John stared at the crow on the headstone. He was still confused. According to the headstone he saw he was dead. He didn't see how that could be possible. He felt very much alive.
"Caw!" The crow squawked. It flew away and landed on a tree branch ten feet away looking back at John. "Caw!" John felt like the crow wanted him to follow it. So he did.
John walked for awhile the crow led him to a house that was all by itself. It was all boarded up and looked half burned. The crow led John to side of the house where one of the boards by the window was loose. John ripped it off and climbed in. The crow flew in after him. The house was empty. John didn't recognize a thing. The crow flew up the stairs. John once again followed. He found the crow on the bathtub staring at the bathroom sink. John looked at the sink.
"What?" He said. He went over to the sink and looked back at the crow. "I don't understand." Not knowing what to do he put his hand on the sink. A flashback came to him.
Bailey was standing by the sink holding a positive pregnancy test. She gasped then smiled. "Oh my god." She said happily. The flashback ended.
"Bailey." John said suddenly remembering her. "You were pregnant?"
Another flashback came to John.
Bailey was again standing at the bathroom sink. The same way she was before. There was a knock at the front door.
"Coming." She said.
She went down the stairs. Just as she was about to open the door it was kicked in. She jumped back. Three men came in. She'd never seen them before.
"Who are you?" The tall one in the middle stepped forward.
"I'm Roman." He pointed to his left. "That's Seth." "And this is Dean." Bailey ran up the stairs as fast as she could to the bedroom. All three of them were right behind her. As she made to the doorway she felt someone grab her by the back of hair. She was thrown onto the bed stomach first. "You're quick." She rolled her back.
"Please I'm pregnant." "Please."
"Shut up." Seth came across the room fast and backhanded her. "Boy you sure are pretty." He grinned. He went to step towards her. Dean stopped him.
"I'm first." He said. She tried to get up but Dean was on top of before she could.
"Get off me!" She yelled. She was still trying to get away.
"Stop fucking moving!" He punched her in the face and pinned her arms above her head. "Are you this feisty with Johnny boy?" "I bet you taught him a thing or two." He started unbuttoning her shirt then undid her jeans. As he raped her the other two trashed the room.
"No!" "Leave her alone!" "Bailey!" John yelled as could see this grotesque thing happening.
The next thing John saw was himself arriving home from work. He saw the door was kicked in. He ran inside.
"No!" He heard Bailey scream in a sobbing voice. He ran up the stairs and into the bedroom. He saw a man raping Bailey who he'd never seen before. She looked like she'd been stabbed in the stomach. She looked at John. "Run!" Just as she said that Dean shot John in the back. "No!" "John!" She tried to get up from under Seth. He pulled out his switchblade again and stabbed her four times in the chest. She stopped struggling. Her breathing became shallow.
Dean when over to John.
"Hi John, welcome home." He said as he repeatedly kicked John in the head.
John got on his hands and knees and was crawling towards Bailey. By this time Roman was taking his turn with Bailey.
"Well looking at this." Seth said. "The dumbass is still trying to save her. He kicked John in the ribs and stabbed him in the abdomen and chest multiple times. John was still breathing.
"Bailey." John said forcing it to come out. It was getting harder to breathe. "Bailey…I…love…you."
"I…love…you…to…John." It was also very hard for her to breathe.
Roman got off of Bailey.
"Alright I'm done with her." Roman said. He looked at Dean. "Got your rope?"
"Yeah." Dean said. Roman looked at Seth.
"Finish her off then meet us in the backyard."
"Alright." Roman looked back to Dean.
"Help me pick him up."
They picked him up and dragged him out.
"John." "John." Bailey said weakly. Seth cut her throat. She died a few seconds after.
Then he went downstairs join the rest of them. He followed the blood trail to the backyard. They had the rope ready to go. Roman had John up. Dean put the rope around John's neck. "Bye Johnny boy." Roman let John go. John gagged and choked for a few minutes before finally dying.
"He's dead now." Seth said.
"Yeah." Dean took out his gun and shot John in the center of his chest. "Just incase."
As they left through the front door Roman lit a match and dropped it in the living room.
John sat on the floor where the bed was and sobbed for a few minutes. After he got a hold of himself other things started coming back.
Flashback
Moving boxes were everywhere. John came in. Holding three boxes. He put them down.
"That's the last of them." John said. Bailey went up John and hugged him.
"I love you."
"I love you to."
In a second flash be saw himself carrying Bailey to the bedroom. He laid her down and got on top of her.
"I love you so much." He said.
"I love you to." They kissed.
End Of Flashback
John finally understood why he had come back. To avenge his and Bailey's deaths. He got up and went into the bathroom. He flipped the light switch out of distinct surprisingly the electricity still worked. He opened the bottom drawer on the sink. He reached his hand in a cut on a razor. Pulling it out watched as he bled. Then the cut healed itself and disappeared. He reached again and found Bailey's make-up bag clear in the back. He took out the white powder and put it all over his face. Then he took black lipstick and made thin dark lines above and below his eyes. Doing the same thing around his lips. He went back into the bedroom. He took off the shirt he buried in. In the back of the closet was a black-long sleeved shirt. He put it on. He also put on his boots he found in the closet. He went downstairs and opened the front door. The crow sat on his shoulder for a few minutes before flying off into the night.
