The Haunting of Penni Cooper Chapter 3

            " AHHH, Mikey!!! Let go of her!!!" That was the first noise that awoke Penni. She rushed down the stairs overlooking the loft where Anique slept, it was empty. "Mom! What's wrong? Is Anique okay?" Penni drowned her mother in questions. "Micheal is pulling Anique's hair...hard" Sally looked horrified. "Let me take Mikey out for a walk- you know to cool him off a bit."  Penni knew it was a risk but she dared to take it. "Okay,be back in time for lunch Hansen is coming over to play with Mikey.." She stared at Micheal "..If he BEHAVES" She practically said it loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear. " Hansen can help me sharpen the knife I'm gonna use on you!" Micheal said happily. Mom screamed, she hated the word knife. " That is IT!" Penni dragged Micheal outside and into the woods that led into Toad Lake. " Micheal Thomas Cooper that was the LAST straw you stop this insane behavior now or else mum is gonna lock you up!" Penni stared hard into Micheal's cold eyes and felt as if she had entered an Arctic storm. " Inside the dump" Penni stamped her foot and headed back into the large woods. "Locket, locket, where's mum's pocket down the lake? Will she die from a snake? Get baked? Who knows? Maybe Penni. Will they die from any? Maybe yes maybe no but for sure they'll get choked." Micheal said as he lowered toward Sally's bed. "Micheal!!! Penni!!! AHHHHH!!" Sally rolled out of Micheal's armed hand. Knife. Penni rushed in to the bedroom seeing Mikey with a deadly weapon in his hand. " Mikey!" Penni screeched.