Little Brother™

[…] and suddenly he couldn’t move at all. His mother had just pressed the button to turn him off… Peter started to be anxious and got goose bumps… Why? Why? Was he also a Little Brother, a robot and nothing more ?

 A few minutes later, the young boy calmed down. After all, he couldn’t do anything for the moment and he had to wait for his Mommy to turn him on again. Then, he would be able to escape from this mad woman!

 She came back into the living room and didn’t look angry at him anymore but she ignored her son to take care of the false little brother who had stolen his Mom. He had to take revenge and then go away.

 He waited for two hours, three hours, four hours and finally, during the afternoon, she came to him. Mom picked him up and brought him to his bedroom. She sat him on his little bed. Then, she pressed the button at the back of his neck.

 “Are you alright?” Mommy asked nicely.

 Even if he could move again, no word came out. He decided not to cry and, as he already thought, take revenge on his family. He saw a small bag filled with marbles behind his Mommy and told her he had to go to the toilet. She agreed smiling peacefully. Then he took some marbles and put them on the floor near the bathroom. There, he waited for his mother a while..

 “What are you doing Peter? Is there any problem?” She called.

 “Yeah, there is. Can you please come?”

 “Okay, wait for me.”

 Once Peter saw her walking to him, she fell down because of the marbles. His idea had worked out. Now he had to see if she had a button at the back of her neck herself. Peter came to her and put her long hair away.

 “No… Peter… Don’t do this! I’ll never turn you off anymore!” Mommy yelled.

However, it was too late and she felt her son’s fingers at the back of her neck…                                                           

Continuation by Katia :

« Mommy, what are you doing ?», Peter asked.

 His mother was like very very angry so Peter was surprised and a bit frightened. He didn’t know exactly why but when he felt her cold fingers at the back of his neck, he was scared.

 “Peter, I’ll turn you off”, Mommy replied. “I’m fed up with all yours tricks” she yelled and she cried.

 At this moment, Peter realised that his mother had really thought he was like a toy, his face turned white. He was so frightened that he wasn’t angry. He extricated himself from his mother’s arm.
Then, he ran to his room and he thought that maybe, his mommy prefers Little Brother.

 “What should I do?” Peter wonders.

 In the Living room, Mommy realised what she had done, so she cried more and then, she calmed down.

 When Peter heard his mother walk, he hid under his blanket.

A short time later, Mommy came in.

 She sat on Peter bed and reproached slowly “Maybe now you realize what it’s about, you don’t pay enough attention whatever I do, I’m tired and you’re only interested in you”.

 “I understand, I’m sorry, sorry mom!” Peter begged tearfully.

 Mommy stroked Peter’s hair slowly and said “Don’t cry Honey, I’m sorry too… I was scary…”

 Peter was really confused and gave to Mommy a big hug around her neck.  
                                                                                  

Continuation by Mathieu C.

Peter extricated himself from the hold of his mother. His mother ran after him. But Peter was faster.

 “Come here !” mommy said.

 Peter went up on the sofa and waited till his mother was next to him. Then he pounced on his mother. His fingers reached the neck of his mother and pushed the button.

 “Mommy, mommy,” said Peter “Are you dead? I survived. I am alone”

 Peter ran everywhere. He jumped onto a sofa. He switched on the TV. He was free, he went in to the kitchen. He took a packet of biscuits, and he watched the TV.

Daddy arrived in the house.

 “Mommy, Peter !” the father said.

 Peter heard his father and switched off the TV. Daddy walked into the living-room.

 “What is it?” his father said “Who made this mess ?”

 Peter searched a place to hide. His father saw Mommy and pushed her button. Mommy rose and thanked her husband.

 “Who did this?” Father asked “And where is Peter?”

 “It’s Peter, but I don’t know where it is” Mommy responded.

 They searched for Peter and when they found him, they pushed off his button.

 “Well, we are free, we haven’t got children any more,” Mommy said,  "and we'll have no problems !”

Continuation by Pierre

And finally, mommy pushed the button. Peter wanted to scream, but he couldn’t.

 “How do you feel right now? Scaring, isn’t it? By now, you should realize what it’s like to be a Little Brother!”

 Mommy stands in front of Peter for a while, and then she went into the kitchen. Peter was panicked.

 “It’s…so dark! I can’t feel anything.”

 He was just about to try to cry when Daddy came into the living-room.

 “Hi, my little boy! How are you?...Hi ?! Mmh, wait a second…”

 “Honey! ” Daddy said a little loudly “Where are you?”

 “I’m in the kitchen!”

 “What did you do to Peter?” Dad asked, as he went to the kitchen too. After his father disappeared, Peter heard only some words of the discussion his parents seemed to have. He had the feeling that all of this was just a horrible nightmare and he hoped that it would end very soon.

 Then his father came back to the living-room. He came near to his son and started to whisper:

 “Everything is alright, my son. I’m going to turn you back on. Your mother is not as bad as you probably think. She’s just a little tired and sad because she was thinking you would understand a little more than you did.”

 After a break, Daddy pushed the button and when Peter started to cry, his father gave him a big hug.

 “Come on now, my boy, calm down”

 “That was horrible and so weird! I love my Little Brother and I will never do things like I did tonight, I swear it!”

 “I hope so” his mother said, as she was coming back into the living-room.

Continuation by Mathieu G.  

Before Mommy  pressed the button to turn him off, Peter ran into the kitchen. Mommy, who was angry, shouted out:

“Peter come back or it’s gonna become bad for you and you will be punished “

“I don’t want you to turn me off “Peter answered “you can’t do that just for your pleasure, it’s really uncomfortable.”

   He ran into mommy’s bedroom and he hid in the cupboard.

Then mommy walked into the bedroom too.

She searched under the bed and thought that he was in the cupboard when she opened the door.

Peter pounced on Mommy and pressed on the button on her neck.

Mommy was stopped and couldn’t move any more.

   Peter, who was alone, returned to build a tower with his blocks and did everything he wanted.

       He heard a « click », exactly the same he could hear when he turned Little Brother™ off. Peter was afraid, he tried to move. Nothing happened. He tried harder. Still nothing. He felt really scared now. He wanted to cry, but no tears came.

Mommy appeared. She had Little Brother™ in her arms and was consoling him. Then, she put him down and moved forward to Peter.

 “Can you see what’s it’s like when you are off?” Mommy demanded “You can’t do that to your little brother, Peter”.

 She searched for something at the back of his neck again. Peter was reassured. She was about to turn his button on, but suddenly, Little Brother™ knocked him down, like his tower before. Peter felt that he was falling and he heard a big “crack”.

 “Peter!” Mommy shouted “Oh my god! He is broken”

 Peter caught sight of Daddy.

 “Take Little Brother™” Daddy ordered “I will look after Peter”

 He picked Peter up and headed for the dustbin.

 “Don’t cry honey” he said to Mommy “We’ll buy another one, I promise”

 And he threw Peter into the dustbin…