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Rufus was pushed behind Ann as she stood there up to the strange man. “…sir, I’m sorry but I may not know what’s going on exactly, but you cannot harm Mr. Hues!” Jarret stared at Ann then glared. “…what is a human woman like you going to do?” He slashed at her as she stumbled back and tripped. Quickly standing she grabbed Rufus’s good arm. “Hurry! Let’s go!” She told him as he nodded running with her. Rufus began to panic a little. No, she is only human!! If he is a demon… then… then he can surely catch up… h-he might kill her…!! He looked behind noticing Jarret was gone, as he sighed and continued to run with her. Ann rushed out and blinked being pulled back as she looked down to Rufus, who had tripped and hit his arm. “AUGH!” Ann’s eyes widened as she knelt down. “Rufus…!! Oh, oh no! Your arm…!” Rufus winced and turned to look at her as his eyes widened as Jarret loomed over them. Without a word his gauntlet slammed down as Rufus shut his eyes scared. This was it, he was going to die. A scream echoed as his eyes widened feeling something fall on him. But it wasn’t metal… it was a body… he opened his eyes as they widened and stared at Ann, who was slashed deep across her chest and fell on Rufus. She was shaking from the pain, then forced herself to look at Rufus. “R-rufus…” Her voice was so weak… Rufus’s eyes widened as he clung to her desperately and terrified. “A-ann…!” “Please… you’re such a good kid… run… get away fr-“ Her eyes widened stunned as the gauntlet ripped through her stomach, blood hitting Rufus, as Jarret tossed her too the side like a rag doll. Rufus just laid there stunned, as his shaking hands moved to touch the blood. Staring at the blood on his hands, he screamed in horror at the sight. He couldn’t think, his body felt as if it was going numb… he was going to die… his eyes couldn’t see, his thoughts where swarming like a bees nest, jabbing and killing anything in its wake, destroying any chance of thought in this horribly traumatic experience.

His mind flashed through everything that had happened to him… in the course of a mere four days, his life had spiraled downward… it didn’t seem possible… or logical to such a small mind as his for something like this to happen. Children his age believed in miracles… angels that could grant them any wish, life that could never end. Such innocence and pureness… any he seemed to once hold… disappeared in almost an instant. Death was mercy at this moment, all that ran through his mind… was the destruction and death that overwhelmed him; he was a true innocent, nothing like the children at school. Called an intellectual superior was unfair, as he just saw himself as a lucky child… one who could almost see and feel others pain as if they were his own… a point proven as his doctor was killed. But it all seemed to be in vain… as the one person who truly loved him… now laid dead and dull, her blood poisoning the ground and Rufus with the painful existence of death.

He didn’t notice the gauntlet about to rip down upon him, the same way poor Ann suffered. But the gauntlet stopped as Jarret glanced around. “…? What? Right now…!?” Rufus blinked and snapped out of it… which was good considering he was almost swallowed in by his misery… left a blank slate. He looked over to Ann as he started crawling over to her, as Jarret continued to speak to himself like a madman. “Great… I’m in the middle of… well… fine.” He glared over to Rufus, who started muttering to himself the question why… over and over again. “…” He walked over as he grabbed Rufus and picked him up by his collar. “Stupid Leftway, don’t you know why? Because we will not loose this war… we are cold… soulless… we will destroy everything you desire and care for… and we WILL reign supreme!!” He threw Rufus down, then turned and started running off, as Rufus sat up and stared at the side of his beloved Ann. His hands shook as he slowly placed them on her shoulder, turning her over to look at him. Her eyes where twisted in agony and death… her organs where toppled over each other on the ground, but Rufus would not notice. The only thing he watched is her face. His head stared down as he quickly hugged on to her, his arms wrapping around her neck. He sobbed uncontrollably at this site… at her death… he couldn’t handle it… he truly couldn’t… perhaps it was better… if he felt nothing… his mind began to slowly slip away into his unconscious, its plan to leave him as a blank slate… incapable of feeling any pain, misery… or anything at all….

