Exist

Chapter 2 : Heading Towards A Dark Place

Only weeks after my twin and I had been born, Reality hit our father very hard. It seemed to have happened over-night.. The lack of my mothers presence around the house was really getting to him.. My older siblings could deffiantly see that Father was changing, Not for the better. The loss of my mother was too much for him to handle. Now, suddenly he had to accept that she wasnt coming back and that she was gone for good.. As he stumbbled down the hallway, He lost his balance, and in a swift flailing motion - ran into a side table with a stained glass lamp sitting on it.. As soon as his arm connected with the table, It sent the glass lamp flying across the hallway and smashing down on the hardwood floor, The glass sshattering into a million tiny sharp peices. Roah, who had been sitting in her fathers study, preparing a presentation for her school - Was now standing in the doorway watching as father somehow didnt care to notice anything he had just done at all. He just kept up his pace, stumbling down the lenghth of our hallway, holding onto the walls as he unsteadily made his way too our bedroom door. Roah still standing queitly, watching his every move carefully.. As father grabbed the door knob and slowly began to turn it as he pressed the door open enough so he could slip himself in. As he entered the room, he attempt to press the door shut behind him but was too drunk to realize that it slowly creaked back open a few inchs as he turned his back to it. Endure and I lay fast asleep in our basinette, The only light in the room coming from our large bedroom window allowing the moons light too shine through. "This is yyour fault.." Father began speaking to us in a very low whisper "..None of this would of happened if you werent here.." His voice was getting lounder as he continued speaking, "Your mother was the best part of me.." he began to let tears build up in his eyes, Tears that he could no longer hold back.. By now his voice was anything but a whisper, He raiseed his voice until he was nearly yelling at my sister and i as we lay completly unaware of anything thats going on.. Roah had rushed into Briars bedroom and told her what she witnessed in the minutes prior from her father.. Briar got up out of bed and pulled on her robe, drawing it closed tight by the laces around her front. They walked fastly down the hallway towards Adrians Bedroom and though she knocked very loudly she did not waste any time stopping.. She figuured he was a light enoough sleeper and just the sound of her loud banging on the door would be enough to wake him up and let him knw that something wasnt right. By the time Briar and Roah made it to our bedroom door, They could hear Me screaming at the top of my little baby lungs. Father blamed Endure and I for mothers death. And as he drank earlier that night, he found himself coming to the conclusion that getting rid of us was the only thing he could do to help himself feel that Mother was at peace. He had hatched out a plan to kill us that night in our basinette, And there was nothing anyone could do to shake him of this plan. Adrian now emerging from his bedroom, noticed Briar and Roah standing queitly at the twins doorway.. Both seemed to be peeping in the crack of the door, attemting to listen in and hear what was happening.. As he got closer to the door where they stood, He heard the peirving cry from Endure and all of a sudden her loud high pitched squeak seemed to have been cut off by a unsettling crunching sound. As a child, Father had always taken Adrian out with him when he decided to go hunting, So adrian knew what was happening right away as soon as he heard the bone chilling sound. "What the....!..No, Father No!...Stop!" He yelled as he pushed through Briar and Roah as hard as he could. They were both caught off gaurd, because neither of them had even noticed his presence behind them, They both were too preoccupied with their attempt to quietly spy on father without being noticed. Father jumped in shock, his head now held taunt in the direction of his only son Adrian. He had me in his hands already, And I was crying my eyes out. Adrians eyes shot over at the lifeless body of my twin Endure, she was now laying lifelessly, uncovered in our basinette as if he just through her down as he went on to complete his plan of getting rid of both of us. Briar and Roah looking up at their father, Unable too see the dead fetus that was once one of their baby sisters, Unaware as to why Adrian was seeming so angry and stearn with him.. "Adrian.. Whats wrong wi.." Briar begins questioning adrian, as she pulls herself up just enough too focus in on what lay before her in the basinette.. As soon as she realizes what has just happened She lets out a loud gasp and at that very moment Roah notices what everyong is in awe about.. Their eyes quickly jump back over to my father, Who stands before them, now holding me tightly in his arm.. "Im...Im sorry...I never meant to fail your mother...Now she may rest in peice knowing these two monsters who were responsible for her death are dead..." Briar cut him off "Father, Thats not what mother would of..." Father seeming to feel the pressure of all the three of his children watching him in shock, Decided that if he was to finish his plan out right, He would risk his very own life to see it through. As he glanced over to the window, Adrian followed his eyes already one step ahead of what he was about to attempt. But it was too late "Father NO DONT!... Adrian rushed with his arms wide open in an attempt too grab the both of them before anything could persist.. But he didnt make it to them in time.. Father Held me tight in his grip as he through himself backwards into and through the window.. His weight broke through the glass with ease and being that we were on the third floor of our home when he jumped, There was quite a ways down before we met the ground.. As gravity now controlled the situation.. We were falling fast for what probably felt like minutes before my fathers body actually smashed to the stone ground .. As soon as he connected his head smacked down with a loud crack and he began leaking blood almost instantly.. He died on impact.. As for me, They didnt really know how to explain what saved my life from that fall. From how high the drop was from the broken window above and how tiny my little body was at the time, They figured i was as good as dead the very minute my father was able to jump from the window.. All three of my siblings, Briar, Adrian, And Roah came running through the house and flinging our front doors wide open and diving too the side of father.. At first they were seemingly confused at the factt that i was no longer being held in my fathers arms.. They searched the ground around him for minutes, then at last Adrian happened to look up when he noticed something insalnely strange .. His mouth began to open wide before it fell ajar completly.. Trying to understand what he was looking at all he could bring himself to do was point in my direction.."Briar Look..." When she realized he was pointing she instantly followed his finger into the direction of me, Until her gaze met my own.. She too not understanding what was going on.. Infront of them, Stood a women, A beautiful women.. With pale skin, nearly translucent under the moos light.. She had long straight black hair that fell down slickly on both sides of her narrow face.. "I see youve dropped something.." The women murmered, As she looked down holding me in her arms, She couldnt fight back the urge to smile at me, And i met her smile with a soft comfertable like coo sound.."I always wanted a baby girl.." She said, as her eyes shifted from a brilliant bright blue into now a deep burgandy color before i eyes.. "You wouldnt mind if I..." Her voice trailed off and before any of the children could object or take any action to get me back, The lady was gone. Out of their sight. As i lay awake in the mystery womens arms, I see her eyes occasionally dropping down to check on me every few minutes.. Her hair was flying back behind her, And all i could do is watch as the whole earth and everythng around us was blurring fastly as she moved. She was running, At such a pace that was unworldly. Back at the Avery home, The home that i was just abducted from, My siblings all stand quietly, Trying to wrap their heads around the event that took place that night.. "What in hell was that women.." Adrian asked in a confused tone.."I dont know but it wasnt human, thats for sure" Briar returned the comment .. None of them knew what had just happened.. Well, They did, But not one of them was ever able to explain it.. It was now out of their hands and there was nothing left to be done by any of them.. I was gone.. And too young still that i would never even remember any of them nor would i know what had happened on that night.