"Life sucks… like on a different level… but hey thats what makes it fun right?" *I laughed lightly as my hand nudged her shoulder playfully.
"You're right Jack… but… theres got to be more to life than this shit… its… we have to have a reason for this… a purpose… if not… i don't want to think about it…" She smiled at me. She was the best thing to ever happen to me. I lost everything and yet we found each other in the chaos…
~~~6 years Ago~~~
"Jaaakie boyyyyyy!" My father called out as he closed the door, home from work and ready to chase me down to tickle me. I tried to tell him i was too old for it being 8 but no matter how hard i tried it never worked…
Laughter… screams… joy… a cacophony of sound that to me at the time were a professional level orchestra that spread hope through my veins… a warmth that made me feel alive…
"What say we go get dinner at that little japanese style cafe?" My fathers gentile smile to show his love after his war of tickles… it was always calming looking into his weathered face… his dark brown eyes like the dirt out in the yard. My hero.
"No…" My mothers voice trembled. It was then i knew something was wrong. Every fiber of my body stood on edge as if i was a small bunny before a fierce predator… something had changed… when she turned around i saw why… it was a monster… it resembled my mother but it wasnt her… and then i saw an arm… one i recognized… one that caressed my forehead when i was sick… the same one that fed me food all the time weather i wanted it or not… my mothers arm… limp on the ground behind the kitchen counter… cold and lifeless… pale… oh so pale and ghostly… almost as if you could see through her…
It was then i realized, the sticky red syrup on this other creatures face and dress…
I closed my eyes in fear. Part of me wanted to look up… not quite sure if i was dreaming but the sounds after… i just stayed tucked into a ball… hiding as if nothing would happen to me as long as i didnt look… when everything settled down i felt a calming pressure surrounded me briefly…
"One day you will seek the truth about what happened here… find me at Echo489…
The next thing i knew i feel see the red and blue lights flashing brightly out the windows peirceing my eyelids… i waited until the officers got to me, and took me outside before i opened my eyes… they said… they said my parents got into an argument that turned… violent…
~~~Present Day~~~
"What if it is pure chaos Sam… what if there is no rhyme or reason…"
"Well at least i know your always the same… a steady anchor to always hold onto…"
"Yeah…"
Life fucking sucks… before i knew it… after having been so cold since that day… being forced into foster care… everyone was just so… cold… and here, now of all times on the actual anniversary of the day my life got so cold i feel a spark of warmth from her. And as i looked at her questioning if it was real her blood splattered all over me… a spike protuding from her chest… i folled it to the other side and the creature i saw… why did we chose to sit on the ledge… why did we even choose to be up there… in fear i leaned away from the creature… and i had forgotten about the sheer drop off the side of the tall building to the streets below… my mind blanked as i fell… i gave up… i resigned myself to the shitty fate life had for me… fuck this… once again i closed my eyes tightly and waited… and waited… no abrupt impact, but i did suddenly just stop moving… nothing hurt…
I slowly peeled open my eyes and looked at where i was "What the Fuck…."