The Diaries of The Secret Keeper

Part 1: Chapter 3

(I briefly use German in this chapter for a few words, all translation is at the bottom. If I'm mistaken by any of my translations please tell me. The most common used word is Bruder - Brother) To be edited: 3 May 2015

Part 1:

I scrambled back into the corner as they approached me. I tripped over my feet and landed on my back. I panicked, quickly scurrying backward, accidentally backing myself into a corner. Their faces were blank, they briefly glanced at each other which was all they needed to do and they had a plan.

My back hit the wall. They can't touch me, they can't touch me. I thought in panic as they closed in on me. 7 steps left I thought desperately. They're not real I tried to reassure myself. I dug my fingers into palm hoping to wake me up from whatever hallucination I had fallen into. When I opened my eyes they were still there. I tried to curl in on myself, protect all of my exposed skin, but the tattered shirt left most of my arms and neck open. The twin on my right slowly reached out to grab my arm. I pulled my arms into my chest and felt my heartbeat stutter. Every second that passed, every time they got closer to me I felt my skin crawling. Any thought of trying to be unaffected went out the window. I felt myself unraveling at the prospect of them grabbing me.

"No. I'll come. P..p.please. NO." I pleaded trying to sound convincing. I was practically begging at this point. I wasn't sure why I felt so panicked but I knew something horrible was going to happen if they touched me. It felt like I trapped in a waking nightmare. They couldn't do this to me. The twins shared a concerned glance at my whimpering before cold determination settled over their faces.

I should've felt relieved at the prospect of skin contact. I couldn't remember the last time I touched someone but I knew I had to stop the twins. Something was going to happen and I needed to stop them, somehow, but I couldn't think of anything. My breathing was erratic and for a moment I thought I would pass out. He reached out his arm. I tried to plead, to convince them I would go peacefully but my mouth felt numb, my lips sealed together. His fingers closed around my wrist and I was gone.

It washed over me, engulfing me. It felt suffocating, like all the air was being pulled out of my lungs at once. It was pressure building up in me till I thought my head would burst. There was white noise shrill in my ears giving me a blinding headache that made me want to die. Please let this end I thought desperately. All of a sudden everything got quiet and I was lost in the darkness. It washed over me rolling over me in calm waves and I was drowning. 

"Mother no!"  He cried in the corner clutching his brother to his side. His mother turned towards him giving him a reassuring look

"I'll be okay my liebe." She said sadly, her loving eyes filling with tears, as she walked towards the door. "My sons your closer than brothers, you never let anyone tear you apart you hear me? Protect each other meine Söhne, protect Ihre Seelenverwandten."

"Moma!" Cried the little boys, tears escaping their eyes when their mom walked through the door.

"I've come, the debt ends with me." Her voice echoed through the doorway. "Meine Söhne werden nicht geschädigt werden."

Her loud scream pierced the short lived silence that had fallen..

"We'll be okay" The boy being held said, a trail of tears making their way down his face. "We'll be okay."

His brothers words did nothing to quell the fear in his heart.

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His brother stood next to him, they were no older than sixteen, glaring defiantly at the the elderly man. They were both beat up. His brother was tightly grasping at the knife embedded in his arm, trying to stop the bleeding from the stab wound. They were standing in an empty bar. It looked like had been evacuated quickly, there were half eaten meals littering the tables, overturned chairs and quite a few jackets left stranded.