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Almost half his life, Ken was introduced to, TERRY, as his father.
Terry was an ex-cop, his course of life and jauntiness, was chafed, he was then assured of his existence, away from the individuals who run after him, all he required to do was take the tiny tot and flee his homeland, he did as he was asked to do and from then Ken was growing up with Terry by his side he received all necessary fatherly love from him, they have seen days where Ken wore worn out clothes and only had bread for dinners, but did that boy complained? Never.
What exactly happened with Terry is a mystery that stays with Ken forever, and his mouth is similar to bear trap that has been shut for years.
Ken was a happy kid from start, but the Ava gave birth to a girl. Ken was gifted with little sister, who looked exactly how Ava was in her childhood, his most happiest memories were the time with his baby sister.
When she passed away, Chairman was the storm he survived all these years, he desperately wanted to be with his parents like other kids, he wish to do all those things other kids did, but no one was there to support him, or play with him, Sam was the only one who recognized him, after all those years.
He had no one but Sam, Mchoan prince realized Ken was peculiar from start that didn't stop him from being with him, he was there when Ken was crying his eyes out and Opal was just doing what Oliver had ordered her to do.
At age of thirteen he unexpectedly, lost consciousness while playing soccer, he stayed on hospital bed for whole two weeks.
But when he gained consciousness from his coma, he didn't spoke to anybody, locked himself into his Den his foxhole that was untouched by others, barely touched food, acted exactly like some patient with brain injury. His parents failed to notice that they lost their boy and something sinster has swapped with their son.
Dead body was discovered when street dogs started barking and waking up the neighbourhood, it was Erin for sure, Dawn wasn't dreaming. The problem was Erin's hands were cut off along with his toes, his skull was obscurely visible and his face was almost unrecognizable also his tounge was missing.
He was left with just his underwear on, such a hideous scene in such a peaceful neighbourhood.
It rolled down as seventh victim of their serial killer, MO seems to be tampered, but there was a hunch, since he never killed so violently there were no traces at crime scene, but at the end everything pointed at serial killing and, they want less stress.
"Don't want to imagine the pain he must've endured"
"What if this isn't what we think?".
Ken stood close to them in disguise, nobody paid any special attention to him, he kept eating cotton candy he bought, then waited until every last one of them left, Dawn's purity ring glinted on his pinky finger.
"Ah! I forgot to get donuts"
Max couldn't find him, his master, meanwhile Ken sat on a wooden box amusing at some big colourful spider tugging at its web, each time he blew on the web, spider's grip gets tighter. "Dex take these to Sam he will loves donuts" Dexter immediately rush out.
Ken's lunch was served; posion was always tasteless, odourless. He had been keeping up with it, Max was flustered over, Ken not asking him to join the table. He wasn't upset about food he was pissed that he didn't even cared to ask.
"Did you bring?" Max placed the small rat case, "Did you catch him yourself?" He shake his head "No", Ken smiled then wipe his mouth "Right! You shouldn't be putting your hands into man holes" Dexter returned back.
All three Maximus, Dexter and his cook Lance stood like his personally trained soilders, Victoria was strictly warned to leave when Lance arrived it happened each day like some old ritual that cannont be changed or missed.
Ken then studied the rat jumping inside the glass case,
"Scales will love it" he said poking into raw liver, he was a fan of raw meat. Lance couldn't take his eyes away from Ken watching him eat easily, was a time for him to beat a hasty retreat yet he won't budge, failing to sense the danger up ahead. After dinnertime Lance picked his bag, "Have a nice day Ace!".
There was more to this night than, Ken stripping and sleeping with the girl who was waiting for him.
Every nerve in his body was electrified, he puts his plates away, prudently cleans the table then removed a card from one of the dresser drawers, it had handwritten address on it. "Get me the girl named Lily!" Dex immediately sprinted away "And you" he pointed at Maximus, "go to sleep"; Max chose to wait with his lumbering curiosity regarding Erin, the man who was violently murdered by his master.
However Ken was preoccupied with dishes after his dinner.
It was bright sunny yet chill shaked the bones, snow started to melt off the houses, damp soil beneath foot was sticky despite that, this was the perfect day for hunting specifically no birds but primarily boars, or perhaps if one's fortunate enough one could be able to catch a glimpse of wolves or foxes more lucky!, hart will be on the dinner plate.
"Stop! for god's sake" she grunts getting off of the carriage, it was too slow for her she wants horse "Get on Sakura" mens tried stopping them "please your highness this is dangerous, we can't let you go what if somebody attacks you" she was more stubborn than a mule, "Then hand over the thing on your waist" she pointed at his sword. She wasn't just asking but it was an order, how could a mere soilder decline it. He knew his neck was on the line, still all he could do was move the carriage fast.
