Chapter 4: Die 1.2

Mom rushed to us and give Cristian a glass of water and they were a mess because mom slipped on the puke.

I just left them I didn't want to be any part of that.

I walk towards the edge of the boat and sat there.

"It's so peaceful, how the fuck did my family died if its this peaceful?" I whispered to myself as I was staring at the sky.

"Hey, Mark what are you doing here? I thought you were playing with the twins?" Dad asks as he walks towards me and sat next to me.

"Um, Christian puked, he knows can't take the consequence but he still insists to take it," I said as I play with the card that I kept after playing Uno.

"What did you feed him?" Dad asks.

"Oh, nothing just a pickle. The food that he hates the most" I said.

"What? he still can't eat pickles? He's turning 19 and he still can't eat them pickles" Dad said as he sighs.

"Oh right, your brother and I are going to catch some fish for dinner. Wanna join us?" Dad asks.

"Oh yeah, I can join, just call me when it's time," I said.

After my talk with Dad, I went to our room to sleep, but somehow I can't.

No matter how hard I try I still can't fall asleep.

So I just lay down there thinking my thoughts.

I realized that can I even stomach what's about to happen?

Can I even stomach seeing how my family die in front of me?

Can I even stomach seeing how my family will get slaughtered by someone or something right before my eyes?

"I don't want to die. I don't want my family to die. I don't want to die!"

*creek*

someone opens the door and said.

"Hey, Mark gets up we're gonna fish remember?

"Oh, yeah, I'm coming," I said as we stared at each other.

"What happened to you?" Christian asks.

"Huh? What do you mean?" I ask.

"You're crying," Christian said.

I wiped my eyes and looked into my hands and said.

"Yeah, why was I crying?"

I tried to wipe my tears but they just won't stop pouring out, no matter how many times I wipe my tears they just won't stop pouring.

Christian walks towards me and he holds my face and looked into my eyes.

"I don't know why your crying but, please don't cry I don't like seeing you cry," He said as he wipes my tears.

Cristian hugs me and that makes me feel better.

We go outside to go fishing with dad.

"Hey, Dad can we still catch some fish?" I ask.

"Yeah" Dad answered.

"But, it's already 6 o'clock will we still able to catch some fish?" I ask.

"Yeah, we still can" Dad answered.

"Oh, okay," I said while Christian gives me a fishing rod.

"Hey, love did y'all caught some fish?" Mom asks Dad.

"Oh, we were just about to catch some why?" Dad asks.

"Oh, nevermind that let's eat the shrimp we bought will get cold," Mom said.

Carol run towards us with a big smile on her face and said.

"Where's the fish? Did you guys catch a fish?"

"Oh, sweetie we are not going to eat fish tonight, It's too dark for the fish to get up on the surface of the water 'kay?" Mom said to Carol.

"But, Mom I want some fish that Dad caught," Carol said.

"Okay okay, Love catch some fish for Carol okay? We're gonna eat shrimp for now. Right sweetie?" Mom asks Carol.

"Yeah!" Carol yelled with her smiley face.

Dad told Christian and me to get the bait.

As we were getting some bait Christian asks me.

"Why were you crying alone like that?"

"Oh, I don't even know why," I said.

"Meh, you don't know huh?" Christian said.

"Yeah," I said.

"Okay, let's finish this up, and let's give this to Dad," Christian said.

After we finished getting some bait we give to that and we fish.

Dad and I struggle to catch some fish, but somehow Christian is so good at fishing.

He already caught 3 fishes.

"Oh, here's the fourth one!" Christian yelled as he caught another fish.

Dad gets the fishing net to get the fish that Christian caught.

We were about to grab the fish with the fishing net but, there is something that is glaring at us in the water.

I thought it was just our reflection, but it rose from the water and I saw a glimpse of its face and it was terrifying.

It has shark-like large gills on its neck, it has these scales that you can only see in movies.

Its yellow eyes were glowing and, I know for sure that it was glaring at us, I thought I was just hallucinating because I read some sea monsters' books.

I rub my eyes and take a look closer to see if I was hallucinating but, I was not.

"Guys, am I the only seeing that shit?" Christian asks while his voice is shaking.

"Huh? What're you saying?" My dad asks.

He pointed at the creature that I was also seeing.

I was shocked that it's not only me who's seeing that thing.

"Holy shit, what the fuck is that?" Dad whispered.

"Dad, why are you whispering?" Christian asks.

"We need to take care of this ourselves, we can't let the other know about this, or else they will panic," Dad said.

