Grocery Trip

A flash story on a hypothetical grocery store situation I find myself with people I’ve met in the past.

“Hmm, Cheerios or Cinnamon Toast Crunch?” I thought to myself as I stood with a mind freeze staring at the cereal aisle. My mind pause was interrupted by a loud yell from the end of the aisle.

“Yo, Banned!” Said a voice from my left, shaking me for a bit. I turned left and saw a familiar face.

“Chilly, is that you, buddy?” I smiled as I waved at my friend, it seems he was shopping at the grocery store as well.

“You know it, man! Looks like you’re having a bit of a cereal dilemma over there!” Said Chilly as he crossed his arms looking at my state of indecisiveness.

“Yeah… you’re totally right.” I said scratching my head in embarrassment.

“Alright, let me help you with that.” He walked over towards me and looked at the shelves of cereal boxes. As we discussed the pros and cons of each brand another voice came by.

“Woah, what’s going on here?” Said the voice, it seemed they took an abrupt turn after noticing us.

“Yo, is that Nitro?” Said Chilly, “Hey, come on over! We’re helping Banned with his cereal box dilemma!” He gestured his hand towards himself as he faced Nitro.

“Sure, why not.” Nitro shrugged as they decided to help me pick the best cereal box.

We all conversed on each brand as each topic built in a more complex manner to the point where we sounded like intellectuals. We stood there talking about cereal boxes for about 10 minutes until 2 more people came. “What the-” I said at the top of my lungs as I couldn't believe my eyes, “Leouch and Dogetta?!”

“Who’re they?” Chilly said as he saw my shock.

Leouch and Dogetta both turned and saw my face. Nostalgia immediately hit them as it did with me, “Well if it isn’t my former troop, Banned.” Said Leouch smiling.

“Hey Leouch!” I said in joy as I saw the leader of the former Dogelands clan standing there alongside his medic. It seems Dogetta wasn’t in the mood to chat as usual. Honestly, i don’t know what she was doing there or why Leouch was in the grocery store. A mystery for another day I suppose.

However, the positive energy I received from the nostalgia trip would soon fade as darkness grew closer and closer. “Oh no…” Nitro said as he noticed the aura.

I trembled as the last recognizable person paced herself near us holding her umbrella. Her sinister aura never faded ever since we last saw her. As she was visible to all of us, we trembled. Pink… Black… Hair…

Neo...

Reviews

[Samuel Dickens]

I think I'm used to the more normal shopper gatherings that just block the aisle. But this bunch doesn't seem normal at all--not their names and certainly not the signals of impending trouble. An interesting read and written well.