With a voice that was barely holding onto its cries, I opened my eyes only to witness blood all over my body. Just a face that is recognized in front of my face with tears falling onto mine. She was protecting me like a shield even though her body was shanked.
As soon as I opened my eyes, I only saw her face covered with pain, in a shaky voice she just said..
"Run.."
I quickly pulled myself from under her and then I noticed a man laughing and stabbing my mom from behind.
"D..Da..Dad, what are you doing?"
He looked at me, Directly into my eyes and opened his mouth.
"Killing this bitch. Even though I warned her not to come in my way, she still stood there trying to stop me, so I did what I thought was best, hehe."
I screamed out of fear, or maybe it is because my mother is in front of my eyes taking her last breath. Maybe it was because I was shaken to the core, didn't know what to do, or maybe because the one behind all this is my father who's acting like a psychopath.
I don't know the reasons but my whole world is flipped all around and I feel like I'm powerless here.
I just made myself slink back until I felt something hitting my back. I realized I'm more worried about my life than my mom's because as soon as I looked into his eyes, all I could feel was blood lust.
My heart feels like it will just pop out of my chest and all I could feel is chill all over my body. Maybe this is it for me.
"You know, I never liked you Keith, and the main reason is you being the son of that little brother of mine. The one to whom my useless dad gave all his properties to. I was the one who was supposed to inherit those. So, I killed him, haha..I killed him and made it look like an accident. After that it was easy to get rid of your mom as well, but this bitch decided to raise you herself. Well, it's her number to die today."
"On second thoughts, I say let's kill you first."
As soon as he tried to take a step to kill me, mom with all her energy pulled his leg, and he was about to fall over me but I swiftly dodged to get to the side but there were some metal rods sticking out of the wall which quickly pierced through his chest.
He started screaming in pain, but I think that the only thing I was able to notice was the knife that dropped from his hand.
He wasn't my dad…all this time..i never knew about my real dad, i don't even know how my dad looked. I never thought his hatred for me would be this big.
He killed my real dad..he just killed mom. The fear in my body actually got overtaken with anger and in that anger I grabbed onto the knife and stabbed it through his heart.
I saw him take his last breath while he was quaking with pain.
I thought to myself, if i really wanted to do it, i just started to think of him as a good person, i started liking him as a dad. All of that was just an act? And how can I, someone who can't even slap someone, just take someone's life. All those things he just said, was all of that really true?
It was mere seconds but to me it felt like an eternity, watching him die and me trying to collect myself. But I don't have the luxury to grieve over what I just did and what I got to know. I looked behind, over the laying body of the person who I truly consider my mother. I don't care if we are not really mother and son.
She was just laying there but a bliss of happiness came over my face as soon as I realised that she is still alive, she's still conscious, she's still breathing. But where is Rian? I thought to myself only to find him looking at me from the corner of the basement. He's still a kid but I guess he knows that something terrible just happened.
I noticed mom trying to say something, so i put my ears next to her mouth and with her shaky voice she said,
"Keith, at that corner of the room, under the tile there's a hidden box, it's from your real father. Also call Rian here."
I quickly moved to the corner and removed the tile to get the box. It's made of tin and it's a little heavy. And as I moved to take Rian to mom, I noticed his tears falling down his cheeks. The innocent child, trying to understand what's happening. I grabbed his hand, "Rian, mom's calling you, come on."
We both sat near her and she looked at Rian's face and said,
"Don't cry Rian, mumma is still here."
Then she looked at me,
"I'm sorry for what that person did to your family, I never knew he was that kind of person, I'm sorry keith…I'm sorry."
"No mom, don't say stuff like that."
"This box has a gun that I'm pretty sure will be of help to you. from now on, protect yourself and protect Rian for me as a big brother, okay keith."
"Don't say that mom, you will live, I will make sure of it."
Even though I'm saying it, I know it's too late.
"Rian, here try holding it."
She opened the box and took the gun out and gave it to Rian, and swiftly she placed the gun on her head and looked into my eyes. In that brief moment I knew what she was trying to say, and she pulled the trigger. But she made sure the figures that were behind the trigger were of Rian's.
Her eyes spoke to me, asking me to protect Rian. In just a few minutes, all of it was over. Just us two, only me and Rain are here along with 2 bodies. Bodies of someone we both loved and hated.
Rian was crying, shaking her body in hope she woke up and I just.. just sat there looking at him crying.
I thought to myself that, I can't cry…I can't cry. If I cry now who would be there to wipe my tears off, no…who's here for me now. The only person I got is this little brother of mine. I can't cry, after all i need to handle Rian as well. But in the end I wasn't able to do anything, even now I can't help but feel useless, I can't even hide my tears from him. And he cried next to her until he fell asleep, but i can't, i have to protect him, he's still young for this world.
Now that I have calmed down a little bit, I am thinking about what to do next. Clearly it isn't safe to stay here. There is a possibility that someone i have heard all the screams and might come here to attack us, or maybe help us. Who knows so finally i thought it would be for the best if i can look around the area before anyone comes.
Rian is still asleep, i guess i should just sneak out and let Rian be here, it wouldn't be wise to take a kid to something this dangerous.
I left him there, in hope to come back before he wakes up. And as I looked around at night around the whole area, I tried to be as sneaky as possible.
Luckily I didn't find any person or something that could suggest that it's dangerous to be here. One thing I noticed is that even though electricity is still provided, it's not long before it will stop. T.V service has stopped as well. The Internet is working but it is chaotic on it just like real life.
People have been crying, calling for help. People have been posting videos through which they are trying to explain what's happening to them, that they need help, and it's the same all over the globe.
It's kill or be killed, i also came across a news that was stating that the president was assassinated as well. I still don't understand why they haven't shut down the internet yet, maybe because it's the only way left for us to get to know what's happening. But still the longer i surfed on the net, the more i realized that this world isn't going to be peaceful again.
After carefully looking around the area, I felt that maybe we were safe. I still feel that maybe there are people who are still hiding in their houses,just like us but it has nothing to do with us. Right now, no ones a friend.
I returned, and I was careful that no one followed me. But when I entered the basement, I only saw the bodies laying on the ground. I felt just another kind of fear, fear of losing someone, I panicked, after all there's no way that Rian is missing right now.