A Path to the Unseen

Loss

In the beginning there is blood, everywhere, to my left, to my right, below me, everywhere. It's hot and sticky, I can't breath in here, my nose aches from the smell. "I can't do this! Somebody help me!" I try to scream, but to sound comes out. I think death has prepared a bed for me and now it wants to carry me and rock me in it."Where has death taken me?" I think to myself. I think i know where, but am I ready for this? I see a bright door open, and I hear happiness and joy calling for me, the golden bright lights hum their melody."Has death taken me to heaven? It must be". I sense an emotion that I've never been aware of, but then, I see her and----
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!......BEEP!BEEP! BEEP! I jump upwards gasping for air,"Don't go! Don't leave me! I don't belong here!" I whisper as tears pool into my eyes. But as always she leaves, and gifts me the emptiness of life. She leaves me to be an unknown creature who cannot reach within himself. All I'm aware of is my sanity that was once there, and now, has been broken into inscrutable pieces since she left. I am determined about one thing, the only thing that has kept me together from ripping apart, and that is I am her son, Jaxon Williams, and I will find her.
Today, I feel stronger than I've felt in many days, as though all the threads of energy are connecting with me. I toss my blanket off of me expecting a wonderful and a pleasant smile of my mother, her bright eyes staring at me, expressing all the eagerness for starting her day. Now, all I see is a lifeless, empty room desperately waiting for colors to gloom its mood. I don't think I'll ever love colors again. It gives me memories of her, they're too painful replay and remember. I try to focus on my day and continue with my life, but i just can't. I stopped going to school because it was too much for me to hold on to. Some part of me deep down believes that she is alive, she's waiting for me to come to her and take me away with her.
I get up and take a shower. The only time I enjoy myself. I come out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around my waist. I look over at the mirror and see a tall slender figure, with messy brown hair, and the same piercing blue eyes as her looking back at me. I've gotten used to my appearance since her departure. An appearance with dark circle under my eyes, nails bitten to the point where you can see blood.
I move towards the mirror to pick it up and throw it. Before I move towards the mirror, it shatters into thousands of small pieces and the windows open and shut with a loud bang each time. The dirt flies into my room and I quickly dress up into a pair of sweats and a tee and run downstairs to Layla's room to wake her up before anything gets worse. But there is no need she's already in front of the steps waiting for me.
Layla looks as though she has been running for miles and miles. She's out of breath, there's sweat beading on her face and her perfect golden hair are out of its place, which is very unusual. But what stands out to me the most is that the bottom edges of her hair are turning purple.
"Layla! Layla! OH MY GOD! What happened? Why is your hair purple? Where is dad?" I ask her in an urgent tone. She just looks into my eyes with tears crawling down her face.
"They took him away Jax, they took him. And I-I-I-" she stutters and bursts into tears. I go up to her and wrap my arms around her, and she seems to relax.
"It's OK", I whisper "It's going to be alright, just tell me what happened"
"First they took mom, and then dad why are they doing this us? What did we ever do to them?" she puts her head against my chest, and I let her cry, I realize how hard it is for a twelve years old to endure and experience this, but she stops crying.
" I was having a bad dream and dad woke me up, said I was screaming for mom, I had tears all over my face, dad said he would go and get water for me." Layla tries so hard not to tremble, but she fails, I grab her hands and keep them in mine to give them warmth, she's cold as ice.
"Then what happened?" I ask
"So, I sat up and dad stepped outside the door and suddenly a dark, black creature flew towards him and clawed him in the chest, dad just yelped a scream and told me to go and hide. I couldn't though there was a surge of panic all over me, and the next thing I knew everything in the room was flying" it must've been what cracked my mirror and opened my window. "It seemed like I had a connection with everything around me, but when I looked towards the door, the connection broke and pulled all the energy out of me." So mom was right. Layla is occult, and she'll need protection from Iblees before they take her too, I think to myself. "Then I heard the black thing say" Iblees would be proud of me this time" and it just disappeared, it vanished. I tried to scream for dad, but all the energy was drowned out of me. That's when I noticed my hair turn purple." Layla is out of breath now, just like before.
"Jax, I don't know what to do it's like I've lost all of my sensibility"
"Layla, we'll figure out what we'll do." Iblees. I've heard it somewhere but where? Iblees.Iblees.Iblees. Then it all clicks together.
"Layla, did you just say Iblees?"
"Yeah why?"
I'm pacing back and forth now. If I can verify one more thing then I'll know for sure that the same person wanted mom and dad.
"I think it's the same person that wanted mom and dad. Did you see anything unusual about on the black creature?"
