TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE, DEATH, LANGUAGE

[ 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖌𝖚𝖊 ]

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦."

― 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄

𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃, 𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐎𝐍

𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄.

If there was anything on this earth that freaked Peter out, he would have to say that it was silence. There was something haunting about it- so mysterious that it truly scared the boy. It seemed to be waiting on him, just like time- watching him from the shadows without a single sound. The silence kept waiting for him to mess up.

To Peter, the true crime against humanity was silence.

Perhaps it was the way he was brought up- living in a house with eight other siblings had made him used to the usual buzzing in the background as he messed around with his gadgets in the corner. The buzzing was a form of comfort that though his family wasn't the best, the boy wasn't alone. Peter knew that if it was silent, then that meant something was wrong. The Parker residence was never quiet- even at the late hours of the night, you could hear the loud snores of Joshua Parker or Kai watching TV.

And the silence that befell his house right now- well Peter was terrified.

He stood up from his bed, the beating of his heart the only sound that he could hear. There was something happening and Peter hated not knowing. He walked slowly, his steps barely making any noise- the lack of magic in his body being a reminder that if something bad happened, he wouldn't be okay. Perhaps, that was what he got for being an abomination.

All his life, Peter had been forced to share a room with his older brother Malachai- or as he preferred, Kai. His brother, who was twenty-two years old was just like Peter, odd for not having enough magic. Peter remembered the face of his father as he told them how disappointed he was that they were born. That was why Lucas and Olivia were born- a mistake that needed to be fixed. 

Now, normally Peter wouldn't have been surprised Kai wasn't in the room- the older boy had a tendency of leaving the house at night to walk outside under the moonlight but today, for some reason, the boy found his brother's absence uncomfortable- like a sense of doom.

He opened the door to his small bedroom only to see his little brother Joey sitting on the ground, his face turned the other way. Peter let out a sigh of relief, dropping the hairbrush he hadn't realized he was holding (like that would do any good against a serial killer or robber).

"Goodness, Joseph," The boy spoke opening his door a little more- out of all of his siblings, Joey was definitely one of his favorite, "You scared the shit out of me. What the hell are you doing up so late?"

Joey did not answer, the same silence from before not disappearing.

"Joey?" he whispered, the sound of his heartbeat a little bit louder.

Joey's head was resting on the wall but Peter finally noticed the stillness in the boy's body- unbreathing and.... dead.

"Joey," he spoke a little louder, slowly making his way towards his brother's side. Their father was away tonight- something about a date night Jo had forced him to. Joshua always listened to Josette, after all she was the star child- the one who would have been the next Gemini leader if Kai wasn't such a screw-up.

Peter put a hand over nine-year old's arm only to feel nothing- there was no magic left inside the boy.

That's when the only thing worse than silence rang through the house- the sound of predator hunting his prey.

"Josette!" Kai's voice rang through the house as the ear-piercing scream of Sarah hurt every bit of Peter's heart, "Where are they?"

Peter knew that his brother was ruthless- but nothing compared to the realization that somewhere in the house, his another sibling was dead and Kai was the one to kill him. For years, Joshua and Mary had talked about how Kai and even Peter would turn out to be like this- murderous and crazy after revenge but Peter wasn't a part of this- he didn't want his life to be driven by the thirst of blood.

He wanted to be good.

Peter walked slowly, hearing ragged breaths from across the hall- he did not know how he felt. He could be the one Kai killed next and as much as his life sucked, Peter did not want to die.

As he reached the end of the hallway- really felt like the longest walk Peter had ever made- the boy came across a sight he wasn't sure he would be able to ever unsee- his elder sister on the ground with a knife sticking out of her.

Jo saw him and slowly brought out a shaky finger to her lips- the message clear.

Don't make any sound.

Peter knelt beside his sister, eyes filled with tears he didn't know could exist, at least not for Jo. He was tired and he wasn't sure what was happening.

"Pe-Pete-" Josette whispered, her breathing uneven, "I-I need you take this knife out slowly."

Peter's eyes widened in horror, "But Jo-"

"Do it!'

So he did- with hands that shook more as time passed, he slowly pulled out the knife that was damaging Jo's spleen, and he did not know then that the blood in his hands would haunt his nights for the longest time.

