Shaking in the closet he was hidden in, Ivan knew that he was done for if he was caught this time. The 12-year old child knew nothing that was more terrifying than the thing chasing him. Silently crying Ivan began to stare at the locked door that was the only thing that was keeping the monster away.
"Bang", the previously locked door bursted open, placing his hands over his mouth, Ivan did his best to not let out a muffle. Slow steps echoed through the little room, known as Ivan's room. Each step seamed like a clap of thunder to Ivan. Bloody footsteps made of his mother's blood were left behind everywhere the monster went.
"Ivan get your a** out here right now!"
The monster who was his father had reached the middle of the room. His resemblance to his father was undeniable. They had the same grey eyes which Ivan came to resent. Though he got most of his mother's characteristics like her slim physique and black hair, he still resented the parts he got from his father.
Ivan's fresh bruises aches from the beating he got earlier. Seemly never-ending tears poured from his eyes like a leaky faucet.
"BANG"
A noise came from under his bed where his sister was hiding at. His father immediately turned towards the opposite side of the room way from the closet. His father towering at 6'0 and 300 pounds made him to be an incredibly scary figure for the children.
It was easier to see his father as a monster than a person who had a relation to him and his sister. Making his way towards the bed, the monster glared at it malice bleeding from its eyes. Ivan's tears got worse, now like a broken dam instead of the trickle earlier.
Ivan couldn't let his sister take the beating which would probably kill her. As his father got a foot away from the bed, ready to drag out whoever was underneath it, Ivan kicked the wall inside the closet.
"THUMP" "THUMP" "THUMP" "THUMP"
Trying to make himself as small as possible before his father got to him, Ivan curled up into a ball. The incoming footsteps mirrored the beating of his own heart which seamed like it would burst any second.
The closet doors slammed open, making Ivan jump violently. Getting dragged out of the closet by his hair Ivan started started screaming and struggling against the iron grasp of his father.
Immediately when he started screaming fists from his father landed on every part of his body. A punch landed on his head making his pass out from the brunt of the attack and shock of the situation.
Ivan's father didn't even care if he was dead, he kept on dragging Ivan's body towards the room where his dead wife laid.
"See what you did b****, this is what you and bast*** son deserve!"
Throwing Ivan on top of his mother's dead body, blood seeped into Ivan's clothes and skin. He left the room seeking to fetch another beer from the fridge, leaving his unconscious son laying on the floor.
A few minutes later Ivan woke up, but he couldn't do much because of the trauma to his head. After failing a few times, he successfully managed to stand up with the help of a chair. Staggering from the living room, he tried to be as quiet as he could as to not get notice from his father who was nowhere to be found.
Paranoid, Ivan frantically scoured the area trying to see or at least hear where his father was. Almost reaching to his parents bedroom, he suddenly heard the sound of glass from the kitchen. Picking up the pace he finally reached it.
Purposely slamming the door so his father wouldn't have a chance to look for his sister, he immediately started stacking things around the room against the door. Chairs, nightstand, even dragging a mattress to delay his father from getting to him.
Finally getting the mattress upright against the door, pounding came from the door.
"BANG" "BANG" "BANG"
"I SWEAR IVAN IF YOU DON'T OPEN THIS DOOR THSI GOD**** SECOND I'LL MAKE YOU REGRET BEING ALIVE."
Praying to whatever god that might hear him, that his father won't get to him before one of the neighbors of his apartment complex called the police. Huddling against corner opposite opposite of where the door was, Ivan was hoping his sister would be alright after this.
Police sirens sounded in the distance, bringing Ivan's hopes up of being able to survive this messed up situation. His father was never this bad before, only occasionally hitting Ivan or yelling at either his mom or him.
Looking at a picture he picked up from the nightstand, he began to imagine his life if everything's as different. If his dad was nice. If his mother took his and his sister way to a new area far away. If he could be strong enough to stand up to his father.
The picture showed his little sister who just came home from kindergarten her black hair gleaming against the sun. Her beautiful blue eyes which matched his mother's, making her look almost an younger identical version of her.
The door which was his barrier against the monster on the other side began to crack. Slowing and painfully the door began to open up bit by bit, until his father was able to step in.
Ivan's fear made him not realize that the cops, which were called earlier, arrived at his front door. Hearing the knocking at the front door, Ivan cried out for help as loud as his small body would allow him, which was silenced by a fist to his stomach. However the cops outside heard the yell and started trying to break the door down.
Hearing all this, his father started with renewed effort on punching Ivan until he could hardly breath anymore. When his father punched him in his ribs, a snap was heard. Unbearable pain flashed through Ivan's body making him wheeze trying to get help.
The cops succeeding in breaking down the door immediately started searching the whole apartment. Finally stumbling upon the ugly sight of the father beating his son to death, blood pooling around them.
"FREEZE, THIS IS THE POLICE, STOP IT IMMEDIATELY!"
Ivan's father turned toward the cops ready to beat them just like he did to his son. A new officer getting anxious as the sight, pulled his gun out, forgetting he was supposed to use his taser.
"BANG!"
A single shot rang through the apartment. Ivan's diminishing vision caught sight of his father landing next to him, the cold grey eyes of his staring right to Ivan's soul.
His sister who was being escorted out of his room immediately rushed towards him crying, not being able to say anything due to how emotional she became.
He managed to whisper to her, "Lily, please don't cry… live the best life you can," before everything turned to black.