"Yeah! There was a yellow triangle on its left wing and-Jax! Do you remember the book mom found when we were fishing? I think it had the same mark on it, but mom buried it in the park"
I think she is right, when mom was taken I saw the yellow triangle and there was an 'I' in the middle of it. I knew the name sounded familiar, but now I know. I'll have to find the book, but I can't take Layla with me. It'll be too risky.
"Layla I want you to pack up all the things you need. I'm taking you to Aunt Lillian's house" I'm pacing back and forth, again, there are so many thoughts running through my head that I nearly knock into the wall.
"JAX! Snap out of it! I am not going to Aunt Lillian's house. I am going wherever you are going."
"Layla, NO! You aren't. You are staying at Lillian's house. We've lost mom and dad and I'm not losing you! You have to trust me, I'll find them and we can be together again." I say it louder than I meant to. "Just trust me, Ok" I say it softly this time.
"Alright, but you have to promise me you'll come back and get me even if you can't find them."
"I promise" I try saying it in a convincing tone, but I'm not sure I believe myself. "Get ready we leave in 25 minutes"
We leave at noon, and now, we are by her door. I don't plan on meeting Lillian, not today she'll blame me for dad's disappearance. But she loves Layla, I know she'll take good care of her.
"Layla, our time is limited, I can't tell Lillian anything, so I want you to tell her everything, and I'll see you soon I promise. Just take care." My heart melts by the look that reflect from her eyes. I pick her up and kiss her on her forehead she hugs me tightly and whispers "I love you" as I put her down and I leave.
I walk four blocks away from Lillian's house when I notice a strange house. It looks more like a building than a house. It is painted yellow and has the letter I in the middle of it just like the triangular mark. A surge of excitement passes over me. I think this might be it, there's no need for the book either, I think to myself. The house is located in a very weird place, it has a really steep slope and everything is foggy and unclear.
I go down the muddy hill and the wind transcended its speed. The winds stings my eyes as I go down the hill. It's getting ready chilly down here, I can't keep from dropping on the ground. I can barely see anything, I hear an owl hoot nearby and it keeps hooting and suddenly the hooting turns into a shrill of laughter and then to a terrifying cry full of pain. I try to stay calm, my hands are trembling so much. I put them in my pocket to stop the trembling. I think I'm almost there, I can't really see anything. The wind howls and the clouds clap down thunder, crying their own pain. "OH God!" I mutter "Why did it have to rain today rain?" I think I am at the front porch now, I hear the door creaking open and I don't see anyone, but fear strikes me down. I can't stop shivering. There's no going back Jax, this is your only chance. I keep the thought in my mind, and step into the house.
I take a deep breath and open my eyes, it's so dark in here, and something feels really wrong about this place. It smells really musty, like death and decay itself is lingering in the air. After every step, it feels as though something evil is waiting to grab you. A cold breeze blows by carrying disturbing whispers with them. It is as though the forces of Hell have set up shop here, and the ever present sense of inescapable dread fills your heart. Then I take another step, and the door shuts with a loud bang. I can't see who is there, but I think I hear wings flap towards me.
"So you finally came Jaxon, we were getting tired of waiting" A female voice whispers behind me .The voice makes the hair on the back of my neck rise up. She pushes me, and I feel myself enter into a metal cage and hear it shut. I kick it really hard trying to open it. But the door has been locked.
"HEYY!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?" I scream at her as loud as I can.
"Enjoy your last breaths" she whispers and laughs her cold laugh.
It's so cold in here, I think I might turn into an ice sculpture in any second now. Then, I feel scathing pain searing through my arm and feel something warm crawl down my arm. I feel the pain through my chest and it's burning my whole body. I feel as though somebody is shooting me at every part of my body. I feel blood all over my body coming out in red tears, I feel it hot and tingly against my body. It spills non-voluntarily down and down creating a puddle and drowning me in it. I still try to stand, I thought I would find mom and dad and live happily together. I can't stop thinking about Layla "I'm sorry Layla." I choke out the words. The edges of my vision are turning black. So, this is how death feels. I wonder about what happened to mom and dad. I drop on the floor the pain aches too much. "I love you" I whisper and---WAM!
Somebody just broke through the door. I hear voices and stepping shoes, but I feel a tugging feeling as though someone is trying to carry me.

"Jax, hey, stay with me, you can do it" a new voice whispers. It sounds like music floating in the air. Her warm hand touches my skin and it relieves my pain for a second. She puts her hand over my chest and yells "He's breathing, but he's in too much pain!" at somebody. I try to see who she is, but I'm in too much pain, it feels like someone is trying to put me on fire. Please take me away, please! And finally the pain turns into numbness and I float through the clouds, I float through the pain, through this world without saying goodbye.