Open Wounds

Chapter 2

The next morning.

The next morning Alexander woke up with a very weird feeling, like something bad is going to happen. He didn't know what this bad thing is, but he didn't let this feeling go.

"Hey, good morning!" Valeria greeted him when she came to the first floor and saw him sitting on a bar stool at the kitchen island.

"Hey..." he barely replied.

"Wow. Even I don't look that bad after my morning sickness..." she thought herself for a minute.

"Anyway," she shook her head, "Are you all right? What's that face you're making?" she asked.

"I don't know, but I just woke up with the weirdest feeling today, like something bad is going to happen today." He told her.

"Really?" she frowned, and he nodded.

"Look, why don't eat some breakfast, it will calm you down and later we will see what the day will bring us. Ok?" she told him, then kissed him and went to the fridge.

But he still couldn't calm down!

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School was off because of the snow, so Valeria and Alexander (dressed as Sportacus, of course) went out with Stephanie and Matias to play in the snow.

Stephanie went to play with her friends, and Matias played with his parents until some of his friends came out to the snow too, which left Alexander and Valeria alone.

"Are you still having this bad feeling you had this morning?" she asked as she gave him a hug to warm herself a little more.

"Yes, I am! And it's driving me crazy!" he hugged her back.

Suddenly, a big snow-storm began to happen.

"Matias! Come over here!" Valeria yelled to him as loud as she could, then ran to hold him. The others just tried to cover themselves or to go back home. Stephanie and Pixel came and gathered with Vale and Matias

"I know something would happen..." Alex told to himself.

He saw a black blur moving in his direction. When it stopped, it laughed.

"Hello, Alexander Scheving." It said.

"M-M-Mark? Mark Prescott?!" Alexander asked, surprised.

"Ah, so you do recognise me... After all these 17 years..." This "Mark" laughed again.

"How can I forget you?!"

"Yeah... Well, now, since I know that my work wasn't done 17 years ago, I'm ready to finish it – right here, right now!" Mark laughed once again, but louder, then pulled out a gun from his black coat and pointed it to Alex's family, who saw everything.

"I will not let do this!" Alexander screamed and knocked him to ground, making Mark to shoot in the direction of the sky.

He punched him and hit him, he did everything he could to kill him or at least just make him very very weak.

"You're not going away with this!" Alex told him angrily as he held his collar and keeping him knocked to ground.

"Oh, but I will..." Mark said and vanished like he was snow in the wind.

Alexander's eyes became bigger when he saw this. Then he rushed to his family.

"Are you guys ok?" he asked as they all nodded, still shaking from the fear.

"Alex, who was this guy?" Pixel asked, still hugging Stephanie.

"Well, um, it's a little complicated, but in the bottom line – he wants to kill all of us so there will be no memory of my family." He told them with a worried look on his face.