It was just 22!!

“How many were there?Why did you do it? How did you do it? You’re not the only one involved are you? Who were they? How many did you....”,

“I’m gonna stop you right there chief. First of all, do you believe that phrase; you don’t mean anything when you’re angry?”,

“Please stop this nonsense. Why did you do it? I mean did you even do it? I mean you’re not even in college yet.”,

“You can do so many things even if you don’t go to college. I mean there was about... 40 people there. And why’d I do it you ask? Because I was mad, it was noisy, crowded, and there was a guy beating up his wife at our backyard. I couldn’t sit still so I screamed. But my mom, slapped me for “interupting” everyone’s night. I was upset so I lashed out. I yelled “Everyone here doesn’t even know your full name! And who the **** said to invite them over?! You know what nevermind, it’s not like you’ll listen. And by the way, there’s a guy beating up his wife at our backyard, you guys better fix that problem or someone’s gonna end up dead tonight!”.”,

“Go on. We’ll listen. We won’t judge for you anything that you say.”,

“Oh thank you. Ok, I’ll continue, after I yelled I went somewhere. Can you guess where?”, I asked excitedly.

He gulped.

“Did you head to the kitchen?”,

“Nope! I headed to my room. Some kids were there, so I invited them to my room to watch some cartoons. There was 13 kids, I also let them survive. I have a bathroom in my room so I locked them in... with their permission of course. I told them to keep quiet, because me and the grown ups are going to talk for a bit. Before I left I also shut the lights, covered the windows with curtains and locked it, gave them snacks, and blasted the volume so they won’t be able to hear anything on the outside. Do you want to hurry to the greatest part of the story?”,

“Yes, yes please.”,

“Ok, you’ve been a great listener by the way.”,

“Th-thank you.”,

“Alright, I went to the kitchen to get some supplies. I grabbed a knife, matches, gasoline, and chlorine. When I was about to head out, someone came at me from behind, he grabbed my neck and pointed it upwards. It was the guy from our backyard... the one who beat up his wife. He whispered something to me;”Who do you think will die first? Me? You? Or my Wife?”.”,

“WAIT!”, the policeman interrupted.

“Did he...”,

“Will you please just let me finish? He didn’t kill his wife. Because I killed him first. I guess he lost the guessing game. Though for some reason, after I finished that guy off his wife was shrivelling. She looked shocked. So then I asked her;”Do you think your husband didn’t deserve that?”. But she thanked me, and said she was waiting for this moment all of her married life! I was so ecstatic for helping someone, but before I helped myself, I said that she could go upstairs with the children if she doesn’t want to see anything else. And so she did, she was so kind..”,

“Please, can you hurry?”,

“Oh yeah, I’m sorry. So as I was saying, after that lady went to my room... I started the siesta.”,

“Wait, sorry to interrupt. Who was the people your mom invited? And why were they invited?”,

“My mom said they were relatives, but I don’t really know most of them. Like the couple earlier. They were far relatives I guess.”,

“Alright. Continue.”,

“Hmmm, I walked out of the kitchen, hid the knife at the back of my pants and met everyone at the front yard. I apologised to my mom... then it hit me. Why do I keep apologising to everything they do wrong to me? It’s her fault, why did she invite them over, I refused didn’t I? Why won’t she take me seriously? Why is it so noisy?!”,

“And then?”.

“I ran towards the other guests. I shook their hands and put holes in their stomachs. I felt alive for some reason! It was the best thing I ever did! After I stabbed 8 people, 5 guys charged at me and tried to take the knife away, but they just couldn’t so I did them a favor and put an end to their pathetic efforts. I slit their throats, when they fell at the ground... I laughed and thought; I really did those guys!! Best family reunion, I’d say.”,

“Wait-wait-wait. How did you ended half of them?”,

“I had matches and gasoline right?”,

“But we never saw anyone got burned.”,

“Yeah, another 3 guys came at me and finally managed to stop me. They took my knife away and pinned me to the ground. I got away with a little distraction, someone went inside and saw my first victims’ body. She yelled, so everyone outside thought that I was working with someone and headed in. HAHAHAHA! They were stupid enough to let me go. By that time I already retrieved my knife and proceeded to kill the three guys before.”,

“Why?”,

“Why not? My mom looked me in the eyes for the first time. It was like paradise for me, blood gushing out of one persons throat and an eye out of place for another. They were all terrified of me. I was enjoying the attention for once, then I thought.... why stop here? There are still 10 people left. I wasn’t really paying attention to the others, that one got to the phone and called someone. It was obvious that she didn’t call the police because if she did you would arrive the next minute or so.”,

“How would you know what time we’ll arrive?”,

“I planned it before going out of the kitchen. I grabbed a map and studied the distance. Is that enough answer?”,