Youngest amongst her all sisters, a beauty that people won't dare to imagine in their dreams, looked as delicate as a flower but was as sharp as a spear, not a dagger but spear.
Their eldest sister will soon be marrying into this country, a basic peace making marriage. Since she was youngest, she had all liberties and favour from King her father, their brother will be crowned after this marriage she was just here for a stroll "you see our markets won't have this wide variety" was she paying attention to silks, clothing, perfumes or rogue?. NO!
She wished to see what it feels like to step into someone else's land, also how freedom and danger tasted together.
Her splendid skills of archery weren't just rumors, being flexible in swordsmanship was her little secret. She is more than her snow like skin, her long hair and her royal clothes, she is more than a woman could think of herself.
She pulls one arrow, nocks it on the bow, grasp the bowstring, one check at arm, draw the bow, aiming at palace she released the arrow. Sakura shivered with terror, this was a dangerous prank to pull, she was totally unaware, that very arrow, had landed into hands that could ruin her for eternity.
"She can't speak" Dex clarified, Ken knew sign language, Lily is profoundly deaf, a girl merely of five or six years old. Victoria was told to bathe her, as she carried her in, girl unobtrusively tag along with her "I wonder why she isn't resisting any of us?" Ken nodded in agreement.
"Sir! The girl has brusies all over her body she needs a doctor" Ken immediately rings his doctor, meanwhile Lily gobbled food like she was starving for ages, "Even kids aren't safe" Dex pinched his nose bridge, he looked vacantly at her.
"Dex if you drive for ten mintues straight then take first left there's this store selling all kids stuff take her with you" he pointed at Victoria, "get her clothes and everything needed" Dex gave a light smile to Victoria befire escorting her down the stairs, she follows Dex with Ken's card in her hands.
Ken opened door for his doc,
"You are such a headache you know right?" He took bag from his hands "Who is this girl?" He didn't answer "should I wait out?" Ken asked,
"There's no need actually" Ken just stare at the back of doctor's head, "I won't check until you tell me who is she, look you can't stuff me with money and tell me to shut up what if she is your hostage?" Ken froze, then quickly came up with-- "Oh well! She's my friend's sister" he gave a light nod "now I have something to speak if police comes chasing.." Ken lick his lips, watching him examine her "God" he said shaking his head, Ken picked up Lily "How did she survive this?" Ken narrowed his eyes at him "Bring her to hospital tommorw she needs a cast on her left hand" Ken sighed, Lily put her hands around his neck gripping Ken as tight as she could, there was this pang in his head. Doctor leaves and Ken look at her small hands, communicating with her.
It was Lily not his sister!
Max woke up, shocked to see new face "why'd you wake up?" Ken asked, "Can't sleep",
"should I put you to sleep with lullaby and a Goodnight kiss" he said mockingly.
Max blushed so hard that anyone could spot it out. Ken knew exactly how to mess with his head. They put Lily to sleep "You should leave Victoria, and take the bottles before you go" he pointed at wine bottles.
Dex, Max and Ken sat silently, with each turn of a page, Ken seemed to enjoy the book.
After midnight has long past heavy pounding on door was heard, Maximus flung open the door pulling Lance in "was the bell broken?!" Ken asked.
Lance blew a light punch towards Ken, Maximus hold him "You bastard you mfsh-"
then covered his mouth,
"Lily is sleeping Lance" this was enough to pin him down.
"Let go, Max let him decide" Lance dropped on his knees "you have been poisoning me with some dumb shit, should've asked me I'm quiet handy with such things--" he said. It was almost impossible for Lance to point out what he was feeling, fear, worries, embarrassment, or will for fighting back. He chose silence over everything.
"Contaminating my dinner tables isn't funny I guess" Max thought his ears were ringing, down in the mouth he felt despondent, he had once again failed to stand guard and protect him, both Dex and Max were speechless.
Why all devils look like angels?,
masking as, most naive and credulous to approach also indestructible, hardwearing to skip, if only Lance knew where he was thrown, he would've never said yes. This ruthless, merciless, violence lover, could smell blood from miles and if he couldn't, he will hunt someone down to get a whiff of it.
Ken had choices to choose from worst and the choice a normal human would never make, considering the consequences.
