Chapter 14
Sylvia stepped out of the car to hear her father screaming about how he wasn't going to go down without a fight. He was always so arrogant Sylvia thought, shaking her head in shame and disgust. She wasn't even wanting to call this creature her father anymore. He was a dishonest, disgraceful person. If he was even a person. She wasn't sure anymore. She even had serious doubts about whether he was really male. He sure didn't act it. Ever since he killed her mother, he had acted more and more like a sissy.
"You can't make me go!" He shouted, waving the gun around wildly. "You can't even prove any of it!"
"You killed mom, you killed James, why don't you just kill me too and make us one happy dead family." Sylvia said to him, tears obscuring her vision so she couldn't see anyone or anything. "I saw you kill James. What more proof do you need than THAT!" By the end she was shouting at him.
Suddenly he raised the gun, aiming it at Dimitrius. Sylvia felt a sudden dread. She understood now. She realized what it was about him, what made him so special to her. Dimitrius was a father. He was the kind of father girls like her could only wish for.
"NO!" She screamed, starting forward as he pulled the trigger, causing him to swing the barrel in her direction at the last moment, saving Dimitrius. She felt the impact of the bullet, and then realized she was already on the ground. She heard a familiar song echoing in her mind. One she knew was only too true.
Catch me as I fall
Say you're here and it's all over now
Speaking to the atmosphere
No one's here and I fall into myself
This truth drives me into madness
I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away
Don't turn away
Don't give into the pain
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
I'm frightened by what I see
But somehow I know that there's much more to come
Immobilized by my fear
And soon to be blinded by tears
I can stop the pain it I will it all away
Don't turn away
Don't give into the pain
Don't try to hide
Though they're screaming your name
Don't close your eyes
God knows what lies behind them
Don't turn out the light
Never sleep never die
Fallen angels at my feet
Whispered voices at my ear
Death before my eyes
Lying next to me I fear
She beckons me shall I give in
Upon my end shall I begin
Forsaking all I've fallen for I rise to meet the end (Whisper)
Sylvia could hear voices from far away. They're screaming my name She thought. Just like in the song. But it doesn't matter. Sylvia saw her reality open up before her as the life force drained from her body.
Kate: Thanks for the feedback. With this story I really hadn't thought about Jack and Sue getting married.
Pikados: Thanks again for the feedback. I know the chapters are kinda short. I was mostly using the songs as centers. Sometimes I wish I had made parts longer. But oh well. No, cornered with a gun is never good.