Chapter 8 First Tragic Murder

Opal stopped crying after the first 2 hours of being in her study waiting for her parents to knock down the door with her punishment. No one did. Her eyes were red rimmed and her face was damp from all the tears. Opal felt something within her heart that was going stronger. It was the hate. She didn't know it was evil, she only knew that she grew more hate and sadness. She needed a plan, a plan of murder. The thirst of revenge was filling her soul. She had no time for forgiveness or to forget. Opal got up and wiped her tears away. She wobbled to her chair. Opal sat down and looked out her window which was near her desk and she watched reality unfold. She was startled by a beep. It was a message from her Mother.

Opal,

We are at the hospital and you caused more than choking Jacob. You are grounded for two months. You better make it up to him. Please come to the hospital to see your brother.

Love, mom.

Opal read the message. She threw a vase across the room and it hit the wall, making it shatter to pieces upon the ground. Opal looked at her very old P.C (That mud-men use these days) and booted it up so she could type her plan. Opal was surprised she didn't get a new computer. Since Tyler got one for his birthday. Anyways, Opal had plans from A to C, just in case if one of them would go wrong, but Opal highly doubted it and she knew it would work. This part of her actual huge plan was the first part, she had lots of parts to it. She got a copy of hte plan and hit it in a high tech safe within the walls of her room, that she had made in the past.

She pack a bag and filled it with equipment that she would need for this plan to be a success. Electronics and explosives. She recently invented a new bomb, but she would present it when she passes collage and goes into business. She planned to test it upon Jacob. he deserved it. Opal threw her bag on her back and sprited towards the door. Before she went to unlock the door, it clicked and she back away a few steps, so it won't smash into her face. Opal's Father appeared in the door and Opal looked down at the ground to avoid the awkwardness between them. He stopped Opal by grabbing her arm lightly, making her stop before she could leave.

"Where are you going?" He asked and she didn't answer. Her face was covered in black hair so he couldn't see her emotions. Opal ripped her arm away from him and looked into his eyes.

"Don't talk to me." Opal ran off, heading towards the abandoned house a block away from their house. She ran until she couldn't see her Father any longer and when until she reached her destination for her little plan.

Once she got there she set up everything within the house. Every corner was rigged, every halls were rigged and her bomb was placed. Her bomb killed only living things within a 10 metre radius. Leaving the building standing. This little bomb looked like a little missle. His corpes would be laying on the ground. Opal had a little plan to get rid of her fingerprints. She would set the house on fire and let the L.E.P investigate. She wondered how woould this all play out since this was the first time she ever killed anyone. On purpose. She started to walk out of the house then she looked back. She headed towards the hospital so she could pick up Jacob, so he could meet his final hour.

Haven's main hospital

Opal walked into the Pixie section of the hospital. She saw pixies getting what humans call a check-up and this hospital was for fairies who had run out of magic and needed some treatment. Opal went up to the front desk to ask the receptionist where her annoying brother was kept.

"Excuse me, where is Jacob Koboi's room?" She asked and the receptionist looked at her from her computer and smiled.

"It's down the hall and head down the first left hall. He is kept in room 302" She said and Opal did what she was told and head the direction. There was a door that had the numbers 302 ,Opal went into the room silently and swiftly. Jacob was lying on the bed sleeping. His eyes were shut and that's how he is going to be forever, after she had her little fun. His chest was still moving up and down. For now. Opal thought and she saw her Mother stephanie looking at her son. Opal knocked gentily upon the door and Stephanie's attention went from straight to Jacob to Opal.

"Oh Opal, it's you. Jacob is fine and he is able to go home after he wakes up. Sorry Opal I have to go run some errands. Jacob desn't have any magic thanks to you. Just be easy on him okay?" Opal nodded and looked at her brother pretending to 'love him'.

"Okay, just if anything happens, I'll call you." Opal waved a little screen in the air, Stephanie smiled at her and left the room. Opal walked towards a chair next to his bed and watched him while he slept. Opal smiled slightly.

