Life is a Journey - Alex Summers, Havok

Nightmares

WARNING - THIS CHAPTER IS GOING TO BE SENSITIVE MATERIAL TO SOME READERS, I'M NOT PLANNING ON DOING THIS OFTEN BUT PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS CHAPTER WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT RAPE. SO IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE THEN PLEASE SKIP READING ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BE UNDER THE LINES OF A'S. I WILL HAVE ANOTHER LINE OF A'S AVAILABLE FOR WHEN IT WILL BE SAFE TO READ AGAIN, BUT IT WILL BE HER REMEMBERING GOING THROUGH IT FOR THE REMAINING CHAPTERS OF THIS STORY.

My room is littered with garbage, it's covering my floor, dresser, and vanity table. The once neon green bed sheets that I have are now a nasty, snotty green shade that is fading farther and farther away with each wash.

I'm on my way down the stairs and into the kitchen, so that I can grab some breakfast before leaving for school to meet up with Alex, when I get the shock of my life.

The first thing that I see is a man with shoulder length black hair and a crisp white suit holding my mother by the neck, choking her. At the time the man was only a stranger to me, but now I know his name to be Riptide, and he is gaining sick pleasure in watching my mothers face turning different shades.

Before I can second guess my decision, I jump onto Riptide's back and force him to let my mother go, but I was too late. When he finally releases her my mother's body falls to the ground lifeless like a rag doll.

Someone grabs my shoulders from behind me and I was slammed into the wall by Riptide as I lose my concentration. He has his slimy fingers moving around my throat and starts strangling me in the same way that he murdered my mother. It was also in that moment that my father comes in after finishing his cigarette.

The look of horror that I see etched on his face is one that I am never going to forget. He sees me against the wall but when he takes a step forward there is a crunch, and when he realizes where the crunching sound is coming from he looks back up at Riptide, who is still holding me against the wall, against my will, and charges for us.

But before he can get too close, my father stops in his tracks and I'm forced to watch as a sharp red tail wraps around his throat, and I can't even scream in horror, as I watch his head fall off his body.

I'm not sure how I did it, but I was somehow able to get out of Riptide's hold on me and am able to leave a visible scratch on his arm before I make myself evaporate and slide out of my house.

I need Alex, he will know what to do.

Once out of my house I was almost sucked right back in it again at the sudden change of temperature. When I was fully back into my human form, I turn around to face my home and begin sobbing. There are flames licking hungrily at my home and I was just about to run back inside to rescue my family when I stopped, remembering what had happened merely moments ago, so with a heavy heart I turn my back on the house that raised me with nothing going through my mind as it was completely numb.

I happen to be passing by my friends' house when I hear multiple voices laughing.

"There goes the freak ladies. I am so glad that I used the rest of my lighters for torching her house." I faintly recognize the voice. I would have been able to fully recognize it if I was in the right state of mind.

But currently I was not.

I turn around to face the girl that was disrespecting me but almost throw up when I fully realize who it is that had done this to me and my family.

"Why would you do this Ang?" I ask my voice coming out stronger than how I'm feeling as my heart continues breaking.

"Obviously because I don't want to be living near a freak like you. So, I fixed the problem." She states like it was the simplest thing in the world.