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PSYCHIC MALEVOLENCE

Written by, RX Cadena

Illustrated by, Mystic-San

Chapter I

[Prologue]

"Why were you expelled!?" Merlynia's father demanded angrily.

Merlynia sat in her chair, confused. She had just been sent home with an expulsion notice from her Elementary School, and she has no idea why she had been expelled nor did she know why her father was angry with her.

"I don't know. I was called to the principal's office and they told me to call you to come pick me up." Merlynia replied.

"What did they tell you!?" Merlynia's father demanded.

"They just told me to call and to give you this." Merlynia replied taking out the envelope she was given.

Her father took it and opened it to read the letter inside with Merlynia's mother.

Merlynia waited patiently for her parents to finish reading the letter when the doorbell rang.

"Merlynia go see who it is." Merlynia's mother said.

Merlynia got up and hurried to the door to who it was. She peeked through the curtains of the windows that were at both sides of the front door, and saw a familiar man standing there dressed in green camouflaged uniform.

She knew who it was, although she's never met him in person, she's seen pictures of him in family photo albums. His name was Robert Gaias, her uncle, and it would appear he's finally come back home from overseas.

Robert noticed Merlynia and stared at her for moment then recognized her and smiled as he waved hello; Merlynia waved back then opened the door.

"Who is it Merlynia?" her mother demanded.

"Hey, Merlynia, do you know who I am?" Robert asked as he knelt down.

Merlynia nodded, "You're my uncle." She replied.

Merlynia looked past Robert and saw her cousin, Tomas Gaias with her aunt, Sara Gaias who waved hello Merlynia.

"That's right." Robert replied as he messed with her hair.

The last time Robert was here Merlynia was just a baby, he was surprised that Merlynia knew who he was.

"Are your parents home?" Robert asked.

"Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Robert is home!" Merlynia announced as Robert walked in behind her.

Merlynia's parents didn't reply, they only stood at the dinner table with a grim look on their faces.

"Wow, hello to you too!" Robert said walking over to greet his brother and sister in law.

"Hey, big bro." Merlynia's father replied still with an upset look in his eyes.

"Come on man, loosen up, what's wrong?" Robert asked hugging his brother.

"See for yourself." Merlynia's father replied pointing to the expulsion letter.

Robert looked at Merlynia and then the letter.

"What happened?" Robert asked picking up the letter.

"I'll tell you what happened. My daughter's a freak, that's what!" Merlynia's father said looking at her with disgust.

Robert shot a look at his brother then realized what he was talking about.

"Hold up, that's your daughter, why the hell are you calling her a freak!?" Robert demanded.

"Because that's what she is, you think a human can read people's minds?" Merlynia's father replied.

"She's still human, she's just different." Robert said.

Merlynia watched as Robert and her father argued, scared and confused; why was her father calling her a freak?

"This is not her fault! This is the school! They got a prejudice bullshit problem here, and you need stick up for your daughter!" Robert scolded.

"You're not her father! This discussion is over!" Merlynia's father shouted back at Robert.

He stomped over to Merlynia and grabbed her hair by the top of her head.

"To my room, now!" he demanded.

Robert grabbed his brother's shoulder, then looked at his wife and kid.

"Sara, you and Tom go wait in the car." Robert said.

Robert's wife, stared at the scene unable to believe what she was witnessing, but she obeyed, nodding slightly then took young Tomas out the front door to the car parked outside.

"Let, go, of her, now." Robert ordered a killer look in his eye, a look he only had when he was face to face with his enemies.

Merlynia's father still kept a grip on Merlynia's hair who was holding onto her father's hand scared, afraid, and confused of what was going on.

"This is my, family not yours!" Merlynia's father growled back.

"Maybe, but I'm not going to stand by and let you hurt her." Robert said. "You think our ancestors would approve of what you're doing?"

"Screw our ancestors, I'm sick and tired of hearing about them! They're a thing of the past!" Merlynia's father replied.

Robert looked at his brother in disappointment.

"Let go of her, right now." Robert ordered tightening his grip on his brother's shoulder.

The two brothers stared into each other's eyes in a standoff waiting for the other to make a move.

Robert saw a flash of red come over his eyes and looked to see his sister-in-law had gotten out a tazer and was pointing it right at him!

