Death Twin Chronicles
Chapter 2:
Seven long years had passed since the birth of Thanatos' twins, seven horrible pain-filled years. Today was the seventh birthday of the twins, but their birthday was not a joyous occasion in the house.
Currently the twins, Ayao and Aker Jones, were huddled in the closet of their shared bedroom listening to their mother scream for them to come out before resuming her drunken ranting and raving.
Aker trembled as tears streamed down his face silently, Ayao looked grim as their mother's footfalls drew nearer to their hiding place. Ayao silently scooted farther back into the darkness of the closet and dragged Aker back with her. Together they huddled underneath a pile of blankets motionlessly. Less than a minute later, their mother wrenched open the door of their hiding place, Ayao and Aker dare not even breathe for fear of being of discovered. The twins could feel the burning gaze of their mother as her eyes swept over their hiding place.
Their mother gave up looking for them and slammed the closet door shut with enough force to rattle the door frame. The slamming of their bedroom door signaled that their mother had left the room entirely, but Ayao and Aker still did not move out from under their hiding place. They barely breathed, fearing that doing so would draw their mother to them.
For hours the twins stayed huddled under the blankets in their closet,frozen in fear. When the house fell silent the twins knew that their mother was asleep and that it was safe to come out. The house was still and silent in the darkness, an almost eerie contradiction to the way it was hours ago. Moonlight shone dimly through the window, the only source of light in an otherwise pitch black room.
The moonlight was just bright enough to show the fresh tear tracks on Aker's face. As Ayao looked at her twin she made a decision. She walked over to the far wall and removed the two backpacks hanging on the wall. Ayao walked around the room packing what she would need.
Ayao looked over at Aker and tossed him the other backpack, he caught it with a confused and slightly panicked look on his face. She went back to packing, Ayao only had so much time left. Ayao did a final sweep of the room before zipping up her backpack and slung it across her back.
She turned back to face her brother, Aker was still standing there dumbfounded holding the backpack. Ayao rolled her eyes did she have to spell everything out? She shook her head before turning around and walking towards the bedroom door, she only needed a few more things and she could leave this place forever.
Descending the stairs silently, Ayao made her way into the kitchen and pulled out a pack hidden underneath a loose floorboard in the pantry. She began putting anything nonperishable that she could find into the sack and then began grabbing bottles of water. After closing the door of the pantry Ayao turned to face her brother, Aker was standing in the doorway of the kitchen staring at her. She shouldered the pack while staring at Aker determinedly.
"I'm leaving, come with me or stay here. Your choice."
She turned and walked out of the house silently, it was a dark and nearly moonless night. The stars were dim against the inky black curtain of the night, Ayao walked forward into the darkness. She stopped at the treeline of the forest behind the house, Ayao leaned against the tree and waited.
Minutes later Aker stumbled out of the house gracelessly with a backpack slung over a shoulder. He stopped in front of his sister and they both looked at the other. The twins came to a silent understanding and linked hands. Hand in hand the twins disappeared into the night.
