Vanilla Twilight (An Owl City Fanfiction)

Chapter Ten

The events that were described in the end of the previous chapter was one of many things that would happen throughout Adam and Brielle's life, Adam spent many a night siting in his backyard singing 'Vanilla Twilight' to calm himself. Now, they did get married and Brielle got pregnant and the happy couple had another son. But Brielle died a few weeks after Jacob was born. Adam was heartbroken but he didn't show his sadness for ten years since he needed to look after his sons; David who is now fifteen and his little brother, Jacob, who is ten. But their dad's depression is so bad that Adam is counting down the days until his life would be over.

Now Adam was walking down the sidewalk to his house with a gift for the boys. It's an Xbox they've been asking for ever since it was released. He imagined the boys having a Nerf gun war like they do everyday after school. But Adam was wrong. Adam saw that his front door was open and he heard shouting from inside. He dropped the Xbox and he rushed inside to see four people wearing all black. Two were holding Jacob and the other two were holding David while the forth had a gun pointed at them. Anger ran through him. He's not going to lose his sons too.
"Let go of my children," Adam shouted angrily.

His kids shouted his name and they got out of the grasps of their kidnappers.
"Dad!" Jacob exclaimed with tears streaming down his face.
"Hey buddy. You guys alright?" His dad asked.
Jacob let go of him and he looked at David.
"Yeah. We're fine dad," he said.

Jacob saw his dad smile. He gave he and his brother quick hugs then their dad attacked the four people. Jacob kept close to his older brother as they crouched down by the couch watching their dad get beaten. Adam was getting punched, kicked, and thrown around. Once he got shot in the abdomen causing the youngest kid to burst into tears and hug his brother.
"Shh Jacob it'll be alright," David told his brother.
He knew it was a lie and his dad would die. David was surprised that his dad wasn't fighting back. "It's like he wants to die," David thought.
The longer David watched the more he knew his dad really did want to die. Now it was just one of the four people attacking his dad. The other three left. He had his father cornered.

Adam forced himself to stay conscious as he saw the attacker near him. His bones were crushed, he felt weak and lightheaded. And blood streamed out of his nose.
"Go on then," Adam said breathlessly, "kill me."
The person, who we'll call Joe, brought out a knife and he stabbed Adam in the chest. Adam felt the knife pierce his heart and time seemed to slow down as he fell on the floor. Then the attacker ran away leaving Adam on the ground dying.

"Dad!!" David and Jacob said in unison as they rushed over to him.
"What do we do?!" David asked with wide eyes.
Adam stopped his oldest son from removing the knife. He concentrated on speaking since his breathing was shallow.
"Go find AnnMarie," said he, barely in a whisper.
They nodded their heads in understanding and Jacob hugged him. Pain erupted through his body and Adam gasped for air. He felt David get Jacob off of him and he looked at both of his sons. David hugged his father then he held Jacob's hand as they stood up.

Adam reached out and he grabbed David's ankle. David turned around and Adam painfully removed a locket from his neck with a picture of Brielle. Without a word, David took the necklace and Adam removed the knife from his chest, letting blood gush out of the wound. "So this is what dying feels like," Adam thought. Instead of it being fast it was slow and dragging. He knew he deserved death.
With his breathing getting slower and slower, he felt strangely happy. He'd join Brielle in Heaven. Then the last thing Adam saw was David and Jacob walking out the front door in search for AnnMarie.

The End.