• Life is like an orange sometimes. You work to get that peel off cause you know there's gonna be something tasty under it all. And then when you get to the orange you find that it's bruised and gooey and not what you thought it would be.
    I tried to kill my brother Freddy. I remember the feel of the knife in my hand quite well. And I remember the look of fear in my brother's eyes when I was gonna kill him quite well. And I remember all the feelings I felt when I ran away from him and changed my name for three months quite well.
    The nights had been growing darker and the days shorter but I figured that was the transition from summer to fall. I had been getting to know the people around my apartment more. There was John who always knew when a good bar was open. Then there was the landlady who always invited everyone in the building to her fancy parties. And then there was the girl who lived next door who you would look at and say “Wow I should ask her out sometime.” but never would.
    I had the whole day planned out. I would go and get a few drinks with John. Go and ask the girl next door to a party. Go to the party that the landlady invited me to. And then go home and say goodnight. Then the phone started ringing. I play out that moment in my head wondering what would have happened if I had left and just let the phone ring.
    But I picked up the phone and then I heard a voice that I hadn’t heard in years. “Timmy this is Jessy your little sister." She said. "You better get your butt back home now and bring Freddy’s too. Mom and Dad are gonna kill you two.”
    “Well I’ll tell you something Jessy." I said with a bit of frustration "I’m not gonna go home for once. And I’m not gonna do what you say for once. And I’m not gonna put up with your”
    click
    “Did ... did she just give me an order and hang up?"
    I should have stayed home, I should have done what I planned. But my sister is very persuasive. So I went looking for Freddy in the most obvious place I could think of, the Monastery. So I geared up and headed out. I got to the Monastery and it was easy to sneak past the guards. Then I got to Freddy’s old room to find that a newbie was living there. So I sucker punched him and snuck him outside. I asked him where Freddy went and he said that Freddy left three months ago. So I checked the second most obvious place, home.
    I got a mile outside my parents house when I saw Jessy and Freddy standing in the middle of the road.
    “Your late.” said Jessy.
    “Of course I’m late." I replied."You sent me looking for Freddy and then went and found him yourself. What was the point of that?”
    “Will you two shut up I already have a headache and your not helping. Now let’s go talk to Mom an Dad.”
    I then realized that Freddy had always been the peacekeeper between me and Jessy. And then I noticed it.
    “Hey since when do Mom and Dad leave the lights off, during the middle of the night, when they’re expecting guests?”
    We then ran to the house top speed. Freddy kicked down the door. We then saw a nine foot tall demon with red skin and horns sucking the life out of Mom. Dad was dead in the corner.
    “Ah you’ve arrived, good. Oh I’m sorry, am I making you uncomfortable?” he then changed into a six foot tall muscular man.
    Freddy screamed and charged with his machete and claws. The demon danced around them as if it were a game.
    “This no longer amuses me.” it said after awhile.
    He then picked up Freddy and tossed him straight through the wall. I threw some shurikens at it while Jessy pulled out her M-16. He dodged them just as easy as before. Then Jessy started unloading and the demon caught all of the bullets.
    “I’m sorry little girl are these yours?” It laughed.
    Jessy then became enraged and threw her knife at it’s head. It caught the knife and tossed into her right leg. Then we heard the sound of an engine starting. Freddy flew through the hole in the wall and shot an arrow into it’s shoulder. He then continued his charge. But the demon quickly intercepted Freddy and grabbed him by the neck.
    “Ow.”
    Snap.
    The demon turned Freddy’s neck to the right and then ... snap. Jessy started shooting again but the demon back handed her straight out the door.
    “Who are you?” I asked.
    “I’m the one you killed five years ago to become a full fledged assassin.”
    “NINJA!!!”
    “IT’S ASSASSIN AND YOU KNOW IT!!! I was just at work and then suddenly I have a shuriken in my skull. Now I don’t get to go hang out with friends or go to parties or have dinner with my wife. So I asked around the afterlife and some people helped me get my revenge. And now you die!!!”
    It then picked me up and started absorbing all the energy I had left as if he was eating my soul.
    Then I saw three long thin blades go through the demons chest. It screamed in agony and then said “I’ll be back for the rest of it.”
    I didn’t know what he meant but what I did know was that Freddy was still alive and I needed to get him and Jessy to a hospital.
    I got the knife out of Jessy’s leg and then we lifted Freddy and got him to a hospital a mile away. The doctors treated Jessy’s knife wound ok but they said Freddy was going to be in a coma for at least three months and if he didn’t wake up in six it would probably be too late.
    So I went home and decided to have my perfectly planned day.
    I went and got drunk with John, had a bar fight, asked Rose (the girl next door’s name is Rose) if she would join me for one of the landlady’s parties which she said yes to, then I made a fool of myself in front of everyone, then after being slapped by Rose I went home and went to bed. I had no real motivation to get up after that.

    A perfect day.