In the Name of Freedom/Fear???
The fear drove her forward; her lungs burned as she pushed herself harder in an attempt to distance herself from the scene. The roar of the sirens drowned out all the other sounds of the city. The woman ducked into a dimly lit alley, and prayed to find some respite from the horror of her night. She panted heavily, pressed against the slick brick of the building, as the colored police lights illuminated the darkness to reveal her presence. The cop car stopped in front of her hiding spot, and two officers emerged. The woman’s heart beat faster, and she reached until she felt a comforting metallic cool against her heated fingertips; a trophy from her first kill. The first officer raised her hands in what was meant …show more content…
Lilith’s head shot up to see her mother standing in the door, a horrified look plastered across her features.
“What have you done!” her mother cried, before her eyes turned hard. “You ungrateful little…!”
Anger coursed through Lilith’s veins, and the knowledge that she had extinguished one of her tormentors gave her courage. She aimed the gun at her mother with a smile.
“Tell me I’m ungrateful,” she replied calmly, enjoying the way her mother’s face paled. Who held the power, now?
“Y-you wouldn’t,” her mother whispered.
Lilith liked this power, this control. She liked the fear in her mother’s eyes and the way the blood pooled beneath her father and stained the otherwise pristine floor. She understood why her parents had acted similarly.
“I did,” Lilith said, and fired her gun again.
Her mother dropped to the floor with a cry, clutching at her abdomen. Lilith stepped over her father’s lifeless body and stopped at her mother. She felt nothing when she looked at her.
“I get why,” she began carefully, “you decided to give in to your anger. It feels good to have someone else’s life in your hands.”
Before her mother could respond, Lilith smacked her as hard as she could with the butt of the gun and walked out the front
The fear drove her forward; her lungs burned as she pushed herself harder in an attempt to distance herself from the scene. The roar of the sirens drowned out all the other sounds of the city. The woman ducked into a dimly lit alley, and prayed to find some respite from the horror of her night. She panted heavily, pressed against the slick brick of the building, as the colored police lights illuminated the darkness to reveal her presence. The cop car stopped in front of her hiding spot, and two officers emerged. The woman’s heart beat faster, and she reached until she felt a comforting metallic cool against her heated fingertips; a trophy from her first kill. The first officer raised her hands in what was meant …show more content…
Lilith’s head shot up to see her mother standing in the door, a horrified look plastered across her features.
“What have you done!” her mother cried, before her eyes turned hard. “You ungrateful little…!”
Anger coursed through Lilith’s veins, and the knowledge that she had extinguished one of her tormentors gave her courage. She aimed the gun at her mother with a smile.
“Tell me I’m ungrateful,” she replied calmly, enjoying the way her mother’s face paled. Who held the power, now?
“Y-you wouldn’t,” her mother whispered.
Lilith liked this power, this control. She liked the fear in her mother’s eyes and the way the blood pooled beneath her father and stained the otherwise pristine floor. She understood why her parents had acted similarly.
“I did,” Lilith said, and fired her gun again.
Her mother dropped to the floor with a cry, clutching at her abdomen. Lilith stepped over her father’s lifeless body and stopped at her mother. She felt nothing when she looked at her.
“I get why,” she began carefully, “you decided to give in to your anger. It feels good to have someone else’s life in your hands.”
Before her mother could respond, Lilith smacked her as hard as she could with the butt of the gun and walked out the front