chapter 6

shortly after that we all went home, I was walking back from the woods, look at my phone, the time read '5:05 am'.

'maybe, I should take a shortcut? I don't want to be there when mom wakes up' I thought to myself.

I kept walking until I came across an alley it seems to pass through the bar and the building next to it.

weird even though I've been in this town I've never came across it before.

and I completely missed it the first time.

as I was walking through it seemed to get longer and longer.

"hey there!" a voice I'm all to familiar with called out.

I slowly turned around and looked at him with an annoyed look.

"Johnny..."

"listen Johnny I don't want to do this today alright, could we just g-" I started but was cut off by maniacal laughing.

"oh, don't worry I'm not here for yesterday." he stated with a grin, "nope, were here because of the price on your head..."

"price on my head?" I tilted my head, "what are you, wait we?"

bang!

suddenly a sharp pain assaulted me in the back of my head, my vision tunneled.

'what happened?' I thought to myself as I hit the floor.

I felt a warm liquid fall down my face.

'blood?'

'my blood?'

my vision pulsed red as I looked up at Johnny and the group forming around him.

'this bastard' was all I was able to think of as I fell unconscious.

~

it must of been some time because when I woke up it was night again.

"Ugh, my head..." I grunted in pain.

reaching up to feel my head I looked at my hand.

"what the fuck!?" I yelled.

my hand was completely covered in blood.

I looked at the rest of my body to see if I was alright.

"Jesus..." I muttered under my breath.

blood was splattered over me, my clean clothes now stained red.

I pulled out my phone.

it was cracked now and the screen was almost non-responsive.

'hmm, there's a lot of notifications'

nearly all of them where from my mother.

the time was now twelve forty-five am.

"shit, I was out for like twenty damn hours!?" I questioned in shock.

'wait what happend to Johnny and his friends?' I questioned myself.

I tried to remember something but my memory was completely blank.

I need to get home, moms probably really worried.

I looked around, I was back in the forest.

'how'd I get here, ah it doesn't matter I need to get home'

I started to run.

I was now out of the woods and heading back the way I came.

I came to a stop at the alley from before.

slowly I peered down the alley for signs of Johnny or his friends, not wanting to run into him again.

my face pailed

I didn't see Johnny or his friends, but what I saw was complete carnage.

there's no other word that fits what I saw.

bloody, mutilated body's littered the alley.

some missing their arms.

some missing their legs.

some missing their heads.

walking through the carnage I found a body that caught my attention.

it was a muscular build with dark brown hair.

but what caught my attention was the strange tattoos running up and down his mutilated body.

my eyes widened in realization.

it was Johnny.

"what did this?" I questioned in a low voice.

despite the gruesome scene in front of me I was completely calm.

and honestly, it scared me...

I suddenly remembered that I was covered in blood, 'most likely there blood' so I need to get out of here.

I continued on now in a full blown sprint.

I was now standing in the driveway with a uneasy expression.

"something feels wrong..." I muttered under my breath.

the atmosphere of the house felt off, and I don't even know how I know this.

dispite being late twelve am, there was no signs of life and my family were always up late.

no lights no noise, nothing...

I walked up to the door, took a deep breath and pushed away the uneasy feeling and opened the door.

click.

I twisted the door nob and slowly pushed the door open.

the feeling in my gut grew, like it was telling me to run.

it was completely dark, unnaturally dark.

the only sound in the house was the sound of my feet walking across the floor.

"mom?" I called out quietly.

no answer.

"dad?" I called out nervously.

nothing.

"sis?" I called out with a hint of fear in my voice.

still nothing.

as I continued down the hallway heading towards the kitchen, I heard a noise.

drip..

drip...

drip....

I picked up my pace to see if anyone was in the kitchen.

when I turned the corner there was no one.

the sink was continuing to drip and it annoyed me, so I went over to turn it off.

after turning it off I turned around to look for my family when I tripped over something.

"what the?" I mumbled, catching myself from falling.

I looked to see what I was tripping on.

"!?"