"Watch him while he sleeps, stalker much." She mumbled like an actual teenager. She has gotten bored over the past 20 minutes watching him do nothing. Opal decided to meditate until he wakes up. She focused her mind and went blank. She needed to pratice since she was interested in a fact that you could be still consious in your unconciousness while in a coma. Opal started to think about her plan and how it would turn out. In her mind it played like a movie, every scene was a success. Opal her a small groan and went back to reality and she saw Jacob twisting around on the bed until his eyes shot open quickly. He looked at her for a moment until he finally spoke. Opal expected an apology.

"Where's mom?" Was all he said. Opal's eyes flared up, but she didn't let Jacob see that. She just started to act like nothing was going on.

"She had to go run some errands, so I am stuck with you" She sighed and Jacob got annoyed by the fact he had to be with her. Jacob rolled his eyes and sat up.

"Are we going home?" He asked curiously and Opal smiled evily. Thsi was the perfect time to say where they were going.

"No, Mother says I have to make it up to you. So I am taking you to an abandoned house that is rumored to have ghosts in there."

"That's cool, Is it that old house near our house?" He asked and Opal nodded.

"Yes." Opal tossed him his coat. "We are leaving now." Jacob quickly got up and put on his jacket. He was ready to be killed.

Old abandoned house

Opal and Jacob walked to the old abandoned house. It looked like it caught on fire. All black and burned. Jacob was amazed, but Opal was filled with too much revenge to care about him anymore. Opal didn't explore much in the house, she only noticed the places where she placed the charges.

"So this is the house fairies has been talking about." Jacob eyes in mouth were in awe.

"Yes and there is a story that this house has."

"Now what is that?"

" A group a Pixies lived in this house and a murderer was looking for revenge upon this family. The murderer was apart of their family and he set the place on fire making the family inside burn to death while they slept. They say their spirits haunt the house until the murderer shows his face." Jacob was now standing in the centre of the building listening to what Opal had to say. She stepped up closer to him and it looked like he was not really afraid.

"What happens when the murderer comes back?" He asks and Opal just circles him while she tells the rest.

"He will be slaughtered by the ghosts that remain in the house." Opal enjoyed the thought of someone killing a certain person. It was like some kind of thoughts were taking over her soul. Jacob looked around the house.

"Interesting." Is what all he said and Opal smiled. She imagined the explosion happening soon. She had to step outside where Jacob and Opal put their bags. It was some what a safe distance from the danger zone.

"Yes..very interesting." Opal kept on stepping back slowly and quietly. Jacob looked down at the ground and he turned around to see Opal near the door.

"After we leave there is something in my back pack I need to give to you." He looked straightly into Opal's eyes, she thought he was trying to get her on her good side. Opal just stood there.

"What did you do?" She asked, thinking that he did something that had to do with cheating.

"I just stole something...Don't tell mom." He said quickly and Opal caught all of it and Opal nodded. He didn't need to worry about him getting caught about anything.

"Sure I won't. Hey Jacob, I forgot something in my back pack I need right now. Stay here and I'll be back." Opal walked outside and got out her little prototype invention. She quickly flipped a switch and aimed at her poor hopeless brother who was examining a charge that was left in a corner of a room.

"Hey Opal there is a charge in this corner of the room!" Jacob didn't looked back he just was looking at the charge seeing if he could dismantle it. She didn't answer and he just got curious.

"Opal?" He turned around to see Opal pressing a button that activated a missle heading straight for him. He ducked quickly and it landed upon the wall beeping.

"This is your last minute to live Jacob. What are your last words?"

"Go rot in Hell Opal."

"Ah revenge is sweet." Opal had a hand gun within her bag and she shot once in Jacob's right arm to torture him before he died. Blood was flowing out of it, landing on the floor. He touched the hole and looked into Opal's eyes in shock. He mouthed the word Why. Opal smirked.

"Good-bye Jacob" Opal laughed a diabolical laugh before she pressed the button that activated the missle's explosion. Soon enough Opal ran behind another building getting a good view of the explosion. Opal was correct about her invention. It killed everything with a 10 metre radius. It was a huge blue light. It blinded Opal's eyes. When the explosion was over Opal's eyes adjusted to the light. This explosion made a huge sound that echoed through the city. She ran inside the house to find the dead corpse of her brother laying there. His eyes shut and his chest not moving at all. She was done with him. She succeeded her first tragic murder. She set her eyes on the other charges wondering if that part of this plan would be successful.

