Danny rushed to the kitchen; his mum sent him to find a candle. Danny never heard his dad scream like that, he was beginning to think someone was up there with his dad; the thought was killing Danny. The kitchen had no such things but as Danny continued searching, he heard a bark coming from the garden. Danny’s face lit up as soon as he heard the bark, though it intrigued him, he’d never seen or heard dogs around his area, not ever. But now he has seen two dogs in one day. He went to the garden door and began to look out the window of the door. It was smallish with black fur and floppy ears. He immediately opened the door and grabbed it. He pulled it towards him, and Danny’s cheek is rubbing on the dog’s neck. Danny felt like all his problems had vanished without a trace.
Elizbeth and Kiran got to the kitchen expecting to find Danny, “where is he?” Elizbeth said confused, “I told him to grab a candle so I could help you with the attic problem.”
Kiran replied, “that makes sense but where is he?” As Kiran looked towards the living room, he seen the garden door open, “hey, babe. Look, the garden door is open! You don’t think someone took Danny, do you?!”
Elizbeth had no words, but her legs were willing to do the talking. She ran to the garden and seen that Danny was in the garden, “hey, what are you doing?!” Elizbeth tone was getting angrier, “you know something awful is going on around this area, we literally got attacked like two hours ago.”
Danny turned around, not to go inside but to show her the dog.
Elizbeth face began to change from a tomato into a star, “oh my god it’s a dog!” Elizbeth loved dogs; she knew how it made Danny feel. She asked, “where did it come from?”
“I have no idea.” Danny had no idea why he felt the way he did, but he had to get it off his chest, “it’s like the dog came to save us mum.” Elizbeth was confused but Danny continued to explain, “in this nightmare we have a silver lining; the dog.”
Before she could even speak, Kiran saw the dog and freaked, “what the fuck is that mut doing here, who’s dog is that?” Danny had no time to answer, “get the dog out of here right this second! I mean it, right now!”
Danny wanted to scream for the way his dad was acting. The dog took the initiative and growled at Kiran. Kiran was taken back by it and looked straight at Elizbeth, “we are not keeping this dog, I don’t give a fuck, we are not keeping this dog!” Kiran wanted to get the message across so he spoke with a strict tone, “something will happen to this dog before he stays with us, I can guarantee you that.”
Elizbeth’s face dropped, “Kiran! You can’t say stuff like that in front of our child, just for the simple fact of him wanting to keep the dog, you shouldn’t say shit like this.” Elizbeth was a second from walking away, “I’m getting sick of you! Why have you always got to treat Danny like this, don’t you get it, he’s a kid and wants to keep a dog, that’s normal you fool!” Kiran’s reaction was no reaction so Elizbeth carried on speaking, “can you not see, we are in hell, Kiran! And if a dog is going to help my son get through this hellish nightmare, then that’s fine with me.”
“Why do I have to put up with a dog, surly you can understand that.” Kiran could see it wasn’t working, “what’s going on with you, you never usually contest me. If anyone was to understand it’s you, I’ve never liked dogs, not now, not ever!”
“I cannot stand you anymore, you’re a stain on this family!” She turned her head towards Danny and commanded, “Danny, go inside and take the dog!” Kiran didn’t want to argue with her now. Once Danny went inside, she continued grilling Kiran, “remember what you said when you first heard I was pregnant?” Kiran could see the fire in her eyes, “huh? I didn’t hear you Kiran, what did you say?!”
“All right, I know I fucked up at the start, but I have stuck around.”
Elizbeth’s voice rose like a flag, “do you want a medal or something?!” she composed herself and spoke with sense, “look, I love you, always have but you’ve never truly been here with this family.”
Kiran felt confused, “I’ve always been here, what are you on about?”
“You should know. Surprises me that you don’t already know.” She looked him dead in the eyes, “yes, you’ve been here physically but not mentally. You come in from work and pay us no attention whatsoever, do you know how much that hurts Danny… well do you?”
Kiran chimed in, “I haven’t even been at work for like two weeks.”
“You clearly don’t get it.” Elizbeth was fed up, every time she would lift her head up to see Kiran, it would leave her fed up, “let’s just leave it, we aren’t getting anywhere, except for Danny keeping the dog.”
Kiran wanted to say something desperately but kept his mouth shut. Elizbeth knew Kiran would be embarrassed if Danny ever found out that his dad had always regretted having him, though she hadn’t seen what Kiran had seen, she heard his father was awful.
They both walked inside and seen Danny playing with the dog. Elizbeth was happy to see Danny’s smiling face, it was like heaven for her.
The family sat in the living room pondering on the nightmare they were taking part in. Kiran was glaring at the dog with fury, though he couldn’t help but think that he might be selfish for not letting Danny keep the dog. He looked around the room, his eyes landing on Elizbeth first. He could see she was tired and when Kiran looked at Danny, he was tired too; the whole family was tired. However, his mind wasn’t tired, he couldn’t stop thinking that luck had saved them. All Kiran wanted was him and his family to make it to the finish line.
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Danny was so happy with his dog, he’d never thought he would have one, especially in a time like this. The dog licked his checks, it made him feel warmth, a warmth only his mum could serve him. All he could think about was the dog and how it came at the very best time because Danny was in need off a friend.
Elizbeth couldn’t stop looking at Danny and his brightened face, it was like an angel had come along. As she watched him, her face became brighter too. Although her main concern was if Danny would survive through this horror show and her mind wouldn’t let it up. The more she thought about it, the more it became reality, the reality of living in a nightmare. She just wanted to focus on Danny and if he smiled, she smiled. She seen the time and didn’t realise how late it was, “you guys seen the time?” She looked at Kiran, “wow! You’re tired as me, guess we’re all knackered then.”
