Heaven Burns

Chapter 1

Dante

9:30pm,Saturday 12th May, 2016

I awoke to blood-curdling screams from downstairs, my parents were fighting again as they would do on a Saturday night when dad got drunk, I attempted to sleep through it until I heard someone slamming their fists into my bedroom door, it was my little sister Demi, she was 17, a year younger than me yet she and I had only one thing in common, we hated our parents when they fought because after they would finish beating each other up, they'd come after us.

I'd been teaching Demi self defence in case she ever needed it because our parents refused to, she knew a little bit of mixed martial arts, but tonight her face was covered in bruises, she had been attacked, whenever our parents would fight, she'd hide in my cupboard, her face plastered with fear even though she knew how to defend herself, she didn't want to risk it against our parents.

Her father and my mother met on a dating app, fell in love and got married, but every Saturday night, her father Jason, would become a violent drunk, while my mother Selina, stayed sober for us kids, on this particular Saturday night, for some unknown reason I had hidden two guns between my mattress, one white and one black, Demi suggested I give them a name, so I chose Ebony and Ivory.

Then we heard a loud smash followed by a scream, my mother had just been murdered and Demi knew what was coming next, Jason was on his way up the stairs, his heavy feet sounded like they were going to cave the staircase in at any moment, Demi and I knew we had time to escape somehow, the house was a three bedroom, three story house close to a forest that for some reason always interested me, drawn me to it like a magnet.

Soon, Jason was pounding on the door, his hits shaking the wall that separated Demi and I from death, as soon as the first few hits I connected with my door, Demi was bolting out of the cupboard, throwing open the window and grabbing a rope to climb down, Jason had always ignored me, and I always ignored him, except for when he was abusive towards Demi, who was currently abseiling down the side of the house, Jason had kicked my door open and was headed for the rope

"Grab him" a voice said, I looked around for someone else in the room, no one was there, so I tried to tackle Jason away from the window but it was too late, he cut Demi's escape route, and her life, short, that was the last thing I remembered before entering a blind rage, Jason was headed for me, finish off the las witness to his murders, I had placed Ebony and Ivory underneath the top of my mattress, I managed to muster the strength to flip my mattress up in just enough time to stop Jason and grab my guns, once he had thrown the mattress at my cupboard, I already had Ebony and Ivory (E&I from henceforth) pointed at his chest, I was frozen, grabbing them after hearing Demi and Selina die, it didn't feel right, within the amount of time it took me to think about the two, Jason had thrown me through my cupboard door, splinters were everywhere

"You could've run Dante, why didn't you?" Jason asked me, fire burning in his eyes as his breath smelt like a combination of alcohol

"I'm not a coward" I answered simply

"Pull the triggers Dante, end him!"  The voice said once again, I did as instructed by the voice as Jason stumbled back, towards the window, I fired multiple shots blows the windowsill, weakening the wall behind Jason

"Ha! You missed!, when heaven burns, expect to be left behind you no good son of a bitch!" Jason laughed but quickly stopped when he received a quick and heavy kick to the chest, breaking the wall and falling to the ground below, I then bolted out the door, checking my mother and Demi before putting a bullet between Jason's eyes and heading back into the house to grab a couple of pistol magazines I had hidden in Demi's cupboard, that's when I stumbled upon her sword, The Red Queen, i slung it across my back and left the house

"Where do I go?" I asked myself, to which the voice replied "the forest, look for the Angel with wings of red and white" I nodded in agreement as I headed to the forest