Opal heard noises from the distance. The L.E.P were on their way. Field agents. If this was that bad, even the commander who show up to investigate the scene. Opal walked out the building, pressing another button that made the charges got off in the abandoned house, to set the house on fire to hide the evidence. She didn't look back while the charges were going off. She just smiled, wathcing her brother die was a feeling of satisfaction. The hot air from the blast made Opal's hair go forward/ It was all so dramatic. Before Opal pressed the button she grabbed her bag and Jacob's bag. Opal rummaged through his bag to find a presant wrapped in wrapping paper. It had a card stuck to it. She read the card which said To Opal.

Dear Opal,

I forgot to give this presant to you on your birthday. And I was the one who healed you that night Dad almost killed you. Here are some chocolate truffles. Confessing now before I do something stupid.

Love, Jacob.

Opal unwrapped the presant and it was a huge box of truffles. She fell to her knees looking at the presant and the card. She felt guilty for what she has done. She killed the person that saved her life. Opal looked down at the card. A tear escaped her eye lid and slipped onto the card itself. Her feelings were everywhere. Hate, joy, content, rage, sadness and guilt were mixing. She let the sadness and guilt take over her body. She instantly went into tears. Her tears flowing easily out of her eyes dripping down her cheeks. Without Jacob she wouldn't be alive at the moment. If only she knew. Opal then realized he deserved it, even though he saved her. All the other times Jacob made herself feel like a loser. Thsi was apart of her plan and she need to stick to it or everything will crumble to nothing. Opal looked around and noticed some other corpses were on the ground also. They didn't realize that they were in danger zone. This was a huge mess to clean up for the L.E.P. She heard some of the officers walk around with guns in their hands investigating the scene. Opal started to cry. She was doing that on purpose so they won't think that she has done it. What 13 year old would kill someone with that big of a mess? Someone put a hand on Opal's shoulder.

"What happened?" He asked and Opal could smell a foul smell within the air. It smelt like a fungus cigar. Opal turned around to see the Commander, who was nearly 300 years old. He had a half smoken cigar lit and he was looking at the mess. He was an elf like Holly.

"Murders." He nearly dropped his cigar by the answer that Opal gave. Opal finally stood to her feet. The Commander's face hardened.

"My name is Commander Root. I'll be asking a few questions." He said firmly and he turned on a mic that was in his ear. Opal nodded slowly pretending it was very frightening to see such a crime scene taking place within her own hieghborhood.

"What's your name?" He asked teh first question out of many.

"Opal Koboi."

"What happened here?"

"There was a huge explosion that killed serveral residents in the area."

"Anyone with you?"

"A brother that has been killed in the explosion. He was 15 years old" Jacob was one year older than Tyler. Opal had to come up with a story soon.

"What's your brother's name?" He questioned.

"Jacob Koboi." She responded

"What were you doing before the explosion?"

"I took my brother, so I could hang out with him, to the old abandoned house that has been burned years ago. I have noticed charges within some parts of the house and my brother was in the basement area. I yelled to my brother that it might go off, so I bolted out the house. When he was nearing the door it was too late. The charges gone off and it caused a fire that lit the house once more, taking another life. Unfortunatly some residants didn't know about these charges and walked right into the danger zone." She lied and she could lie very easily knowing that she hated her brother. Everything was unfolding.

"How did you survive?" He asked curiously since she didn't get caught in the whole dying part.

"I bolted out the house behind another building then I knew it was too late for my brother." She actually told the truth. Since she actually did so.

"Have you seen any suspicous fairies around?"

"No. I was too hurt from this incident to see my surroundings" She lied. Opal never felt hurt in this scene.

"Okay that's all we need." Opal sighed and Commander Root patted her on the back lightly. Opal ran back to her house with the two bags. Her Mother and Father were waiting.

"Where's Jacob? Is he alright?" Stephanie asked and Opal had to use her best acting skills. She sighed and she let some guilt consume her. Tears went rolling down her cheeks.

"He's dead"

who knew that Jacob saved Opal's life before? Interesting eh? Anyways remember to review and the next chapter is called Funeral.