"Take care of this ourselves? Don't tell me that we're gonna attack that shit!?" Christian whispered.

"That thing looks dangerous" Dad answered.

"Yeah, even if we drive the boat, I bet we can't outrun that" I whispered.

"So, what are we gonna do?" Christian asks.

"Give me the airbow" dad said.

Christian and I both gulped because of some shits about to go down.

Christian and I got the airbow and gave it to dad, and dad was still staring at the creature.

"Dad, here is the airbow" Christian said while handing dad the airbow.

Dad grabs it and loads the arrow in, he aims at the creatures head and,

*Shoot*

The arrow hit the creature's neck and it let out a scream letting us know that it is pain.

The creature slowly sunk under the water, but it's still staring at us.

And before it completely sunk it smiled widely, it smiled widely to the point that we can see its razor-sharp teeth.

Our spine shivers in fear, and we nearly fell to the floor because our legs were trembling.

After the creature sunk, we stood still and still trembling in fear.

"What the fuck is that!?" Christian whispered nervously

"I think it was the wrong choice to shoot it" Dad whispered.

"Yeah, we better get the hell outta here" I whispered in terror.

"Um, Christ y'all okay?" Mom asks.

"Oh, y-yeah we're good," Dad asks while stuttering.

"You sure you three were standing there for like half an hour, we already finish eating," Mom said.

We looked at each other with a question mark in our eyes.

I thought it was just like 10 minutes, I didn't know that we were staring at that creature for 30 minutes!?

"Oh, it's nothing HAHA! Is there still some shrimp? Were hungry, right boys?" Dad asks us.

"Oh, y-yeah yeah yeah, we are hungry. Right, Mark?" Christian said.

"Y-yeah," I said.

"Are you guys okay? Y'all are acting weird" my mom asks.

"Yeah, we're g-good," dad said.

We ate our food, and Christian told me that dad is calling us.

"So, what are we gonna do?" Christian asks.

"We will go home," dad said.

"Yeah, we will go home really fast," I said.

Dad got into the helmsman and was about to drive but, Carol yelled.

"Dad! What's that!" Carol yelled.

We three rushed where Carol is and, we saw the creature with it, friends.

They were 5 of them.

We looked at each other and Christian said.

"Oh, hell no"

The creatures jump into our boat.

The creature and dad were face to face, its height is about 4 meters, and its scales were metallic, its enormous body brings shivers down my spine.

Its claws were like the eagle's but, larger and sharper.

"Mark, Christian run!" Dad shouted.

"W-what!?" Christian yelled.

"Just run and get out of here!" Dad shouted and he looked at us.

"Tell your mom that I loved her so much" and he smiled.

Christian and I teared up, I was about to fall to my knees but Christian holds my hand and he shouted.

"We have to run and save the others! Wake up, Mark!"

We were about to run but the other creature was blocking us

"Hey, Mark you go left I go right" Christian whispered.

"Okay," I said.

I and Christian both run on the opposite side of each other to distract the creature.

The creature was about to slash Christian's arm but he managed to dodge it in time.

We both passed the creature and, that what we thought.

Christian's right arm was destroyed when the creature swings its hand to the full extent, blood splattered everywhere, Christian screams in agony, as the creature smiles.

It smiled so big that I can see its skin being ripped.

"DON'T JUST STAND THERE RUN!" Christian shouted while crying, and he looked at me.

"Tell them that I love them so much," and he smiled.

I cant thinks straight, I can't protect Christian and dad. Can I even save others?

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING RUN!" Christian shouted.

I run to get the others out of here but I was shocked to see them in front of me.

They were shocked to see what happened.

"RUN!" I yelled.

"B-but brother's getting eaten by that thing a-are we not going to help?" Cody said while his voice is shaking.

I take a look to see what he's talking about and I saw the creature devouring my brother's body. Its teeth are tearing my brother's body like it was a piece of steak.

The creature looked at me with its mouth dripping on my brother's blood, he throws my brother left foot that is covered in blood.

I want to run and get out of here but I'm frozen in place, I looked at my brother's foot and was about to pick it up but something grabs it and throws it in the sea.

I looked at the creature and, I saw it smiling while licking the blood of my brother in its hands with its long and thick tongue.

You can even compare it to a lasso.

"NO! MOM!" Carol screamed that steals my attention towards the creature.

I saw the creature grabs my mom's shoulder and holds mom's head.

I was about to throw the extra arrow for the airbow but, I was too late.

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