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2 yr. ago
kasuyagi
Today, my little sister woke up missing her eyes
All the test showed no abnormality, except for her skull x-ray missing her eye sockets. The doctors were speechless.
Iris adjusted to her new life, slowly. She took a break from school. Actually, she was always strange prior to this incident. First, she's 10, but could only speak no more than two words per sentence. "Isaac, Hungry." She never showed emotions. I thought she would stopped drawing flowers on everything after the incident. They just got more squiggly.
One day, she drew something different. No more flowers, but 'eyes.' On desks, walls, eyes everywhere. Cleaning them everyday got tiring. Everytime Mom tried to make her draw only in paper, Iris threw a tantrum. She mentioned seeing with those eyes. I suspected. She began to repeat. "Mom, fell." I didn't understand it first. Then, she drew lots of eyes mostly at the stairs. "Mom, fell." And weeks later, Mom fell down that very flight of stairs.
Since Mom's hospitalized, I had to take care of Iris alone. I took all her art supplies. Her mood got worse everyday. One time when I came back from school, the living room was coated in eyes painted by ketchup. But the worst of all, she began mumbling words you shouldn't be hearing from your own family. "Isaac, dead."
I was reaching the limit with this girl. I planned to wait until Mom came back. Right now, I would let her say whatever she wanted.
One night, I bought a lamp, a UV lamp specifically. You know, for a party next week. These kind of lamp reveals stains on your walls. I regretted my curiosity.
Eyes, eyes, covered every single square inches of my house, written by some sort of invisible ink. "Iris! you-" Then, she was there, shrouded in darkness.
"A UV pen? How the-"
As she stepped in the living room, the black light shone on her, revealing eyes, dozens of them, drawn all over her body. They shimmered, especially the largest one on her forehead.
"Isaac, dead" "Isaac, dead" "ISAAC, DEAD!"
She sprinted onto me, screaming. Running across hundreds of glowing eyes in the room. Pushed me over the couch. I tried to run, but she grabbed my ankle. I fell.
"ISAAC, DEAD!" "ISAAC, DEAD!"
"Y-You monster! Let me go!"
I looked at her. The eyes on her was brighter and brighter. And then, The whole room was lit, followed by a loud bang.
Iris still pushed me down. I turned my head. Half of the living room was destroyed. As the dust cleared out, something large in the middle of the room. It was a truck, crashed in through the front door right where I was standing before.
Then, my face felt a splat. Clear water dripped from each of the painted eyes on Iris.
Her voice trembled, repeatedly,
"I-Isaac... safe.."