Hellbents
Chapter 20: Impulsive

The memory begins with a gate and a cloudy sky, when it snows heavily, the white mound reaches the ankles. There, the 5-year-old stood still for hours.

The girl doesn't remember who brought her here, how, and why. The only thing that was ingrained in his mind was the prohibition not to move from where he stood, if not wrong he accepted it on the grounds of a slippery road because of the ice sheet. He also remembered the gloves and the ugly knitted wool that had faded.

His memory continued to upset the orphanage director who finally opened the gate, "One more to take care of," he recalled.

His little hand was squeezed so hard that it crumpled, but he did not cry or scream, because he knew his strength was still not comparable to that of an adult, he would look for another way. She kept quiet as she followed the thin woman with the thick makeup, a stranger, who practically dragged her body down the snowy path towards a large but rickety house.

Once inside, it was abandoned. In the middle of the large living room, other children began to approach him. A boy bigger than her suddenly pushed her down. The boy and his lackeys hiding behind the wall immediately laughed out loud. He looked up, looking directly at the eyes of the boy who stood arrogantly before him, which even made the boy turn furious. "What?! Don't look at me like that or I'll hit you!"

So he got up, only to be pushed again, they grew more and more dark.

The next thing happened very quickly. He jumped to attack, the boy stumbled on his own leg until he fell.

The situation had in an instant turned around.

He had realized that the energy from his arm would not be enough, so he looked for a weapon, grabbed by a glass ashtray on the guest table.

Soon blood, teeth, blood again, then eyeballs.

He vaguely recalled the screams behind the wall. The only thing he could see was red. He did not even realize that the pool of pool that pool also came from his own hand which was exposed to shards of ashtray glass that he was still holding.

The incident ended when the orphanage director returned again, hitting the back of his head with a broomstick, rendering him unconscious.

Then, the next memory begins again with a gate and a cloudy sky, this time a pile of snow covered half its calves. A different orphanage.

However he still had not retaliated to the director in the previous place. At least let him put bleach into the old woman's morning coffee.

Impulsivity is an automatic reaction that occurs if the girl feels in danger or has been hurt by someone, all this time her spontaneity keeps her from oppressors who view girls like her weak and helpless, but that doesn't mean he's also away from trouble.

At the orphanage that has been to so many times, he finally met Lexa and ... Alex.

Lexa and Alex are fraternal twins. Lexa, who is female, has a weak body and is often sickly, but very smart. Lexa often spends time in the library, reading complicated books that even adults would find difficult to understand. From Lexa too, she learned to read, count, and other sciences that she absorbed like a sponge.

He was also taught to understand humans.

Understand in the sense of knowing the expressions they are trying to hide, the original intentions when speaking and approaching them, as well as the nature of when they behave.

The twins help him to hold back, control his response, and avoid problems even before they happen.

Lexa tells one of the impingements when her emotions are turbulent, which is to calm down by listening to music, but not enough, Ava sings loudly, yelling instead, since then she is also named Ava, which means sound in Persian, and like a free bird in English.

Ava, his first name.

Being a child is not easy, a lot of which makes Ava upset. Many adults underestimate him before he proves himself. Amongst the triad, Ava is the one that causes the most problems.

But at one time he was grateful to be blessed with a body that moves automatically according to instinct.

At that time the new director was finally appointed to replace the director of the orphanage who was elderly, but the new director immediately made him uncomfortable.

Ava, Lexa, and Alex were in the library when suddenly Lexa was called alone to the director's office. Although Lexa was weak in stature, but she had the most mature character among the three of them, as well as her mindset. Ava had seen a dark look that she rarely saw on Lexa's face.

"Alex, follow me quietly, Ava too. But never go near the window" Lexa said seriously. Maybe because of the bond of twins, Alex immediately understood, but Ava just went along at that time, did not really understand what it meant.

The three of them climbed the stairs to the 3rd floor, turned towards the hall on the right, then stopped in front of the double door of a large mahagoni on top of which had a wooden plaque inscribed with 'Director'. Lexa opens the door, while Ava and Alex peek through the abandoned crack on purpose.

A few minutes passed, at first Lexa and the new director spoke naturally, although he only heard small pieces of their chatter. But not long after the new director raised his voice loudly, Lexa still replied calmly. But the new director apparently did not like the calmness shown by the girl who was much younger than him, his face was flushed red. Not long after, the man stood up, circling his desk with heavy steps.

Lexa's hair was grabbed, her body then thrown to the floor. The director then forcibly tore the green shirt with the frog Lexa was wearing, as well as the legging pants.

Ava ran, but Alex was even faster.

The boy had already kicked the side of the new director's body, though the fat man did not move from his position. A body weight that was clearly five times greater than his own weight would not be affected by such a kick. But it was enough to shock the opponent.

Ava instantly picked up the iron stick used to set the bonfire by her side, the sharp end of which was stuck on the bastard's neck.

Blood gushed, soaking the floor and hitting Lexa's face and clothes that were still torn. Lexa immediately stood up, took out a piece of tissue from the box on the director's desk, wiping away the red liquid she had on her body. Lexa also rubbed the hard grip on Ava's iron rod, completely ignoring the moaning and desperately wanting man still to breathe through her hollow throat.

"Let's take a shower" Lexa finally said.

That was their first murder.