"sis?" I called out to her with a shaking voice.

she was laying on the ground, face down , her legs where facing towards me.

I reached down to touch her shoulder.

when I touched her I felt a warm liquid.

I recalled my hand to see what the liquid was.

do to the unnatural darkness, I had to squint to get a look.

a metallic smell flooded my nose.

"blood?" I questioned.

suddenly a small light shown through the window allowing me to see my sister.

I fell back on my ass and recoiled from the seen.

half of my sister's head was completely gone, nothing no eye, skin, nothing.

blood pooling around her head.

"what the fuck is happening!?" I yelled.

my breahing was erratic.

"don't worry sis, I'm going to find mom." I said denying the scene in front of me.

I was now running up the stairs to my parents room.

I slammed the door open.

"mom, dad, Meghan's hurt ba-" I froze at the site in front of me.

my mother was sitting on the floor at the foot of her bed completely covered in blood.

"mom?" my voice came out weakly.

my vision tunneled and a image of a woman with long white hair

dyed in blood appeared next to my mother.

my heart was pounding in my chest as the two women flashed in and out of my eyes.

"hmm, you were a lot more ferocious back then, shame I was looking forward to a challenge." a dark voice ecoed behind me.

I don't remember falling to my knees.

I turned my head to look at the voice.

he was tall with oriental features.

'his eye's, there a bright yellow" I thought.

I continued to look him up and down.

he was wearing a black three piece suit with black gloves.

this bastard had a big grin on his face.

"did you do this?" I asked in a dark voice.

"do what?" He avoided my question with a growing grin.

that's all I needed to hear.

"did you kill my father too?" I pressed looking at my mother's blooded corpse.

"your 'father' was a rat, and I hate rats." he said with clear disdain on his voice.

I gnashed my teeth.

i guickly got on my feet and went to punch him.

he caught my fist like it was nothing.

his smile grew.

"that's better." he's said.

Crack!

he crushed my hand.

the pain shot through up my arm and I dropped to my knees again.

I wanted to scream from all the pain but my body wouldn't allow it.

I looked up at him with a toothy grin, "fuck you!" I hissed.

his smile only grew, "so you aren't done yet, good!" he exclaimed.

tightening his grip on my broken hand, he started to swing me to the left.

"in that case..."

my eyes widened at the display of strength.

I didn't have time to process what just happend because I smashed through my parents window.

falling three stories high it felt like I was floating.

soon that feeling faded as I hit the cold ground of the patio.

my entire body screemed in pain, but I couldn't move.

my vision blurred and I felt a warm liquid spill from beneath me.

all I could do is stair at the blood red moon as I lost consciousness.

~

for what felt like hours I floated in this dark frozen lake.

i couldnt move and my body felt like it was in someone else's control.

suddenly I started to rapidly float to the surface.

I climbed out and walked carefully to solid ground.

once I got to solid ground I was pulled by a unknown force.

I started to panic, "what the hells going on!?" I yelled.

out of nowhere the unseen force let go and I was sent tumbling.

once I managed to get to my feet I was looking at a large black throne which looked like it was made out of pure black fire.

suddenly a creature stood up, it was like 213. cm tall, a lanky build but what made my instinctively back away was its appearance.

just like the throne the creature was completely covered in those black flames.

red eyes looked down at me like it was looking into my soul.

"there's no need to fret..." the creature spoke in a demonic voice, revealing it pointy teeth.

"I pulled you here for one purpose..." the creature continued.

"which is?" I questioned.

"for you to free me..." the creature said in a tired tone.

"since I gained consciousness I was chained here..." it said tugging on the chains connected to its wrists and ankles.

"and I've out lived my usefulness now, so you must break my chains and take back what belongs to you..." the creature finished.

I didn't ask questions, I just did what I felt was right.

I walked past the creature, stepped over it's chains and sat on the throne.

the creature smiled at me, "now, you are king..." it said as it started to fade away.

suddenly black tendrils of flames pierced me and I felt like my insides where on fire.

I felt strength pouring into me.