And so, he always chose to go with the not so normal choice, he never begged for light into his dark abyssal world, he wanted a chair to sit there, breathing fine in all that swarthy murk, but he thought it was too unjust to stay in that distant place all alone and therefore he demanded for company. The greatest sinner he knew to ever exist, the only person who pushes all of his buttons in one go and would still smile enjoying it, only one person existed as such.
"Don't you wanna know who was it?" He shake his head, with least bit of interest.
They are simple creatures just like us, they are robust and agile hunters, living in solitude, so they hunt alone, also are gifted with excellent eyesight, these are wolf spiders with cute eyes and eggsacs attached to their abdomen.
They don't spin their webs because they move around a lot, such opportunistic hunters love to pounce upon their preys, chasing them close is one of their hunting styles.
Unlike other spiders, they don't strum their webs to lure the prey they directly pounce on their prey.
"I will tell you anyhow" Ken shaked his head again "I said I don't want to know, I will hunt each and every rabbit they released, it's more fun that way" Lance look up at Ken, for the first time noticing that he was young, younger than him, but he has invisible horns on his head, a creepy smile and empty lifeless stare that sends chill down anyone's spine.
"Portia Cowper" Ken burst into throaty laughter, "That whore?" He said wiping his eyes. "She is nothing but a slut spreading her legs for any rich filth that seems useful to her" Max tends to forget how foul mouthed Ken could be. "The only thing she could ever ask for is my dick" Lance nod "don't you know who's whore she's been?"
Lance has no idea but he somehow managed to put his finger on the trigger unaware that when he pulls it, only his head will be blown away "Nicholas Ainsworth".
"Shut your mouth!" Max yelled at him "Ace I--" he raised his palm towards Max, "You could do one good work before I set you free, atleast that much for feeding me poison" Lance immediately nod.
Max knew Lance will die,
Dex gulped standing in a corner, "let me see her once please" he lets him in, Lily slept like there was no tommorw.
"Child abuse case".
Lance broke down heavily "Shit" he kept cursing himself.
Lance switched sides as if some huge wave went back in reverse,
"But I haven't done it before-" Dex exhaled loudly "Then try it for the first time you don't need to kill 'em".
"Shoot" Dex opened his mouth inhaling "according to his ex-girlfriend his mother had Lily with some man who left her, she one day found out where Lance was living and dumped Lily there, with a letter that roughly gave any explanation, he tried contacting, even took help from police, nothing worked and so he kept Lily with that lady" he raised from his seat, clock showed 12:02, he suddenly remembers Bach that Sam was practicing.
Lance had already left, Dex had his eyes fixed on him all this time "Max! Stay here with Lily" he gave a light nod.
Ken grabbed other car key.
Sky was black, as if some artist had spilled fine indian ink throughout the horizon, it felt so unreal to just exist. A massive being was moving by its own pushing things to its own speed, all of us are just getting stirred by that massive invisible thing.
Hymenopus coronatus.
In simple words flower mantis or Orchid mantis, females are larger than males their size depends on the size of their preys, the bigger the targets the bigger they grow in size. Siblings must not stray too close, since they can be cannibalistic. They are known for catching preys at blinding speed, camouflaged as flower, imagine it is a bee just to get caught and eaten up, finished in one powerful bite.
Dawn was suppose to be at home but she currently wasn't, she was wasting time, listening to Jayden and his family history, despite the fact that she was certainly not good at comforting people, they found her presence magically comforting, and everyone ended up spilling their life stories, she cared least bit for it, since the drama of her own life was enough. Jayden was already in as of Morpheus, she got up;
"Stephen, he's sleeping take care of him, too drunk, probably will wake up after fifteen minutes to throw up" he informed the old man and left the house. She had flask in her hand her father's,
"a sip won't hurt right?" She quietly sip once and then again and then again, until she spot Shin, avoiding was a good choice "Dawn!?... Dawn" she sprints but he catches her "Fucking listen for once" she yank her hand back "Hell--were you drinking?" Too irritated to answer back.
They sat on some broken park bench.
Now that whiskey has kicked in, she saw that thing again,
'Young night Dawn!'
It's same as usual, just a bit translucent as if it possessed no body or soul exactly like some smoke from incense stick too faint but clearly audible, she once glance at Shin
"Are you okay? You look like you saw some ghost" her hands getting sweaty, more than an hour has passed.
'Go home with him let him fuck you'
She lick her lips, Shin looked extraordinarily handsome his hair wet, his eyes desperate, he levels up when he carries that worried look. She stood up "Dawn?",
'Erin' her heart pounded loudly, that moment flashed infront of her eyes 'your nemo is alone' she searched for her keys remembering she left them at Jayden's house and now she has no choice but to 'Run',
she starts running, noticing how dark the night was 'your little Nemo is in danger' she shaked her head "I shouldn't have--fuck!" she mumbled. Running getting out of breath she stops, catching her breath hitting her knees she couldn't feel her fingers and toes "No please not now" she was shaking a little too much.
