Mutants In Wilson -- Richard Bonstein Sampson Jr. and Sarah

Attention: Generation X and their villians, as well as any other mutant

mentioned in this story, is property of Marvel Comics. The character

Richard Cale is named after family relations. Any other reference to

anything copywrighted is a chance happening. Twilight Zone is property

of the company that makes the show. The City of Easton, and Wilson Boro

are actual locations.

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Mutants In Wilson

He watch the group that was around a van parked near the Easton Area

Middle School. The group consisted off seven people in total. Some looked

like the were dressed up for the time of year it was. He listened as the

orange-haired man in the car said with an Irish accent, “Are ye sure ye

can handle the wee lad? They can be a handful.”

He watched as a young man with glasses said, “Don’t worry, Sean.

Yvette and I can handle Franklin, Artie and Leech. Plus I know this area,

and since it’s Halloween, the only thing we’ll have to worry about is

stomach aches.”

He then heard the one girl, who looked like she was a shade of purple,

say, “And if something does happen, Darrett and I can make sure they are

safe.” He watched as she motioned to a young African-American boy.

He then heard the Irish man say, “Alright, just remember to meet us

at Godiva’s musuem. Do you have an area planned out, just in case we have

to leave early?”

He then heard the red-headed girl say, “Rich figures we will go from

area between 12th street and 16th street, and between Spring Garden St.

and Northampton Street.”

He watched as the van started and the Irish man said, “OK, Be careful

and get to the party as soon as ye can.” Then van then headed off and the

group started to head down Spring Garden St.

At that moment, he emerged from the shadows that the ramp between

Cunniham Stadium and the nearby playground created. He looked out in one

direction and said, “Consider if you will, seven unique individuals. Mr.

Richard Cale, Mrs. Yvette Cale, Master Darrett Xavier Thomas, Miss Clarice

Ferguson, Master Franklin Richards, Master Artie Maddocks, and Master Leech.

Seven people who share a few things in common. All of them are mutants,

all of them are going trick or treating, and all of them are going to have

a memoriable night in The Twilight Zone.” He then headed off in a direction,

knowing what he would see.

Richard Cale kept an eye on the kids as the headed up Northampton

Street. They were just passing Ashton’s Funeral Home at the corner of

14th and Northampton when Leech said, “Are there any houses up here?”

Rich looked up the way Leech was pointing and shook his head. “I’m

sorry Leech. Not many places from this point on Northampton, but there

is an apartment complex on the next street. They usually have a couple

of places lit up for Trick or Treating.”

He heard all of the kids cheer, and a happy face show up above Artie’s

head. It was good that they kept all three of the boys together. Rich

always wondered how people would react to Artie’s thought balloons. It

was the only way the boy could communicate. As they headed up 14th Street,

Rich felt Yvette tug his arm and say, “Hun, I think someone maybe following

us. I’ve noticed a shadow following us the whole way.”

He turned and looked back. She was right. There was a shadow behind

them. Whoever, or whatever that shadow belonged to was following them.

Rich couldn’t tell if they had good intentions or not. Part of it had to

be the time of year it was. Halloween had always had strange occurances

assosiated with it. He then heard Darrett say, “Rich, is something wrong?”

Rich looked at Darrett and said, “It appears something is following

us. Could you use your power to provided a decoy group?”

He watched as Darrett shook his head. “I’m leary about using my

ability on Halloween. Something about the day makes me feel weaker.”

Rich wondered if it had anything to do with the ancient belief that

Halloween was the day that the dead walked the Earth. Maybe it had some

link to that.

He then heard Clarice say, “Well, maybe I could pull off a quick

teleport. Besides, you said Easton was friendly towards mutants.” She

had a point. Easton was a safehaven for mutants. He then looked at the

kids. He didn’t want to stop their festivities.

He just smiled and said, “Ok, Clarice, just teleport us up to the

corner of 15th and Liberty. It’s a block away up there.” He started to

wonder about what he had decided when the teleport started to happen, and

it looked like Clarice had done something wrong.

