Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
The house of madness
I bet you thought it would be what happened after the cliffhanger. LOL. It’s another POV.
Chapter eight: Payment for crimes time.
Paul smith was a former peacekeeper. After the bombing of the city once called Tortuga he had left to pursue a new life after realizing his job in Tortuga was wrong. He had traveled far away, found a woman that he loved, then they married and settled down, and they had a daughter. They were living the good life. Until one day.
Paul, Sarah(Sarah is his wife) and there little baby girl Penny sat around the fire in the living room one dark evening. The sun had already gone down and warm shadows filled the room. Paul was reading the newspaper while Sarah hummer to the baby while rocking her. Paul set the newspaper down and walked over to the small fridge to grab a bite. He opened it. Hmm…nothing here that he wanted. Paul shut the fridge and turned around to suddenly have a sword pressed against his neck. A mysterious figure with a black coat on held the sword to his neck. “Don’t move or you’ll be dead quicker than you already are going to die.” The man said in a low gravely voice. “Who are you?” Paul choked out. “And why are you here?” The figure gave a dark chuckle. “I have come for a noble cause, the reason you should know…you were a peacekeeper once right?” Paul gulped. “Yes but I repented of my ways and I’m doing good things now.” The man chuckled again. “You may have REPENTED but you did not PAY for your crimes. Now, now don’t worry I’ve come to…make you pay.” The figure said. “Ple-ase I have a wife and a d-daughter.” Paul begged. The man let out another nasty chuckle. “Then I’ll be doing them a favor.” He suddenly moved the sword quickly and Paul fell to the ground dead with a red slit in his neck.
The strange figure made his way into the living room where Sarah sat in a rocking chair her back to the door he had just entered through. He raised his sword to strike her and then…..Suddenly he paused and stared blankly at her. She held the innocent in her arms as she rocked back and forth, humming to her child. A memory flashed through his mind of so long ago…He shook his head, clearing the thoughts away. Then he set his jaw angrily. They’d taken what was his and now…they would pay. Sarah looked up and saw him, his sword poised in midair. “Who are you?!” She exclaimed. The figure reached a hand up slowly and pulled his hood down to reveal a face that could haunt a person their whole life. A shrill scream slipped from Sarah’s lips and pierced the air. He swung his sword and it struck her through the chest. The baby fell to the ground alongside her as she fell. The man stepped past the dead woman and the crying baby. He walked toward the front window and then went outside and disappeared into the shadows of the night.
-SunnyFox57