The Monster Within Me

fourteen| abuse

When Marcus went to detention, he still had an innocent glint in his eyes. When he came out of detention his eyes were dark and gloomy.

They had gotten attacked by some of Saya's cousins. Petra, Viktor and Kai were in critical conditions. My right hand man had gotten a katana in between the ribs.

Thankfully it missed important organs or he would've been dead on the spot. Like Jaden.

Chico had managed to get out of there, but he didn't alert anyone about what was going on.

"Pussy."

I was currently sitting next to Kai's bed in the infirmary, holding his hand while looking through the dead Kuroki's file.

There wasn't much to know about him or the organization. It was almost impenetrable like mine... but I did say almost.

They seems to all have a soft spot for Saya, and I will fully use it to my advantage.

I heard the doors of the infirmary open, and a beaten up Billy Bennett walked in. A small gasp of shock escaped me as his head shot up.

"Fuck, I didn't know someone would-"

"Who did this?" I asked while rising up from my seat and walking towards him.

Billy and I were the same height, so it wasn't hard for me to look over his cuts and bruises.

"Just another Saturday night at the Bennett house. My fault for going back." He mumbled as I gently held his chin between my fingers, tilting his head to the side to better examine his chin wounds.

"Was it your dad, sunshine? Did he do this?" I questioned in the softest voice I could muster.

Ever since the Legacy dance, Billy and I have gotten quite close. He apologized for the assignment prank and I somewhat apologized for the mousetrap.

"An after-school special come to life read a book about it; said abusive parents are like a human version of the flu. Don't go around them unless you want to get sick."

"Then why the fuck would you go back?"

Billy looked up at me, unshed tears in his eyes as I frowned.

"You could be a little nicer to him, Van. Poor boy looks broken in half."

"Since when are you a nice person, huh? I thought you hated humans."

"Suck a dick!"

"My little brother. He said some creeps have been coming around the house again." He said as we both took a seat on an empty bed.

"Billy..."

"You want to know why I go to this academy of the damned? My dad owes the mob like a million bucks, so they're training me to go work for them to pay off his debt."

The green haired boy explained before standing up and pacing around the infirmary.

"Got home and found out he's into a whole other crew now." Frustration could be heard in his voice as a million of fucking scenarios played in my head.

"Gambling?"

"Must be, like, super fun, right?"

"Billy, get your mom and brother out of there. You don't want to know what happens when the mob has leverage on someone." I said while pushing a strand of hair away from his face.

"I called him... fuck, Ness. I fucking call him out. He goes nuts, starts to push me. I go to get my shit to leave, he follows me down the hallway, pushing me, screaming-"

The boy rolled his shoulder back, his whole demeanour changing to impersonate his dad.

"Turn your back on me, sonny boy? Little Lord Fauntleroy coming home from private school to judge? Bitch and moan, that's all you ever do. Just another victim!"

He yelled as my mind flashed to my uncle Pyro. He's not really my uncle, he was my fighting instructor when I was ten.

He used to beat the shit out of me until I killed him with my bare hands. He died smiling, knowing he trained a fucking psychopath.

"He's red in the face. Standing in the doorway, won't let me leave. My mom tries to stop him: "Gene, Gene, stop it!" So he throws her into a wall - as you do. Family photos go everywhere. I went to stop him, but, uh..."

"Wait. Gene Bennett... where have I heard that name before?"

"I don't know- holy shit! Big G !! He owes a bunch of money to us and the Irish mob. He's a prick and a bastard. Think men are superior."

"No fucking way that dick is sunshine's father! It's impossible." Smiley stated as I nodded in agreement. There's no way Billy - joyful Billy - is Big G son.

Standing up, I made my way towards the green haired boy. My arms gently touching his as he finally looked into my eyes.

"Gene's a big guy. He, uh... got on top of me. He has a lot of rings. Big gold ones. I remember watching them coming down.

He got tired pretty fast. Twenty years of cigarettes and Schlitz. I had an opening, I got on top of him. But I couldn't do it...

Why is that? After everything he's done to us... I couldn't hit him." Billy was now fully sobbing as I tightened my hold on him. His head in the crook of my neck, his arms squeezing my waist as I gently brushed a hand through his hair.

"Shh, shhh. It just shows that you're still intact, sunshine. It means Kings hasn't fucked with your brain like it did with the rest of us. You're a good person, Billy." I reassured him.

"My brothers a kid. He's a really, really good kid. My mom... my brother... they're not gonna survive him." He mumbled in my neck.

"Let me help you. I can protect them, put them in a safe house until your dad's taken care of." I said while cupping his cheeks so that he'd look at me, even through blurry eyes.

"I can protect your brother and your mother, Billy. Just say the words and they'll be in the safe house tomorrow."

"Why would you help me? Or my family? It isn't your fight." He tried to argue but I tsked.

"In my world, we value family before anything else. That's why no one ever suspected my uncle Sal of trying to take the throne. For us, family is the most important thing in life." I explained as he hugged me even tighter.

"Can you protect my brother and my mom while I go to Vegas?"

"Why are you going to Vegas?" I questioned after awhile of silence.

"To kill my dad."