Chapter 7 - Different World
DISCLAIMER: All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: a horizontal line indicates a scene change.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This will be a re-telling of previous chapters, but told from the perspective of other characters than the protagonist. It's mostly a filler chapter, so you could skip it. But it may contain some unexplained things.
A Death in the Family
Told from the perspective of the Police Officer.
I stood with the rest of my squad of police officers in front of the home of a family whose name I recognized. Teller. Could they be related to Captain Teller? I got that answer soon enough.
As two stretchers with large black bodybags were rolled into the ambulances, I spotted a young boy walking up to the house and approaching me.
I took a chance and asked the boy's name "Jack Teller? "
The boy nodded to me in reply. I then took off my hat, and said "I'm sorry to say this, but... your parents have been murdered."
I saw the boy forming tears in his eyes. The next thing I did got me fired later on, and I knew at that moment that it would, but I didn't care.
"I... I have this envelope for you." I stuttered, handing an enveloped to the boy with just his name on it. "Oh, and sorry for your loss..."
The boy sighed for a moment, but still took the letter. After he read it, I saw the boy space out for a minute or so.
I then asked him "Do you have any place you can stay?", which seemed to interrupt his thoughts. He nodded to me, saying something about an Uncle and Aunt who lived not too far away. I asked him if he wanted me take him there. He nodded again, and then I escorted him to my car.
"Colonial. 23." the boy said after I asked him where they live. I knew the address. It was indeed Captain Teller's house. I drove him over to the house, still feeling pity for the young boy. Only 13 years old, and already an orphan... but I had to remain objective.
He thanked me after taking him to the house. I escorted him to the front door, and rang the bell. Captain Teller answered.
I took off my hat again.
"Captain Teller? I hate to tell you this... but your brother Marco has been murdered." I saw the good Captain's eyes going wide with shock, asking me if I knew by whom. I shook my head, then pointed to the boy "Your nephew obviously needs a place to stay. You're the first to come to his mind..."
"Oh! Why, yes! Yes, of course!" he replied, taking the little boy by the hand "And thank you, Officer McBrian! "
I just tipped my hat at him "Sir.", gave the boy one last quick smile and got back into my car, starting the engines and driving off again.
I finally arrived back at the Station. I stepped out of the car, heading over to the Chief.
"We have another one of them, Sir." I sighed "That weird knife-weilding psycho killer got himself two more victims."
The Chief looked up to me "Any piece of evidence? "
I smiled at the Chief "Research has of course taken photograps, Sir. And, uh... there was this letter. But... I gave it to Captain Teller's nephew."
"Always the idealist, aren't you McBrian?!" the Chief yelled at me "This is the LAST time you've done something like this! You're FIRED! Have your desk cleaned before the end of the afternoon!"
I sighed and nodded, slamming my badge on the Chief's desk...
Rap Rat
Told from the perspective of Lucy Teller.
Yay! Today's Jackie's birthday! I love Jackie! He's my favourite cousin!
Daddy gave him a board game. Rap Rat. It looks nice!
We sit around the table as Jackie sets up the game. He hands Daddy a DVD. Daddy puts it in the drive, and the TV shows a cute rat-like thing! I see Jackie getting annoyed by it, but I love it!
"Dammit!" I suddenly hear Daddy growl. We missed something important, so he has to rewind the DVD now.
The DVD finally rewinds to the start of the game. We start rolling the coloured die to the sound of Rap Rat telling us to say "cheese" over and over again, which I think is just cute!
Big brother Davey wins the first game! Yay! He then asks if we want another go.
"Sure!" I say, smiling brightly. Nicky and Jackie smile and nod along. Daddy then wants to restart the DVD.
"Ah, leave it, dad." I hear Davey say "We know the rules and stuff already anyway."
Daddy nods, pressing the Eject button on the remote. But instead of the DVD tray opening, Rap Rat shouts loudly, screaming and wailing, saying "WAIT YOUR TURN" in a demonic, low-pitched voice.
