27 - Party Punch

Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring! Ring!

“Why isn’t he picking up?” Ring! Ring! That was the eighth ring, and yet, still no answer.

“Hello?”

“Finally you picked up, Morgan! There’s a Halloween party at Aaron’s house tonight at 6:00 p.m today. We both got invited! I’ll pick you up at 5:40 and then I’ll drive us to Aaron’s. Sound good?’’

“Oh, another Halloween party, huh? Aaron threw one last year. It was just a living room decorated like cemetery, filled with zombies, mummies, ghosts. Oh, and don’t forget the blood fruit punch. We’re just gonna be dancing. Barely anybody came last year, and Aaron thinks people will THIS year? I’m not gonna go, your on your own.”

“Come on, Morgan, don’t be a negative Nancy! Maybe this party is gone be better than last years, and maybe more than a few people will come! See ya at 5:40!” Before Morgan could answer, Spencer hung up.

Morgan looked at the clock, it was only 9:25 a.m.

“Should I go?” Morgan thought. He got out of bed and made breakfast.

“Mmmm!!! Eggs, bacon , butter and toast, can this get any better??” Today was Halloween, so Morgan didn’t have work. He ate his breakfast and then drank a cup of coffee. He hustled out the door and went for a walk down the street. As he was walking down 82nd street, he passed by Pop’s Costume Shop. He looked through the glass display window and saw a zombie costume. Morgan walked in and came back out in 15 minutes with 2 big bags.

It was 5:30 and Morgan was in his costume. Blood was all over his face. There was white make up on his face too. Beep! Beep!

“HEY MORGAN, LET’S GO!!!” shouted Spencer into the window of Morgan’s room.

“Your early,” said Morgan as he walked towards the car.

“How do you like my zombie costume?”

“Ha, ha, great! I figured if we came early we can eat more of the spider web cotton candy, and the blood fruit punch!”

They went to Aaron’s house, and Morgan was sitting on the couch, watching people play Pin The Tail On The Ghost. He knew he shouldn’t have came. Last years party there were only a few people attending. This years there were at least 40 people. Morgan said hi to a few friends and drank some punch. He stared at the ice cubes for a moment, adoring the perfectly cubed shape.

“How can ice be so perfect?” he said to himself. He can tell they were just right out the freezer, he tried biting one and almost broke his teeth. He also saw tiny little red dots INSIDE the ice cube. He drank another cup and continued watching.

“Wanna piece of black cat chocolate cake?” said Aaron.

“It’s just dark chocolate.”

“Sure. Thanks.” Morgan took a fork and started to gobble up the piece of cake.

“Ahhh! I see that you have drank the blood fruit punch.” Said Aaron suspiciously. “Don’t mind the red stuff in the ice cubes. These are called Halloween cubes. I got them at the super market yesterday.” He said, pointing to the cubes.

“Oh, yeah, the ice cubes are really cool, I wonder how they get the red stuff in it, huh?” said Morgan.

“Heh! Heh! Yeaahhhh………” replied Aaron.

As soon as Aaron went away from the snack table, Morgan left the house.
On his walk home a police car past him. The lights were on, so was the siren. It was going towards Aaron’s house. Morgan had a crazy thought that something happened during the party. Just as Morgan was about to head towards the front door of his house, he realized that he forgot his jacket at Aaron’s house.

“Oh, great!” He walked back to Aaron’s house and his mouth dropped at what he saw when he opened the door. He found everybody lying on the floor DEAD!! Then he noticed that there was fruit punch all over the floor. But, there were no ice cubes.
“Strange.” Said Morgan.

Only Spencer and Aaron were still alive. Morgan saw the police asking Spencer questions.

“And I never got to drink the punch!” Spencer told Morgan.

“The doctors need to examine the bodies.” said Officer John. Morgan saw Aaron shiver when he heard the officer saying this.

“Well, they don’t NEED to examine the bodies, do they? What if the bodies have disease?”

“Yes! Of course they have to examine the bodies! What if they were poisoned??? Oh, and we’ll have to check the food you served, Mr.Micknelle.

“Okay.” Aaron replied.

“Do you know why there’s fruit punch all over the floor?”

“No, no I don’t.”

The next day the police came back with the reports on the bodies.

“Well, we found X216 in the bodies, Mr.Micknelle. X216 is a deadly chemical that can kill any living thing.”

“Oh. I don’t know,”-

“As I left your house yesterday, I used an eyedropper and took a sample of the fruit punch. And I found out there was X216 in it. Can you explain this to me, Mr.Micknielle?”

“No! Aaron had nothing to do with this! The fruit punch has X216, but I drank some too. And I’m fine right?” said Morgan.

“Yeah! He did drink some!” said Aaron.

“Was there anything else in the fruit punch?”

“Yes. Ice cubes.” Aaron replied nervously.

“Do you have anymore of them in the freezer?”

“Yes, I made them, with an ice tray.”

“What? You said you bought them!” said Morgan, confused.

“Was there anything special about them?” said Officer John.

“Oh yeah! There were tiny red dots inside them.” said Morgan.

“We need to see those ice cubes.” said the officer.

There were 3 ice cubes left. They were in the ice tray. Officer John took them to go see what the red dots were. It was………….. was………….. X216!!!!!

“Aaron you are arrested! We found X216 in the ice cubes! The only reason why Morgan didn’t die was because when he drank the punch, the ice cubes were still thawed, WITH the X216 inside them, FROZEN. But in a few hours, when Morgan went home, the other guests drank the punch, and the ice was melted, releasing the X216 into the punch. You only did this to get revenge on the people who got invited to your party last year and didn’t come!”

Aaron was sentenced for 45 years in federal prison. While for Morgan, he made lots of money as a real estate agent. Spencer and Morgan were best friends, so they bought a big house together, and became housemates. So next time you drink party punch, CHECK THE ICECUBES!!