Halloween.
Rocky had been hearing that word around Detica through the townsfolk for a few weeks now. He had seen many of them purchase or harvest various-sized pumpkins. He watched in awe as some of those people made new, oddly shaped candles from used waxes they found lying around the cemetery near the port while a few others decorated their caverns and cottages with fake bats, spiders, cobwebs and whatnots. It was early in the morning and he felt a certain "cheer" in the air amidst the chaos, especially whenever kids and young adults in costumes walked past him on the street.
'Hmm.. Why haven't we heard of Halloween before?' he asked hims
"The Ship of Tricks...? Ugh! Like, what kind of a name is that?" shrieked a somewhat familiar female voice.
Maggie's instincts told her to duck for cover behind a large record book laying on top of the table before her, a move which should have been perfect if it did not make her intention so obvious. Normally, the captain would have already struck a debate by this time as to why she used this name for her crew's take on a carnival attraction but, for the sake of her sanity, she decided to let this one slip through. It was noontime and the sun was high up. Causing any trouble at this hour would get the authority's attention which, in turn, w
"Daniel, what are you doing? Stay away from the window!"
"But I wanna see what's going on!"
"NO!! It's too dangerous! Do you wanna die?"
"Just because he's peeking doesn't mean he's gonna get killed, Erin."
"He's my brother, David. It's my job to make sure he doesn't," the 11-year-old girl glared at her cousin.
"At least, don't kill the fun," replied the redhead being referred to. He winked back at Daniel who, in turn, laughed at his remark. "Besides, he's just a kid. The police don't hurt kids."
Despite Erin's protests, Daniel went back to watching the chaos outside the four-storey building. They were watching TV some few minutes ago b
"Calm down, Mom! Everything's gonna be fine!" Bobby said with a trembling voice.
"No, no! You're just saying that but you don't know! You just don't know!"
Bobby shifted on his other foot as he held his mobile phone closer to his mouth. "It's what I've been training for. If I don't go for tonight's mission, they'll brand me as a deserter. I don't wanna tarnish my record!"
"But it's total chaos out there! We haven't even heard from your father ever since your commanding officer took him into custody the other day. I don't want to lose you, too! Please, son! Please!" cried the woman on the other end of the line.
"You're not gonna lose me,"