Life And Death

By: Blazing Tygor

"Don't worry Kevin I'm just going to get the mail then I'll be right in." I said.

"Alright but don't take to long you know how mom and dad don't like one of us to go inside alone." He said.

"Yeah, yeah I know." I said. "But I know they won't mind if I just get the mail."

"Ok, just don't say I didn't warn you." He said.

"I don't understand why he worries about me so much." I muttered to myself.

I grabbed the mail out of the box, and headed inside.

When I got there I could hear voices I didn't recognize talking in the living room. I went to look and saw a young girl a couple of years older than me talking to a man that was about my dad's age. On the floor was my family they were all coved in blood. My oldest sister Amy was still alive and she mouthed the word run to me, but I couldn't move.

"Dad why wouldn't they just tell us where it is?" asked the young girl.

"I don't know sweetheart. But I think the youngest of the bunch may be able to help us, what do you say to going and looking for her?" responded the man

Just then the young girl turned and saw me standing in the doorway.

"Hey there little girl can you help us? You see we're looking for something very valuable and we believe it may just be in this house." A girl with long golden blonde hair asked me in a very kind and sweet voice.

"Why don't you come in here and talk with us a while. My dad and I can explain what we're looking for to you in detail." She said.

I don't know how, but I knew that they wanted to hurt me so I turned and ran. I could hear them chasing after me and calling to me to stop but I just kept on running until I reached the forest behind our house, where my brothers, sisters, and I would play for hours on the weekends.

I got to the tree where I used to hide from my siblings when we played hide and seek. I could hear them calling for me as I climbed onto the highest branch I could get to that I knew would hold me.

They were under the tree that I was hiding in when the man turned to his daughter and said "I doubt that we will find her in here. Don't worry sweetheart, we may not find her here, but we'll find her eventually."

Next thing I know I'm standing on a stretch of beach and Tommy is there looking at me with complete hatred saying that he didn't know why he hadn't seen me for what I was sooner but now that he knew what I had done he wanted nothing to do with me or our son.

I woke up crying and shaking, like I always did when I had that specific nightmare. I wish that there was something that I could do to erase what happened to my family. However, there is nothing to be done about it.

I went into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee because I knew there was no way I would be able to get back to sleep tonight.

"Mom what happened? Did you have one of those nightmares again?" a young boy asked as he walked into the room.

"Yeah I did Chris, and no I don't feel like talking about it right now." I said.

"Mom are you going to take me to school today? 'Cause if you are, then we better start getting ready." Chris said.

"Just give me a minute to wake up and get ready." I told him.