It was something pleasant yet it was dreadful,something sweet but bitter something wrong but it felt right that was how the dream could be put to words nothing more,nothing less.
Leximus opened his eyes and blankly stared at the rotting pale brown ceiling above him as if waiting for it to collapse and fall on him and after lying there for a while he sat up threw his thin brown blanket aside and sat at the ledge of his old creaky wooden bed on top of his thin matress and dirt infested bed cover as he realised a wave of tiredness washed over him,'Did I tire myself by sleeping?' He asked himself as he suddenly noticed how much he was craving to cover himself and return back to dreamland but as he thought about this he realised how odd his dream was eventhough he couldn't remember it to him it felt odd but he decided not to think much about it and got out of bed and headed to his brown wooden door that had its colour faded and grabbed its handle and as he was about to open it he let out a sigh and asked himself,"Why dream of luxuries you can't afford?" He then proceeded to hold the door by its sides and move it aside as he stepped out of the room he paused a little and thought,'I've lived here for sixteen years of my life and yet I thought that door can be opened by the handle why is that?' He stood there dazed by the question he asked himself before shrugging it off and walking towards the family bathroom and met a line of two awaiting infront of the door it was his mother,a woman who in her mid thirties still looked like an eighteen year old with her blue eyes clashing with her pink hair and her light silky skin matching with her eyes making her really pretty this had hidden the fact that she was a thirty-five year old woman,and in front of her was a child eleven years of age was standing there with her yellow eyes staring at him with her pink hair matching that of her mother and to top it all of she had the same complexion as that of her mother making all of her features collide to each other well. So he decided to approach the duo and as it so happened his sister was in front,he approached her and stared at her,she stared back and said to him,"What's with that gaze you seem like you have seen a ghost." She told him as she looked at him with a joyful smile playing on her smile."What's with that smile you do know its too early for joyful smiling,right."He told her as he grabbed her cheeks and stretched them out while having a stern looking gaze,"ow,ow,ow,ow,that's painful." She told him ash tears were already balancing in her eyes then with a satisfied smile he let go of her and stood in front of her with a satisfied look on his face as the door was moved aside and a masculine man stepped out of the bathroom with brown hair and matching eye colour as the daughter and multiple scars on his bare chest."What's up with that broad smile, it is way too early in the morning of that and why is Sheila on the verge of crying?" He asked as he glared at Leximus, "Well it was nothing but a harmless little game."He tried to defend himself with his father,"That was not harmless, it hurt you know." Said her little sister,giving an input that was not needed "Is that so,then I'm very disappointed with you Lex."He told him as he gave a subtle smile. With this verdict given he dragged himself to the bathroom and closed the gap with the door behind him."I got him good didn't ?" I asked Paul after Leximus had entered the bathroom."Yes you did honey he really did seemed out of it." Replied Sarah. The moment he entered the bathroom he looked at himself at the cracked wall mirror and noticed goosebumps all over his shirtless body he tried to look at his facial features and noticed that his black hair was still shaggy as usual and his eyes were darker than usual he indeed looked like he had seen something unnatural he then turned away and opened the tap above the basin and allowed the water to run and as soon as his bare hand came in contact with the water,he turned off the tap went to the sink instead nd washed his face then proceeded to gracefully exit the bathroom."I thought you were bathing?"Asked his mother,"Well I was until I realised it was too cold so I decided not to do so."He answered truthfully as he walked away to his bedroom with nothing on his mind other than the plans for that day. He entered his room headed to the wardrobe opened it creaky slanting doors which were nearing their downfall,then removed his dusty brown T-shirt and his light brown Jacket and put them on then he proceeded to wear his old kicks black boots and with the black pants he had on he was ready to head out for the day. Since his departure was not allowed by the family he decided to sneak out of the house and this would have been an easy task for any one but this house's wooden floor were way too crazy for anyone to make their presence unknown but it was helpful when trying to notice an intruder in the house but for Leximus it was quick sell out anytime he wanted to sneak out so he decided to leave just as everyone was busy preparing themselves,he made a run for the front door and just as he was three steps away he had small voice from behind him asking,"Where do you think you are going?" He froze then turned around and saw Sheila standing there in her faded green old dress her hands at a waist staring at him with a stern look in her face,"Well I...uh...am...uh...I...a knock