Chapter 25

                                    

                                          
I open the front door and find Benny leaned over, panting. "What now?" I sigh out. "You'll never believe what I got. We have to go get Ethan and play this, right now!" He thrusts the case into my hands and I look it over. "You got Knights of Ninjitsu IV! Why didn't you call me? Give me a second" I run up the stairs, throwing on a jacket and slipping my shoes on, rushing back down.
                          
"Come on!" We both rush over to Ethan's, barging in the house. We run up the stairs and Sarah peaks her out of Jane's room, looking at us in disbelief. "What are you geeks up to?" "Can't talk right now!" We run into Ethan's room and he sits up confused as we shut the door. Benny hides the game behind his back.
                          
"Dude, your parents are gone, and we have the run of the house. Well, except for your sister and Sarah, your babysitter." Benny teases and Ethan rolls his eyes. "Do you have any idea what this means?" "Does it rhyme with 'Gideovames'?" Ethan asks hopefully. "Even better" I motion for Benny to show him.
                          
He shows Ethan the case. "Knights of Ninjitsu IV!" "Wick!" Ethan exclaims. "I had to wait five hours in line for this puppy, and I had to pee the entire time!" Ethan stands, taking the case and looking it over in excitement. "Well, this is going to be worth every bit of kidney damage" Ethan smiles. He pauses though, confused.
                          
"Wait, why do we need the run of the house for this?" "You know, so we can... yell and stuff." Ethan scoffs. "You yell in here all the time." "What's the fun in anything if you can't yell?" I defend and Benny nods in agreement. "My mom is constantly telling-" "Do you want to play or not?" Benny cuts him off. Ethan thinks it over before rushing towards the console and we quickly follow.
                          
We try to get the console to turn on but it seems to not work. "Nooo!" Ethan complains, starting to fix the wires while I hand him stuff that might help. Benny paces near the door, reading over his spell book. "It's not fair! I can't believe we burned out the processor now. Wait..." He holds out his hand and I hand him what he points to, just wanting to play the game.
                          
"I think if I can jump these cables, we can get it working." Ethan explains as he works on the console. "Or, we could just use a minor reparation spell. It can fix anything! It says so right here." Benny points down at his spell book. The console beeps and Ethan cheers. "Hah! Booyah! We're back in business. Come on" We all grab a controller, starting to play again. 
                          
"Sword chopping business." Benny agrees, rushing over and grabbing his controller. We continue to battle bad guys, our focus on the TV. I don't know how long we play but eventually we hear Sarah's voice. "Ethan! You're gonna want to see this!" Her voice sounded panicked and we all share a glance before pausing the game.
                          
We make it to Jane's room and see a girl with blue hair, dressed in pink, wandering around the room. "What the heck is that?" Ethan asks in shock. "That is a life-sized Debbie Dazzle. I think I had a dream about this once." Benny explains. "Jane, can I talk to you for a minute?" Ethan leads her a little bit away from us and Sarah follows while Benny and I share a look. "Besides the hair, she's not bad looking" I admit and Benny nods in agreement. "I'm gonna talk to her"
                          
I walk closer to Debbie as she looks over Jane's things. "Debbie, is it?" "Oh, hi. Debbie Dazzle! What's your name?" "Ryleigh" I hold my hand out and she shakes it. I feel a sudden wave of nausea wash over me, almost like I was being drained. "Woah" I pull my hand away as she smiles widely. I fall back onto the bed, feeling dizzy while she turns to look at the others.
                          
"Let's have ice cream and go to a roller disco dance party" She suggests. I go to stand, but fall back onto the bed. "Are you okay?" Sarah walks toward me. "I-I think. I don't know what just happened. One minute I'm shaking Debbie's hand and the next..." I shake my head. "Yay!" Jane cheers for Debbie's suggestion. "I'm in!" Benny agrees. Sarah helps me up and we walk towards the others. "Something's up with her" I whisper to Ethan and he nods.