Stupid Leftway, don’t you know why?

Rufus blinked as the words finally rang and processed, those haunting last words spoke of Ann’s murderer.

Because we will not loose this war… we are cold… soulless… we will destroy everything you desire and care for…

Everything you desire and care for…? Rufus glared as his grip tightened on Ann. “…disgusting… soulless… b-b*****d…” He spoke in anger his face covered in tears of anger and sorrow. No… he had to keep going… Ann wouldn’t want him to snap… to loose himself… but what it seemed he was becoming was worse… and no one else in the world seemed to love him… no one could steer him away from this dark path… only those who were willing to push him toward down it…

He blinked as he felt something hard in her jacket, as he opened it up and pulled out a book. ‘Of Mice and Men’ the cover wrote, in near perfect condition like she had been protecting it, or at least it was a brand new issue. He pulled it away as he held onto it, then finally noticed as he came into focus. Her body was horrid looking; he screamed and backed away noticing the blood and the pure explicit gore of the picture. He looked away terrified as he couldn’t help but throw up. He lay doubled over for a moment, and then forced himself to stand, the book tight in his grip. He was absolutely covered, head to toe, in Ann’s blood, and in noticing that fact he panicked and tried to get it off. He looked to Ann and watched her body horrified, but slowly stepped over to it as he put the book in his own jacket, and started to drag her body back to his home, ignoring the constant wandering eyes around him that watched in terror and confusion, but did nothing as he walked past.

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Forcing her body to lay on the couch, the terrified child ran to the phone panicked. “9-911!?! Would that help…!? Yeah!! T-they can help…!” He told himself as he quickly dialed their number. Without giving them a chance to speak he yelled out. “HELP! She’s dead…! She’s dead please!! Please help her….!! I-I don’t know what to do…! P-please….!” He begged then blinked as his phone beeped. Staring at it, not listening to the receivers reply to his distress call, he watched the number stunned. His mother… for the first time in years… was contacting him… without thinking he clicked the talk button and transferred over to the other phone call. “M-MOM!!” He cried out, holding on to the phone tightly, as if he was trying to cling to a woman on the other side of the phone call.

“Hello, this is Helena Hues, and I am afraid there will be another cutback on your pay again…” “No!! Mom, it’s me! Rufus!! Your son…!” Rufus called out in disbelief. “I-I need you mommy….! I need you…!” He begged, his hands shaking as they held on to the phone. It was silent for a moment. “…son…? I don’t have a son. Who is this?” Rufus stopped moving as he slowly stared at the phone. “…”

Glaring he slapped the phone onto the receiver. “I HATE YOU!!!” He screamed furiously as he then ripped the phone out and threw it at the wall with such force it broke into pieces. He went into a rage as he kicked the table over, expensive items shattering on the ground. He just ran through the house like a madman ripping things down and destroying anything in his path, still screaming at the woman who was now staring at her phone confused at the hang up. “DIE!! I WANT YOU TO DIE YOU EVIL MONSTER!!!” He screamed as he broke even more things. “HOW COULD YOU SAY YOU DON’T HAVE A SON!!!? I’M YOUR SON!!!” He yelled then fell too his knees, realizing he was in front of Ann again. Staring at her, he moved closer slowly, ignoring her face and her carnage, made her arm wrap around him. He shut his eyes as he slowly went to sleep… his mind relaxing and slowly beginning to process and filter the things that happened that day to him. The pain seemed to subside finally… as he was, for once, at rest...

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“…oh god… look at all this…”
“Yes… this is… horrible… I-I can’t believe what I’m looking at….”
“Wait… isn’t… he the kid in the videos? From the murder scene at the hospital?”
“Yeah… I think he is…! Oh s**t, we better get the police into this… no, the slayers, call the slayers…!”

