Nightmares

Chapter 14

Aunt Kayla was sitting in front of her TV eating popcorn. Her black glasses sat on her face.

"We interrupt this programme to report an emergency," the TV began," A family of a mother and three girls have gone missing.  The thirteen year old daughter was last seen yesterday running into the local barn. She was never seen coming out. None of the family was found in their household. If you see any of these people please call 6390-7209-2792."

The TV then showed a picture of Mother, Lily, Lina and me. Aunt Kayla burst into tears and ran for the phone, dialing every number she associated us with.

The land line. No answer. Our phones. No answer.

She was crying, hysterical. My heart broke into a million pieces.

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Aunt Kayla.

I never thought about how Aunt Kayla was dealing with this. I opened my eyes and found myself in Lucifer's bed. My body was covered with the sheets. Dried tears stained my cheeks.

I heard Lily screaming. Her torture had begun.

I was facing the broken mirror. I could see the lack of hope in my eyes.

How could I let him do that to me?

His arm was draped across my tummy. He snored loudly.

Wait until they are vulnerable...

I carefully threw his arm off of my body, wishing I could wash away his DNA. I grabbed my underwear and clothes and put them on as quietly as I could. I winced in pain. Lucifer had scratched my back, and the cuts were deep.

The shard was still there. I picked it up and gripped it tightly. I went over to Lucifer and flipped his asleep body so he was on his back. I crawled on top of him and lifted the shard.

Kill him...

Without a second thought, I sliced through his neck. I quickly jumped off of him as his eyes opened. He choked and reached for me. When he finally settled, I didn't trust that he was dead.

I slowly stepped towards his body, expecting his arms to grab me at any point. Quickly, I stabbed his heart three times. I had to make sure this monster was dead.

Once I was sure, I attempted to open the door. With the shard still in my hand, I tried multiple times to run into the door and knock it down.

Suddenly, it was silent. Lily was quiet. Everything was quiet.

Malikaaaaa!!

Mmmm...aaaaa...

The door was unlocking. Lucy had returned. I hid behind the door and waited for her to walk in.

Lucy slowly opened the door and peeked inside. She saw her father immediately and screeched in the demonic language. She ran to him, holding onto his lifeless corpse. I stepped sideways towards the door hoping to lock her in there, but she saw me.

"You did this!!!" she screeched, coming for me with nails as sharp as knives. I flinched and quickly accepted that my plan had failed, but then I heard a voice.

"I know what it's like." Lily said. She stood in the door frame.

Lucy stopped in her tracks.

"What?" she asked, tears streaming down her face.

"I know what it's like to lose a father." Lily explained. She came closer to Lucy. "I lost my father. You know that. It's a hard process to get through it. You'll be depressed and naive. You'll be angry but revenge won't do anything but make it worse."

Lily looked at me with guilt seeping through her eyes. My heart melted like butter on a hot slice of toast.

"I never told him..." Lucy trailed off. She looked back at her father's body. "I love you, Dad."

Lucy fell to the ground, sobbing. Lily pulled me into a hug.

"I'm sorry, Malika. Go save yourself." she said, a tear slipping from her eye. I began to cry too. I nodded and went for the door.

"Malika!" she cried. I turned back. "I love you, sister."

"I love you, too."