Kiran smiled, “you’re reading my mind right now” Kiran began to get up, “you ready for bed, son?” Danny didn’t reply but he got up and walked up the stairs with the dog. Kiran was shocked but was glad he didn’t resist.
Danny got into bed and the dog jumped up and laid next to him. Danny snuggled up to the dog, with the dog’s hair rubbing against his nose. As he tried to sleep, he heard a continuous banging, not too loud but loud enough to hear. Danny heard it was coming from his parents’ bedroom, he said to himself, “they must be having a fight, weird though, it’s like there’s rhythm.” He didn’t care though, he felt like he could fall asleep in an instance.
The night sky was beginning to turn red like a blood stain on a white shirt. The bats were flying and wolfs were howling and wraiths were moaning. As the groans went louder, the sky became a serial killer’s canvas painting, with the sky looking like it withheld a thousand dead bodies. Thunder and lightning hitting every ear lug, though the many enjoyed it. The screaming, howling, and growling was a quire that supported the ever-changing sky. The sun began to change but not in size or direction but colour. A shade of black hit the sun and began to expand. The sun was pure black as if its soul had been drained. The sky was now a glorious red and withheld a blackened sun that looked like it was destined to explode causing blood to gush.
The morning struck and the Ambrose family was beginning to wake. Kiran eyes opened but as they did, he felt such pain on his face, stomach and his back were significantly in much more pain. He turned and faced Elizbeth, “good morning.” But she wasn’t in bed, he thought she was with Danny until he seen her in the corner of the room, standing and her back facing him. Kiran spoke with concern, “babe, are you alright?” He questioned if what he was seeing was real, he couldn’t believe she was standing in the corner, “what are you doing? Why are you in the corner? You’re not in trouble, are you?” Kiran was troubled to find out she wasn’t answering. The bed creaked as he moved to get out of bed. He began to walk towards her. As he got close enough to touch her on her shoulder. Kiran turned Elizbeth around so that she was facing him and asked her, “what’s the meaning of…” before he could even finish, she grabbed him by the neck and picked him up, leaving his feet hanging in the air, she threw him towards the other side of the room. The side of his body went flying into the wall, he tries to stand but his ribcage is in agony. He sees her pale face coming towards him, so he shouts, “you fucking freak, why are you acting crazy?”
Elizbeth walks slow and screams like a dying bird. As she gets closer, she screams with confidence, “I am the queen of vampires!! And I shall request the respect I deserve!” When she reaches Kiran, she falls to her knees. Kiran is shocked, he did not expect her to give it up, so he quickly runs out the room.
Kiran runs towards Danny’s room but as he gets there, smoke is coming from his room, he smashes the door open, “Danny where are you?” As he enters, the smoke is so thick, but Kiran sees Danny is doing chemistry experiments, “what the hell? Why is the smoke so thick?!” he walks over to Danny and grabs him by the collar of his shirt and drags him out of his room, “bet you can hear me now!”
Danny takes his goggles off and proceeds to answer the question, “I’m sorry but we needed the right tools to take care of what comes next, surly you understand that.”
Kiran was taken back, “you really making weapons?” Kiran didn’t know what to make of it, “I would like to teach you some discipline, but something happened to your mum….”
“What do you mean something happened to my mum?”
“it’s not too serious but I’ll tell you in a minute. Where’s your dog?”
Danny quickly said, “it’s been while, but it went outside I think.”
“That’s not a concern at the minute but we do need to check on your mum!” Kiran quickly ran to his room with Danny lacking behind him, “hurry Danny!”
Danny questioned his dad, “why didn’t you help her on your own, why did you come and grab me?” As Kiran turned back, Danny could see the worry on his face, “what happened? Answer me, dad! You’re worrying me, please tell me?!”
Kiran proceeded to tell Danny, “Well, your mum had a few prob…” before Kiran could finish, Elizbeth walked out of the door, he turned and said, “are you okay?! Why did you act like that?”
Elizbeth was pale with sweat dripping down her face, “I honestly don’t know, it’s like I blacked out but knew exactly what I was doing… and I was kind of happy doing it.” Elizbeth took a breath and continued talking, “I’m sorry for acting the way I did but I felt alive, babe. It was if I was meant to be that person, it’s weird to explain.”
Danny quickly interjected, “what even happened?”
Kiran stared at Danny and commanded, “go downstairs, Danny! We need to talk.”
“Okay….”
As Danny walked, Kiran began to question Elizbeth, “are you telling me that you feel alive when you’re trying to hurt me… if so that’s awful.” Kiran was waiting for an answer, but she stayed silent with her head down on the floor. Kiran spoke louder, “you attacked me, babe, we can’t just let this slide. You’re looking awful too, how’re you feeling?”
Elizbeth began to open her mouth, “I do feel awful about what I did but I don’t feel sick or anything, like I said, I feel alive, well you could say I’m hot, is the heating on?”
“You look like you’re sweating your skin off, are you sure you’re alright?” Kiran was beginning to think something was up with her, something that made his brain ich.
“My back is in pain but it’s because of that man throwing me on the table.” She turned around to show him her injury, she pulled the back of her t-shirt towards her head and showed him, “what do you think babe?” She was expecting him to say it was alright, but he didn’t make a sound. He went silent so her anxiety went to the roof, “babe, why haven’t you said anything, what does it look like?”
Kiran finally broke the silence, “it’s okay.” Kiran didn’t want to tell her the truth, the fact that it looked horrific. It was like her shoulder plexus was turning into small wings, Kiran couldn’t fathom the way it looked, the greyish mould made him think the injury was so serious.
Elizbeth didn’t like the fact that he said a couple of words, he’s always had something to say. It worried her to her core, like someone flying straight into her stomach. The only thing that was in her mind was the thought of it meaning tragedy.