A Path For Five

Chapter 1: A Path For Revenge

It was the year 2995 in the city of Traxton. It was about 3:00 in the afternoon and it was also raining. I was at a park by a bridge with my two mothers and my brother Michael. I was wearing a zipped up blue jack and black pants. Michael was wearing a black jacket that was unzipped being able to see a blue shirt under the jacket and he wore grey sweatpants. Michael, being the older brother being seven years old and me being the younger brother being five years old. Michael and I were looking at a map of what the world looked like nine hundred years ago.

While our parents were walking around the park looking at the new houses built around the park. We were planning on moving and I thought it would be nice to live next to a park. "It's crazy how different the world looked almost a thousand years ago" Michael said while looking at the map. Michael then looked at me and pointed his finger on this map " Apparently, if you look on this map the world had split up into seven continents. Those seven continents were North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica." I then looked at Michael " That's awesome."

You see since the year 2072 the continents of the world merged back into to one to reform Pangaea. But all of it was weird because it was not even the time to reform. Some say it was a mystical presence that form Pangaea once again. Others say demons from the underworld moved them back. But the reformation of Pangaea split north America into three rows creating three new countries.

And as for the states for America, well I guess it was wiped from the face of the Earth cause when the new country map came out for America there was no new state map with it. Either people were so fascinated with America being broken up even more then it already is or people just wanted to forget the states. The official names for these three new countries were announced three years after. The top country was called Traxton. It had more building there and more of the city feel to it.

The middle country was called Algreka. Now Algreka was more of a desert land. No one knows how but the whole middle row of America dried out and water became really hard to find. People would just stop calling it a country and just call it the Algreka desert. But there is still a large population of people there and the would be a lot of market stands there for jobs.

The bottom country was called Calardston. Calardston was the jungle country. A lot of wildlife would be located there. Even still human population is located there. Pangaea brought a lot of change to the world.

"Michael I need to go to the bathroom." I said as I looked at Michael. Michael then looked back at me "Ok I'll go with you." We both were walking through the rain and our shoes touching the wet cement below our feet as we were heading towards the bathroom. We both walked into the bathroom and we saw that it was surprisingly empty. I was walking towards a stall and Michael was right behind me until we both heard the men's bathroom door shut loudly.

We both turned around to see a seven foot tall grey skinned demon with wings on it's back. He had red eyes and was bald headed. His hands were huge and had black claws at the end. His teeth were sharp and had a grin on his face. He was looking at the both if us and he knew we were terrified.

He then shot out a tentacle from his hand towards Michael and pulled him towards him and had him by the throat. "MICHAEL NO!" I yelled and I looked at him struggling to break free but it was no use. The demon then turned Michael around facing me. "P-please don't do this." I said on my knees with tears in my eyes. The demon now had him by the back of the head.

The demons smirk turned into a full on smile. The demon then made his hand into a fist and punched it through Michael's back all the way through to the outside of his stomach making a hole in his body the size of a bowling ball. Michael's eyes widened and then tears came from them. He threw his body next to me and I held his in my arms. So much blood on my jacket that I was wearing.

I then looked at the demon that was standing across from me. He had a straight face now. "Why" I said in a soft shaking voice. He said four words in a very deep voice that I will never forget. " Because I wanted to." He then flew threw the roof of the bathroom. I looked at Michael and I cried. I could see the floor from under him.

Red with blood and I just sat there with him in my arms and I cried. It was my fault that he died. If I hadn't gone to that bathroom there would have been a different outcome. That demon showed no mercy. Not even for a seven year old child.

People started flooding into the bathroom. They were all shocked and parents had to get their little kids out of the bathroom. Finally our parents came and they instantly came over and hugged me. They were in tears and were yelling.

I loved my brother and we always had good times together. Sure we would get into arguments but we would always fix them by laughing at the end and making jokes. Our parents asked who did it. I looked at them with tears in my eyes and said " You wouldn't believe me."

That day I walked out of that park without a brother. A coroner van came to take away Michael's corpse and the police was looking for evidence. Later that day I went home up to my room and just looked up at the ceiling. I had two things on my mind, the lost of my brother and revenge.

No matter how huge that demon is one day I will get my revenge for my brother. Going back to school wasn't difficult for me I just didn't talk to anyone anymore. Everyone was looking at me and I just didn't care. I got good grades all the way through elementary, middle, and high school. I didn't really talk to many people in high school

My parents thought that I would fail cause of my tragedy. But I was focused to get through it all. I was focused to get revenge. Every night I did research on mysterious murders in the past five years. It was tough to find a lot about the demon while I was also doing homework at the same time.

I found an article when I was in my senior year on a demon like creature destroying a pirate ship in the Akaladyea sea near Traxton. The article said that there were thirty five people on the ship. But only one person survived after the attack on the ship. Blood was all over the ship and the ship was ripped in half. The pictures in the article were appalling and gruesome.

But one thing I noticed when I saw a specific picture of the ship. On the side of the ship there was a name. It was in blood and the name was ZONRIX. That had to have been the demon I saw when I was five years old. Zonrix killed my brother and he will pay.

After finishing up high school I then packed my stuff to go move to Algreka. Now you maybe wondering why the hell would I move to Algreka? I need to get away from Traxton. I just couldn't be there anymore. And plus once I return to Traxton, Zonrix will be dead.

So I packed my bags with clothes, food, and the blue jacket I wore when I was five years old. I told my parents I loved them and hugged them both and I went to go catch the train to the desert city known as Algreka. Who knows what I was going to find there. Will I meet anyone new? Who knows what can happen when you are on a path of revenge