Please! God! Please! Please! Please!.
'Why are you scared what if there's nothing wrong?' She lie there on the middle of the road "I have this bad feeling" she starts crawling a car stopped by "Excuse me miss any problem? Are you alright?" She thought of taking ride but her mind couldn't trust anybody "No sir my legs are sleeping" the man still couldn't leave watching her sweating cold "please be on your way Sir somebody's picking me up" he nod at her driving as slow as he could, gave up and accelerated.
Close your hand make a tight fist, that is the size of your heart, so small yet so mysterious and complex, if you don't think rationally it has its own brain and sometimes acts on its own, pushing emotions on us one of its most dangerous tool is Desire, what desires could make us do is beyond imagination, the more you suppress the more it tries to break free and one simple crack is enough to let it fully conquer you.
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Light music plays through radio, Jack swings his hips, he was learning something knew a dessert, his new recipe. When satisfied, he turned around and glass on kitchen counter clashed down shattering into peices, he gasped loudly "Oh no" hurriedly starts sweeping, and lights went off.
Jackie was afraid of dark, he slept with lamps on, not a fan of horror movies and so this house in which he grew up was now the scariest place on earth.
Sudden door knocks made him feel safe, he quickly flung open the door expecting Dawn to be standing there, but he was upset instantly.
"Hello!" He gives the card, "I'm here to meet Mr.Chevy" Jackie let's him in, it was rather odd that one of his father's client found a way to his doorstep. "I'm sorry can you stand here I'll get the light" he rembered Dawn showed him the portable light stand with extra batteries he took his phone out and went up to the store room, then got the stand out it was heavy he put the light on yet he felt the need for candles he light candles and put them on candle stands room was neatly illuminated into romantic yellow.
"Would like tea sir?" He asked.
"I will just call my father by then" Lance spoke nothing and gave a light nod.
"Where are others?" Jackie had this drop in his stomach, how does he know about our family. It could be possible that his father had told him about the family.
"Where is your sister?" He asked.
I might be dumber than my sisters but not that dumb "Which one?" He straightaway removed the dagger Ken gave him "Dawn" Jackie felt like ground beneath him was liquidating, it was hard to stand on his own two feet he should run, even before he could Lance grabbed him.
Dawn had just reached "Jack!" She knocks on the door restless, terrified, fear had already conquered her beyond imagination she was shaking like a dead leaf.
"JACK OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR" She knew about the key under mailbox, when she opened the door.
Lance was standing behind Jackie, thin line of blood seeping into Jackie's white shirt, she removed knife throwing it at him it gets stuck into his shoulder Lance was grunting with pain Jackie slips away, and Dawn jumped over couch that dagger he held was now two feet away from him, it slipped form his hands, she starts kicking, he could barely stand up utterly shocked of how amazingly strong this girl was, she glance back at Jackie one last time, and all she saw was blood that has stained his shirt.
Lance pushed her away trying to run she grabbed the dagger butchering him right infront of Jackie,
When Jackie saw his sister murdering the man stabbing him continously she collapsed.
Within no time she was standing into pool of blood her clothes dripped of Lance's blood, "Li-Lily" he groaned. "He--trap" she failed to notice where was pointing, and then he stopped moving his eyes wide staring at Dawn.
"So you killed him" this unfamiliar voice shaked her heart, a silhouette of man towering upon her, her brother has dropped unconscious. It was so dark yet this man wore sunglasses, pulling her arm he said "Get up before he wakes up" she was blank and this unknown man tied the body. "Let's go" she helped him, he shoved her into the passenger seat at front in his stolen car.
Ken saw through rearveiw that Dex had moved inside the house, his subject, his favourite animal to watch, his most loved hobby was right next to him and he couldn't think straight his stomach was tickling so bad that he wants to laugh loudly but he pressed his lips into a thin line. This whole time Dawn didn't speak a word, "Stop the car" he won't listen and just kept stepping on accelerator, they were going too fast when they reached the graveyard, a spot was already unearthed. She jump out "No I must, this is wrong all of it I won't go back. No I've come to far, I don't want to go back" she kept saying this that just came out her mouth mindlessly, then she starts walking that is when Ken yank her back slapping her as hard as he could, Dawn rolled on the ground. "Where do you think you're going?" He said exhaling and inhaling.