Yvette looked around when the teleport ended. It felt very odd when

Clarice had teleported them to their current location. She looked down

the street named Liberty Street and saw a few children going from door to

door. In some windows, there were Halloween decorations, but the kids

seemed to be drawn to one spot on the street. Yvette just said to everyone,

“I don’t remember this street having so many kids on it.”

She watched as Rich said, “You’re right. I didn’t even hear kids

when we were walking up the street. Clarice, did something go wrong during

that teleport?” She knew what Rich was hinting at.

She glanced over at Clarice, and she said, “I think something did

go wrong. It felt weird, as if we didn’t teleport between two points on

the planet.”

Yvette started to have a bad feeling about the whole situation. It

only got worse when she heard Darrett say, “Hey, what happened to the kids?”

She saw a look of fear cross everyones face.

She then heard Rich say, “I think I’ve spotted them. They’re up

there, in that small crowd.” She followed as they all ran up the block

to the group. When they got there, they saw what was getting all the

attention. Two people were handing out treats, but they were dressed up

like characters from a cartoon the boys would watch once in a while.

The one was dressed up like a totally yellow hamster, most likely

Penelope from the cartoon Hamtaro. She was handing out the treats. The

other one was laying in a sleeping bag that looked like a sock, and was

dressed up to look like Snoozer. The odd thing was it looked as if the

guy dressed up like Snoozer looked a bit like her husband. She heard

Franklin say, “Wow, they really look like the characters on the show.”

Before she could remark, she heard ‘Snoozer’ speak. “Wow, those are

some very good costumes. Wouldn’t you agree, Penelope?”

She watches as ‘Penelope’ said, “Ookwee.” It was now apparent that

these two were living up to their parts.

She heard Franklin say, “Thanks. We worked on them ourselves.”

‘Snoozer’ just replied, “Looks like the grown ups did a good job

too. Why don’t you get some extra candy from Penelope for them.”

As Franklin ran up to ‘Penelope’, she quietly said to Rich, “Hun,

doesn’t he look like you?” She watched as Rich nodded. He did see the

similarity.

She watched as most of the kids left. She then notice that ‘Penelope’

just shook her head and sadly said, “Ookyee.”

She then heard ‘Snoozer’ say, “Oh well, guess they will have to wait

until next year. Again, nice costumes all of you. If I wouldn’t have

known better, I would have thought those weren’t costumes.”

She was startled when Darrett said, “What did you mean by that?”

She was hoping that no one would say anything, especially when they weren’t

sure what happened when Blink teleported.

‘Snoozer’ then said, “Well, you all look like people from a dream

I had. The odd thing was that all those people are from comic books.

Well, some of them are. Others I just came up with in my head. Zu Zu

Zu.” She had seen a few of the episodes to know that he was now entering

a deep sleep.

She returned her glance to her husband and said, “Hun, this is

getting too weird. Maybe we should leave.” It was starting to scare

her.

She was relieved when he said, “It sounds best. Besides, I think

we need to be heading to the museum. This Halloween has gotten too strange

for all of us.” She watched as he turned to Clarice and said, “When we

reach the end of the block, at 16th Street, teleport us to Godiva’s museum.”

She watched as Clarice nodded and said, “I understand.” They

continued down the street, and Clarice began to form one of her teleportation

portals. When it was finally formed, she said, “Ok, let’s go.” Yvette

watched as everyone headed through. She looked back one last time, and

was startled when she saw both people dress like Ham-Hams, watching them.

She was more startled when they both waved farewell to them. She waved

back and headed through.

When they appeared at the museum, she heard Darrett say, “I have an

idea. Let’s not mention what happened. It’s so weird that I don’t even

believe it happened.” She had to agree with that.

She then heard Rich say, “No, maybe we should tell. It’s Halloween,

and one thing is for sure. It would make a terrific ghost story.” Now

she didn’t know what to think, but Rich did have a point. It would make

a good ghost story. She smiled and nodded.

