"W-What the hell are you of all people doing here?!" Midas' mother shouts, glaring at her ex.
"I'm here to take my little girl back. She'll be safer under mine and Shadow's watchful eyes." He growls, his stamping feet shaking the room as he walks closer to his ex-wife.
Pointing her weapon at him, she shakes her head.
"Hell no. I'd rather die than let you near my kids. You never gave a shit about anyone but yourself!"
"Well, you're either going to hand her over...or I'll take her by force and kill M."
Not wanting him and his cronies to get to Midas and Jules, she begins firing her drum gun whilst maneuvering over to the kitchen to grab a knife. As the henchmen assisting Midas' dad begin turning the house upside down amongst the chaos, Midas can only listen as the sound of his mother struggling to fight back fills his ears.
"I really shouldn't...but I really want to help." He mumbles quietly to himself.
He puts a golden hand on his face, sliding his thumb over his scarred eye.
"Oh who cares if I get myself killed, I'm going to protect my mother!"
Midas dashes down the stairs with a shout, landing on the back of a henchman and pinning him onto the floor, unaware of another henchman pointing a shotgun at his head.
"Get the fuck off my son!!"
A knife zips past Midas' face, stabbing the henchman in the chest as blood splatters over him and his clothing. Midas rushes to his mother, her hugging him tight.
"I told you to stay hidden! Why didn't you listen to me?!" She scolds him.
"I just wanted to help you. You're struggling enough as it is!" He tells her, showing a worried expression.
His mother flinches from the pain in her shoulders, struggling to stand.
"Just...stay behind me."
Now it was just Midas, his father and mother left standing in the pools of blood and dead henchmen. He turns to look at his son.
"Hmph. I was hoping you'd already be dead." He chuckles deeply. "No matter. When I kill you, maybe I'll make a fortune from your hands by selling them for a high price."
"That's disgusting! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Midas yells at him.
His father's expression suddenly turns to a compassionate one.
"But... I could give you one chance to get on my good side.."
Shooting a bullet through his shoulder, Midas resists letting out a scream of agony.
"Join Shadow's rising ranks, and I can promise you'll be safe, both of you."
"Join Shadow?! I'd rather be dead than spend time with a monster like you!" Midas yells.
"Well, I tried being nice."
Another bullet goes off as Midas' vision begins to blur.
....
.........
He can barely make out his mother's unconscious body being thrown onto the couch as his father reloads his pistol. It all made sense now:
He wasn't here to take Jules away.
He was here to kill him, Jules and his mother.
Midas clenches his fists as they begin to shake violently. He feels a burning sensation of rage building within him, ready to explode out of him any second. He lets out a ear piercing yell as gold covers his body and he leaps at his father.
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The Light And The Dark - A Fortnite Story No.2
Fanfiction* The sequel to "More Than What He Seems". READ THAT FIRST BEFORE THIS ONE * With the Ghost and Shadow war over, the island is finally at peace after so long. But that's about to change. With the arrival of Thor, King of Asgard and many other Marvel...
