MY LUNA- Scrutinized [TANNERxLUNA]

Death

|TANNER'S POV|

I went outside the room and called up Oliver and Anna. The phone rang for a few moments "Hello?" "Hello Oliver, Listen I need you to come over Right away." I was trying to keep my cheery mood. "Dude...it's like 3 in the morning." "Its about Cecilia." Silence... "We'll be right over." We hung up. Cecilia raised all 3 of us, she was our only family figure growing up so of course Oliver understood.

I went back into the room, Luna was stressed... I could see it in her face and body language. She sat on the side of the bed, face in palms. 'What would have happened if I was just a few seconds late?...' I didn't want to think of it. But I took comfort in knowing my parents hadn't changed... that just meant they were predictable. I sat next to her. "It's funny how the world could give you the best and worst day all together huh?" I was trying to lighten the mood. "Heh, yea. Are you ok? I know she meant a lot to you." "...I'm fine." She looked like she genuinely felt bad but for some reason I pushed her off. I didn't want her to think I had some tragic backstory.. and if I did I was as sure as hell never gonna say it out loud. The door bell rang and I took her hand and we left the room. "Who's here?" I opened the door. Anna and Oliver came in "what happened? Why do you guys look so down?" "Cecilia died..." they were shocked, understandably might I add. They took in the information. Anna fell onto Luna's shoulder crying and Oliver just teared up. "How?" He sounded vengeful. I looked over to the table with a picture of my Mother and Father. He clinched his fist.

"Where is she?" "She's upstairs, you can help me carry her while Luna and Anna get the incinerator ready." He agreed, the 2 women went downstairs, Anna leading Luna to where I do my work. Oliver just followed me to her room. He covered his mouth in disbelief when he entered. I patted his shoulder, "just try not to look." We carried her over out shoulders. We had gotten used to the smell but it didn't help that she was someone we knew personally. Once we reached the basement we went to the room where we heard fire.
Luna was consulting Anna. She even kissed her forehead, Anna enjoyed it from what I could tell.
We put the body on the tray. Before sliding it in we all remembered how nurturing she was. Once we slid her in the water works finally came from Oliver. I couldn't help but notice how quiet Luna was but when I looked over I realized...she's a silent crier. She doesn't choke on her tears but they just naturally fall without unnecessary noise.

She was wiping the tears off her face when she looked at me. She did the same motion on my face. I guess I was crying.

We heard Oliver comforting his wife. "It'll be fine Anna, it's ok."  Unlike Luna, the pain was audible. She was choking back tears. Even whaling. I couldn't judge. No one could. We just lost a parent.

The Niors stayed the night in a room they picked out as their room. Luna wanted to spend the night with me, "aww, don't tell me you're scared Luna."
"No I'm Not, I'm just worried." "For who?"

|LUNA'S POV|

'Does this guy feel pain? Someone that raised him just died, and he doesn't seem effected.'
"For you, if you want to be alone that's fine too."
He shook his head, his twitchy fingers came back. He sighed before he talked  "I suppose I could use someone there." He grabbed my forearm and led me to his room 'why does he always had lead me like a damn dog?' He let go of it when we reached his room. It was clean, and like any other rich person had a lot of the same clothing. White shirts, lab coats, slacks and dress shoes. Out on display.

He walked over and went through the drawers that had more clothes, different from his usual. More comfortable clothes. It was colder that night so he got on some sweatpants and a hoodie. His hoodie whit with the sweatpants grey. While I grabbed a tank top and shorts from my luggage. We changed and got into bed. His sheets were silk 'just like in my dream...' I kept thinking of John and curled up in a ball. I was a little cold but the body needed to 2 degrees colder to sleep so I didn't mind. I could feel Tanners eyes on me, he put a leg over my waist with an arm over me too. I got up and straddled his waist, laying on his chest. It was comfortable, he hugged me on my waist and I wrapped my arms around his neck, over his shoulders. We fell asleep and when I woke up he was staring at the ceiling.

