Invasion of the Tentacles 3D Render, Digital Artwork by CybOrSpasm

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Invasion of the Tentacles!

3D Render by CybOrSpasm

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Finally...
Not often I get an hour or two to myself anymore.
All the pixies are quiet for once...
Miranda said she was going to go soak in the tube for a while...
I guess I could go join her, but maybe I will leave her be for once and take a little time for myself as well!
Maybe now I can get on my computer and finish rendering that picture I have been worki...

Yup, should have known better...

"What the bloody hell is going on now!?"

Pixies are streaking in and out of every nook and cranny in the house!
I didn't even know that many pixies were in this house!

"TERRA!"

Almost instantly, a familiar whine and blur of wings stops to hover in front of me.

"Bring BigBang and come! We invaded by the TENTACLES!"

First, "BigBang" is what she calls my Ruger 357 magnum...
Second, reading that sentence on the screen takes about 2 seconds.
Third, Terra took approximately three fourths of a second to speak it, and I am pretty sure she was trying to say it slowly!
It will now take an additional 4 seconds for my brain to process what it was that she just chirped at me!
During which time, Terra has already made a hasty exit, stage right! (Extra points if you can name the cartoon character who always used to say something to that effect!)

"BigBang!?! What the hell!"

I followed Terra out the door just in time to see the the above scene unfold...

Four pixies were in a battle to the death with a green, writhing, squirming, vibrating tentacle looking thing, and about a dozen more were "coming in hot" to join the battle!
Wait a sec...
Make that three pixies were actually engaging the "enemy" while one of them was slowly backing around the corner of the couch.
Giggling the entire time...

Twylyte...

And the dreaded "Tentacle Monster"...
Looks an awful lot like a certain "novelty toy" that I, myself, had given someone as a silly joke.

Cue Miranda.

"NOOOOO!!! You give that back right now!"
"Don't you dare shoot tha..."
"No! Don't stab it..."
"GOD DAMNIT! I liked that toy!"

More spears and arrows were now inbound...

"RED LIGHT!"

When living in a house full of pixies, it quite necessary to set down a list of rules and laws.
Not just for the sake of the pixies, but for your own safety as well.
Rules like:

Always make sure the toaster is empty before starting a piece of toast...
Same for the washing machine and dryer... Oh, that was a bad day...
And the garbage disposal... (No, that never actually happened, but after the dryer incident... ya.)

Another type of law is:
Never clean and skin the rat/mole/gopher/bird/snake etc. that you just killed, on the kitchen counter, sock drawer, middle of the living room rug(!?!), or anywhere else that is not outside!

And another:
Our toothbrushes are NOT to be used for ANY other purpose than brushing OUR (humans) teeth!
Baxter is NOT a human!

See where this is going? There are quite a few more, but I digress...

"Red light" is a special rule/law. It's just like the game you may have played as a kid.
Everyone in the house has learned to take this rule very seriously, and it has saved a life on more than one occasion!
If anyone yells "Red Light", everyone is to freeze in place instantly.
All sound is to stop.
All flyers are to immediately land as quickly as possible.
Everyone is to become a statue as soon as possible.

We used to practice it with the pixies as a game until it became second nature, and all new pixies are taught it as soon as they arrive.
As I said, it has already saved lives...

The sudden silence was almost deafening...
I think that last spear must have severed a wire in the "tentacle", because even it stopped moving and buzzing.

Everyone had frozen...
Except for one, slowly moving, gloamin' pixie, trying to sneak around the back of the couch....

"Twylyte! Where do you think you are going?"

"Chirp..."

"I don't care if your favorite tv show is starting right now..."
"Is it possible you know something about all this?"

"Churrrp."

"You and I are going into my office and have a little talk."

"Chrp"

"NOW!"

"Oh, and Green Light!"

Miranda picked up her dead toy, carefully pulling out all the tiny arrows and spears, and handing each one back to their respective owners, then headed back to her bath.
The rest of the pixies went back to wherever they had come from...
How in the hell did we get so many pixies in the house?!?
I thought we only had ten or twelve!

I closed the office door as Twylyte flew gloomily past me to land on my desk.
I sat down, leaned back, and crossed my arms.

Twylyte stood in the center of my desk, looking dejectedly at her feet.

"Okay, no bullshit now..."
"Did you take Mirandas' toy, put it in the living room, then sound the tentacle alarm?"

Twylyte nodded slowly...

"That was a pretty good prank..."
"Sure shook the dust off everyone's wings!"

Twylyte slowly raised her head. Her eyes narrowed and a very, very, mischievous grin spread across her tiny face!

"Shook them right out of the rafters, tentacle did!" She said, speaking as slowly and clearly as she could.

I grinned right back at her.

What can I say, Twylyte and I are buddies!
After all, I respect a good prank, and I had to admit, that was a good one!

"Okay, but you're going to have to have to work off the price of Miranda's toy."

She nodded in acceptance.

I mean, how do you punish a pixie anyways?!?
Well, either I or Terra would eventually think of something!