In the background, I hear the narrator saying "He's Rap Rat, and he's the boss" over and over again in an overly serious tone.
I don't like this game anymore! It's scary! I'm shaking in place! And Davey and Jackie are scared too, but Nicky is more annoyed than scared.
"What the hell is this?" Daddy demands, approaching the DVD player to turn it off. But the same thing happens again, but with a really scary video this time.
The images make us scream at the top of our lungs! They are just so scary!
I quickly turn away from the TV to look at Jackie. But he's totally spaced out with his face still toward the TV.
The images on the TV just keep on flashing... and then, Rap Rat shows up again, acting even scarier as he just sits there, twisting and convulsing, thrusting his arms about.
His body also looks like real fur, and his face turns into a bristle of thorns with teeth.
His eyes turn inwards and suddenly pop out again. I'm getting really scared now!
Rap Rat's huge fish eyes are inside out, and now staring right at Jackie.
Rap Rat grins widely and gestures at Jackie with a single, outstretched, inhuman hand. Oh God... this... this is the scariest thing I've ever seen!
But then... then Jackie just grabs the hand, just crushing it! It's almost as if he's even stronger than Daddy!
Rap Rat screams with the pain, and Jackie turns his head to the floor, but keeps staring at Rap Rat with a wide grin on his face.
While all this is kinda scary, Rap Rat is the one really getting scared now! Then Jackie tells us to "Leave. Now."
Daddy protests at first... it's his house, after all. But the way Jackie looks at him makes him agree.
"Y-you heard the guy." I hear Daddy stuttering, exiting the room with the rest of us "We-we need to get out."
We go outside to the front lawn, waiting for Jackie to call us back in the house. We hear him shouting at Rap Rat.
Then Daddy gets angry for a second.
"That's MY shotgun!" I hear Daddy roar, then he gets back in the house.
"I thought I told you to LEAVE!" I hear Jackie snarling from inside the house. He scares me now... but I know it's still my cousin "I may not look it, but I'm on YOUR side! So GET OUT if you wanna stay alive!" I then see Daddy running out the house again. We still hear Jackie saying some things.
Then after a little while, Nicky goes to the door. I try to stop him, but can't.
Nicky yanks the shotgun right from Jackie's fingers, and fires it at Rap Rat. But it doesn't do anything to the creature.
I then hear Jackie growling "LEAVE!", and Nicky runs back to us.
We hear Jackie screaming at Rap Rat a few more minutes, and then we hear another shot, then a very loud shriek of pain.
Then after a while, we hear an explosion and see a black light coming from inside the house. I walk in the door to see Jackie sighing and saying "...I don't deal with scum."
The Rake
Told from the perspective of David Teller.
"Be careful, son..." my Dad tells me. I just nod in return, keeping my focus on this vile and wretched creature before me. It's been terrorizing my family... scaring my little sister and making my beloved cousin lose an eye. It doesn't deserve to exist.
It looks back at me with a hint of awe. I just grin at it, slashing one of its legs.
It screams with pain again and falls onto the floor.
"Like my cousin's already said... you're not going anywhere but to Hell!" I tell the creature, slashing my switchblades at it, spilling blood all over the place as its screams of pain fill the area...
The creature stares angrily at me for a moment, then lashes out at my leg. It hurts like hell, but I ignore the pain. Or more rather, I let the pain become fuel to my anger.
My rage lets me go berserk at the creature, slashing both my blades all about on its body. Blood splashes everywhere.
I then pick up the coffee table, dropping it hard on the creature's bloodied chest. It writhes in agony again, only amusing me more.
I then walk over to the front door, taking my most trusty weapon - my baseball bat.
I return to the creature, raising the bat high into the sky.
"See you in Hell!" I shout, only getting angrier by the creature's scream of fear, then bringing the bat down to the creature's skull, pulverizing it as the blood and bone of its skull spread out over the floor.
I then calm down again, taking a good look around me and holding my forehead.
"Aw, fuck... I have a lot of cleaning to do..."
END OF THE SEVENTH CHAPTER
