The Seal, The Seagull, The Mutt, And The Jack Rabbit

Part two. The Mutt.

There was a loud crash. Then a scream from my poor mother. Then, right as I peaked out of that closet... I saw him. The man dressed in all black wearing a white hockey mask. He slit my mothers throat and then slowly slid the shimmering knife down her spine.

The man layed her down and inserted the knife slowly into her chest. He pulled it out slowly too. He continued the motion, getting faster and faster, straddling my poor mothers lifeless body.

I covered my mouth and held back my tears. I couldn't stop watching the mans movements. In and out, in and out, in and out. That sound of flesh parting and blood spewing. I tried to look for my father but I couldn't get any sight of him.

"Your baby girl is next..." The man murmured before he left. I waited a few minutes before exiting the closet, sprinting to the phone. I dialed 911 and asked for help, sobbing. Then I looked up.

My scream echoed through our large home. My fathers body swaying back and forth from the light breeze entering through the open sliding glass door. I ran out of the house and to the edge of the road. I told the police where we lived and the fastest route to get there. It's traumatic for a 13 year old to see something that... gruesome...

"Don't let him-" I got cut off by a cloth covering my mouth. I let out a muffled scream then eveything blacked out. It hurt to breathe because of the liquid that was on the cloth. It was a classic kidnap technique...

I woke up a few hours later in this large building. It was cold... dark... loud. The fan above me was so loud. Making a thump eveytime it went in a circle. I looked around and jumped from a spot light shining on me.

"Hello..?" I heard my own voice echo back at me. It wasn't a very large space... the size of a warehouse, perhaps. The New York cold made it worse. I stood up from the chair I was in and started for the door.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." A man's voice echoed from across the warehouse.

"Oh please. Not like you'll stop me." I went to grab the handle then there was a loud cock of a gun. I froze.

"Sit back down. The boss will be here soon."

I did as the man said. I fear nothing but death. After seeing both my parents die, a sadistic man threaten my life, and getting kidnapped, I wasn't going to chance it.

20 minutes went by before I heard the warehouse doors open. A tall woman with jet black hair pulled back into a ponytail walked in, her heels clicking on the cement.

"Who..?" I watched her walk up to me and squat down, placing a hand on my knee.

"Oh what terrible things you have seen..." She stood up and fixed her pant suit. "You'll do fine in our family."

With that a needle peirced my neck, sending me into a sleep. It wasn't until I heard a loud bang of a door opening. I opened my eyes after a bag was pulled off my head. I immediately closed my eyes from the bright lights. It was so hard to move and I felt so dizzy. A man picked me up and began running as I fell in and out of consciousness.

"Grab your shoe and slam the heel into the guy to your left's neck." The man whispered to me. He poked my side.

"AH-" I got up quickly and grabbed my shoe and slammed it into someone's head. I felt myself begin to fall.

"I got you!" The man grabbed my hand and pulled me close, running toward a door. I was in so much pain but I forced myself to keep going, holding my shoe close.

We came to an adbrupt stop as a woman blocked our path. A security man grabbed me. I let out a yelp and kicked away another security man. "LET GO!!" I winced at the pain slithering through my body.

The woman from before had us all sit down in a circle of 4 chairs. I barely noticed the other two boys, one looked hungover and the other looked high as a kite. I got slammed back into my chair and held myself, feeling the pain everywhere now. I scrunched up my legs, holding them close to my chest.

This woman explained why were here. She called us all out for being "bad children." It hurt to hear her words about my family.  I knew it was my fault... she didn't have to say it again.

We all got sedated again. When I I woke up I was tucked under white comforters and white fur blankets. White curtains draped on either side of the bed. There was soft white fur carpet throughout the room. The walls were painted a pale green. It felt like dream. It was so bright when I looked at the window. I knew exactly why. It was snow.

There was a knock on my door and a low voice said, "Mutt..?"