NEVAEH || SPIDERMAN: ATSV

3

Indistinct conversations could be heard clearly,

She knew people were talking but she couldn't tell who or what they were talking about until,

"Why do you care what she thinks about us?" A male voice asked,

"I'm just saying, she's been through a lot, first, it was her dad" The female's voice answered clearly,

Nevaeh felt her ears tingle,

She opened her eyes,

It was dark,

She looked around, her forehead creased by worry,

"Just let me know if my daughter's alright" A voice yelled,

"Dad?" Nevaeh called out, trying to scramble to the door of the room,

She couldn't even reached the door knob,

She looked at how tiny and chubby her hands were,

She was five,

"Dad" Nevaeh screamed again, clawing at the door,

The doorknob turned and the door opened slowly,

"Vivi" He said as he wrapped his daughter in a hug, lifting her up,

Cleaning her tears with his palm as he kissed her forehead,

She was torn from his grasp and thrown to her mother who was huddled in a corner with younger Naveen and Nyrah clutching unto her like their lives depended on it,

Because it did,

"You've seen your kid, get on your knees" The masked invader growled pushing down the burly man to his knees,

"Don't touch my family" He whispered,

"We're not here for them, we're here for you" the other masked invader stated,

The one who made him kneel placed a rifle to his head,

"NO" Nevaeh's mother screamed,

"Keep shut, woman" another yelled as they hit her in the head with the butt of a gun,

Letting warm crimson blood flow into her face,

The children shivered in fear,

"Amaya" Her husband yelled, legs aching to get up,

"Don't think of it" The man said as he cocked his gun,

"Any last words?" He asked,

The father looked towards his helpless family,

The ones he vowed to protect with his life and if giving up his life was the only way to do so,

He would gladly do it,

"Amaya, Nyrah, Naveen, Nevaeh, I love you all so much, please shut your eyes now" He whispered,

The children shut their eyes, along with their mother,

But one didn't,

She saw the smirk that graced his face when he pulled the trigger on her father,

And watched as his lifeless body dropped to the floor, right in front of her,

She could hear her siblings sob,

She didn't understand what had happened until a few months later,

"Next were the kids at her day school" the female voice continued,

It was a rowdy afternoon,

Nevaeh watched other kids scramble to find the perfect hiding spots,

Some went under tables and chairs, some ran into the makeshift forte they'd built out of pillows,