Peter tried his best to listen only to the sound of his breathing- tried his best to ignore the sound of Jo's cries, Kai's taunting and what he assumed was Ryan's screams for help. Peter helped Jo took her feet slowly.

"Josie, what's happening?" Peter asked, holding his sister's weight but she was trying her best to push the teenager away.

"You need to go hide, Petey- he is looking for me!"

"Jo!" Kai's voice made Peter's blood run cold.

"No," he whispered back, "I am not gonna leave you, Jo."

"Come on out, Jo," Kai sang, "I know you can hear me."

Peter kept one of his hands over Jo's wound, the blood coming all over his hands. Her blood fell onto the floor- drop by drop and all Peter could think about was how tonight was going to be when they all died.

The siblings both slowly walked over to their father's room only to find Lucas and Olivia hiding behind the bed- Lucas shielding Olivia's body from any potential harm.

"Where are they, Jo?"

They made there way to the twins, Jo limping and whispering, "Everything is gonna be alright, okay?"

Peter nodded to his siblings in a comforting way, "Hey guys, we are all playing a game."

Jo knelt down beside them, one hand not leaving Peter's while the other one held the knife Kai had stabbed her with, "You all want to play a game? Let's play hide and seek!"

Jo guided all three of the kids under the bed holding a finger over her lips.

Peter held the twins right under him while Josie covered his mouth with her hand. Kai's footsteps haunted the house- he was so near them.

"Come on out, Jo!"

Peter closed his eyes as Lucas grabbed on his arm. The twins- they were so innocent. They were burdened by a prophecy that forced them love each other and then inevitably fall apart.

"Oh looks like you are hiding little Peter too, huh Jo?"

Peter whimpered in fear as Kai's footsteps became even closer.

"Come on, Josette!" Kai laughed- a sound that once Peter thought was a melody showing that his brother, too could be happy, "You know I won't kill you."

Kai walks slowly into the bedroom.

"I don't think you can protect them from me!"

He walks until he stops right outside the bed and Peter knows- Peter knows exactly what he has to do. If he came down to the twins and him, the twins deserved to live. 

After years of never siphoning, Peter remarked at the magic that took over his body from both the twins- he had taken enough to not hurt them but enough to remind him what power felt like.

"Invisique," he whispered just as Kai lifted the bed to see only him and Jo.

"Look Peter's here," Kai said- evil glinting off his eyes, "Now tell me- where are they?"

Jo shook her head and Peter gulped.

"Get up, Peter!"

Peter stayed on the ground.

"I SAID GET UP PETER!"

There was no going back now- he was going to die. Hastily, Peter got to his feet as Kai walked over to the wardrobe- kicking it in frustration. The fear that held place in Peter's heart did nothing but grow.

"No, no, no, no, no, no," Kai kept muttering as Jo screamed in fear every time he broke something. It reminded Peter of when they were much younger- how Kai would threated Jo saying he would hurt the younger boy if Jo didn't listen to him.

Jo may have been a bitch to Peter but she still cared. 

"JO TELL ME WHERE THEY FUCKING ARE!"

Suddenly there was something sharp and cold on Peter's neck, a knife, he realized- the thing that he was sure was now going to end him.

"K-K-Kai don't," he whimpered, "Pl-Please-"

"Shut the fuck up," the older Parker growled, "Where are they Jo? Tell me now or we will be down to one less sibling."

"I don't know where they are, Kai!"

The knife was pushed against the young teenager's neck, "Last chance, Josie-Posie."

Peter felt himself bleed.

"Fine! FINE!" Jo said- staring at Peter, scared, "You let Peter go and I will do the merge with you."

Slowly, Peter felt Kai step away from it and that's when the boy took his chance.

He ran.

He knew Jo will be alright- she was smart, she will find a way out.

Peter ran into the woods and ran till the only thing that was loud enough to hear was the silence.

For the first time in his entire life, Peter took comfort in that silence knowing that the sound of his brother's taunts and his siblings' screams.

At least the silence meant that he was away from his brother.

Maybe tomorrow would be a better day.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: that chapter gave ME chills okay! i as so afraid but i hope u guys liked it. I promise this is the only chapter so dark. Next will be the avengers :)))

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