The One and Only
Chapter 4: Nightmare and a crazy bet
Black Twisted Soul
Disclaimer: don't own so can't sue! Ha!
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"Was it because of your father?" Zero didn't leave.
"Yes… and no." I continued to dig.
He sat down on the edge of my hole, like I did to Magnet's hole the first day. He was waiting for an explanation.
"Last night… I dreamt about my mother's death. My mind replayed everything. How she died, who killed her, all the blood shed, and the look on his face." I stopped digging thinking about it.
LLLLLL(Past- 11 years earlier)LLLLLL
I sat on my bedroom floor (she's 6 right now… 17 in the present.) playing with my dolls. Mom and dad were down stairs fighting. Glass shattering, things dropping, slapping and punches. Tears trickled down my face from all the commotion. I walked to my bed, grabbing my stuffed puppy, and walked to the edge of the staircase.
As I stared at the kitchen below, mom and dad were still fighting, going from room to room. When mom had her back turned in the kitchen, I saw dad reach into the knife drawer. He pulled out a butcher knife, swinging at mom, slicing her back into ten deep wounds. Her scream made me run back into my room.
My heart shattered into a million pieces. How could my father hurt my mother? The man she trusted and cared for? Footsteps hurried up the stairs. My mom entered the room slamming and locking the door behind her. She grabbed my hand and put me in the closet.
"Stay here. Don't come out until it's safe. You got it?" Mom told me.
I slowly nodded my head, shaking from fright. She shut the door, keeping out all the light. All except for the light through the key hole. I looked out the key hole, just as my dad kicked open the door, then killing my mom. She looked at the closet door, smiling, as she hit the floor. Dead.
I wanted to cry out but not let dad find me. He started to tear the room apart, looking for me. I backed up in the small closet, as he looked in my direction. He took the butcher knife and started stabbing the door. I screamed as he opened my hiding place. As he reached for me, I bit his hand. He dropped the knife, to cradle his hand. I sat next to my mother's limp form. I picked up her hand. It was freezing cold. Blood covered her back and neck. Something hit the back of my head hard, knocking me out.
The next day I woke up in the hospital. The police were out talking to my dad. He told them some burglar broke into our house and killed his wife. When they asked me if I saw the person, I looked at dad. He gave me a death glare and mouthed 'If you talk your next.' I lied to the police saying I didn't see the person. When I got home, I got the beating of my life. He didn't care that I was only six.
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Some tears burred my vision as I remembered the night.
"I'm sorry Kayla." Zero's voice made me smile.
I didn't feel like finishing my hole. So I left it at four feet. I decided to annoy Caveman.
"Why are you such a slow digger?" I couldn't help but ask. He was always the last one done! It was annoying me!
Caveman jumped from the surprise. He never answered my question. I got bored of waiting so I went back to camp, took a shower, changed jumpsuit, and headed back to D-tent. I pulled out a book and read from where I left off. It was my third day reading it and out of 214 pages I was on page 176. Not bad for me. Usually it takes me years to read books with 180 pages.
The book was finished in half an hour. As I put my book back, Magnet and ZigZag walked in.
"Hey Kayla. You want to play pool?" Magnet asked.
No way was I gonna miss an opportunity to whip some boys asses at pool. "Hell yeah!"
I was on Magnet, Squid, and Zero's team. We were against ZigZag, X-Ray, Armpit, and Caveman.
"What do you say we make this game interesting?" an evil glint was in my eye.
"What do you mean?" X-Ray eyed me suspiciously.
"If my team wins, you four have to run around tonight only in your underwear yelling 'I'm a pretty pony'. And if your team wins, we'll get some yellow spotted lizzards and hold them for ten minutes."
"You can be serious!" Magnet yelled.
"Dead serious." I smirked. "Deal?"
"Deal." X-Ray was so full of himself.
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What do you guys think of "Spitfire" as a nickname for Kayla? What should her nickname be?