章 3: sinister

i spent my peaceful days scrolling and studying simple diagrams since i have nothing to do, I also paid attention to my anxious-looking parents as i discovered that they were preparing for the red night .barricading doors and windows, preparing forks and shovels,i don't know what is the red night but i know for sure it's not a good thing and from what I heard it's going to appear tonight.

with the setting sun, rich hues of red lined with oranges, purples, and crimson, spread in the sky . and people from a small village could be seen closing their doors and windows, it was deadly silent even the cattle on the farm didn't make a sound and while even insects didn't dare too.

in Odin's house, two figures can be seen holding babysitting in a corner near-bed trying to erase as much presence they can, not even comfort words were told, just like that they kept waiting and waiting and for each second passing Odin kept feeling a bad omen coming closer.

i can feel the dread in the air but what I feel more is a threat,i don't know if that's what normal people feel here or something bad is really going to happen, red faint beams came through the cracks between wood planks that are barricading the window, mom then squeezed me tighter as if she was trying to comfort me and herself.

as the hours passed, the intensity of the sense of danger rises, and if it wasn't for my incapability of walking I would've run as if my ass was caught in a fire. my eyes all of a sudden started stinging and burning like hell, it's like a colony of ants crawling and bitting them,i know i shouldn't make a sound but I can't help it

"WOAH WOAAAH WOAHHH"

both man and woman jumped in fear as they looked at their son screaming and scratching his eyes, the mother put her hand in his mouth to shut him up but then realized how he was scratching his eyes in an unnatural way, she knew he was in pain but she can't do anything and if he keeps screaming he will attract all those creatures outside, all she can do is rock him while putting her hand in his mouth.

BAAM, the ground shakes with the explosion sound, it suddenly stopped and many footsteps could be heard running toward the family's house.

'no' the man signal with his eyes to his wife

she understood and went to hide in the wardrobe, the man held a farm fork and stood not close nor far from the door ready to pounce on anyone who steps into his house.

the footsteps stopped and an eerie silence started but it didn't last long, only 10 seconds passed and the door got smashed. black figures all black with nothing but long arms, legs, waist, and neck. the one in front stepped in, Odin's father was scared silly that his arms holding his weapon started shaking but still held it tight, with a scream he launched toward the invader, just as he was 2 inches closer, the monster's large arm stretched and slapped him with it wrist toward the wall just like that it kept his hand stretched leaving the man with no ability to leave the wall, six other figures entered, and the man lost his cool as a last resort he started yelling at them so they won't notice his wife and kid presence.

" YOU UGLY BASTARDS, UNLEASH ME IF YOU DARE I'LL RIP YOU TO PIECES "

they didn't even turn their heads, all looking at one place, the wardrobe.

despair blinded the man, he realized that all along they came for his son,' my son's eye was it related to them ??!!! nooo I need to do something, how dare they hurt my son '

he kept struggling and shouting like a madman hoping someone outside will hear him out and come for the rescue, the black hand gripped the handle and opened the wardrobe, mother and son bathed with the monster's shadow looking at the figure with wide eyes, Odin felt helpless and guilty it was his fault, he wants to protect them but he can't.

mom took a knife from her pocket and swung it, clearly, she doesn't know how to fight,i was afraid they will retaliate so i started praying they won't hurt her 'pleeeaaase don't hurt mother '

he grabbed mom shoved her out then circled his arms around me like rubber separating me from my mother's arm, losing that warmth I felt lost and scared, swinging my arms and legs crying in top of my lungs.

"WOAAAH WOAAHHHHH"

after they took me they turned around to leave. stepping out of the house I hear my parents weeping, i look behind me as they dragged me away from my house they suddenly stopped.

'huh'

the body holding me fell, luckily i fell in his chest so i didn't get hurt but I still felt dizzy, looking around me I see all those monsters corpses in the ground with their head cut, then I saw a pair of boots approaching me.

i couldn't keep my eyes open but I still persisted I want to check on my parents i want to know if this guy is bad or not, the owner of the boots pick me up and as my consciousness is fading i see a pair of shiny silver eyes, somehow I felt reassured and closed my eyes.

'being weak is suffocating' was my last thought before i completely faint.