Shards: Imaginary

Chapter III

November 20th: 1:41am
After a while, he had arrived to a neighbourhood, which seemingly has more activity and more children like him roaming around the streets, he looked around for some abandoned houses, supposedly making it his abode sooner or later, thus, after a while, he then saw a house that is in poor shape, yet it is still plausible for his standards, due to him having the desire to lay low, and not be seen by the public eye that frequently, he then explored the house, as it consisted of two rooms, one is a bedroom, and its other is a smaller room filled with cartons that has nothing but moss and other plants dwelling within the poorly-shaped house.

Though he didn't mind it, as he settled within the house's bed, which was a thin cushion with bloodstains, that is laying on top of a steel bed frame that seemingly has little to no supports left, as one of its legs have broken down, while the other has rust, hence, making it severely unstable, though he decided to fetch a few pieces of wood from the nearby broken desk, he slammed it in half on the nearby ledge, and when he had done it, he carefully took away the old legs of the broken bed frame, and replaced it with wooden beams from the nearby broken desk that has still not corroded nor broken yet.

Once it was done, he carefully laid down the cushion, testing the strength of the bedframe after replacing its ragged legs, to his surprise, it had worked, he then used his blanket to act as the cushion's sheet, even if it is short and small, it is still fairly enough to Adam's body as he goes into his slumber to approach the following day.

6:31am
He woke up from his slumber, it wasn't pleasant, yet at least he had some sleep to look forward towards the day, he then ate a portion of the food he had packed, before going out and exploring the neighbourhood, after a while, he had stumbled upon the small store and gas station that was within the neighbourhood, he passes several happy children playing together in the open, while he hides behind the crevices and alleys, preventing himself from being noticed.

After several minutes, he had decided to rest at a dark alley, it was filled with garbage and critters, though he sat on a piece of metal which supposedly looked like a big steel beam, while looking around and glancing at several spots, he saw a poster.

However, when he picked it up and read its contents, his perception of everything had turned around completely, and his beliefs were absolutely betrayed, upon noticing his mother and father being included in human trafficking schemes, his father bearing the title of a "Child Predator," while his mother was the mastermind of the entire network of human trafficking.

She alone was the one who constructed its networks, and how she planned it so well to the point it can't be discovered, nor be solved. This alone, abolished Adam's trust, yet his mother's wish made more sense, his mother and father changed when he was born, even after their acts of absolute cruelty, they know that what they have done, had caused a chain-reaction that they cannot stop, so they have changed themselves, instead of trying to change the system of everything, to prevent more catastrophes from happening.

He became empty, yet filled with sorrow at the same time, his mother and father changed and tried to hide their true doings, just so that their child may not bear a cruel reputation and discrimination, but nevertheless, he still wanted to fulfil his mother's wish, her mother had failed to abolish what she had done, thus, she tasked his only son to finish what she had caused, to end her wrongdoings that made the worst atrocities to the world, he was given the duty to end every single network of human trafficking, and end those who are willing to do it more, with no remorse, at all.

He reads further, on where and how his mother had set up such networks, and how its schemes can cover its tracks, he was filled with a tinge of hate but a sense of determination, until he saw that his mother was actually committing human trafficking on criminals, and other horrible individuals, and not innocent people, this overwritten his current beliefs, and the tinge of hate he bears, had faded completely, even if his mother were involved in an act such as human trafficking, his mother never kidnapped the innocent, as for his father, upon further information he had read, he found out that his father was molesting those children that had massacred or killed their parents, or anyone, with no remorse at all, it felt confusing for him, for good deeds to be done through heinous means.

He was filled with hate yet sorrow, even the tinge of hate earlier, even if it had faded, it reappeared after reading his father's doings, he kept mumbling onto why, why are his parents committing such things, resulting in harsh, and unbelievable actions to save the innocent, what intentions do they have? Were their purpose was to save the innocent and make the world a better place? Or to torment the horrible individuals lurking within the shadows, by doing such heinous actions?

He doesn't know what may it be, but the core thing he has known, that his parents wanted to do good deeds and make the world a better place, only their actions and ways of expressing their hospitality and care are horrible, thus, tarnishing their good-will, and reputation, while being blamed over other matters that are not in their mercy, but at the other people's doings, this had sparked his determination, his own ways are far too extreme at this time, thus, he decided to follow his mother completely and fulfil her wish like he had thought, though he will act upon it differently, he had thought to himself that he already murdered people, thus, he shall do it onto those who had sinned, those who committed crimes and within the shadows it lies as well.

4:21pm
After reading the entirety of the poster a while later, he tore it apart, and threw it at the dumpster, while having a profound goal to commit, to tarnish the lives of the roaming sinners of this world, even if it includes murdering, or torturing them, whatever way it may be, he was sure to eliminate those sinners, without leaving any trace of blood for the public eye to notice, upon this point, he will act more carefully, and assassinating those who deem themselves as a threat to the area, and its people.

He stood up as he swiftly went back to his abode using the crevices and alleys he had once walked into, for a safe way to traverse the surroundings without being discovered by people, moreover, the children like him as well, he laid down at the cushion once again, thinking about his plans for the future, while looking over his own knife that was stained with blood, knowing that it may be a heinous act, it is for the better nevertheless, as he tucks the knife back into the drawer, and laid down at the cushion once again, only a few moments before he fell asleep due to the exhaustion and the large amount of information he had processed onto his mind.