An unpleasant feeling triggered by the perception of danger, real or imagined. Humans are the deadliest and rarest species in the known universe.

Two boys running for their lives on the stranded road leading towards the jungle somewhat around midnight. The silence made them more worried about their safety but surprisingly at the same time, it even managed to calm them down a bit.

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A house located in a calm and sweet neighborhood had no idea what was coming for them in the future. They all were packing their clothes and anything they could possibly need for surviving, The family consisted of a single male child around 14 years old and his parents. "Okay, Kiyoshi are you ready?" His father said in a calm but rather deceiving tone of fear. The son didn't actually reply instead he just nodded to those words showing his will not to leave their house but he still decided to ignore it.

His parents looked like they knew what was coming for them in the near future but didn't tell their son (Kiyoshi) about it. He was a very normal child and had a normal life till now but who knew that something that dark and serious could be following him. The neighborhood they lived in was a bit far from the city but there was a reason for them to stay away from the main and big city which contained secrets that could ruin people's lives. As they were packing their stuff a sudden but rather loud "thud" caught them off-guard.

Being the head of the family his father took the initiative to investigate what caused that loud sound. Before going outside his father switched off all the lights of the house making it hard for Kiyoshi and his mother to locate him or the stuff around them. As the father left the house to look for the cause, Kiyoshi's mother hugged him and told him to stay quiet. Kiyoshi was confused but decided to keep quiet for the time being, They both were still standing in the same place where they were before the father left. "It's already been 10 minutes, I am not feeling good about this." His mother said in a low voice but full of concern. Kiyoshi was now scared for his father after his mother's concerns. They both decided to look out the window and look for his father themselves, they both slowly crawled towards the window facing their front yard and the entrance of the house, they both placed their hands on the small space between the window created by the wall.

They both are looking everywhere they can to find his father but the window limits their vision. Suddenly an object falls in front of their house which is clearly visible to both Kiyoshi and his mother with a loud sound. The sudden loud sound made them jump out of their skins and as soon as they both realized what exactly the thing that dropped in front of them was. The quiet surroundings were no longer quiet instead a bloodcurdling scream could be heard, It was so loud that it would be quite clear from at least 7 yards away from the house. The horrors of what the "Thing" that dropped in front of them had been recognized by them and turns out it was his father's dead body. They both were now really scared and it's almost surprising how none of the neighbours were disturbed by the sound.

Before both Kiyoshi and his mother could even get up or recover from the shock the main door flew open again making a loud sound, as they managed to get up, Some kind of gas was leaked which worsened their vision and ability to look around.

His mother took him to a room and shut the room before hiding under the bed. "My dear son, I guess this will be the last time you'll ever see me. I know who did this and I'll be the next to die." His mother said in a terrified and low voice. Kiyoshi was so shocked, that he could just listen in disbelief. As she continues footsteps could be heard within the house.

"We are not your real parents, this all is something so dark that we wanted to save you from but you're destined to face this. The reason we decided to take a house far from the main city and the bandage that always covers your left hand, happened for a reason. A reason that destroyed your real parent's lives." His mother continued but as she went further in the stories the tension could be felt. Kiyoshi could feel his heart drop and the feeling was too much for him. He started to hyperventilate and that attracted attention. The footsteps that were a bit far were now really close. His mother knew they had no time so she continued, "Your real parents were related to The Dark Mafia, I won't be able to tell you everything right now but let me tell you your father was really strong, Your parents decided to leave the Mafia after you were born but after the boss found out about this he decided to kill them and take you under The Mafia, that's where we come in, we were your parents closest childhood friends they knew that there was no way they could escape. So your mother asked me to take care of you like my own son. The Mafia's boss when finally had your parents, he tortured them to reveal your whereabouts but when they didn't tell him, he decided to kill them." After she was done they both cried their hearts out and Kiyoshi was heartbroken from all the unfortunate turn of events. Suddenly the door of the room they were hidden in flew open and some men all dressed in black. some of them looked under the bed and found them there. Kiyoshi and her mother tried their best to keep them away but there was no running from this.

At last, they both were captured and taken to a different room, The house was still full of that gas which still made seeing through it really difficult. They both were screaming at the top of their lungs. "Mother?!!!!" Kiyoshi screamed, to make him shut up the men took some cloth near him and in order to stuff it in his mouth to make him shut up he gets his hand close to Kiyoshi's mouth to cover it but taking advantage of the situation Kiyoshi bites his hand, the distraction is enough for Kiyoshi to escape. He runs to the nearest room when he could hear some muffled sounds. When he entered the room he saw his mother tied up and then he looks at the men pointing a gun toward his mother. "If you even take a single step she'll die kid." the man with the gun said to Kiyoshi, That made him freeze in shock.

His mother knew she was destined to die, she looked at Kiyoshi lovingly and said " I hope you become the strongest and defeat them all." that made Kiyoshi's eyes again tear up. He looks at the man holding his mother with a scared expression. Before anything could happen his mother shouts "Run for your life!" This makes the men act fast and they shoot his mother dead, right there. Kiyoshi picks up some decorations around him and he throws that toward the men before running towards his mother. His mother's eyes filled with tears and at last, she dies, He screams and is really shocked by the sudden death of his loved ones. He quickly grabs his mother's bracelet and holds it tightly before the men recover and hold him, Kiyoshi screams at the thought of leaving his mother in such state.

They take him to another room and tie him up before calling someone, referring to him as "S~" The undisputed leader of the family, gets a share of all the profits and makes all the decisions.

Kiyoshi looks up with anger and tries to free his hands but fails also the cloth covering his mouth makes it really difficult for him, at last one of the men spots him trying to free himself and he is pushed to the ground. He is now tied up and on the ground defenseless, he closes his eyes but the tears won't stop. Suddenly one of the men falls down to the ground and everyone looks in confusion, taking advantage Kiyoshi gets up and kicks one of the men standing behind him in the face creating more disturbance before anyone could think what's happening, two more men fall down and no one knew what was causing that. Kiyoshi then turns around facing toward the window and steps aside in time for his best friend, Saski to break the window and enter the room.

His best friend throws some dust toward the men making them half-blind for some time, He quickly unfastens Kiyoshi's hands and asks him to run and that he'll tell him everything later. Kiyoshi agrees and they both quickly get up and make a run for the main door of the house. As soon as Kiyoshi opens the door, Something strong pulls him inside. Saski who was in front of him turns and grabs his hand being pulled inside with him.

"Shit"