“Okay, tell me more.”,

“I ended up about, how many people? Did you keep count? I lost track sorry.”,

“17, you ended at 17.”,

“Thanks, I ended 5 more... after. It was fun then I finally let them call the police. I was contented... I was so happy. And thank god no kid got hurt!”,

“You killed half of all the children’s parents. How can you say they’re fine?”,

“They don’t need them. Before all the commotion, I noticed triplets being forced to perform for the people there. Then there was this siblings, they were the children of my first victim, and just like their mother they were also being abused by their father. And me, I didn’t kill my parents but I was tormented for years. I wanted to end it all, but I couldn’t because I know I’ll get to experience new things... and I was right! I was the happiest I’ve ever been all this 17 years of my life!”,

“How were you being abused?”,

“Hmmmm... do you I have to say it?”, I asked in an unwell tone.

“If you’re not comfortable doing it then you don’t have to.”,

“Will you help me find him if I tell you?”,

“Uh, sure. I’ll help you.”,

“He’s at the riverside, many people reported that they could already smell his rotting body. Northeast near the pond he’s right about there.”,

The policeman told the other guys what I just told him. They were ready to find him.

“He abused me, verbally, mentally, physically and socially. Both of them did. My mom had a miscarriage so I guess they blamed me for it. I wasn’t enough for them... for years I worked my fucking *** off just to stay at the top at school, but they didn’t even notice. I worked so hard! They even picked a college for me and the course too. But even that wasn’t enough. So why not take revenge for once, it’s been here all these years after all.”,

“Who was he? Your father?”,

“Yay! You got it right! He knew I was shrivelled up inside, that’s why I disposed of him. It was about a year ago when he went missing... but I told everyone that some guys in a van kidnapped him... I was pretty sure a good looking guy saw me back then. The one that saw me was probably the same age as me, all I remember looking back was that he was wearing an earing... but there was no other pair. Everyone at the house that time believed me, because I was covered in bruises from him fighting back. That’s about it I guess. Thanks for listening.”,

“You can go with the other officers now. Your mother is waiting for you outside.”, he said then two officers stepped inside.

“Oohh, she’s waiting huh? Do you think she heard what I said about my dad?”,

“She did, she heard everything.”,

“You traitor. You know what let’s make a bet. Do you think when I get out of here and meet my mom outside she’ll survive?”,

“No. You won’t be able to touch her. You’re cuffed right now. So don’t even think about it.”,

“I’m not just going to think about it. I’m gonna do it!”, I said then showed them my hands.

I escaped the two officers, the moment I opened the door she tackled me. I was in the ground flat on my chest, she also put her hands on top of mine so I wouldn’t be able to move.She yelled in my ears saying the things I’ve already heard a thousand times.

“You ungrateful bitch! You’re such a pain! You even killed your father for that stupid reason! You really are stupid! Noone will ever understand you! You’re a freak! And now you’re blaming us!? You really are as useless as your father described! Now I really mean what I said before, why did we end up with you in the first place!”,

“Can you use other insults this time? I’m sick and tired of hearing the same thing over and over! Come up with something new! COME ON!”, I yelled.

For once I didn’t feel like crying, I could just smile and forget all that’s happened to me.

“Ma’am, please get off your daughter. You could be imprisoned for what she have told us.”,

“For what reason? For abusing her? She deserved it! Come on Theo, you know what she’s doing! And you girl, don’t act so hurt! You survived didn’t you? You’re pathetic.”,

“I always am.”, I answered her.

The kind policeman took my mom off of me... then cuffed her. I was still lying on the floor but I was enjoying every bit of it.

“What are you doing?! Why are you cuffing me?! Shouldn’t you be doing that to her?!”,

“Ma’am you have just admitted that you have been abusing your own daughter. Gentlemen, please take her away.”,

I stood up and put my hands behind my back.

“What are you doing?”, the policeman asked.

“I’m ready to go to the big house.Cuff me chief!”,

“You’re going to the mental institution. Not prison. We’re afraid you’ll get out too easily.”,

I burst into tears after hearing what he said.

“Thank you. You finally caught that bitch. I’ll never do anything wrong again, I promise. Please take me away.”,

He cuffed me.

“Don’t kill anyone while you’re there. Here, take her.”, he said then the two that took my mom came in again.

“Chief, how many killers are in that mental hospital?”, I asked blatantly.

“Enough to make you shut up.”,

“Will it be wrong to let them know how it feels like?”,

“Yes. It is.”,

“Alright then, I’ll believe you.”, I answered.

The two officers then took me to their car.I saw the families of the ones I killed... they were looking sharp! They looked good even though they were just mourning for the dead. Black Silk, Black Leather?! Will someone dress for me like that someday? I guess there’s no time to spare then!

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