An abyss of distorted noise rings out. Lukz's eyes flash open to see a hazy image of a bearded policeman standing over him. The man's mouth slowly moves, trying to speak to him, but Lukz, still dazed, can't hear a thing. His eyes rapidly blink, trying to re-gain consciousness and vision, when suddenly, *whoosh*, a flood of noise cascades over him! Sirens blare consistently, red and blue lights cloud the nights sky, as two large hands grab his shoulders.
"Lukus! Are you okay?" A deep, welsh toned voice askes sincerely.
Young Lukz piers up towards the man, with a combination of tears and blood streaming down his face! He squints his left eye, clinching in pain!
"Woh, be careful there boy. Those are some awfully deep cuts on your face?" The ginger bearded man says puzzled.
Lukz turns back, realising its Don towering over him. Suddenly, his one good eye starts to flood with tears,
"It got mum, Don!" He screams out!
Don stumbles back, startled, "What? What got her?" He asks, softly.
Lukz sobs, crying into his hands, then blurts out, "This red eyed, weird, black bodied thing! It looked like one of my nightmares!"
"A what?" Don replies, confused, when a small tug pulls onto his arm.
Lukz and Don both look over, to see young Kevin standing there completely silent.
Don kneels, pulling Kevin's chin upwards, making him look straight into his dark brown eyes. "What happened Kevin?" he asks, softly.
Kevin sucks back his tears, glancing over to Lukz. "Some-thing, something grabbed her leg... I saw it as we fell." He replies, distressed, quivering in fear.
Don looks sharply back towards their house, confused, as an enormous rage of flames, twists and gnarls its way through every crack in the building's walls, leaving behind a beaten hollow shell. He stands to his feet, grabbing both boys' hands, "Don't worry, your mum will be fine." He says, gulping back his pain. looking down to Lukz, he notices his wounds still poring with blood, "Come on Lukus, let's get you to Rosy, I'm sure Mrs charm can sort out those wounds." He says, pulling a fake smile.
Both Kevin and Lukz glance at one another, gripping tighter onto Don's hands as they follow him towards an ambulance. Don comforts the boys, making sure they don't turn or glance at an erupting inferno towering behind them.
Shuffling all three of them towards a pair of white and yellow reflective doors, Don opens them up, causing a sudden blade of the purest white light to strike Lukz's injured side of his face, sending him crashing backwards, folding him to the floor. Don instantly shields his and Kevins eye's, glancing inside the ambulance to see a young, brunette haired girl, holding the face of a severely burned woman. Don quickly slams the doors shut, rushing over to Lukz.
"Lukus! Are you okay?!" He shouts, pulling him off the floor. Lukz slowly nods back, turning his head around, revealing the left side of his face to have completely stopped bleeding, all that remains is an array of extremely raw and protruding scares, scattered from his forehead to his chin.
Don frowns with confusion, "Lukz, can you open your eye?" He asks softly.
Lukz shuffles around, then slowly peels it open, a deep ominous black ring surrounds a dark red iris of his eye, blood vessels splinter through a murky white eyeball, as they pulse rapidly, causing it to slightly shudder and weep.
Don quivers, then lightly grabs Lukz's face. "What the hell!" He whispers to himself, "how, how are your wounds healed, but your eye, its... broken!" he adds, confused. "Close your right eye, can you see how many fingers I am holding up", Don says, lifting three up.
Lukz nods, "Yes, three." He squeaks.
Don touches Lukz's face, mesmerised by its instantaneous healing.
Kevin peers' forwards, to also look into Lukz's eyes.
He too, starts touching Lukz's scarred skin, "Lukz, I think Darcie has healed you?" Kevin says in oar.
Don turns towards him, "Who, Rosy's Daughter?", He asks.
Kevin turns back to look at the ambulance, "The girl in there? Her name is Darcie Charm." He replies, pointing his stumpy little finger.
Don shakes his head, then turns back towards Lukz, "well, you look a lot better, do you feel okay?" He adds.
Lukz peers towards the ambulance, then turns to gawp at his flaming house. "MUM!!!" He screams out, as he bounds to his feet, charging towards its ever-growing flames!
Don Grabs him, clasping him within his arms while holding Kevin with his other hand, "Lukz, calm down. Your mum isn't in there." He says, calmly, as Lukz screams and shouts, kicking his legs, while biting Don's Arm. "MUMMY!!!" He cries out! As Don hoists them both over to a pearly white car, locking them inside.
"NOO! Let me out!! I want to see her!!" Lukz cries, smashing onto the window, as Kevin sits silently.
Don's face starts to cringe in pain as he turns away, striding towards the ambulance. "I will keep them safe Cali, I promise you from the bottom of my heart!" He painfully speaks, holding back his tears while staring towards a cloudy sky above.