As the sun started to set , the children who were playing on the street began dispersing . Some of the parents picked the children back home while the others left on their own.
Silas especially was in a hurry to get back home as his father would be returning home. From others perspective, they looked like they had a normal father son relationship. But he particularly isn't close with his father, whenever they interacted there was an awkward silence between. Deep down he always wished his father would stay at his office. His father saw Silas and his mother like they belonged to him , which always made him uncomfortable.
Their relationship wasn't always like this , their relationship started straining after his father started drinking. He always made a ruckus when he drank , which terrified him when he was a child. Which in turn led to them drifting apart. He was rushing back to avoid getting into a conflict with his father.
As Silas reached the door, he can already hear his parents quarrelling . Silas rushed past the hallway and slipped into his room to avoid conflict. He wanted to open his book to finish his assignments,but he was hungry, so he just slipped into his bed .
He meant to take a short nap, but all the noises below started making him feel restless . He moved his arms to cover his eyes, but surprisingly his arms were were shivering. He noticed that he was drenched in sweat . His heart pounded so hard, which made him feel dizzy. He didn't know what was happening to him, he tried calling his mother but his mother was busy yelling at his father. "It's useless" he murmured to himself. He got out of his bed, his legs were shaking.
He decided to go downstairs to get some water . As he moved down the stairs, the quarrelling grew louder. His head started throbbing.At some point it turned from quarrelling to sobbing and begging. Instead of checking on them he moved just towards the kitchen. His mind continued spiralling around with thoughts. In his mind he thought how his mother would support his father saying,' he loved them but didn't know how to express it', after their fight, it isn't their first time anyway....
He felt restless, walking from the staircase to the kitchen felt like it would take forever . As he moved towards the kitchen the cries grew louder his heart was pounding like crazy . His feet were cold . He couldn't think anything . As he was passing the hallway he looked inside to see what was going on ,what he saw shocked him ...
It was his father he was holding a broken glass bottle, he was trying to push it into his mothers chest . His mother desperate to stop tried to use her hand to block him . Her hand bled yet at that moment it didn't look like she was feeling any pain . She was sobbing, begging but the man in front of her didn't budge
Silas who was watching it paralyzed on the spot . He started breathing heavily, his mind was fussy . His mother who saw him called out him . Silas was still shaking yet he desperately launched himself at his father . As he threw himself at his father, he thought calling the neighbours would've been the better option but it was too late to rethink his decision. He attached himself to his father's leg and tried to pull him down. Instead he got kicked on the stomach. He threw up blood , he got back up and attached himself to his father's leg trying to pull him down. His heart was throbbing , he was terrified, he wasn't strong enough to pull his father down.
Suddenly something inside Silas changed. He felt his body burning up something emerging within him. A portal formed on top his fathers head. It was bright red , mesmerizing to look at. His father started shreiking he was heavily intoxicated, he was unable to think properly then suddenly SNAP, his father head got crushed as the portal closed.....