I booped his nose and he laughed. I smiled. 'I missed that noise.' I went to get up but he pushed me back to his chest, whispering "it's only 4:30... go back to sleep." 'I only slept an hour?!'

"And what about you?" "Can't sleep, it's just too loud." The house was silent so I think he meant in his mind. I looked up and petted his hair. "Maybe you should use some midazolam, you seem to love that." I teased, he just scoffed a chuckle "you need to get some sleep so shhh." He pushed my head back to the side. Holding my hand. I sat there for good 10 minutes, just like him I couldn't sleep. But then when I looked up I saw he had passed out. He looked more peaceful in his sleep. I still couldn't sleep
So I got up.

Grabbed a book from my luggage and went to his balcony. I sat down and read the book. I looked up and the stars were bright. That's when I felt a pinch in my neck. My body was shutting down, I couldn't move or speak... I looked to see who and it wasn't Tanner like I expected but his parents. 'The fuck?' I was contuse. I could see what was happening but I couldn't move or yell for help. I was breathing slowly but heavily, like I had a cold. His mother, Casandra,
Was looking down at me. "Hello again, such a shame we have to do this but it's just family business. Hope you understand ." Then I felt a sharp pain, I was screaming in my head but I couldn't see where it was coming from. She dragged me by my feet through the room. It hurt, my hair was loose so it got stuck from time to time but she just pulled harder. Once we were out of the room she let go of my foot. And went back into the room. Splattering some of my blood on Tanner before placing the knife on the bed side table next to him. I noticed I had left a trail of blood behind me..

'Was I stabbed? The pain was sharp...It hurt like hell.' I saw the cut, it was in my stomach, my blood dripping down the stairs. As his parents carried me down slowly. Then placing me down on the island of the kitchen. They they stabbed me again with a different knife 3 times. 'Please wake up! Please let this be a bad dream! Why wasn't Tanner waking up? Maybe he was a deep sleeper or...

maybe they drugged him...' the parents left me there bleeding out on the table, taking the other knife. I was going to die...

|TANNER'S POV|

I opened my eyes, another dream... I walked forward but got no where. I was in a dark room with only a little light. I blinked my eyes to see the cabin.
My parents were cooking and Little me was sitting in the living room, watching the box TV. My parents came over for the table behind the couch and told me dinner was set. Little me got up and sat at the table. I stood behind him. Classical music played in the back. "Thank you mom." "You're welcome son."
My dad smiled, pleased I had manners. He spoke firmly though.. "Son." Younger me looked at him in the eyes, "hm?" "Do you know what meat this is?"
I looked at the meat. "No...what kind? Beef." I heard something thump. I looked over to find the closet opened, a human hand fell out. "No. Park ranger." My family laughed but I was too young to get the joke. I was too young to know that this was human meat. I ate it with a smile on my face none the less.

When the other door opened. No one at there table noticed so I took it as I was suppose to walk through it. I went to the door slowly. When I walked in I was greeted with a warm room, fire crackling and a man and woman sitting on a the couch facing the fire. The woman leaning on the mans shoulder. "Finally...you showed up." It was the guy who looked like me. He had my looks, my voice, my memories but not my mind. I walked behind him. It smelt like death.
The fire crackling louder with every step. I looked down to the woman almost touching her hair out of the way to see her face. "Nahaha not yet."  I noticed he licked his lips as he pointed to the plate behind him. "Eat up." I opened it, it was chicken and some vegetables with rice. "If you don't eat then you won't be able to leave..." he sounded like my father. I ate a little piece Of everything. The chicken was sweet...
Savory. I like the taste in my mouth. I swallowed and went back to the couch. He got up while the woman just fell over. She was limp. I looked to see Luna. Bullet hole in head with a bit of her shirt above her waist, exposing her stomach. Something told me to look in under the shirt. I flipped it open to find that it was opened... I felt sick. Sure I'm a canibal but I actually care for her. I covered my mouth and looked
Away. I only felt nauseous. "Nice chicken huh?"
I woke up gasping for Air when I noticed a blood trail and a bloody knife next to me.I looked in the mirror and saw I was also covered. But where was Luna?