FRIEND OR ENEMY?
1300 Words
Gerard is sitting on his chair and waiting impatiently for his sons in his office. The clock on the wall making a Tik-Tok sound as the time slips in front of Gerard’s eyes. He gazes on the portrait of his wife, Isabel Grey, and his eyes become watery when he recalls the memories of her.
Isabel Grey was a human who fell in love with Gerard. Their love was true but not acceptable in both communities. Despite of the consequences, they never left each other, not even in the darkest hours. But unfortunately, Isabel was killed by the hunters. 25 years ago, a group of hunters attacked the ghouls living in New York City. Gerard lost everyone in his family. Only a few of the ghouls survived and hides in the darkness's depth.
They blamed Isabel for being the traitor and abandoned her with babies. The hunters tried to kill the babies but Isabel rebel against them. She hides her sons in a vacant building and distracted the hunters by being the bait. She died saving her sons.
Gerard lost his sanity after Isabel’s death. He killed many hunters to avenge Isabel, but when he found out that his sons are alive, he took them with him and hides. He promises Isabel that he will take care of his children, the only family he got.
The flashback of memories stops when Gerard heard the soft knocks on the door. He gets up from his chair to open the locked door. He saw his sons standing in the doorway. He covers his sentimental emotions and stands erect in front of his children.
“Take your seats.” Gerard orders them and sits back on his chair. He stares both of them in disgust which made the brothers embarrassed.
“when you learn that you need to be each other’s back in difficult times not to be enemies against each other.” Gerard yells at them. “Do you have any idea how many of us are alive?”
“Yes, father.” Brother said in unison.
“Still you both fought like mad dogs. Why? I need a good reason.” Gerard asks seriously.
“Xander tries to bring his nose in my business again. He bribes my worker to work against me.” Ashton hisses.
“Is this true, Alexander?” Gerard hisses.
Xander gulps a mouthful of saliva down his throat and nods his head in agreement. Gerard stands on his sit and slaps Xander across his face.
“What is wrong with you? You have always defamed me in every way and now you create issues for your brother too. Why?” Gerard shouts.
Xander tries to control his nerves, but it hurts his pride. He stands and replies, “because you never saw my potential, father. You gave everything to Ashton, whether it's money or your love but what about me? You never cared about me. I too want to take responsibilities of my family, but no, you have always favoured Ashton.”
“Xander, he is your big brother. I never thought you hate your own brother at this extent. I promised your mother to keep his sons together.” Gerard mumbles.
“Well, you have failed in keeping your promise. I had enough for today.” Xander spats and leave the office furiously.
“Xander!!” Ashton screams but got no response from his brother.
Gerard puts his hand on Ashton’s shoulder and says, “Leave it Ashton, it is my fault. Xander is right. I should have cared about him more than I cared about you.”
“No, father. You have treated us equally when you needed to be strict and soft. When the time will come, he will understand.” Ashton says, “I am leaving for now, father, I have a weapon to create.”
Ashton also leaves the office and went into his room to change into a set of formal clothing. Gerard engages himself in the work he was concentrating earlier.
Ashton changes into a formal suit and went directly into his office to collect some documents. He calls his driver to keep ready his ride and left for his work. Xander watches Ashton’s every move closely and a smirk forms on his face when Ashton leaves.
Cleverly, Xander unlocks the office door and went inside. He observes the office carefully so when he leaves, no clue should be left behind and no will find out about his trespassing.
He opens few drawers and search for random files but did not find the paper he is looking for. After searching for an hour, Xander’s gaze glances at a random file on the table. He approaches at the desk and holds the file in his hands. He opens it and found the document he was looking for.
Xander laughs unmanly as he reads the paper. He folds the paper and keeps it in his pocket. Carefully, Xander arranges the files back in the drawers and leaves the office, making sure it is well locked.
“I know how to take my revenge, Brother.” Xander whispers to himself.
Alsea went to the crime scene to collect good stuff for her article. As she tries to enter the club, a security guard stops her, “who are you?”
“Hi, I am Alsea Winter and a journalist.” Alsea introduces herself.
“Sorry Ma’am, we allow no one to enter unless they have permission.” The guard explains.
“How am I supposed to get permission?” she asks.
“I don’t know that. Now, leave.” The guard insists and behaves rudely.
Alsea gets irritated with the guard but gets an entry in the club, no matter what. She went to the backside of the club but find the backdoor locked.
“Shit.” Alsea curses and thinks for an alternate.
Suddenly, her gaze strikes to an old drainage pipe, and she thought of climbing on it. Alsea see the post clear and jumps on the pipe. She climbs the metallic pipe like a sly cat and found an open window on the first floor.
Alsea smirks as she hangs on the window, tries to get inside. After few attempts, Alsea gets success in getting entrance in the building. She checks for guards, if anyone patrols inside the building.
Alsea relieves a sigh and descends the following stairs to reach ground floor. She heard few mummers in the corridors so she hides behind pillars. There were guards on patrolling and Alsea gets worried but luckily, the guards’ passes nearby here, without noticing her.
Alsea took the advantage of the opportunity and runs to find the crime spot. She heard in the news that the crime happened in the club's restroom. After searching in few corridors, Alsea reaches her destination.
The thought of a demon been there was enough to raise Goosebumps on Alsea’s delicate skin, but she has to do this. She has promised someone she is very close, that she will take the revenge against the most hideous entity for destroying a life and this is her opportunity.
Alsea gets inside the restroom and a chill went down to her spine. All she saw was blood, whether it’s on the floor or the walls. It disgusts her to see this much blood, Alsea turns on her flashlight and search for clues, for what she is exactly there for.
Alsea was too busy to find a clue against the killer she did not hear the footsteps approaching her until she hears an unfamiliar voice.
“Who are you and what are you doing here?” the Voice asks.
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