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The reports of John Egbert and Dave Strider continued on the news. Everyone knew the boy's were missing. Even though the police knew it was all John's fault from being psychotic, Mr. Egbert would not allow John's reputation to be ruined all around America like that.

Mr. Egbert paced back and forth in his study wondering where his little boy could be. He was not safe...no one was safe around Johnathon Egbert when he was not on his medication.

The fedora came off and he ran a hand through his thinning salt and peppering black hair. He picked up his pipe from the desk, placed in tobacco, and lit it with shaky hands. He was scared of his own son, too. He remembered many nights of hiding in the closet and hearing the call of 'Daddy' eerily down the halls. The scraping of the knife against the wall paper and the light steps echoed down the halls mixed in with Mr. Egbert's heavy breathing.

He took in a large breath of the tobacco then let out a few puffs of smoke that rolled in front of him as if old memories were being released from his mind. He shook his head and whispered softly, "John...where is the old innocent son we had...when your mother was here…?"

"LIAR!" Mr. Egbert heard in his ears, John's voice. "You're a liar! You took mommy away! You're a liar! I hate you!"

The memory stirred in. The police broke into the house after a quick phone call from the older man, and had quickly retrieved the knife from him, handcuffing the small eight year old. Mr. Egbert's sobs of sorrow and the wailing of police cars haunted him.

John sitting in his room after he was given prescription medication...just staring at the walls in small eight year old would wait until his father was no longer in the kitchen to eat or get a drink, he avoided his father at all costs until his father came in and held him until they both broke into tears. They missed John's mother and John regretted scaring his poor, loving father.

Mr. Egbert took in another big intake and blew it out as more 'memories' wafted off into the air. "I'll save you son…" he whispered to no one.

John stood in the woods just staring at the ground. He stared at what he had just done. He felt sick to his stomach...so sick...He looked down at the ground again seeing a tall man lying in his own blood. His once blue button up shirt clotting up and the badge shining in its once glory. The man's eyes were gouged out, his whole upper body...had been stabbed a numerous amount of times.
John, before this man had been killed, saw him creeping over to the house while Dave was upstairs, with a few water bottles that John had found in a closet, cleaning himself up. John took him by surprise and stabbed him so many times in the chest and the eyes. He screamed at him once he was far away from the house so Dave wouldn't hear him- but even if Dave did...he wouldn't think it was a man that John was killing.

"NO! GO AWAY! DIE YOU PIECE OF SHIT! YOU AREN'T TAKING MY DAVEY AWAY!" John shouted over and over again until the man was dead. He couldn't...He quickly pulled the man by the legs, dragging him over to a pond and began to pile rocks over his body until he was no longer in view. He whimpered and ran off. He protected Davey and himself from the monsters!

John retrieved his knife and continued to run until he found himself standing in front of Dave, who was in the bathroom downstairs, naked. Oh, God...he was so beautiful. He knew Dave was…

He blushed though and looked away quickly just as he heard Dave ask, "Would you like to join me? I can clean you up, too."

Hell yeah John wanted him to! He came inside and stripped off his bloody clothes, allowing Dave to wash away, what felt like sins, from your body. It felt so wonderful…

No one would get in the way. Nobody… John had his trusty knife with him. He smirked to himself and crushed his lips against Dave's, pushing him down on the floor until Dave gave in and had sex with John.

This was the life that John Egbert wanted with Dave Strider. This was exactly it… Now John had to keep this secret away from Dave...for good.