Chapter 6: Chapter 6

Back at the FROGGEE-ATLAHOUSE, Sebastien and William were playing a suspenseful game of UNO in the living room. “UNO!” Sebastien blurted in their suspenseful game of Uno. “not TOO quickly!” William said, smirking. “No..” sebastien said. “O-ho-ho-ho-ho, yeah.” William teased. He took a card out. DRAW 4. WILD CARD. it read. “NOOOOOOOO” Sebastien yelled, startling the cat. He picked up 4 cards and William played the Draw four Wild card. “Blue,” he said, calmly. Sebastien looked down at his deck of cards. three greens, one yellow, and one blue. He played the blue. Next, William played his blue. “UNO!” William yelled. Sebastien muttered. Next, sebastien grabbed a card. Red. he grabbed another card, yellow. Then another card, blue. He played it. William then played his final blue and won. “YES!” he celebrated. “Good game.” Sebastien congratulated. “What time is it?” William asked, looking outside to the great vacuum of space. “It's hard to tell out here,” Sebastien said. He got up and checked the clock, and it was 9:32. “Whoo-wee.” William said. “I need to turn off the lights in Qibly’s room.” William said, and he bolted up the stairs. Sebastien was left downstairs, alone. Well, not completely. “Mrewaaughhh” Pato said, stretching, And then yawning. He jumped off the couch and started rubbing his hand. “Aww, pato.” Sebastien said, smiling and petting him. He looked outside down to the earth. He hadn't seen it in two hours, and did NOT expect what he had just seen. The entire western part of the US was covered in the big blob-o-dog. “Wow” he said, stepping towards the modified windows. William walked in and stepped towards the windows next to Sebatien. “That's a lot of dogs,” he pointed out. “Yeah.” Sebastien agreed. The night was hard. They couldn't figure out if sebastien should sleep in stella’s room, or if he wanted to sleep long-term in the bonus room. They eventually decided to set up their sleeping quarters in William’s parent’s room. “Do you think the dogs will stop and we will be able to go home?” Sebastien said. “I don't know, but I doubt it..” William answered, putting his book down. After talking for a while, they decided to shush up and go to sleep. The next morning came slowly, but when they woke up, William got up first. He went downstairs and popped a waffle into the toaster oven and brought out the syrup and butter. It felt weird being home alone in a house with artificial gravity out in space. He went over to the fridge and got a can of Fancy Feast and put it in the cat’s bowl. Pato jumped down and walked over to the bowl. Then, William went over to the living room and checked the router. Still no internet. He sat down and opened the book on the couch. After a while, Sebastien came down, with bags under his eyes. “Bad sleep?” William asked, closing his book. “Yes. I had a lot of nightmares. Most of them start with me being back on earth and ending with me being swallowed by the wave of dogs.” he said. Sebastien grabbed a cup, then opened the fridge and poured some water into it, then took a sip. “It's strange though. I always thought the world would end by alien invasion or nuclear war, not by a flood of dogs.” Sebastien stated. “Yep, I get it.” William said. “The router still doesn't work, though.” William said. “So, no minecraft?” Sebastien asked. “Nope. at least no two player.” he answered, sitting back down on the couch. In a couple of minutes, the toaster oven dinged. William got up and took it out of the Toaster oven and buttered it. After it melted, he put syrup on it. “What do you like to eat for breakfast?” William asked. “I usually have cereal.” Sebastien said, looking in the pantry. “Ok. We have Rice Chex, Honey Comb, and some old Honey Bunches of Oats and some Raisin Bran, that's probably been stale for a year now.” William said. “Hmmm.. I’ll have Honey Comb.” Sebastien decided. Then all out of the blue: “REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” “What was that?!” Sebastien asked, one eye raised. “That's… Pato.” William answered. Pato’s scrabbling and pitter pattering could be heard from the hallway. It grew louder as Pato came bolting into the room. He took two circles around the house before he came tumbling in and jumped onto his cat tree, then clawed the clawing pole. “WOAH. Pato just went NUTS!” Sebastien pointed out as Pato turned toward the kids, ears back and eyes dilated. “We call that the pop zoomies,” William said. “When Pato poops he goes crazy for some reason” he explained. “Huh. I wonder why.” Sebastien wondered. “Let's go check on the dog flood. Man, that's funny to say.” Sebastien said.