Yvette then said, “Rich is right. No one is going to think it’s

the truth, but they will believe it’s a ghost story.” She watched as

everyone, except the boys, nod in agreement. It was settled. This was

a story that not only was true, but too weird to be true.

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'Penelope' watched as the people walked away. She had thought it

was very strange that she saw her boyfriend standing there, out of costume.

What was even weirder was that her boyfriend was laying there, dressed as

'Snoozer'. She looked down at 'Snoozer' and said, "Honey, who was that

guy?"

'Snoozer' started to get up and said, "Honey, I don't think you'll

believe this, but I think I know that guy." When he finished getting up,

he pointed down the road and said, "And I think this confirms it."

'Penelope' looked in the direction that he was pointing and was

almost in shock. Right at the corner of Sixteenth and Liberty and saw a

strange glowing circle. Some of the people had entered through the circle,

and had disappeared. She then saw as the red-headed girl looked back.

She could see a stunned look on her face. She quietly said to her boyfriend,

"Honey, what should we do?"

'Snoozer' looked at her and said, "I think we should wave good-bye.

It's only the right thing to do." She waved as her boyfriend waved. As

if prompted, the red-haired girl waved and then disappeared into the circle.

When the circle disappeared, her boyfriend looked at her and said, "Well,

I guess that means it is Halloween now."

'Penelope' looked at her boyfriend, took his hand, and said, "Now,

could you tell me what just happened?" She had been wondering that when

she first saw the other people. It was running through her mind, and now

she needed an answer. Something to make sense of the weirdness.

'Snoozer' looked in her eyes, smiled and said, "Honey, what we just

saw was my one dream, come to life."

She then remembered her boyfriend's dream. She felt as if she was

in shock and said, "Are you saying that those are the people from your

stories?" It was strange that it could be them. It was stranger that

it appeared to be them.

Her boyfriend took her in his arms and said, "Yes, hun. Those were

the people from my dreams. They were the people from my stories, and they

were very real. I think that something related to the night caused something

weird to happen."

She looked to him and said, "Honey, do you know how crazy that sounds?"

She saw he was thinking about it as they walked into her apartment. She

could tell he was milling that thought over in his mind. When they were

inside, she watched as he walked over to radio, and she said again, "Honey,

do you know how crazy that..."

Soon a song started with a jazzy tune to it. She recognized the tune

as a popular Halloween song. She felt her boyfriend take her in his hands

and say, "My love, the fact that it's Halloween makes everything seem strange,

the real makes no sense, and the bizarre makes perfect sense. Now, lets

relax, and have a little dance."

As the song continued, she felt a bit weird dancing to the song.

She smiled and looked into her boyfriends eyes and said, "Rich, we are

dancing to 'Werewolves in London'. Do you know how silly that is?" He

just looked at her and smiled. She smiled and said, "I love you."

Rich just smiled at her and said, "I love you, Sarah." With that,

they kissed and danced into the night.

Outside the window, he watched the costumed couple dance. He reflected

on the events of the evening. The events that led the seven mutants into

this world. The events that need to occur to allow them to return home.

The ‘chance’ meeting that was destine to happen, and then the date itself.

He turned from the window and looked down at the corner where the group

disappeared from. He wasn’t amazed by the fact that the street had quieted

down. It was destined to happen. He then turned around and looked in

one direction. “Tonight, nine people had a very unusual encounter. For

Richard Cale, Yvette Cale, Darrett Xavier Thomas, Clarice Ferguson, Franklin

Richards, Artie Maddocks, and Leech, they got the trick of a lifetime,

when they entered a world where they didn’t really exist, but as characters

of stories. But for Richard and Sarah, they got the chance to realize

that whatever one dreams up in their imagination will become real.

Especially when Mutants come to Wilson, Pennsylvania, in the Twilight

Zone.” He then turned around and walked into the night. No one would

see him disappear, and that’s how it always was.