I was driving towards home, i.e. the State Manor. I knew dad would be there. I also knew that it was only a few minutes more till the visitors came streaming in. I had to hurry. I had to accomplish my mission. A mission to reclaim my dignity, to get back my life, the life I never had. At that moment, my name wasn’t Liya Summers. I was Terravenger, the escape from terror and the avenger.
So he thinks he can just mess me up, huh? Okay, two can play this game. Come on, let’s see how he does. He thinks I do not know all his dirty little games now, does he? We’ll see. He’s going down. Enough is enough!
I flew past the gate and straight into his office. I was an overexcited electron headed for the anode, nothing could stop me. He was speechless. Obviously he could see that things had changed. I wasn’t that scared little girl anymore. I was Terravenger.
“Honey, what’s wrong?” He started.
“Oh don’t you dare honey me, you evil prick!”
“Liya…”
I cocked a gun. “Move.”
“Tell me Liya, what happened? We can work this out.”
“Work it out? Is that what you told her? You killed her! And you were going to kill me too! You think I don’t know?”
He still stood there. I could tell what he was thinking, he was thinking that I could never fire a gun. I didn’t waver. “MOVE GODDAMMIT!”
“I’m flattered you think so highly of your father.”
He started moving towards the edge of the office. Then, all of a sudden, he turned on me. His breath was hot on my ears. He grabbed me by the throat. I could feel life start to escape me. I drove the gun into his belly with a force I never knew I possessed. He wavered, he flustered. He let me go and clutched his belly. I hit him with the mutt of the gun. His flesh gave way. Blood spluttered from his forehead.
“Would you look at that, red blood, who knew?” I said as I savored the moment of my victory.
“Too soon, sweetheart,” he said.
I didn’t see him coming. I was hurtled into space. The wall didn’t seem to agree with my being sent there. I had a nasty feeling that my spine was no more. I tried to not pass out. Not now, please, I need to get out of here alive. I looked up.
Behold! A length of a beast stood before me. I considered its height. It was tall, very tall. It looked every inch like a reptile, complete with scales and a tail. It was terrifying. There was along scar across its face. I screamed.
“What, daddy isn’t that handsome anymore?” It said.
There was an evil glimmer in its red eyes. I knew I was done for. Even Terravenger couldn’t fight that one. My vision blurred. I wasn’t Terravenger anymore. I was Binky, a tiny little girl trapped by an evil master. I moved to a corner, dragging myself there, with my thumb in my mouth.
I was Binky; innocent, alone. Alone with the monster. A monster with a roughed up, ragged face; scaly, with a scar running down its middle, long limbs that stretched to the heavens, a chest as broad as the dimensions of the earth.
“POP GOES THE WEASEL,” it said.
I was running. Running to my room, to run away from the harsh reality I had just seen. My mother, beautiful and talented, had quarreled with my father. She wanted to leave, and carry me with her. My father, as obstinate as a mule, refused. “Oh shut up, Vietta! You don’t call the shots, I do!” he said. “No, I won’t let you do this to Pendo! She doesn’t deserve any of this,” she said. “Liya, her name is Liya,” he answered. She was unrelenting. He struck her. She fell to the floor. “I’ll tell everything,” she said. He loaded a gun. She tried to get up and run. Too late. He fired. Once. Twice. Thrice. She fell hard to the floor. “Go to hell!” he said, and fired once more. And again. And again. And again. By the time he was done with her, she was full of holes. Blood had spattered to the wall behind her.
“No! NO! YOU WONT KILL ME LIKE YOU KILLED HER!” I stood up angrily. Binky was gone. I advanced. It striked. I ducked. I hurled a chair towards it. It ducked. I pulled myself together. For mum! I aimed. I didn’t miss. It landed on the floor. Wounded. A fatal kick. It turned back to its human form. Terravenger was gone.
So he thinks he can just mess me up, huh? Okay, two can play this game. Come on, let’s see how he does. He thinks I do not know all his dirty little games now, does he? We’ll see. He’s going down. Enough is enough!
I flew past the gate and straight into his office. I was an overexcited electron headed for the anode, nothing could stop me. He was speechless. Obviously he could see that things had changed. I wasn’t that scared little girl anymore. I was Terravenger.
“Honey, what’s wrong?” He started.
“Oh don’t you dare honey me, you evil prick!”
“Liya…”
I cocked a gun. “Move.”
“Tell me Liya, what happened? We can work this out.”
“Work it out? Is that what you told her? You killed her! And you were going to kill me too! You think I don’t know?”
He still stood there. I could tell what he was thinking, he was thinking that I could never fire a gun. I didn’t waver. “MOVE GODDAMMIT!”
“I’m flattered you think so highly of your father.”
He started moving towards the edge of the office. Then, all of a sudden, he turned on me. His breath was hot on my ears. He grabbed me by the throat. I could feel life start to escape me. I drove the gun into his belly with a force I never knew I possessed. He wavered, he flustered. He let me go and clutched his belly. I hit him with the mutt of the gun. His flesh gave way. Blood spluttered from his forehead.
“Would you look at that, red blood, who knew?” I said as I savored the moment of my victory.
“Too soon, sweetheart,” he said.
I didn’t see him coming. I was hurtled into space. The wall didn’t seem to agree with my being sent there. I had a nasty feeling that my spine was no more. I tried to not pass out. Not now, please, I need to get out of here alive. I looked up.
Behold! A length of a beast stood before me. I considered its height. It was tall, very tall. It looked every inch like a reptile, complete with scales and a tail. It was terrifying. There was along scar across its face. I screamed.
“What, daddy isn’t that handsome anymore?” It said.
There was an evil glimmer in its red eyes. I knew I was done for. Even Terravenger couldn’t fight that one. My vision blurred. I wasn’t Terravenger anymore. I was Binky, a tiny little girl trapped by an evil master. I moved to a corner, dragging myself there, with my thumb in my mouth.
I was Binky; innocent, alone. Alone with the monster. A monster with a roughed up, ragged face; scaly, with a scar running down its middle, long limbs that stretched to the heavens, a chest as broad as the dimensions of the earth.
“POP GOES THE WEASEL,” it said.
I was running. Running to my room, to run away from the harsh reality I had just seen. My mother, beautiful and talented, had quarreled with my father. She wanted to leave, and carry me with her. My father, as obstinate as a mule, refused. “Oh shut up, Vietta! You don’t call the shots, I do!” he said. “No, I won’t let you do this to Pendo! She doesn’t deserve any of this,” she said. “Liya, her name is Liya,” he answered. She was unrelenting. He struck her. She fell to the floor. “I’ll tell everything,” she said. He loaded a gun. She tried to get up and run. Too late. He fired. Once. Twice. Thrice. She fell hard to the floor. “Go to hell!” he said, and fired once more. And again. And again. And again. By the time he was done with her, she was full of holes. Blood had spattered to the wall behind her.
“No! NO! YOU WONT KILL ME LIKE YOU KILLED HER!” I stood up angrily. Binky was gone. I advanced. It striked. I ducked. I hurled a chair towards it. It ducked. I pulled myself together. For mum! I aimed. I didn’t miss. It landed on the floor. Wounded. A fatal kick. It turned back to its human form. Terravenger was gone.