The sound of heavy breathing startles me awake. I throw the black covers off of me and jump to my feet. The light from the moon shines into my room lighting up the very center, but not the corners. My head swings back and forth as I attempt to find the source of the breathing. As I near the corner closet to my door the breathing gets quicker.
I stand arms length away from the pitch blackness and wait to see if someone will attack. When I sense no movement I reach my arm out. My hands connects with a cotton fabric and I pull on it causing a heavy body to stumble to my feet.
"What the fuck Cassy how the hell did you get in here!" I yelled shocked to see the brown haired girl.
She groans and sits up gripping her forehead. She runs her smooth hand across her face and looks at me. "I didn't want to be home, so I snuck in" she shrugs.
She snuck in? I know that's impossible because a month ago my mom reinstalled all the windows and locks with tighter security. Why? I don't know, I just know she did. It should be nearly impossible to open my windows from the outside, but knowing Cassy she always finds a way.
"Cool," I plop down on my bed and crawl under the covers. "Just let me go to sleep now." And with that I drift off.
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I awake with the sun in my eyes. I feel a body on top of me and I groan. Lifting my arm up and push Cassy off of me and onto the floor. A thud resonates through the room and she groans.
"Dammit Scar that hurt" she whines. I let out a groan as I stretch my sore body. "I know you heard me" Cassy mumbles.
I continue to ignore her and I set my sight on the bathroom. Freshening up, I get ready to leave for school. When I'm done I walk out my room to meet Cassy downstairs. As I walk down the hall I catch sight of Cassy standing in front of my brother's room with worries plastered on her face. I walk up next to her and peek in to see my mother on the floor rocking back a fourth.
Damn. I was hoping she would sleep the day away like she did last year. Sigh. I gently squeeze back Cassy and walk up to my mother. Careful not to make any noise so I don't startle my mom. I sit down next to her and tap the space between us to warn her of my presence.
"Hey mom, it's still early why don't you lay back down."
"He's gone, my sweet baby really is gone." She continues to rock back and fourth.
"Come now mommy, he wouldn't want to see you like this. He's always here with us maybe not physically but spiritually."
She slowly looks up at me and I see the sadness in her eyes disappear and they replace themselves with anger. "It's your fault that he's not here." She unravels her body and lunges forward. Her hands wrap tightly around my throat. I feel my breath catch in my throat and my lungs beg for air. I grab her fingers and debate if I should rip them off of me. No, I'll leave her be. She's upset and just needs a moment.
Eventually she lets go and cries harder. "Oh Scar, my baby. Mommy is so sorry, I never meant to hurt you."
"It's okay" I croak. I stand up and pick my mother up, gently carrying her to bed. Once I have her down and calm I walk down my steps and grab my car keys. Cassy walks behind me and keeps her mouth shut, but I can tell that a million things are running through her head.
We get in the car and drive down the long road. Music gently plays in the background and Cassie continues to stay quiet.
"Just say it Cassy."
"I thought your mother was doing better?"
"Yeah she is, on the days that aren't related to my younger brother."
"Why didn't you push her off?"
"And do what? She was just going to keep attacking me until she felt better."
You can't let her do that Scar. You need to stand up for yourself. Everyone pushed your mother away, but you stayed by her side yet she treats you like shit. Why do you let her? Come on Scar, we both know you could put her in her place. She may be your mother, but you're stronger than her. She put you in that stupid experiment program, so show her what all that pain has given you. And you keep letting the guilt of your brother's death be your reasoning. So what? He's dead it's done, you can't change the past. it's time to move on!"
I don't know what it was, but something in me snapped. "Oh yeah then how about you put your aunts abusive boyfriend in place. You wanna talk about my family issues, let's talk about how you buy your aunt all this lavish shit in hope she finally steps up and becomes a better person? Huh?"
Cassy's face falls and a look of sadness flashes in her eyes. She opens her mouth to say something, but then I notice her eyes get big. "Scar watch out!" She screams. I turn my head and before I can react I feel my body be pushed to the side and a scorching pain throughout. My head falls forward and roughly hits the white pillow that deployed.
What happened in a total of 5 seconds felt like 5 years. My body burns and my ears are ringing. Something slides down my face. I hear a faint voice yell my name and then everything goes black.
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Hey guys, sorry this update took so long. School has been beating my ass, but I'm going to try to go back to updating every week.
What do you guys think will happen next? *sigh* this is a good example to always watch your words because you never know if you'll ever be able to
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Teen Assassin
Action"Please why would I care about your family? It's not like I'm killing them" I laugh at the beaten boy in front of me. I land a hard kick to his stomach. He whimpers. I pull out my gun, "We warned you, you should have listened and stayed away from as...
