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Bloody Family
Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Danny closed the door with hesitation. He had no idea what the flying creatures were, and it made shutting the door feel like a crime. They were flying towards his dad as if they were going to kill him. Danny screams, “get inside, dad! Just come inside, it’s okay if you don’t finish boarding the last window.”

Kiran gazed at the flying creature’s and ignored his son’s advice, grabbed the last couple of screws, then began to board the last window. The flying creatures lit up in the crescent moonlight and Danny noticed the flying creatures were huge bats. Danny tried to warn his dad, but the bats started to swarm Kiran.

Kiran sees that they are bats which makes him happy, but he notices the bats are bigger than his hand. The bats colour is the void of space with hellish red eyes that would give the devil a run for his money. The bats circle around Kiran and he begins to panic because the bats are causing a mini tornado. Thousands of bats that bite, scratch, and tug at him. He is foreboding whether to run inside and leave the window, but he sucks it up and continues to board the last window with the wind trying to tug him away.

Danny is scared for his father’s life. He has never seen or heard bats do this in his entire life, especially on the streets of a city. He shouts through the letterbox of the door, “father, what should I do?” His father is concealed by the bats, Danny’s fear of his dad dying is growing stronger by the minute. He can no longer see his dad so he thinks on whether he should go outside to rescue him, but he instantly knows that is nonsensical.

He screams, “I thought you said you wouldn’t die, why didn’t you just come in when I said! What am I supposed to do on my own, mother is ill and asleep, who knows what’s wrong with her?”

Before he continues venting at his dad, he realises that there is an overwhelming number of bats, and his father might die here. So, he ponders on how to take care of the bats and give his dad a window of opportunity to escape. Danny suddenly became aware of the bats weakness which was ultrasound, and the family had a device that played ultrasound.

Kiran had just finished boarding the last window even though the bats were circling around him, biting him with what felt like sharp little needles, Kiran was brave though. He knew he had to get inside the house before he’d be teared apart. Kiran walked towards the front door but with no progress, every time he’d move, the bats would push Kiran back, using their momentum to cause wind and they flown in groups, crashing straight into him. The bats intensified their movement and was like a hivemind doing their job perfectly, every time he moved the bats would push back harder. Eventually he couldn’t even move. He fell to his knees after being overwhelmed.

Danny grabs the device from the storage cupboard, and the device will play an ultrasound that should affect the bats. Danny runs to the front door but doesn’t open it because he doesn’t want to let any of the bats inside. So, he goes to look out the window, but it’s boarded up. He debates with himself whether to open the door or break through the boarded window, but he gathers up the courage to open the front door. Danny goes to open the door but with caution, then he pulls the door open. He jumps out the door while shutting the door on his way out. Danny is shocked when most of the bats aren’t attacking him, so he grabs the device and sets it above 20KHz, but to Danny’s surprise the device won’t repel the bats. In a desperate attempt to save his dads life, Danny lifts the device in the air. The bats rush Danny, but he quickly runs back inside the house, as Danny enters safely, he notices a flashlight on the living room table. Danny remembers that bats hate reflective surfaces so he grabs as much tin foil as he can find. He hopes the tin foil, mirror, flashlight, and the ultrasound device will be enough to repel the bats and save his dad.

Danny gears up with all the bravery he has left, he wraps himself in tin foil from head to toe, then straps tape around the flashlight so he can place it on his waist, and he can hold the huge mirror in his hands and flash it at the bats.

“Please don’t die.” Danny says to himself.

(here)Danny walks towards the door, but as he does, he sees his mother in the playroom. Danny thinks to when he considers not liking tea was a big deal, but he knew if he kept daydreaming in a time like this, then it’ll get him killed. He opens the front door for the second time and runs carelessly out the door. As he runs, he trips and breaks the mirror, “seven years of bad luck for me then,” he jokes. However, he was now nervous that his plan would not now work, but he continued.

He threw the mirror to the side of him while being bitten on the hand by a bat, it was like a sharp pain that trawled up his arm but stopped near the top. Danny wondered, if that one bite hurt so much, how is his dad doing. He snatched the flashlight and tore a big piece of tin foil from himself. He waved the tin foil in the air, flashed his flashlight through the tin foil and hoped it would catch the bats attention.

The bats from hell started switching direction and swarming around Danny. He panicked which made the bats more aggressive, they would take turns in biting him, one by one, in and out. Danny didn’t know what to do, he was terrified and could not see his dad which made him think life was over for him and his dad. He thought about how life has been so good to him, he knew his family was poor but was given funding by people. Danny knew if he wasn’t a prospect at chemistry then his family would never live in a three-bedroom house, his prospects of getting a job would be low, Danny wouldn’t even be able to go to a private school. He tries to look at his dad for one more time but no hope, Danny is getting overwhelmed and realises that every problem he had before this situation was not a big deal. He wished for his normal life.

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As the bats try to rip into Danny’s weak points on his body, Danny hears a scream coming from his father. He turns toward the scream and sees his dad rushing towards him.

“Get up, son.” His father shouts while grabbing him just for safe measure.

Kiran chucks Danny at the door and shouts, “open it, quick! I’ll distract them.” Danny opens the door; he hopes for the last time. Kiran sees that Danny has opened the door, so he runs for the finish line.

Kiran uses his thick legs to gain as much momentum as possible and jumps for the door entrance. As Kiran flies through the front door entrance, Danny closes the door, however, as Danny closes the door a few bats fly into the house.

They both panic, “what…what are we going to do?”

