Life.
By many it's taken for granted.
Never fully appreciated until it's lost.
Christopher St. John had almost the perfect life. He had a job that he
really liked and made him feel important. He had the love of his beautiful
wife, Cindy as well as his son Jason. Some may even go as far as to say, he
had the perfect life. What more could the man have asked for?
He never took the time to really look back at his life and realize how
lucky he actually was. That is, until, the day it was all taken from him.
"Noooo!!" Sobbed the man as he kneeled in the remains of what was once his
home. Everything he loved and worked for had been taken from him, in the
wink of an eye. His home, his son, his wife. All of it destroyed in one
explosion. Shattering his life and, leaving Christopher St. John an empty
man. What reason had he to go? They took everything from him. He cursed out
loud and slammed his fists into the charred remains of his home.
"CAW!" rang a sound from what remained of the roof. A black bird peered in
and stared down at St. John. He looked at the bird and it cawed again.
Both their eyes met.
"CAW!"
'Did the bird speak to me?'
"CAW!"
'It did.'
"REVENGE." spoke the bird although, only St. John understood the word. To
any prying ears, it would sound like a normal crow's cry.
'Yes! Revenge! They will pay." The man said as he stalked to where once
had been his bedroom. Although everything seemed destroyed, he found some
clothing, burnt but, it suited his needs. A shirt and pair of pants, black
as night. A shattered mirror sat in the corner. The man walked over to it
and glared at himself. Then, pulling a broken shard off the mirror, the man
made a cut above each eye and, allowed the blood to trickle down and, over
his eye in a crimson tear. He put his fingers in the blood and drew curved
lines from the corner of his mouth, creating a mocking smile.
He looked into the mirror again, his transformation complete. His face was
now the theatrical mask of irony. The irony that a man, that was killed
both emotionally and physically, had returned. To kill those that killed
him and his family.
To exact revenge for his....shattered life.
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