She got up her left cheek was red and swollen "I killed him" he yanked her back she pushed him with all her strength, Ken stumbled back "Your mother! She will die" that made her stop, she turned back and punched the guy into his face his nose was bleeding and his sunglasses fell off, that is when she saw those icy blue eyes, he wiped his nose "So you found me". He smiled at her, "who am I?" He asked.
"You murderer!" She tried punching him again but he pulled her closer grabbing her hands, their face were an inch apart his eyes searching something that seems to have been lost. "You've got to be kidding me" yet he kept hoping, "please" left his lips.
He left her hands "YOU--"he inhaled sharply and pushed the Lance's body, after burying him he stood there "May his soul rest in peace" he pulled the purity ring of his pinky finger and pushed it into her ring finger.
His eyes full of tears he wiped them "Why did you do it?" She asked he shake his head. "You did it, all I did was--putting him infront you" tears were flowing in stream "Why are you crying? That your brother saw you?" She shake her head then banged it on the car bonnet, she kept screaming, watching her from back Ken was reminded of roaring wild beast. After two hours he offered her water "That man fed me poison for so many days he wanted to kill me" he confessed, she saw that his eyes were red, nose stuffy "why were you crying?" He shake his head again.
While driving back, Dawn asked "Do I have the right to know your name?" He was looked straight ahead "Ken" She sniffed "Kenneth?" He took a rough U turn, "No just Ken!" Car was parked infront of her house "What do you want from me? Want to kill me because I'm the witness of your hideous murder" he exhaled without looking at her "I want you alive for me just for me" she didn't understand, "Who are you?" her last question for the night "I was made by a monster that made me insane in love and then left me like some abandoned house" she got off. When she walked inside the house it was all clean no one would believe what had happened there, as if time has reversed finally there were clouds in sky, Jackie was sleeping on his bed.
She showered and burned those clothes, his car had disappeared.
When Jackie woke up, Dawn sat next to him his head was hurting, he studied his surroundings then got up walking out in drawing room carefully watching the kitchen, carefully checking his apron and even microwave lastly the sink. Everything was clean and the dessert he was making was found in refrigerator "Someone was here!" He said, "Who?"
"A man and then he put knife on my neck, lights were off, candles, batteries, he was asking for Dad" Dawn exhaled loudly. Then hugged him tight "Calm down Jack" he knew something was wrong "you stabbed him" she laughed "no when I came home you were sleeping" he checked his neck there was a bandage on his neck "then what's this where'd this come from?" She nod at him, "ah did you break a glass while cooking?" He nod at her, you already had it on when I came in, I saw glass peices in bin you shouldn't throw them like this you should've wrapped them in newspaper or something" Jackie was so confused over everything.
Dawn has been cleaning parts of her house since then, weeks have passed and Jackie still can't believe all of it was a nightmare, since his childhood he never had dreams not even nightmares it was rather odd that Dawn was always cleaning here and there.
Her exhaustion has crossed all boundaries she picked all the left over yesterday's bread driving to the park, Coco has left the house for a month now Dawn think maybe he died somewhere, anyways cats were never loyal she sat under a tree after feeding ducks, facing the small pond which still has ducks in it, their quaking and sound of their wings made her feel alive her body ached, her eyes stare at the purity ring and then she felt someone approaching "they're cute aren't they, even cuter when on plates looks good and fills you tum" she laughed, Ken smiled at her "It has been hours Dawn" her heart skipped a beat when he called her by name.
"Go home and have some rest you have racoon eyes" she tilt her head lazily. "I'll turn myself in" he inhaled sharply "Don't worry I won't speak of you" he gave a light nod.
"If you do so, you'll lose him" she finally look back at him, he was wearing sunglasses even then "You father!" She stood up grabbing collar of his white spotless shirt "That car was his" she left him "I don't care" he knew her more than himself, "Then I have no choice but to get your whole family into it, I promise to mess it up completely" now that she has experienced it all she knows the worse that could happen is they all will die miserably "it's a request please stop" she turned around to see him on his knees.
He was walking two steps behind her "So you some serial killer?" He immediately gasped "No Ew" she turned around suddenly once again he looked into her eyes, even the hope has faded for him.
Ken felt helpless and vulnerable like a child who been beaten up for doing nothing.
But he spoke none of it, she turned her back again "stop following me" She said, Dawn had failed to see those precious tears of him, those tears were of loss, he prepared all of that arena to fight and even before it started he have lost it.
Mantis was right infornt of the spider, yet spider couldn't pounce on it since,
Mantis was blind and Spider just realised it.
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