Rufus slowly awoke to these unfamiliar voices as he turned and stared. Still clinging on to Ann, he watched the three doctors who came from the hospital that he called only shortly ago. He didn’t care anymore if they suspected him… he felt blank and painless… as his eyes where dull, and his hands still held onto Ann’s corpse. Seems they did not move him from his spot. What will the slayers do…? Kill him? He didn’t care anymore. If they wanted to kill him… then let them.

“I don’t think so~!” A familiar voice spoke as he walked in the front door and pulled their cell phones away from them. “Tattling isn’t right you know, makes you look like a total teachers pet.” The three doctors stared over stunned as their screams where heard echoing and the disgusting sound of ripping flesh. But Rufus just sat there, unphased by this. A few moments later the screaming stopped, as heavy adult-like footsteps where heard nearing him. “Oh, what a disgusting place this world can be… people just feel they need to tell on anyone for anything nowadays. Don’t they know you didn’t kill her?” “…Emmanuel…” Rufus whispered. “…please leave… I don’t care… if they wanted to tell the slayers about me… they should have….” Emmanuel stared then walked over patting Rufus’s head with his hand.

“…Rufus… I understand this is hard for you… heck… it was hard for all of us… the day we found out what our purpose is in this family…” Rufus didn’t move. “…the Leftway family…” “Exactly. The Leftway family Rufus. Your family. That’s who we are. Most of us… are very good people… but are so scared of the Rightways ruining and destroying any chance of happiness… we feel we had to start killing… in order to try and protect ourselves…. Brutal savages aren’t they…? The way he hurt your poor Ann too…” Rufus moved his head down as the rest of his body didn’t move an inch. “…you weren’t around…” “I cant always be around Rufus… I was off helping one of my brothers… because we’re all very close to each other and look out for each other.” Rufus moved his head over to Emmanuel staring. “…close…? Like… love…? They… they love each other…?” Emmanuel stared then smirked. “Oh of course…! The Leftway family is so caring of they’re brothers and family… it defines the Leftway family…! Not to mention your mother… and mine… is such a sweet woman…” Rufus stared at Emmanuel stunned. …is this a lie…? That… that’s all I’ve ever wanted… it sounds so… So… He looked back over to Ann then clung to her again. “…I don’t care… I won’t leave… I-I can’t….” “Rufus don’t you see!? She died… and it was YOUR fault…!” Rufus’s eyes widened and looked over to Emmanuel. “N-no! That cant be…! Its not true Emmanuel…!” “…Well what about the fact that she was killed by that Rightway because you were around…!? He killed her because she got in the way…!” “…h-how… did you know it was a Rightway…?” Emmanuel stared, then quickly covered himself up. Though he was there… when she died… watching in the shadows.

“Its all over TV… though people are blaming you… I’m sure it was a Rightway… you’re too good of a kid to do such a thing… but… she died because you were around… they were after you… and she died protecting you… so… who else can you blame for her death….?” Rufus stared stunned then looked away. “E-Emmanuel…! It’s not true…! I… I just… I…” His arms started to slump. What did Rufus have to say? It was true… she jumped in the way… and got killed… Rufus didn’t even get a real chance to say goodbye…

“So, Rufus. You have nothing left here. No one here is left to care for you. The police will come eventually looking for the both of us. If you stay, who knows where you would go. Even if you went into a foster home with a loving family, the Rightway’s will find you…and next time you wont be so lucky. So come…” He held his hand out as Rufus stared over to it. “…” Slowly lifting his shaking hand on Emmanuel’s, Emmanuel left a smirk as he picked Rufus up and carried him quickly out of the house. But Rufus only looked to the house… and Ann…. that he had left behind…. Perhaps this new life with the Leftway family would help him… he begged for the help… he needed help, and love now, more then anything else in the world. But he slowly began to realize, though in the grip of his brother… his brothers hands were cold… feeling ruthless…. No love seemed to come from them…. But though there was room for doubt in this situation… he could not think right, and deluded himself into the desperate hope for a true, loving family. If only he had knew what dark path he had walked onto…

The Leftway family, would finally come into view.