Chappie 5

Murdoc peered 'round a corner to make sure nobody was following. He then pulled out his family photo. He sniffed back a tear. He shook his face and frowned. In utter fury, he heaved the picture at a wall. The glass broke and the wooden frame split at the back.

"Never will I be such a F. wuss over my bloody family!" he breathed in and out heavily. He picked it up, ripped the picture into pieces, and threw it down a laundry chute. He chuckled evilly to himself. He felt a lot better now that he had got that out of his system. He never knew why he cried about them. There was no reason to.

Flashback

"O.K. Murdoc, we will only be gone for an hour." Said a tall slim woman.

Murdoc nodded. He was small and short in stature. After all, he was only ten. He also had a little tooth in his mouth that was longer and sharper than the others were. It stuck out from the bottom of his mouth. So even with his mouth closed, you could see a little, sharp, white tooth. He was often referred to as cute by many of the girls at his school. Although he was too shy in fancying girls.

"We believe that you are old enough to look after yourself for a while. But if you need any help call us. If there's fire you know to call 911, yes?" She continued.

"Yes mum, quit worrying! Besides, you need a little rest anyways." Murdoc said rubbing his eye.

"I've told you to leave it alone." She said pulling his hand away from it "You're a sweetheart, Murdoc. Bye sweetie." She kissed him on the forehead.

As his mum left through the front door, Murdoc crept up to a desk. It had their family photo on it. He never liked the way he smiled so he always turned it 'round.

"Oi, Muds!" came his father's voice "You know that you're not allowed to turn that photo around!"

Murdoc smiled innocently "Sorry."

"S'alright Muds." His father ruffled his hair. Murdoc reached for the photo again as his father walked away but a hand tightened around his wrist.

"Come on Muddy." His sister laughed "Ya know you don't wanna do that."

"Please Laura. Let go! I won't do it!"

"Hehe ok lil' bro. Was mum nagging again?" Laura asked, letting go of his wrist.

"Yeah. How do I put up with it?"

Both of them laughed. Laura gave Murdoc a hug and quickly changed it to a light-hearted noogie.

"Bye Murdoc!" Everyone shouted as they pulled away in their car. Murdoc waved until the car swerved 'round a corner. He loved his family.

He began to rub his eye again. It had only started yesterday and they were going to go to the doctors tomorrow.

Murdoc sat and watched T.V. and fell asleep. By the time he awoke it was morning. He checked his parent's bedroom and then his sister's. They weren't there. He looked in the kitchen, the garden and even in the basement. He couldn't find them. He decided to go next door to his best mate's house.

"Oi! Roger!" he called and chucked a pebble at Roger's window. A few seconds later he came to the window.

"What?" he yelled back.

"I can't find my family. You seen 'em?"

"Nah. I haven't. Ask ma dad, he'll know."

Murdoc knocked on the front door and Roger's father came to the door "Hello, lad. What brings you here?"

"I hate to be annoying but have you seen my family around?"

The fathers face drooped in shock "You weren't with them when they flew to America?"

Murdoc's kind smile faded "They… Left me?"

"Murdoc… I'm sure they didn't."

"No… They did… All their stuff has gone." Murdoc looked down and ran off.

"Murdoc! Wait!" Roger shouted and started to run after him but his father grabbed his arm.

Murdoc ran across the road and into a nearby nature park. Whenever he was troubled, he found peace among wildlife and nature. He clambered up a tree and wept. Without realizing, he was severely rubbing his sore eye again. It had stopped stinging. He opened it and saw half the world in red. Little did he know that this would be the way he would see everything… In red…

End Flashback

He sighed and walked to his room that he reluctantly had to share with 2D. The hotel was short of rooms. Noodle and Russel refused to share with Murdoc because of his snoring. They made this choice before 2D had arrived so neither of them had any choice.

"Hey Murdoc, what's wrong?" 2D asked as Murdoc slammed the door.

"Nothing."

2D was surprised at Murdoc's reply. Usually there is always an insult attached to it.

"Awright, sorry I asked."

"Yeah you better be."

Both beds were single and one faced the bathroom door and the other next to a window.

"Can I be by da winda?" 2D asked.

"Why? I want to."

"Because, if a bed faces a door 'ven it da dead man's position."

Murdoc rolled his eyes "For Satan's sake! You believe in dat bullshit?"

2D nodded.

"Fine, if it makes you shut your gob."

"Thanks."

"SHUT IT!"

2D gulped and quickly made his way to his bed.

It was the middle of the night and neither of them could sleep. Their flashbacks flickered in their mind.

"Murdoc," 2D said trying to make conversation "Remember da time I nearly sprayed ya Winnebago wif a airbrush?"

"Yeah I smashed your face into that other car's window." Murdoc smiled. It was quite funny.

"Ya know, dat really 'urt."

"Well I hope so! It was meant to. Now shut up dullard, I'm trying to sleep."

"Fine. Grouchy git."

"I heard that 2Dents!"

It became quiet. Murdoc dozed off but 2D just continued staring at the ceiling. He tried counting sheep. The sheep then turned into clouds. Soon, he drifted off to sleep.

A hissing noise woke Murdoc up. He sat up and looked around. He could see in the dark due to his red eye. It was like night vision. On the floor, slithering towards him was a diamond back rattlesnake.

"Oh shit…" he muttered. He grabbed a tennis racket and started whacking it. The banging from the racket woke 2D up.

"Murdoc! Whatcha doin'!" 2D shouted at him.

"There's a bloody snake in 'ere!"

2D relaxed "I like snakes."

"Yeah well I don't."

"Don't kill it!"

"Tough shit. It's dead." Murdoc looked at the unmoving snake and saw it was definitely dead. He then rolled over and pretended to sleep.

"Poor snake…" Said 2D looking at the faint outline of a squished snake.

Murdoc knew every since he ran 2D over with his car, 2D's eyes had somehow become very sensitive to bursts of light. He quietly reached over to the nearby light switch. He flicked one on… Nothing happened. He looked up. He had turned the water heater on. He reached to the other one.

The light burned to life.

"OW!" 2D yelled covering his painful eyes "Murdoc! You asshole! Turn it off!"

Murdoc chuckled and flicked it off then on.

"God! Please Murdoc! Stop it!"

This went on into the night. Murdoc never got tired of 2D's cries of pain. He enjoyed hurting 2D so much. It was like experimenting on a rat or something. The squeals was like music to his ears.

However, he then remembered his flashback. How he was different before his family left him and before half the world was engulfed in red. He stopped 2D's torture. Was all of 2D's pain caused by Murdoc seeing the world in different colours? After all, red is symbolized as the colour of rage, pain, anger, and aggressiveness.