Robert quickly assessed the situation, two hostiles, and one innocent child, Merlynia. The Veteran could see Merlynia's face was full of fear and pain from her father's tight grip on her hair, and so Robert decided to take action. He pulled his brother in closer and got him into a choke hold causing him to release Merlynia. Robert then used his brother as a meat shield to block the incoming taser.

Merlynia's father yelled out in pain as thousands of volts of electricity shot through his body. Robert grabbed the wire that connected his brother to the tazer, and yanked it, ripping the wires from the device.

Robert then gave his brother a powerful push kick to his back, knocking him to ground and sending him sliding across the floor to his wife's feet.

Now enraged, Merlynia's father got up and charged at Robert. He swung at Robert, but Robert caught the punch and slugged his brother across his face knocking him back.

Merlynia's father then grabbed a chair from the dinner table and threw it at Robert with all his might, but Robert caught it and sent it right back at him knocking him down to the ground.

Merlynia's mother rushed to the kitchen to call the police as her husband and Robert brawled; Merlynia retreated in fear behind a couch as the two men fought. Chairs were knocked over, and furniture was toppled over or destroyed while Merlynia watched her father and uncle's grizzly street fight with frightened eyes.

Robert received a hard punch to the face from his little brother but didn't flinch. In comparison to the other soldiers Robert has sparred with, his little brother was nothing; his brother trying to distance himself from the family legacy didn't help either. Robert returned the favor with a punch of his own, cutting his brother's eyebrow.

Merlynia's father touched his eye brow and looked at the blood on his fingers then charged at Robert, now even more enraged.

Robert put his left arm up to block then countered with a quick punch to the face with his right fist. As his brother went down Robert's sister in law jumped on his back and held him in a choke hold.

Robert kept his balance as his brother got back up to take advantage of the opportunity. Merlynia's father threw a punch Robert's way, and Robert countered by quickly reaching back pulling his sister-in-law's head over his shoulder and into the path of his brother's punch.

Merlynia's father punched his wife in the temple of her head, and knocked her off Robert, and Robert followed through by striking his brother with an upper cut in the chin using the palm of his hand.

Merlynia's father lost his balance and fell backwards on the ground; Robert turned around to face his sister-in-law as she got up.

"You just hit a woman!" she said hoping to use her gender to her advantage.

"No, I just hit a negligent parent." Robert replied.

Robert turned around and blocked a sucker punch from his brother, Robert then pulled him in and threw him towards Merlynia's mother.

Merlynia's father shot a look at Robert then got up and went for a table drawer and pulled out an M9 Berretta.

"No Richard drop it!" Robert shouted drawing his .45 Glock 18.

Both men took aim at each other as Merlynia's mother dove for cover, and then two gunshots went off.

Robert stood there frozen for a moment with his weapon in his hands, after a minute he looked at his brother, and realized what had done; what he had to do. Blood was splattered on the wall behind his brother as he collapsed to the ground and laid on the floor motionless.

Robert looked around and saw Merlynia hiding behind the couch, he could see the trauma and fear in her tearful eyes; Robert lowered his weapon and put his hand up.

"Shh, Shh it's okay, it's, its okay." he said stepping back. He came to a chair and sat down in shock; blood was on his uniform where he had taken a bullet to the chest.

Robert dropped his Glock and held his head in his hands to hide his face. A moment later Houston Police came through the door.

"Houston P.D.!"

"What happened here!?"

"Dispatch I need an ambulance, at Elk Spring Drive! I got a man here that appears to have been shot."

"Are you okay? What happened here?"

"Ma'am I need you come with me, are you hurt?"

"This guy's gone, he's dead."

"Sweetie it's okay, you're safe now."

Merlynia stayed hidden behind the couch crying, even as police gently escorted her outside she remained unresponsive, she was too far lost in her trauma to answer any of their questions.

The only answers they got was from her mother who shouted, "Look what you did! You little Psychic bitch! You got my husband killed!"

[Author's Note]

Sorry about my inactivity lately, been working hard to make sure my book, Psychic Malevolence was all prepped and ready to go for launch. Now that I've released my Light Novel, I'll continue with Pandora's Box when I get the chance, so happy to see how much you guys enjoyed this story, right now I'm still brain storming how to advance the story but I'm not done with Pandora's Box yet! Thanks for reading :)