Chapter 7: Blind But Awake
Zeus took out his walking stick tapping the ground softly. He walked slowly making sure not to bump into anything.
He listened for any sound that would alert him to Lynne's whereabout. He stooped down to get the knife that was embedded in his step father's ribs when a fist came sailing toward his face with a huge force. Zeus dodged in time, rolling away from his step-father. " If you think I'd die without a fight, you've got another thing coming." His father wiped his bloodied mouth with an arm as he painstakingly stood up. "How the fuck where you able to dodge that, you're f*cking blind! You've been pretending huh kid? You're just as slimy as that whore of a mother." Harvey spat out hatefully gripping his side. "You have shamed my mother enough, now it's time for you to die!" Zeus yelled in fury as he launched a series of attacks at the bloodied man with his walking stick, striking every acupuncture point.
Harvey's eyes grew wide in shock as every hit was precise and accurate leaving no room for him to dodge.
Harvey knelt to the ground in pain, his whole body was attacked with pain. Every sharp point of the walking stick left a bleeding hole in his flesh.
"For years I heard my mother cry, I did nothing as you tortured her and now you think I'd let you go?" Zeus asked snidely, his green eyes darkening with anger. He looked towards the man kneeling beneath him as if he could see his pathetic state.
"I underestimated you kid. I should have killed you first."Harvey sighed regretfully. He gripped Zeus's leg and pulled, causing the young boy to slip and fall. Seeing his chance, he threw himself on the boy. Wrapping his hand around the Zeus's neck, he squeezed with all his might. Zeus grabbed hold of the arm around his neck trying to pry it open.
Seeing that his efforts yielded no results, he pressed the wounds on Harvey's arms forcing him to let out a loud bellow releasing his grip on Zeus's neck.
Zeus gulped air into his lungs as he massaged his neck with his palms. His step father lay on the sitting room carpet gripping his side. His blood had already turned the cream coloured carpet to a rich crimson. " Aaaagh!" Zeus screamed, picking up his walking stick, he rushed towards Harvey's bleeding form and rammed the stick into his right eye.
Harvey's body shuddered a bit before going limp. Zeus kicked the now lifeless body to confirm its death before spitting on it.
"Veronica! You can't hide forever. Come out, Come out wherever you are and maybe I'll spare you." Zeus listened for any sound that indicated his step sister's whereabouts. He dropped the cane he was holding since it was only part of his disguise. He relied on his other senses to provide information to his brain and his brain in turn directed every action of his muscles.
He could hear sounds at a higher frequency, for him sounds served as a compass pin pointing one's location with an accuracy of 70-80%.
It was easy to find a human being's location so long as he is in a small radius, because each human has a distinct heart beat that is different from each other.
The sound the heart makes can't be heard without the use of equipments but for Zeus, it was child's play.
He was standing as still as a statue, listening for Veronica's distinct heart beat until he heard the familiar rhythm. It was faint but loud enough to hear, it was beating at a very fast tempo. Zeus smiled evilly, licking his lips in anticipation.
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Veronica hid in her bedroom and locked the door blocking it with a table. She dailed 911 and reported her emergency. She was told to find a place to hide and wait which she was already doing, but she had her father's gun for backup.
She gripped the weapon and waited, she could hear the loud yelling coming from downstairs and then sudden silence.
Her heat raced, she hoped her father survived but she was too scared to find out for herself.
She heard the soft creaking of wood and knew that he was coming. She heard the tap tap sound coming from his shoe and waited for him to try and ply the door open so that she could open fire.
The footsteps came close to her door and then receded down the hallway. Veronica was on edge, she held on to the gun in her hands and counted the minutes before the police came.
She let herself seat down with her pistol still pointing at the door. She called different numbers of friends living close by to ask for help but many seemed unwilling to take on a psycho alone.
The room had been silent for sometime. Veronica glanced around nervously, alarm bells were ringing in her mind. She knew there was something wrong. Veronica's thoughts were interrupted by a wine bottle that came sailing through the window.
A piece of cloth was set on fire and attached to the mouth. Veronica knew it was only a matter of time before the bottle exploded.
She tucked her gun in her back pocket then pushed the table out of the door before unlocking it and sprinting to the sitting room downstairs.
The bottle exploded just as she was about to grip the railing of the staircase.
Veronica was thrown of balance by the sound and stumbled down the stairs.
As she hit the bottom, she lay sprawled on the floor for a moment before picking herself up and running to the exit.
She opened the exit door to see the face of the young killer. Zeus grinned from ear to ear, eyeing his step-sister like a scrumptious prey.
Veronica bolted toward the stairs but was caught by strong steel like hands which grabbed hold of her hair.
Zeus twisted the hair in his grasp, eliciting a pained gasp from his sister. "Zeus, I didn't know what he was planning, I had nothing to do with it."Veronica pleaded. Zeus relaxed his grip on her hair, turning her to face him, he said." Has anyone told you that aiding and abetting is considered a crime? You're as guilty as he was." Zeus heard a soft click in front of him and twisted his body in time to avoid the bullet. A second later and he would've been dead. Though Zeus's reaction was fast, he didn't escape getting grazed by the bullet.
Zeus let go of the girl gripping his side in pain, he watched as she ran out of the house towards the siren that he could hear blaring loudly.
Veronica felt relief as soon as she heard the siren. She ran towards the sound and could already see the police cars. She waved frantically as they stopped in front of her. "He's in there!" She pointed at the house. "You have to get him, he...he killed them... my parents.."She stammered amidst tears. She watched as the officers made their way to the house , weapon in hand.
Veronica watched in shock as a figure stumbled out from the house before stumbling on the porch and falling on his behind.
Officers went to help him up, supporting him at both sides. "She killed them!" She heard him say."My parents...She shot me when I found out and wanted to kill me until she heard the siren....you can't trust her!! You can't!" Zeus was frantic, his walking stick was with one of the officers while his weight was supported by two officers who looked at him with sympathy.
"His lying! " Veronica suddenly yelled flinging the towel that was put on her shoulder." He killed them! My father and mother! he tried to kill me" She glared at Zeus who had a scared expression on his face. He cowered behind a cop feigning fear.
"How can a blind boy kill both parents and attempt to kill his own sister? This seems a bit far fetched, don't you think?" The officer who spoke was chief Fernando, his police cap hid the bald head he had giving him an impression of having a full head of hair.
Veronica stared at the officer, shock written over her face. " Believe me, he killed them."She pleaded, her voice was soft and unsure. She felt cold steel around her wrists as she was cuffed and shoved into the police car.
She came out of her stupor when she saw that they were also taking in Zeus for questioning.
Zeus gave her a soft smile before his head disappeared into the back seat of the police car.
Veronica felt trepidation and uneasiness spread through her entire body, somehow , she knew that she will not come out victorious.
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