An angel and her demons.

18. The scream

THIRD PERSON POV

The Valentino Fratelli were all in different areas of the mansion when they heard it.

Matteo Lucian Valentino was in his bedroom fast asleep dreaming about pizza when he shot awake to the sound of a scream. Confused yet afraid, he opened his door to see if anyone was around, when there was no sign he grabbed his gun off of his desk and ran to the source of the sound. As he reached his sisters room he flung the door open, he flicked on the light. He saw no intruder or danger just his baby sister lying in an ocean of blood flowing out of her wrists. He rushed towards her without a second thought and ripped his shirt off, he wrapped the material around her wrists... "Charlotte, sorellina, what did you do?" his tears raced down his cheek as if in competition with each other.

Xavier Rossi Valentino was sat on his desk trying to do some homework but procrastinating and instead watching YouTube, he heard a scream from the room over. Without a thought he grabbed his daggers off of his desk and the gun from under his pillow and he rushed to Charlies' room. As he reached the door, he saw it. His heart rose to his throat, he swallowed as he saw blood. There was so much blood. He never had an issue with it before, but this time it was his sister's blood. It was the blood of the person who should never even know what blood looks like. She was his angel and he failed her. He stood in shock. He felt vulnerability fill his eyes as he watched the life slip from his sorellina.

Alessandro Dominic Valentino was in his office when he heard the heart stopping scream. His first thought was that someone had broken in and tried to hurt his sorellina, he was angry and confused how someone could break through the security, yet he didn't stop for a second before he reached for his gun and ran out of his office. As he lunged down the corridor, he thought about who he was going to find in his home. If it had to be anyone he had hoped it would be the Russians, so he could finally finish them off for good. As he reached his sisters door he saw as Teo and Xavier. Xavier was stood at the door tears rolling down his face. He looked terrified. Ales didn't understand what could have got his brother in this state. Not until he pushed the door to see Matteo cradling his baby sister as she lay in a pool of ruby water.

Xander Marcello Valentino was just walking through the front door of the house after his peaceful ride on his bike. He was feeling calmer and content, he felt ready to talk to his brothers about an action plan to help them all. His mind was calm and quiet, that was until he heard the scream. He pulled his gun out of his waist band. "Hello?" he spoke, hoping to get a response from one of his siblings rather than an enemy. Steadily, examining his surroundings, he walked up the stairs. His gun a drawn. He pointed it out until he was met with Eli racing down the corridor, so he too followed his elder brother and ran. They raced to their sisters' room, when he stopped at the door he saw his eldest brother, twin and youngest brother surrounding a pale almost lifeless girl. She looked like his sister, but she didn't, this girl was pale, and her cheeks were glistening with tears. Her arms and legs were painted red. He couldn't understand what was happening, he was in shock.

Elijah Alfonso Valentino was in the gym punching and punching the bag repeatedly. He had already destroyed two, he was onto his third. He was taking his anger and frustration out. He didn't know what to do when his family was clearly falling apart, but as he threw his fist into the bag he heard a scream. In rhythm with the noise the bag exploded, beads falling all over the gym floor. He looked up towards the main area of the house where he had heard it coming from. Eli was no stranger to hearing screams, but this one. It was different. It was the kind of scream that bypasses straight past the ear and went to the heart. He recognised it to be scream of relief as a soul left its body. Without a second thought he raced to the top of the stairs towards his sister's room. He met with Xander as they both ran along the corridor. As he reached his sisters door he felt his heart drop to his stomach. He saw as all his brothers par Enzo who wasn't there yet were all surrounding a body.

Lorenzo Francesco Valentino was sat in the gaming room playing Animal Crossing on his Nintendo switch. For some unknown reason the game calmed him, it was very therapeutic, and he could sit for hours playing. He was very proud of his house and his character, he was in the midst of catching bugs when he heard a heart breaking, ear shattering scream. He stood for a moment, frozen. He knew who it belonged to, but he was afraid that if he left the room he would be greeted by tragedy or war or both. He knew his sorellina needed him and that was enough motivation to push him to find the source. Pulling out his gun he sprinted to the stairs and raced along to his sister's door where he saw all of his brothers gathered around her. She looked so peaceful yet so afraid. He raced over towards her and pulled her out of Ales' arms and into his own. As he felt around for a pulse, he sensed a faint one and he sighed. He always tried protecting her from everyone so she didn't end up broken but what he didn't realise until it was too late was that she should be the one he should have protected her from.