Nightmares of the Past
Theme song: Mad World by Gary Jules
He was crawling through a square tunnel that was too small to breathe in. All he wanted to do was get out and run away, but he had to do this. If he didn't, he would never be able to live with himself.
The boy made it to a grating through which he looked out to see three large men in red standing around a beaten man on his knees. Next to him was the unmoving form of his beloved wife lying in a crimson puddle that was slowly growing. The child in the vent stopping breathing when he saw this, unable to think or move to do anything.
One of the outsiders moved behind the kneeling man who showed no fear but complete sadness. The heavily-armored murderer pulled back the broken man's head and places a blade, glistening wet from its recent kill, under his neck. When the man's head came up, he saw the kid behind the grating and utter fear finally crept into his blue eyes.
Before he could anything though, the blade quickly drew back, releasing a torrent of the white-bearded man's life-essence, all the while the foreigner behind him laughing.
The boy realized what was happening too late and burst from the vent, "Dad!"
A taste of things to come.