the {eye} of the {storm} || the blairs

[Ailera]

Kirrily {kb} Blair

Pandora tried, at least. Kirrily's mind was outside when her father began to yell at her sister. Only when she watched their father swing at Zephyr did she bring herself down to the basement. The sound of fist against face, and the thump of Zephyr falling to the floor caused her to flinch - hard. Father was going to go into a rage if they didn't stop soon. Kirrily was torn over whether she wanted her siblings to keep standing up to him or if she wanted them to back down before he went nuts on them all.

It seemed like Father was going to strike again, but Cadmus soon jumped into action. Kirrily watched their father's face grow redder. Then, Cadmus spoke. "They aren't like me and you. For that I am willing to die." More things were said - things clouded by a loud pounding in her head and an ache in her stomach. She might act as mature as she could, but when her family went at each other it still scared her. She would have stood up and run away had her feet not suddenly felt encased in cement.

Cadmus had given their father a sword. He was asking him to fight him. Cadmus was only a year older than her, and she couldn't imagine him being stronger than a grown man. A man with more training, more physical maturity and - frankly, he was probably smarter than Cadmus if he was willing to challenge our father. It seemed like a lost fight already, unless someone stepped in, which was exactly what Cadmus was telling us not to do.

At the moment he said that she began to stand up. She wanted to do it without Zephyr and Pandora seeing her. When she was fully standing up, Cadmus was rearing towards their father. Go ahead and guess who got the immediate advantage. That prompted Kirrily to move faster. No, she wasn't going to put herself between the two - she wasn't that brave, or stupid, or whatever. She bolted the three meters to Zephyr and spoke to him for the first time directly in probably a year and a half.

"Stop them. He'll kill him."

[Traid]

Zephyr {zb} Blair

His eyes shot closed as he fell to the floor from the first punch. It was as if nothing he said worked, and nothing he felt mattered. He was never a hero, even if he thought he might be. He could never stand up to his father and win. Who did he think he was? He was just a young, immature kid.

He opened his eyes to see that the attention had turned from himself to Cadmus.
"They are right Father this fight is over. In fact, I am ready to fight to end your reign over them. They should get the right to choose their own lives. They aren't like me and you. For that I am willing to die."
No! Cadmus couldn't do this. He'd die!

As Cadmus gave his father a sword and took upon his own, Zephyr bit his lip, almost in shock from what was happening. He didn't know what he would do next. He wanted to be a hero for his siblings, heck, even for himself. Though... He did not know how. He just sat there, on the ground, expressionless.

Then, out of nowhere, Kirrily seemed to be in front of him. As her mouth opened, Zephyr did not actually expect words, let alone words directed to him.
"Stop them. He'll kill him."

Zephyr clenched his teeth. He had missed his sister's voice. He then noticed there were tears in his eyes. Whether they were from the pain, from what was going on, or even from keeping his eyes open for too long. He squeezed his eyes together and nodded, clearing his throat and quickly pulling himself up from the ground. He actually did have the strength to be the hero. Kirrily had showed him that.

Zephyr took on a runner's stance, and readied for an opening to lunge at his father. Once he saw it, he went for it. His father turned towards Zephyr as he ran, and Zephyr knew there was going to be pain soon. He tackled his father down by the waist, and they both landed on the floor. Zephyr looked to his siblings, excluding Cadmus first.

"Go! Get upstairs! Please!" He then turned to Cadmus, and only managed to get a few words out before his father was back on his feet. "Cad, I need you. Now!"

Zephyr arrived to his feet and looked at his father. His father was between Cadmus and himself, so there was no way he could defend against both of them. Zephyr lifted the back of his shirt and revealed a knife made out of sharpened rock. He unsheathed it and held it tight.

What would come next would be something Zephyr never wanted, but always knew was coming. Either the death of his father, or the death of one of the children. It was that moment when Zephyr felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He looked down and blood was soaking his shirt. He gasped lightly and twitched. He had ran right into his father's sword during the tackle. It was not too deep, but could easily cost him his life in this situation.

(( For this time and future, I am using red for Zephyr. Not his father. So it's easier to pick out my dialogue))

[ghosty]

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Pandora {pb} Blair

My heart lurches as Zephyr decided to call off the fight, with "Stop." I knew that I had set off a chain of events that would end up with something bad happening. Zephyr continued: "Father! Someone has to be the man of this house. You may think you are, but a man would never pit off his own childre—" At this, Father swung at him, and Cadmus jumped in front of it. What the hell was going on I have no idea anymore.

My younger brother must have lost his mind. Following his jumping antics, it followed with this:  "They are right Father this fight is over. In fact, I am ready to fight to end your reign over them. They should get the right to choose their own lives. They aren't like me and you. For that I am willing to die." I want to shout at him, "What the hell are you doing?!", but no words leave my mouth, my head screaming what my mouth cannot.

The world to me blurred out, trying to  simply process the last minute of my life. Does Cadmus have a death wish? And when the world comes back online, Cadmus was there with a sword, as well as father, fighting. I slowly pinch myself, hoping that this was a nightmare, the worst nightmare in history, but no. This was real, too real. And I see only Zephyr running in, towards father, who turned, sword in tow. And a loud wail erupts from my throat. Zephyr ran into the sword.

I ran over to him, faster than I've ever done before, tears streaming down my face. And then I find my voice. "STOP! You're killing your own family! Plea.. please just st.. stop. Pun..ish me, but don't kill anyone. I started it! Just punish me!" I open Zephyr's shirt. I knew, from then I was out of my league. A hoarse whisper comes from me. "Kirrily, please, I need your help." To be honest, we all did.

OMG I'm soo sorry this took so long