Fate of Yggdrasil

Fate of Yggdrasil Chapter 24

Part 1

"Yo, fam! It's Jordie Mack...!"

"And Bobbie Mack!"

"Mack Attack, coming at ya'!" Both young men exclaimed in unison, placing their backs against each other and enthusiastically pointing at their cameraman!

"Tonight, we're going to explore this section of the train yard that's been abandoned for 10 years..." The older of the two brothers frowned at Jordie. "Hang on, let me redo that..."

"Jordie, come on! Gotta' use better verbiage, bro!" Bobbie forked fingers through his perfectly quaffed, blonde hair, attempting to lift the voluminous swirled locks higher. In comparison, the younger Jordie's similarly blonde hair was tame, sitting entire inches lower.

"I know, man! It's just..." Bathed in the orange glow of dying lamplights, hulking steel carts spread out across the desolate gravel laden lot. Rust ate away at their bodies and rails, while weeds had overgrown to the point of absurdity, some nearly standing tall enough to glimpse through shattered windows on the passenger carts. The constant low buzzing from gnats encircling the two co-stars, and a nearly silent dark forest surrounding the train graveyard reminded Jordie Mack how isolated they were from society. Humid summer air clung to his skin, and insects repeatedly bit at his exposed arms under his designer t-shirt. Fortunately, their trusty cameraman was attentive, immediately spraying away any pests! "Thanks, BB. I hi-key hate this place."

"Same." BB, the cameraman, in his baseball cap and facemask hadn't even broken a sweat. Jordie, doing everything in his power to avoid perspiring in the recording, was extremely jealous of the smaller man's cool nature. "No complaining though. After the last video where we got that one weird animal on camera, channel views have been blowing up! Paranormal is in!"

"Right on, BB! Jordie, let's get this paypa'!" Bobbie clapped his hands, hurrying the other two back into position! BB got back behind the camera fixed onto a tripod as the stars redid their intro. Speaking ad nauseam about their own merchandise and social media, Mack Attack finally began walking the train cemetery. Gnats hovered around the humming overhead lights, only seeming to bother Jordie. Bobbie, more prepared for the trek, rattled off facts from his phone as BB followed through knee-high weeds. Jordie was thankful when they finally reached a patch of gravel. The woods would occasionally call for attention with owls cooing, bugs buzzing, and deer sneaking peeks from around trees. "More like goblin' these nuts! Right, bro?"

"Got that right, Bobbie!" Distracted and barely able to retort in time, Jordie inched closer to his brother, growing more fearful of the area as time went on. "A user on MiniVid said they saw a goblin, like a real one!"

"No. Fucking. Way!" Bobbie held for a second. "BB, you can censor that, right?" BB responded by throwing a thumbs' up. "Can't curse early in the video. Cool...ok, and back! I don't believe it at all, but you guys all commented on our last video about that...what was it Jordie?"

"The Squonk! A smelly, ugly, little guy! Lil' bro was in the background of our most recent video, so we ended up looking into it. We saw your comments, and you guys kept mentioning that lil' bro ran in this direction, toward this place!" With a wide wave, Jordie showed off the train yard again. Forcing a smile as his sneaker landed in something mushy, skidding across the ground, the inflexible man nearly dropped into a split! "Bobbie, tell them about the witness accounts." Pointing the viewers back in the direction of his brother, the other two continued their show, as Jordie quickly ducked out of view to check his grime coated shoe. (Shit man...was that shit?!) The gold and black colored sneakers had managed to collect an abundance of mud and grass, to his displeasure. (...Doesn't look like shit, at least.) Relief that was quickly dashed as Jordie glanced beneath a train cart. A person, or more specifically, black loafers on a person, stood motionlessly on the other side of the cart. Jordie was stuck in place, his heart having to catch up to his brain as shock overwhelmed his body!