December 24 1939: 6:17pm
Upon the strike of christmas eve, where the neighbourhood is most lively, yet holds a threat within the shadows where the sinners of this world hides, and strikes the innocent within a given moment, to tarnish their lives, dignity, or even give an end to it.
He hid within the shadows, lurking the neighbourhood and keeping a keen eye on what may happen amidst all of the bustling events, cheer, and happiness, despite his family's reputation, the shame, the accusations, and such beliefs that included his life in the process, he didn't care at such tormenting analogies, what he wanted is bring peace and freedom to the innocent, by lurking within the shadows, and punish those who dare lay a hand on the innocent beings that reside in the neighbourhood, that desires to live a long, blissful life, away from those sinners that do nothing else than bring terror onto those who are weak, or an easy-target.
Using his binoculars that he bought after working for several jobs and duties around the neighbourhood, such as mowing the lawns and cleaning yards. He has been able to survey the neighbourhood in different points and angles, climbing into different trees to have a better viewpoint overlooking the town, like a bird, silently keeping watch on what prey it may be able to hunt amidst the forest, and while doing so, he had discovered a man in the distance, drag a young girl who was riding her bicycle into his house that seemingly looks poorly maintained, upon that point, he had discovered his prey, as he carefully but swiftly goes down the tree, and rush to that exact house whilst being careful for not being discovered by the nearby residents, while his knife was in his small bag that he found hanging at a dumpster.
After several minutes, he had arrived at the house, looking inside through the window, revealing the girl being tied up, while she desperately screamed for help, but the man muffled the girl's mouth by putting tape over it, before he took her to the bedroom upstairs.
He seized the opportunity to enter the house, as he carefully opened the door that was in poor condition, before sneaking onwards upstairs, avoiding any floorboards that may creak, or make a sound while doing so.
Upon reaching the second floor, he took a peek into the bedroom, where he saw the man forcibly tearing off the girl's clothing with a face full of malicious intent, also hitting her in the process in any form, may it be shoving her face to the dirty and hard pillow, or slapping her, he can't bear the sight he is witnessing, but he knows he shall wait for the right time to strike and give a fatal blow onto the man.
As the man switches his positions shortly after, he then quickly dashed into the bedroom with his knife in hand, after a few moments, he finally delivered several devastating blows, in the heart, neck, stomach, and the face, and other parts, even the groin, which left the girl devastated at the sight, but also eternally grateful for his presence and the way he saved her at the same time.
He released the girl from the ropes who were tied onto her frail and weak body and gave her new clothing. The girl hugged him in gratitude before murmuring a weak but genuine tone of voice
"T-Tha.. Thank you.. s-so.. mu.. m-much.."
Before weakly standing up and looking him in the eye, giving him a kiss on the cheek before going downstairs slowly to get out of the very house that almost led to her demise.
He smiled a bit afterwards, knowing he had done a good thing, and saved a girl from her end at an important day of the year, however, it shortly faded as he wondered what he was gonna do with the dead body, he then decided to give it a proper burial despite being a sinner.
A few moments later, he had successfully dragged the man's corpse out of the house, and onto the barren backyard, where there are bars of rusted metal, and a shed that is poorly maintained, being overgrown with plants, and even have a skeleton of a dog that had decayed long ago inside.
This made him devastated at the sight, but he knows this is the proper place where the man will be buried, hence, he took the nearby shovel and started to dig a hole near the shed, patch after patch of dirt, he eventually dug a hole, wide and deep enough for a person, and started to drag the man's body onto the hole, once it has been done, he started to pour gas onto the man's body, he knows this may be cruel, to cremate and bury a human body at the same time, but this is the only way he had thought of, to punish the man's sins that tarnished the lives of many, hence, he shortly lit a match after pouring a gallon of gas onto the man's body, setting it ablaze.
He silently sat there as the man's body was being burned, pondering what he should do next, however, after a few minutes, he shortly stood up and began to fill the hole with dirt once more, to cover it up, and give the man a burial, afterwards, he punctured the shovel directly above the buried body, marking it as a gravestone instead of actual stone marking its remembrance.
He shortly hid his knife back at his bag again, before getting out of the backyard and returning to his abode where he shall get some rest, while thinking of the events after the girl's life had been saved by him, though, he shortly brushed it off and wished the girl a good life and health by staring at the stars and moon above. Then when he arrived at his abode, he shortly changed his bloodstained clothing, before removing the filth on his bed, such as dirt, and a few pebbles, shortly after, he laid down and resorted to a deep slumber despite having a bed with a thin cushion.
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General FictionA journey of a boy named Adam Primaveit G'ilia Artore, who is unfortunately met with cruel events right after he was born, yet his coldness remains and give care to those who deserve, and punishment to those who desire with his wise judgement, and n...
