Prologue:
April 4th, 2015, 3:31 PM
Two children sat in the back of a car, absently listening to their mother lecturing them about grades. Well, it was more about the taller one's grades. The smaller, quieter one was doing just fine in school.
Their father, who was sitting in the driver's seat, pressed the gas pedal as the light turned green.
Unfortunately, the man driving behind them was a little too enthusiastic
A shattering of glass.
"Mattie!"
"Alfred!"
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April 5th, 2015, 12:49 AM
Late at night, a man walked through the corridors, quietly humming. The half moon shining through the window was dim, enough to make the figure nothing more than a silhouette.
The man stopped at a particular door, listening to make sure that the child inside was sleeping before opening it.
He grimaced. It was a mess in here, the floor was positively covered in toys and snack wrappers. If only he had the time to teach this child to to be organized.
Well, it was more like the sleeping boy was the one without time.
Still humming, he pulled a syringe out of his pocket, then padded over to the boy and injected him with an insignificant amount of the sedative it contained. He couldn't have Lovino Vargas waking up before he was ready.
The boy mumbled something in his sleep before rolling over.
Putting the needle back in his pocket, he reached out with the other hand and picked the boy up. He was a little heavy.
Walking back the way he came, he stopped before reaching the place he had come from and unlocked the door beside him, descending the steps until he reached a room. Its only contents were a brown-tinted table, made from steel with several leather straps, and leaning against the wall in the corner, an axe.
Continuing to hum the little song on repeat, he secured Lovino to the table and gagged him with practiced ease before turning to fetch the glinting weapon. Only as he was reaching for it did the boy awaken.
As he tried to scream, the man smiled fondly while fingering his axe, returning to the table. "I see you're awake! Do you have anything to say before I kill you?"
His question was met with muffled curses that should not be heard coming out of a eleven-year-old's mouth.
"Language, language," the man said. "Well, I suppose you can't really say anything properly, can you? Goodbye, my little tomato." He continued to hum the song.
The muted screams emitting from the child were ended with a flash of steel and a spattering of blood.
The sound of a pen scratching against paper. "Date of death; April fifth 2015, 1:09 AM. Please take care of the mess."
An unnoticed figure in the corner of the dimly lit room nodded in assent.
Only then, without excess noise, could the song be heard.
"Twinkle twinkle little star . . ."
Mlep. How was that? Give me feedback please? I'm sure you all know who the killer is.
Anyway, as is mentioned in the summary, the rest of the chapters average 1200 words. A couple of them reach 1600. As you might gather from that information, the whole story is pre-typed. There's the prologue, six chapters, and an epilogue. Originally there were seven chapters, but I had to meld a couple together because they would have been too short.
Next chapter is the set-up, the action sort of begins on chapters two, and it escalates from there. :) Between updates there will be two days of waiting be, prepared for the agony. Or the relief. Whatever. XD
-The Leaf on Italy's Head (is a reference!)