Jay was bracing himself for a deadly impact, but he suddenly found out that he was standing on something. Blinking, he noticed that he was on the ground, and saw his shadow on it. Slowly, he dropped his hands to his side, as he blinked, staring at his own shadow. He took a breath, and sighed. Wh-what just happened? he thought as he moved his gaze ahead of him, and gasped as he saw the gate of his home. He faintly heard the chirping of the birds somewhere. He blinked, and looked up at the sky. What greeted him was the morning sky, barely any clouds rolling above.
Confused, he looked around, and he noticed that nobody was still up. On the east, he saw the sun has just woken up. Jay arched an eyebrow as he scratched his head. What the heck? What's going on? He stared at the rising sun for a while, but broke his gaze and stared at his home after he heard the door opening, and who came out was his younger brother, smiling innocently as he carried two black garbage bags. Kronz doesn't appear to have noticed him yet.
He slipped on a pair of slippers and walked towards the gate, but stopped himself after he saw who was a few feet outside their gate. Jay stared at him, smiling as he waved a hand at his beloved youngest brother.
Kronz looked shocked, and then his expression suddenly changed to anger, which confused Jay. “What are you doing here!?” he shouted angrily.
Jay flinched from the unexpected greeting. “Kronz, it's m—”
“I don't care!” he threw a large garbage bag towards him. “Go away!”
“Whoa—!” Jay yelped, barely dodging the thrown projectile. It landed several feet behind him, spilling the contents on the ground. He quickly turned back after hearing that his brother was about to throw him the other one, and he jumped to the side to avoid the bag of garbage. “What the heck!?” Jay clenched his fists, “What is wrong with you!?”
“I told you to go away!” Kronz shouted angrily as he pointed a finger at him. “How dare you show your selfish f*cking face back here!”
Jay blinked angrily, confused as to what his brother was blabbering about. “What the heck are you talking about!?”
Kronz was about to shout at him again, but a voice from inside the house cut him off. “What's going on out there?”
Kronz turned back to the house, and he and Jay saw their father going out of the already-opened front door, but stopped himself in surprise after his eyes fell on his eldest son. “J-Jay...?”
Jay felt a bit of hope that maybe, just maybe, things would clear for him to understand. He was about to say something when a female voice, unfamiliar to him, came out from inside the house. “Honey, what's going on?” Who came out was a female young adult who stopped beside his father, and she stared at him with complete confusion. “Who's he? What's going on?”
Jay gasped in disbelief. W-who the hell is that girl? And why d-did she called dad ‘honey’!? Jay took a step back. He couldn't believe what was happening.
“Jay dear,” a female voice called from behind him. Jay slowly turned around, the familiarity of the voice making him sweat. As soon as he turned, his gaze fell on Claire, smiling sadly at him as she carried a sleeping baby. “I told you seeing them was a bad idea...”
“Normally, I'd disagree to what Claire says,” a new female voice came out. Jay turned to the left and saw Raziel, also wearing a sad smile and carrying a sleeping baby. Behind her was an expensive-looking car, where three of its doors were left open. Inside, sitting on the driver's seat, was her father, the chief. “But she's right. Coming here was a bad idea...” Raziel said as Claire walked beside her, staring at him with a sad smile.
“Jay, maybe we should go home now.”
“H-h-ho-home...?” Jay managed to whisper, his iris already shrunk of fear, and was shaky.
Both Claire and Raziel nodded in unison. “Yeah,” Raziel replied with a sweet smile, “back in the city.”
“Com'on” Claire said, her voice sounded impatient, “you promised the two of us that we'll be going to that new place for our honeymoon!”
Raziel turned to face her. “And remember, I'll get him first.”
Claire turned to her, looking slightly offended, “What?”
“Hey, you were the first to have a turn on him when the three of us were wed. It's my turn now!”
The two females continued their quarrel, unable to notice that they were no longer carrying a baby. Claire was now holding a hill of earth, and on the very top was a tomb, and on the tombstone was his mother's name, written as clear as day. Raziel was now holding a prison cell, where inside was his younger brother Xilfer, lying on the ground, and lifeless. Jay was already lost for breath, his mouth hung open in utter disbelief of what was going on. Everything was happening too fast. Everything that he feared was happening all at once.