Fades To Black

Glass shatters.
Kids scream.
Footsteps pounding,
on the thin wooden floor.
A man shouts.
He orders.
He controls.
This was a castle,
and he was the king.
But now,
someone had overthrown,
the rule of this man.
They were through with being scared.
A woman,
shields her little ones.
The terror,
was far from being over.
"Stop."
She commanded.
"Think of our kids."
A gun was loaded.
He put his finger on the trigger.
"Sit down."
He growled.
"Or it's all over."
She lunges for the gun.
A bang is heard.
She cries out,
as she sees blood,
a child's blood.
There are 5 bullets,
in the small chamber.
Each bullet has a name on it.
He's out for blood.
"1 down, 4 to go."
She scrambles for a knife.
But before she can reach,
another bang.
Another child falls,
2 small cries are heard.
She grabs the knife and crawls,
But another shot is fired.
"3 down, 2 to go."
She raises the knife,
another bang.
She feels a tearing inside.
A warm, slick liquid,
slowly running down her body.
A burning.
The knife clatters to the floor.
A child trembles.
They see their mother's glassy eyes.
They see their father's cold stare.
They lunge for the knife.
They plunge it into his chest.
The gun falls.
He falls.
The child looks around.
All they see,
is bloodshed.
They are alive,
but all others,
are gone.
They sit in the blood,
pull out the knife,
and slowly slash their wrists.
For what is the point of living,
when all family is gone,
and there's nothing to live for?
So they lie back,
and they slowly watch their world fade,
fade to black.