Red Moonlight: Hell's Escape

Family Man

"DAD!" a now 13 year old Ultear shrieked. "TELL JELLAL TO STOP BEING A BOOTYHOLE!" 

Jellal, who is 14 now, shoved her onto the couch and grinned. "Dad ain't gonna do jack!" He then proceeded to slam a pillow onto Ultear, over and over again. "You. Can't. Stop. Me!"

"You're the worst!" Ultear whined, covering her head with her arms and her knees to her chest. "Dad come beat him up!"

Erik sat at the kitchen table going through mail and sipping coffee. His bare feet were planted on the wooden floor, the white T-shirt he wore was stained, his joggers ripped from the knee and stubs of facial hair littered his chin and jawline. The bags under his eyes were as dark as smoke and his hair pointed in all directions. His side burns now a inch longer.

He let out a long sigh and slammed his fists on the table. "Can both of you stop fighting for ONCE!"

Ultear kicked Jellal away and sprinted to Erik, leaving Jellal on the ground holding his stomach in pain. 

She ran to Erik's side and tugged his arm. "Jellal started it!"

"Well," Erik took in a deep breath and arched his back. "THEN FINISH IT!" He shouted in her face, his teeth being needle like and his eye becoming serpentine. Ultear looked shocked as her hair flew in all directions.

She stood still for a second till she sneered. "Why can't you just have some fun for once?" She then marched away, her arms crossed and face looking down.

Erik tucked his side burn behind his ear. "I can't handle them anymore." he whispered to himself.

Suddenly, Erik felt a dark presence in front of him. The smell of rusted metal flooded up his nose and a dark cloud of smoke formed in the chair in front of him. Two glowing red eyes opened and the smoke soon cleared away, revealing Pride.

"You look like a total psychopath." He said leaning back in the chair. "When was the last time you shaved? Or even slept?"

"Why are you here, Gajeel?" Erik questioned. Gajeel looked around the room and smirked. "Just came to visit. I have to say though, I never saw you as a family man. Nice place."

Erik opened a envelope and threw the paper at Gajeel, who caught it in his mouth and then spit it out. "I ain't never gonna be a family man." Erik hissed. "I kill families, I don't start 'em."

"Then what do you call this?" Gajeel flicked his wrist in a circular motion causing a picture frame to appear in his hand. He held it to Erik's face. In the frame was a photo with Erik, Jellal and Ultear all huddled in a group. Smiles plastered all of their faces.

Erik scoffed. "They ain't even my real blood." he swiped the picture away from Gajeel and held it to his chest. 

"You sure seem to treat them like it." Gajeel laughed. 

Jellal soon ran into the room. He was poorly blocking Ultear's punches, resulting in him eventually falling down. "You stupid smuck!" Ultear shouted, smacking him with a pillow. "You can't escape my fury!"

Gajeel watched in horror as Ultear beat Jellal so bad that the pillow busted open and feathers flew everywhere. 

"You're kids seem very nice!" Gajeel said sarcastically. "Their just like you!"

"Gajeel," Erik stood up from his seat and popped his neck. "Leave my house. Now." He then pointed at the door, not once looking up at him. Gajeel let out a laugh and put his hands on his hips. "Oh, c'mon snake boy! I just wanna hang out for awhile!"

"Leave!" Erik shouted. Ultear stopped hitting Jellal and looked up at Erik, as well did Jellal. Both of them immediately ran out of the room, leaving the empty pillow case and thousands of feathers that were in it on the kitchen floor.