Beauty Kills (Tmnt Story)

Monster

Flames

That's what filled my vision. Flames.

I didn't really know what it started out with.
But I know one thing.
It's my fault.

My parents were working in their lab, like they always did. And my brother was in the next room. The 'Playroom'. He had been mean to me. Very mean. He called my stuffed toy a monster, and worthless.
He didn't even care that he had the exact same one.

A toy lion was pressed against my flat chest and soon filled with tears as I opened the door.

Mom and dad didn't notice me. They were too busy blending paint together and making it bubble.

I went closer to see the pretty purple color but dad snapped at me.

"Stay away!" he shouted. "Get away from here, damn it!"

Dad had already a red face from anger. I blinked twice and nearly limped away from their table. Then mom turned around. She had dark circles around her eyes, and her mascara had fallen off her eyelashes and ended up on her cheeks.

I continued to walk back, guilt building up in me and becoming big like a rock. Her face became paler with each step back my skinny little legs took me.

"Honey, step away from there!" she yelled and came at me with big steps. I pressed the stuffed toy harder to my chest and stepped back. That was a mistake.

Because behind me was a bile filled with an ugly green fluid. I didn't know what it was at that time.
But I do now.

And if I did back then, I would've not only taken a few steps back, but I would run into my mother's arms and promise her to never be in their lab again. Ever.

Chills went down my spine as I felt the fluid fall on me. Like snakes and spiders slowly making their way up my back.

I panicked.

So did my parents.

Dad hit a red button, and walls of glass came down, surrounding us. The people outside the glass ran around like wild rats in a labyrinth after they had witnessed the scene inside the glass walls. I saw them all look at me, take pictures, make phone calls.

Then their gazes turned away from me for a second.

Dad was dead. Then mom.

Glass smashed, tools flew around and got crushed into tiny pieces when touching the floor.
   Daddy? Mommy?
I froze.

Everything froze. My world felt like it was shattering into pieces. My vision blurred. My legs gave up. The cold floor felt like ice on my skin.

"You monster! "