“I don’t know son, get in the storage cupboard for now, I’m getting the broom.”

Danny ran for the cupboard, while his dad ran for the broom, with one being successful. The two bats were biting at Kiran’s ankles, he tripped and fell while hitting his head, Kiran was knocked out. The two bats joined the other bat that was after Danny, but he made it to the storage cupboard without the bats following him in.

Danny thought the bats were banging on the door like a man on steroids. He was frightened as if he was preparing for a test. Bang! Bang! Bang! Danny screamed, “go way, just go way!” He continually screamed until he heard a different kind of bang. Danny knew that was a completely different bang compared to the bats.

“Son, it’s okay now. You can come out now.”

Danny was so glad to hear his voice, as he ran through the door like it wasn’t even there. Danny jumped to his dad and gave him the biggest hug, “thank you, dad. Thank you, dad! You saved us.”

He replied smoothly, “it’s just protocol son. It’s my job. Your mum was right, I need to take this seriously and get my priorities in order. If I don’t, something bad will happen to this family.”

“No dad, you saved us, that’s what matters.”

“No son! I am the catalyst for the danger that we were just in.”

The son looked confused. Danny didn’t expect his father to act like this, he wondered if his dad had maybe finally listened to his mum and grown up, or maybe it was the fact that he had nearly died.

“Let’s check on your mum.” The father said, “we need to start preparing for bed, it’s getting late.” The father walked past the dining table and entered the playroom. He seen that Elizbeth was still unconscious, he was seriously worried about her and didn’t know what to do, going outside seemed pointless. Kiran even heard the hospitals wasn’t open, that freaked him out dramatically more after hearing that. Kiran kissed Elizbeth on the forehead, “goodnight, babe.” He stood up, “say goodnight to your mum.”

Danny didn’t want to say goodnight, he wanted to sit and watch over her all night. A tear trickled down his check, he was devastated, and didn’t know what to do. “Dad, I don’t want to go to bed! if this is my last moment with her then I want to spend the rest of the night with her.” Danny was adamant about staying with his mum, “Please, dad. I can’t leave her! She’s my saviour, I can’t live without her!”

“Stop boy!” Kiran screeched, “you need to grow a pair. Your mother will be okay, she looks less pale compared to an hour ago.” The father knew that he needed to be composed if he was to calm his son.

Danny eyes was beginning to look like they’ve just been punched. he cried and squealed towards his mum, “please, wake up mum, I can’t do this without you!” Danny turned to his dad, “she fainted dad with no good reason. She hasn’t fell ill once in the two weeks we’ve been locked in the house. This is so bizarre.”

Kiran commanded that his son go to his room, but Danny was refusing. Kiran was shocked by this because Danny would always follow his dads’ orders. Kiran didn’t know what to do, he understood why his son was doing this but that didn’t stop Kiran from getting mad. Danny was cradling his mum like it was the last time, he didn’t want to let go. He thought if he fell asleep that the inevitability of his mother dying would increase.

Kiran grabbed his son by his thin arms and proceeded to take Danny to his room. “You need to stop being problematic and go to bed. You need your sleep, especially in a time like this. I thought you was smart; didn’t you hear the government saying everyone needs to stay in their houses. You think the government is joking?” Kiran was dragging Danny up the stairs with aggression that matched an angry wrestler.

Danny with passion shouted, “I love you mum!” He was in pieces and couldn’t believe his dad was reacting like this.

Kiran got to the top of the stairs and reached the upstairs landing, he walked towards the bathroom and turned left towards Danny’s room and the spare room.

As they came across Danny’s room, “Stop!” Danny was putting up a fight and was squirming out of his dads’ hands.

“Cut it out!” Kiran’s patience was running thin. “You need to stop, my cuts from the bats are stinging me, and if you continue, I’ll make you feel the same pain. So, pack it in!” They arrived at Danny’s bedroom. Kiran kicked his door open, chucked him in with all the might he had, then slammed the door as hard as he could. “You stay in this room all night, if you step one foot outside this door, you’re getting the biggest slap of your life.”

Danny got up as fast as he could and screamed, “you son of a bitch, I’ve always hated you. You will never be my dad.” He fell to his knees, cried with his hands to his face. Danny felt like this was the end of his world. He would do anything to go back to how things used to be. He just wanted to look, speak and hug his mum. He sat on his bed, completing all the past events that lead him here. He thought it was weird that his mother was scolding him before she fainted because she never spoke to him like that. However, his dad speaking to him like that and just getting mad for no reason was completely normal. Danny was relieved that his dad was acting normal but distraught that he considers his dad normal when he acted like a buffoon. He threw his phone against the wall, “I don’t have a signal anyway.” Danny was fuming and couldn’t sleep even if he tried. He slowly stood up due to his injuries from the bats, walked towards his window and looked out at the moon. He was stunned, his window was blue from the reflection of the moon. He’d never seen the moon radiate this much colour. Danny continues to ponder on how badly the day had been.

Kiran, who is dripping with sweat, checks on Elizbeth. He notices that she is looking less pale, he is relieved but still is sceptical that she might be in danger. Kiran puts his hand on her forehead to check her temperature, then realises she is sweltering. He takes the blanket off her and begins pondering on how he treated Danny. Kiran thought he was a terrible dad, but he couldn’t worry about it now, he needed sleep.

As he was drifting off to sleep, he could swear a dog was barking and it sounded like it came from the garden. Though he wanted to go and investigate, he couldn’t. Kiran fell asleep instantly.