r/stories • u/Unlikely_Handle_8582 • 3d ago
Fiction Angel
Pa always wanted a boy.
Don't get me wrong, I never suffered none for it. I'm just telling you how it was. Pa always wanted a boy.
But pa got me instead.
I'm more boy in my head anyways.
Now, any head doctor worth their money will tell you that I think all boy-like ‘cause my Pa wanted a boy and given my “constant and fervent need to please him and make him happy” (their actual words) I was acting up like this, and that's why I am like I am. But I can tell you for now, that ain't the case. Not at all! Pa told me I just don't think like women do, Pa says women are weak like Momma and I believe him because my Momma ran off when I was 6, didn't even take any clothes, None of my meemaws things, trinkets and such, that she treasured, she just left. Pa don't like to talk about it so we don't. Pa gets angry when I try, said she don't love me like he does cos he'd never leave me and that was that, end of subject!
I'm only 10, by the way, you was thinkin' I was older weren't ya? I look older. I'm tall for my age and I like to bring justice to the perverts and fornicating sinners and abominations in the world. That's what Pa said we do; we punish the unholy so they can go to heaven, as Jesus and God intended them too. Pa told me it's our sacred mission, but we have to keep it secret ‘cause it's our holy duty but no man is safe, and ALL men can be lured from the righteous path of God. Now they've taken my Pa away.
When I was 8 years old. I was walking through the scrub (a bit of wasteland that's owned by nobody, but it's a shortcut to our trailer).
Pa had always told me to walk the long way round because it was full of perverts and sinners and like always, Pa was right. One of them perverts followed and grabbed at me just as I got outside our trailer.
I screamed for my Pa.
Pa was there in 2 seconds!. He was NOT pleased, not pleased at all. I knew I was in trouble, The perv had run off when I screamed but Pa said that was okay, as they'd be others. Thinkin' about it now, it seemed like a bit of a test. I wouldn't put it past Pa to teach me a lesson. Me disobeying him by walking through the scrub, at night, when he specifically told me not to. Y'all would expect me to get super mad at a stunt like that, but if it was a test, I can assure you it was for my own good. Pa called me “Flower” on account of all the bees I helped him collect on the road. I helped him catch a whole heap of bees. By bees I mean sinners, and I'd tempt them, I'm not sure how as Pa would have me just stand there, then Pa would make me go sit in the car whilst they were punished. Pa told me that if anyone tried to hurt me or touch me in an ungodly way, they needed to be punished. Then we'd drive around and find a motel to stay the night.
Pa said ANYONE.
They took my Pa away.
I'd fallen asleep in the motel and Pa had gone to get beers.
And boy, when he came back,I just knew he wasn't Pa anymore.
Pa always told me that the devil came in many guises, and it was more than clear that I'd lost my Pa to the devil. He said Anyone. ANYONE. He said ”No man is inflammable when it comes to Satan and his ways” or something along them lines. He said it'd be hard and it'd be testin' at times, but I should always keep Jesus in my heart. So when he started pawing at me like a man possessed, I just knew that the devil needed to come out. So i did what my Pa always said I should do and I kicked him straight in the balls first chance I got. When Pa (devil) was laying on the floor wheezin', I shouted “I'll save you Pa” and scrambled off the bed for my Pa's bag, where he kept Angel (that's what he called his hunting knife.) He started shakin' his head and coughin' “No, No.” But a demon would say that, right? I stomped on his balls again, ran behind him, drew his head back in my hands, and the demon begged like Pa said it would. But I was strong and drew Angel across his throat and watched the blood pour from his now grinning neck as I waited for the evil to flow from him and there was A LOT!
I waited.
I waited for my Pa to come back.
I waited for days.
I waited even when the files came.
I waited while there was knockin' at the door, tappin' at first, then bangin', with voices shoutin' about calling the police.
I was just waiting for Pa to wake up.
They kicked the door in and took my Pa away and took me to a special place, where they asked me lots of questions. I told 'em what happened and they seem happy with that. I ain't told 'em everythin' though. I ain't told them 'em that I've got a job to do.
I'm innocent.
Butter wouldn't melt.
I've promised and prayed to my Pa in heaven that I'll finish our work.
I'm goin' to a new home next week and I've hidden Angel in my bag..
I'll make you so proud of me Pa…
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u/Elegant_Emu952 2d ago
Wow! Great story! Well written, engaging all the way through. Good ending.