What Would You Do For Revenge?

Chapter 1-Goodbye My Love

Night of the 'Incident' and 1 day before I acquire my powers...

It was just like any other day. No one could have guessed what happened on 'That' day. Jay was 2 years old, while Cristina was 7. She was always a caring older sister to Jay, helping him and watching him. Today, she doesn't have school and she asked me if we could go to the woods today.

Since I agreed earlier, I got some rations, my sword, my armor, and Cristina got her leather and a dagger too. I thought she looked adorable like that. I kissed Cynthia goodbye before we left. Little did I know, I would soon come to regret this decision.

Cristina and I went into the forest. I showed her how to kill certain animals and had her try. What, she wanted to, and how could I say no to that cute face. She got even cuter over years and now it's become my Kryptonite. Every time I see her pouting face, I have a mini heart attack from cuteness overload.

After trying a few times, she finally killed a rabbit. She picked it up and ran to me, a huge smile on her face. No don't do that, gah! Cuteness overload.

"Look daddy, I caught it. Praise me hehehe~" she said and giggled when I said good job and rubbed her head. We ate some rations and continued. Cristina was getting the hang of this and now she was skinning the rabbits. Totally unladylike, blood all over her, and smile on her face. Eh, whatever.

We were almost out of rations, so I said it's time to head back to the village. Cristina ran to me and grabbed my leg happily, while we were walking home. We got out of the forest and we saw the village on fire. I quickly picked up Cristina and ran so fast, it looked like I was flying.

Upon reaching the village, I saw that the entire village was being burned down, and I could see men in gold armor, with an insignia on their left breast, that depicts a pair of wings with a sword behind it, carrying torches around, burning houses.

'Wait, that insignia, it's the same as the guards from five years ago. Does that mean the current head of Cynthia's house knows she survived? Not good. They're even killing people, monsters.' I quietly ran to my house, seeing that it was on fire, I jumped through a broken window, covering Cristina with my body from the fire.

I was carrying Cristina through the house and looked around, noticing that Cynthia and Jay aren't here.

'Damn, they must be upstairs, I gotta hurry, but the stairs are on fire.' And with that, I entered the kitchen. I grabbed a bucket and turned on the faucet. Installed the bucket up with water and threw it on the stairs, putting out the fire.

'Please, please be safe, Cynthia, Jay.' My thoughts were erratic. Still holding Cristina, I bolt upstairs, kicking open every door. Nothing.

'Nonono, don't do this to me, Cynthia, Jay, where are you?' With that thought, I ran back downstairs and into the back yard. I went to the side of the house and noticed the cellar door unlocked.

'Please be alright, please be alright.' I was chanting in my head like a mantra. I kick open the cellar door and fly down the stairs. I look in the rooms in the cellar and I reach the last one. I kick it open and see Cynthia with Jay in her arms.

'Oh, thank you Lord.' I thought and ran to Cynthia. I went to shake her, but when I did, I felt something sleek on her. Looking at my hand, I immediately knew what it was. Blood.

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"Nonono, please don't be your blood. Please." I say and Cynthia notices me. She smiles and then starts crying. I have a confused look and she looked down and at Jay, laying in her arms. He is covered in blood and his chest isn't moving up and down, tears well up in my eyes.

"Nonono, not Jay. Why, why, why." I said while crying. Cynthia just touches my cheek and I remember the blood on her. I turn to look at her and notice a gash down her back. She looks incredibly pale, and more tears well up in my eyes. We both knew that this was the end for her.

"I tried to protect Jay, and they cut me. Then they killed him right in front of and left. They threw torches in the house and I barely managed to get in the cellar. I'm so happy that you and Cristina are safe. I thought the worst happened to you." She said, slowly losing the light in her eyes.

"Nonono, please, stay with me, I can't live without you, I love you so much, please don't leave me." I said, unable to see because of the tears in my eyes. Cynthia just smiled lovingly and said, with the last of her life.

"I love you too, please, for me, live happily with Cristina, far away from here, please." I nodded and said.

"Okay, I love you so much, Cynthia."

"And I, you." And with that, the light faded from her eyes forever. I sat down Cristina, picked up Cynthia and Jay, while leaving the cellar, mentioning Cristina to follow. We walk to our backyard and I hurry and dig two holes. I gently place Cynthia in one and Jay in the other and I fill the hole with dirt. He grabbed two nearby rocks and drew an 'X' on them both, then under that he wrote:

Here lies Cynthia Aveeno, 25 years old. Loving wife and always tried to protect her child until the very end. Wife of Xearos Aveeno. You will be missed.

Here lies Jay Aveeno, 2 years old, son of Xearos Aveeno, his mother tried to protect him even until her death. Died without even living. You will be missed.

I shed a few more tears and placed the rocks at the head of the graves. I quickly picked up Cristina, and ran into the forest, unnoticed by the enemy. I was skillfully moving through the trees and after a few hours, I thought we were far enough away to rest, so I went into a nearby cave with Cristina in my arms.

'I'm getting kinda worried. She hasn't said anything ever since we saw the village on fire. I hope she doesn't have a trauma, but after witnessing that horrible scene, and at a young age especially, are going to be messed up from that. Hopefully it's not too bad.' I thought and wrapped my arms around her in the cave. I took off my armor to let her sleep in for extra warmth.

Like that, we fell asleep in the cave. But before I could, Cristina crawled from in between the armor and laid down in front of me, pressing her head into my chest, and cried. We sat like this all night and she cried herself to sleep.

'This isn't good. When she saw the fire, her body automatically shut off her consciousness, leaving her in autopilot, and now that it's calm, her consciousness is coming back. She will be bombarded with emotions and it will suck.' I thought, having gone through something similar before, but that's a story for later.

'I swear, on my life, I will get stronger, and exact revenge on the people who killed Cynthia and Jay.' I thought and fell asleep.

9 hours before I get my powers...

Cristina and I woke up.