We got into the house. Uncle's temper has risen to his maximum. His breath is like that of an angry buffalo. He is going to kill us. As they say it's immoral to run away from the problem and only good stand firm and face it, we stood there to see what he will do. He won't kill us even. Are the thoughts in our minds.
"Hey boys," he says angrily trying not to shout and disrupt other people sleep.
"Outside, what do you want to know about that?" Alpha asks boldly.I
step on him and whisper, "Don't you see your father is extremely angry. He will beat us."
"I don't care? I'm a grown up. No one can just control me,"he says loudly. I feel he is mocking his father.
" Alpha, what is wrong with you? You haven't been like that before," I ask expecting a positive response.
"Bro, stop wasting time for this old man. He just thinks he can control everyone in this world. Just like he does unto you," he sneers.
I had never expected something like that out of his mouth. Since childhood Alpha had never shown disrespect to his seniors including me. I wonder where he got the courage to confront his own father like that. He seems to have been spoilt since he joined the fighting club.
"Wow, my son. That is the best you can. Insult me as you wish. Remember I am your father and there is nothing you can do to change that. What would it have costed you to tell me that you were on the moon? Would it take away your tongue? You should have told me what you did on the moon. Why don't you be like your cousin here? Good children don't hide trouble. What if the people caught you and brought you into the headquarters and ask you to prove that you are aliens? " he says and turns to leave.
" Ok, the so called dad. You are carrying a whip. Why don't you beat us up? Do! Stop threatening us with useless and aimless statements? We don't care, " he says beating up his chest.
Furious uncle comes back. He grips firmly Alpha's hand ready to whip him. As Alpha is used to scare away people by using his shock. He polarizes himself. Uncle receives an electric shock but still holding him firmly. He begins to whip him. His shock is nothing to him.
"Do you think you can scare me like others? Between you and I who has stayed on this planet? This is what you have been doing. Were it not for the child rights and human rights, I would have flogged you until you end up bedridden in hospital. Attack me with your powers then? Who told you that you can just talk to your seniors the way you want? In this universe there exist an order that governs us. You can not invert it. Going to the moon shouldn't make you arrogant. You haven't seen what I have. Everyone sleep, " he says angrily as he lifts Alpha up like a baby throwing him onto the bed as Alpha's tears drop slowly to the ground.
He leaves the room as auntie who was woken up by the commotion comes in.
" What is wrong here? " she asks yawning.
" Nothing, "I answer.
" Okay, " she says as she switches off the lights and leaves.
*
At first sleep was hard to come. After an exciting tour to a skanky beating that wakes up the fear in me.
" How was that possible? How did he manage to hold Alpha with his shock. Did Alpha realize something about his father and that is why he became silent after the beating? Or did he realize that his father was superior than him? His accurate instincts mean that he possesses something that we don't have, " my thoughts grow as they slowly soothe me into the dreamland.
I have not had strange dreams in the nearby past. I think that the scenes I witnessed today have awoken the spirit of strange dreams again. What is this dream about?
I walk towards a house that I seem know well. The house is well built and almost painted just like ours. Inside it I find no one. I walk across the living room which has few sofas and a table.
The house seems so deserted due to heavy presence of cobwebs. There's something strange with the cobwebs. They are swaying yet the house is calmer. The house grows darker as the cobwebs begin to shine colorfully.
As I try to figure out why are the cobwebs shining like that, I hear a sound of a door opening. I look back to see if it's the main door but it's still wide open as I left it. I feel like I'm haunted by ghosts. I try to scream but my mouth is not opening.
Then one door opens and there comes a human being. He is wearing a long dark overcoat that has completely covered him and has a hood. He has masked his face but also has spectacles. He smiles, his long yellow incisors scace me. I want to run away.
"Stop," he says with a booming voice, "I'm not here to harm you."
Frightened I want to run but as I near the door the farther it moves. The entrance is closed. An exit opens just behind where it's standing.
"Who are you? And what do you want?" I ask panting.
"Oh kid, I'm sorry but my identity is confidential. Would you do me a favor?" he asks tenderly.
"Yes, I'm ready to do anything as long as you agree to let me get away," I say kneeling.
"Stop that. I just want to ask you one thing. I saw you have a good story to tell. Why shouldn't you hand it over to me to narrate?" he asks.
"What has my story done? If you want it, take it narrate it as you like."
"Thank you so much, Now you will become a he in your own story. Will that be good Arthur?" he says.
"OK, let me go now," I say. I don't understand what he has mentioned. I will think of it later when I am away of the house.
The door opens and I walk out of the house. When I get outside something pulls my ear. I open my eyes. It is auntie waking me up.
"Oh it was just a dream?" I tell myself. I check my notebook. It's not there. "The dream was true, now I'll be a he on my own story. They are going to refer me as Arthur and not the I you used to see. And that is how the narrator switched."
*
Arthur and Alpha prepare to go for the party. Although Alpha is still having some pain, he chooses to go to the party together with his cousin, Arthur. They are going to be celebrated for being runners-up in the competition. All the pain will soon melt away when they reach their. But will his scars in the heart heal?