on the door so am going to open and see who it is." He told while trying to master a serious look on his face."Well I heard nothing,just say you are trying to sneak out again and I won't tell anyone."She told him with cheeky look on her face and just then there was a slight knock on the door,they just stood there frozen,'Nobody ever comes to visit this household.' Thought Leximus as he proceeded to open the door only to find a large figure standing in front of the door,the figure had light brown eyes and hair and on his face he had a smile plastered on his face as he stared down on them then he asked"Is this the Cross household?",this question froze him for little bit because nobody in the slums knew their last name and that's when he noticed,the man was smartly dressed which meant he was not from the slums,he opened his mouth to answer him and heard a heavy low voice from behind him,"And what if it is?" then followed by a firm grip on his shoulder, he turned his head around and saw his father,Paul,behind him with a stern look on his face and right behind him was Sarah who took hold of Sheila and took a few steps back then stared at the man,'What's going on?' Thought Leximus as he noticed the rising tesion between the three people."What do you want?" Asked Paul,"Well,I wish to chat with three of you so why don't you send the children away." Said the man and just then the firm grip on him was released followed with a reply,"Go where you were heading to."Leximus heard this and walked outside and as he passed next to the man he couldn't help but notice that the air around Paul was getting hotter,the moment he stepped outside and closed the door behind him,he instictively walked through the narrow stinky streets of the slums,taking turns to who knows where he walked like this till dusk that's when he stopped when he in front of the slum borderline the thin strip of land that separated the slums from the rest of the people and as he stood there he stared at the area beyond for a little while then turned around heaved a sigh and returned home. As he was heading back some of the thoughts that he had before started resurfacing,a 'Who was that man? What did he want? Why was he at my home? What did he want with my parents?' He thought as he walked back home and as he got in front of his home,he paused for a moment then stared at the house, there was no light coming in from the house and it was already night time he took some steps and reached the door and held the handle,then he swallowed hard then clenched his teeth as he proceeded to open the door and swing it open, he walked in and the first thing he heard was something dripping,was it water he didn't know he stepped inside and walked towards the gas pump that turned on the lamps that hanged on the wooden walls as he was walking he felt he stepping in a pool of something,but he continued walking and reached the pump as he held the gas tap and turned it on,allowing the gas to flow to the lamps,the moment they reached the lamps they turned on allowing a faint glow to be released from them,Paul had made them but refused to share on how he had made them, the faint glow was more than enough to allow him to see what was in the house and as he exited the kitchen and headed back to the living room he froze not believing what he was seeing his parents were lying there lifelessly he looked at them tears forming in his eyes,wanting to vomit what he did not have in the stomach and as moved closer he saw his mother's bottom half lying on the wooden dining table and her other half lying on the wooden floor,with her insides leaking out and as he looked at his father his legs were looking at the wrong directions and his hands were wrung this was a horrifying sight for him,it was a sight that no one had the courage of witnessing even Leximus,he got down on his knees with his hands on his mouth and just then he vomited and green liquid exited his mouth and just then his mind started racing and memories hidden deep within were resurfacing "No,not again,no please tell me this is a dream,come on Lex just wake up,wake up damn it." He kept telling himself as he kept pounding on the floor as memories of his past family resurfacing, how they died and how they blamed him for the death,as he was being consumed by the emotion he heard a slight cough from Paul,he raised his head and looked at the corpse which just said,"Make sure you live." before going silent again and as he was about to say something he had a sigh behind him saying "May God bless his soul." When Leximus looked up he saw a cloaked figure staring at him before walking towards him saying"I already searched the house and did not find the younger one,you did have younger sibling right?"he asked as he looked at Leximus who just nodded his head."Do you know where she is?" He asked as tears streamed out of his eyes."No I don't,if I did then I could have told you." "Then who are you?" Asked Leximus."I am just a man who is here to give you an offer," Said the man,"would you like to get revenge on your parents find your sibling,if you do then join me,if you don't then wait for the police to do their job." He said as he stretched out his hand to him and in a daze Leximus stood up then shook the man's hand.'Even if it's making a deal with the devil then I will do it just to kill the man responsible for this.' He told himself as he left with the cloaked man.