I cover my hands over my mouth to keep myself from screaming. My father's screams of pain echo throughout the store. I'm sure those above can hear his muffle cries.

My mother is breathing heavily as she stands over my father her hands still gripping the device she used to cut... to cut.... to cut. I can't even say it my god what do I do.

I saw my mother follow my father down here with that crossbow in her hand. I thought they had a new shipment of weapons and I came down to see if there was anything cool. I didn't think she would do something like this. I can't believe she...

"Don't worry John the pain will go away in time." My mother tells my father completely toning out his screams.

"YOU FUCKING BITCH I'LL KILL YOU! I WILL KILL YOU!" Father lashes out at my mother straining against his binding.

"It's okay baby I'll give you some time to settle yourself. I know this must be tough, but you can do it I know you can." Mother straightens herself.

Dad kicks his legs sending mother falling to her side. The emasculator that was still attched to his privates gets torm off along with his....

I have to press my hands harder around my mouth to keep from throwing up. Blood pours out from the monstrous wound spilling onto the floor.

"AHHHHH!" Father screams.

I push myself backward slamming against a crate.

Father looks to me eyes widening.

"Run Cobon! RUN!" Father yells at me straining agains the binds.

"Cobon." Mother says lifting herself up and looking at me."Its okay sweaty mom and dad just had a fight everythng will be okay."

"Go to hell!" Dad kicks mom in the back sending her crashing against the crates."Cobon I said RUN!"

I nod my head pushing my self up. I trip and fall, but I get up quickly and start running. The basement has four rows surrounded by crates. I'm at the last one farthest from the staircase I run making it to the staircase then I fly up three steps at a time. Emerging into the backroom of the store I don't stop and blast through the interoir slamming into the door. I throw it open and keep running. I fly by other stores of diffrent trades none of them open. Its early mourning no ones going to be up at this time. The sun hasn't even shown itself fully. The stone road click as I run across it.

Where do I go? The guards are the opposite direction and I'm not going by the shop again.

A far off train blows its whistle.

Thats it! Molly is comming home today that may even be her train. I continue running down the road my side starting to hurt. The cold air slaps against me as I run my pajama bottoms and night shirt do nothing to defend me. I had to put on shoes to go into the basement so thankfully my feet aren't getting torn. 

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I near the station. The town I live in is growing, but its still small by railroad standards so the station is only a wooden platform with one ticket building. 

I see the train pull in. The magic compustion engine blows steam into the air. The brakes squeal as the train grinds to a holt jerking forward slightly as it comes to an complete stop. I run up the steps both my sides cramping from the marathon I just sprinted. The train doors open as I stumble to a stop breathing heavily.

A few people come out. Most businessman and woman comming to see the towns growing commerce. They eye me curiously but don't stop walking then my sister Molly comes off. She has black hair the same as me and green eyes. She's wearing a white dress with black boots. Someone comes off with her a tall man with blonde hair and athletic looking body he's wearing black slacks with a button up black shirt. 

Molly sees me standing there and goes bright red. She grabs the mans arm stuttering something out.

"Oh m-my p-parents decided to send my brother to greet us how nice."  She gives me the stink eye.

I have no idea who that man is nor what their relationship is and right now I don't care.

"Oh this is Cobon hello my name's-"

"I'm really sorry, but thats not important right now," I say really fast to the man and face my sister."Molly! I don't know what happened but mom and dad got in a real bad fight. Dad admitted to cheating then mom got a crossbowandshothim." My words start merging together as start talking really fast.

"Cobon!" Molly yells clapping her hands really loud in my face."Slow down I can't understand you. Now what did you just say?" She ask putting her hands on my shoulders.

I gulp."Mom and dad got into a fight. Mom conered dad in the basement then dad admitted to cheating on her with Margret and Janet then mom shot him with a crossbow. And then she, she, she a." I can't finish my sentance. 

Molly's face is tense her jaw pulges out when she gets nervous like how she is now. The man rest his arm on Molly shoulders then looks at me.

"Where are they now?" He ask looking over me to the town.

"Dad told me to run. The guards aren't awake yet so I came here. They're probably still in the shops basement." 

"Okay. Don't worry I'll check on them they probably just really mad at each other. Come on Molly lets go." The man takes Molly's hand and starts walking. Two people hear the conversation start whispering to each other one pointing to the nearby ticket building.

We walk down the road quickly Molly gripping my shoulder tightly. The man leads the charge his boots clicking loudly on the road.

"Your names Cobon right," the man ask a smile on his face.

"Yeah, all o's no u's." I tell him. People get confused sometimes with my name.

"Hahaha, funny my names Arthur. Why do you think your parents were fighting Cobon?" He ask as we near the trade buildings.

"I think mom found out dad was cheating and confronted him about it. By confronting I mean getting a crossbow and cornering him in the basement. At first he denied it then confessed, but that just made it worse." I tell him the store comming into view. The door wide open from when I ran out of it.

"Did she get really mad and shoot your father after he confessed?" Arthur ask?

"No she was really calm and spoke softly. I think what made her mad was the woman he told her he cheated on her with wasn't the one she found out about." I say grabbing my sister's arm.

"Oh." he says.

We stop infront of the house the door swinging slightly.

"You said they were in the basement right?" Arthur says approaching the door gripping somthing in his pocket."Where is that?"

"The entrance is in the back room straight ahead of you," Molly tells him sticking her head in slightly."Mom! Dad! I'm home is everything okay?" She tells me to stay here and follows Arthur to the backroom into the basement.

I do as I'm told. I grab the door knob and wait for them to check on mom and dad. 

Their going to be fine right? Mommy just needs some help and daddy just needs to go to the church and get healed. Yeah he cheated but they'll work through that. They've been through worse right?

A hear someone running up the stairs. Molly burst out of the basement and runs to me grabbing me into a hug and starts crying.