The boy layed curled under a soft blanket , his chest rising and falling in a slow, steady rythym.
The soft morning sunlight slipped through the half-open curtain, painting golden lines across the wooden floor.
His dark hair was messy against the pillow, and his hand ressted near his face, fingers slightly curled.
Outside, the gentle wind whispered against the window, but inside, the room was still and quiet, wrapped in the calm hush of sleep.
Yet this clamness was soon cut short by the sound of an alarm blaring in his ear which is always followed by a frustrated cry and then deep breaths.
With force he got himself out of his comfortable bed and headed towards the bathroom while passively turning on the radio.
"This broadcast will start in 3..2..static morning survivors i am your news reporter Ella Wallas with the top headlines this hour: two people -a man and a woman- were found dead outside of the california seclusion zone, police at the scene claim that it was most likely an "attempt of escapism from the seculsion zone" in which was followed by a gruesome massacre - the victims were unidentified as their bodies were charred to the point of unidentifiacation - the culprits of this massacre were speculated to be minions of The Finish Line who were seemingly reported lurking outside the gates yesterday. Another three bodies were just found outside of the Jordanian seclusion zone: A man and two children…were found dead with a wide hole -the size of a fist- penetrated deep in their chest…with their hearts…i..i..i can't do this!"
"Thank you Ella.. Good morning survivors i am your backup news broadcaster James Armstrong! it seems like Ella wasn't too… fond about this particular report.. it states that a father and his two children were found dead outside of the Jordanian seclusion zone and their hearts were ripped out of their chests..truly..tragic.. yet all we can do is pray to God and hope for the best that we are saved from this terrible entity..anyways that is all for this news report, have a good day and see you after an hour!" the sound of radio static returns again
The boy entered the bathroom and picked up his red toothbrush among the 2 other brushes.
The sound of the toothbrush's white bristles scraping intensly against the boys teeth could be heard momentarily before a knock interrupted his intense brushing session.
"You do know that brushing your teeth as if they're your biggest opp is going to result in another one of your teeth to go missing right?"
Sigh "Zoe..the only voice i wanted to hear as soon as i woke up! Music to my ear-"
his sarcasm was soon interrupted with a loud bonk against his head "As if i enjoy hearing your teeth yelling for help every morning" Zoe says mockingly
"Would you guys stop arguing and kiss already!" Another voice intercepts
"Shut up Angela!" Both Rex and Zoe yell back
"I would never expose my lips to such torture!" Zoe yells
"And i would never go out of the house with two ponytails looking like dora the explor-" another bonk intercepts
"Would you guys mind stopping your love bickering and come eat the pancakes that i made?"
During their breakfast the trio were eating and talking soundly
Rex talked about his upcoming soccer match with the neighboring seclusion zone
in which no one at the table gave mind to
"Are your drawing skills becoming any better Zoe?" Angela asked trying to seem more invested in Zoes drawing journey
"Wait how did you know I'm learning how to draw?"
"I showed her one of your drawings that looked like SpongeBob with a black wig on" Rex said while giggling
"…" Zoe remarked angrily
Ring ring
The doorbell rang
Angela saw an opportunity to find a way out of their upcoming fight "I'll get it!"
Back at the breakfast table Rex saw an opportunity and managed to sneak in some more of the syrup angela had hid from him
As he was pouring the divine syrup onto the pancakes one could see the sparkle glimmering in his eyes
Which was soon to be burnt out after Zoe was seen standing behind him
Angela froze in her place while she faced the mail man
She realized that their bickering could be heard all the way down to the doorstep!
All the concerned mail man could ask "is that your mom hitting your dad..?"
The embarresment was swallowing Angela alive
She quickly retrieved the package, apologized, and slammed the door
Boink! Boink!
"We have a new package!" Angela said to the collapsed Rex and Zoe
Angela placed down the package onto the table across the syrup drenched pancakes and opened it cautiously
"Who would send a package our way? We don't even have that many friends" Zoe said as she was massaging her bonked head with a serious tone
"You mean you are the one without that many friends, unlike you me and Angela are pretty likea-"
Rex's sentence was interrupted by loud bonk
"Wait! What if it's one of those chemically laced packages we always see in films?" Angela said concerningly
"Ahh someone throw it away i don't want to open it-"
"Let me see.." Zoe moved towards the package passively
Zoe opened the package
"What the hell..?" Rex said
"…"
…
The box contained three human hearts, one was bigger than the other two.
Next to the hearts was a blood saoked note that read:
"SHE HAS CHOSEN YOU"