln: You may want to stay close. There’s no telling what could be lurking down here in the dark.

Luan: There’s nothing funny about this situation. Although, I do like dark humor.

Leni: Is someone touching my hand?

Lynn: You’re touching your own hand

Me: I’ve trained for this guys. Everything is gonna be okay.

Lori: I hate basements.

An eerie sound comes.

Lori: (Gasps) What’s that morning?

The girls all gasp and Lincoln, Me and Clyde turn to the source

Lincoln: Don’t freak out. It’s just the pipes settling

Another scary sound.

Leni: What’s that scratching?

The girls gasp again and I turn to the source

Me: It’s alright. It’s Cliff the Cat scratching a scratching post. (Cliff is using his scratching post and meows)

Lynn: (plugs up her nose) What is that smell?

The girls gasp again and Clyde sees the source.

Clyde: It’s just Lily with a full diaper.

Luna is holding Lily and understandably grossed out by her baby sister

Lily: (giggles) Poo-poo!

Another ominous noise occurs, surprising us.

Me: What is it?!

???: J.D., Lincoln, Clyde...

Me, Lincoln and Clyde: (Terrified) IT’S THE GHOST AND IT KNOWS OUR NAMES!!!

We start running around and scream. Except for Lucy.

Lincoln: (Bravely) I’LL SAVE YOU, SISTERS! (Charges at the ghost)

The lights come back on and it turns out Lincoln is attacking the Laundry basket.

Lincoln: Hi-yah! Take that evil spirit!

Me: (after finding the circuit breaker and turning the lights back on myself) That’s not a ghost Lincoln, it’s everybody’s laundry.

Lincoln emerges from the laundry and sheepishly grins; it also turns out that the sound was coming from his walkie-talkie. It was our friend Liam.

Liam: (Southern Accent) Lincoln, Clyde, J.D. Everything okay at that there house? All you’re lights were gone.

Lincoln: Liam? Yeah we’re alright. All the power’s back on.

Leni: (with her eyes closed)

Lisa: Open your eyes.

Leni: (opens her eyes) IT’S A MIRACLE!

Lori: First one to the TV is couch commando.

Lincoln: Ican still get there first! Come on Clyde, J.D.!

Lincoln hurried to the couch dragging me and Clyde along with him so we can be the first ones and races and passes all his sisters; we manage to get there first and Lincoln grabs the remote and turns on the TV only to find out that the show is now over

Hunter: WOW! Wasn’t that by far the best episode of ARRGH! ever. I’d hate to be you if you missed it!

Lincoln, Clyde and I gasp.

Lincoln and Clyde: (shocked) NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Me: (Disappointed) Aw Fish Sticks! And I didn’t even get to see it.

Lincoln: (lamenting): I can’t believe I missed my show.

Lincoln and Clyde started to break into tears and Lincoln’s sisters saw how miserable they are and feel pretty bad for them.

Lori: (hands us some popcorn) Sorry you missed your show guys.

Luan: But you just lived it. Check it out. (plugs her camera into the TV and shows us what Lincoln filmed. We all watch and enjoy our little adventure on film and me, Lincoln and Clyde are happy to have actually lived the show instead of just watching it.)

Lincoln: (to the Viewers) You know, I may have missed my show. But sometimes, it’s not about being there first. Sometimes it’s about being there together. All of us.

Me: You said it.

Lucy: You forget me.

Lincoln, Clyde and the girls get startled by her appearance.

Me: Oh yeah, You too Lucy. (I check the Time) Oh my gosh! Look at the time! Wow you guys, this has been so exciting. I can already tell we’re going to be the best of friends.

Lincoln: I think so too.

Lori: It’s literally been nice having you here.

Luna: You’re one Rockin Dude.

Me: (makes Rock on fingers) Rockin!

Lynn: I’ll admit. You’re alright J.D.

Lucy: Yeah you are pretty cool. For a mortal man.

Lola: Because I enjoy your company so much, you’re welcome to all of my tea parties. But you better not be late to all of them or I’ll

Lana Pushes Lola

Lana: What Lola meant to say was, we look forward to having you here more.

Lisa: Affirmative. We could really use another male unit in this household.

Luan: Yeah. Anyone who laughs at my jokes is A-OK in my book.

Lily: A.D! (laughs)

Leni: You’re really sweet J.D.

Me: (Smiles) Thanks Leni. I think you girls are all sweet too.

Lincoln: Come on guys. Group Hug!

We all hugged.

Me: Oh Wow. Well, I gotta go. See you guys Tomorrow.

Loud kids: Bye J.D.

I started walking home

I got to my house.

Me: Yeah. I think I’m really gonna like it here in Michigan.

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My 2nd fanfiction is completed.

Yes I am a Jedi in all my fanfictions. But I was trained on Earth.

Lots of great adventures await. I’m 15 in my fanfictions but biologically in real life I’m 30.

Until next time. This is J.D. signing off.