The two really were too tired to deal with all that science and so Raymond found a spare sofa for the kid to sleep on and
soon the two were fast asleep.
They were both awakened at the Witching hour by the 12 bongs of gramps broken pedulum clock
and the roar of a familiar auto,Jerry's dads 1947 roadster,and a brilliant light from the outside that was shining in through the
window.
The two groggily got up and stepped onto the porch of the farmhouse
A short distance away they could see the two figures framed in the headlights glare of that
roadster
Jerry's mom and dad.
Who he knew couldn't just pop up here at midnight if they were supposed to be delivering the Maggots marijuana reefers
Raymond and Jerry just stood there on the porch so it was up to the two annoyed ghosts to step forward,Jerry's dad a short distance closer then his mother.
Craig Stutz turned to his brother and tossed something into Raymonds hands,it was a
black 6AUG6 vacuum tube,with the image of a black dragon scribed on the glass
and Craig said "She's all yours now Ray"
Then the ghost turned and began to walk towards the roadster.
Jerry's ghostly mother appeared to be ready to follow her husbands lead but then
put a hand in her wet dripping purse and pulled something out of it
and ,considering for a few seconds,tossed the object to her living son
Another vacuum tube,this one a 12FEM6 with black frosted glass and another black dragon on its sides,but more
'feminine'
Then she swiftly turned and walked to the roadster
As Jerry and Raymond watched,the noise,the roadster,the bright ligh,the two ghosts
all faded away till all
that split the night air was the sound of chirping crickets
"Mom and dad are dead" said Jerry matter-of-factly
The next morning came the call from the police
A vehicle had been pulled out of the lake that the spa resort was located beside
with 2 bodies in it.Could Raymond Stutz
please come down to identify them?
They were of course the bodies of Craig andd Louise Stutz,who had apparently
drowned when their roadster went into the deep part of the lake.
Curiously however the roadster was not available for examination.
The police said a Mr Mike A, Ggotz had come to claim it earlier.
So Raymond headed back to his house and he and Jerry sat a stunned stupor for the next few days as
Raymond made the funeral arrangements.
Reality altering vacuum tube driven machines were the furthest thing from either
of their minds for the next month.