User:TheWimp

As humans, most of us have the instinct to protect the things we love. Or at least, that's what Sam's mother always told him. When he was three, he noticed his father started to act differently.

In summer afternoons ,instead of swimming in the pool with his mother and him, he would sit on the porch staring at them. Sam notcied this, when the new neighbor moved in. His sister, Mary, told him Daddy was jealous of the new neighbor, so that's why he acted that way.

One October evening, when Sam was five, his mother and father had an argument. "You're diffrent ,John! All you want to do is stay inside!" His father sat on hus favorite chair staring at the window. "It's for your own good Wanda." "Is it because of Todd?" Todd was the new neighbor. "No, it's never been about Todd," he said calmly. "Then what? WHAT HAS CAUSED YOU TO ACT THIS WAY? HU? IS IT BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID OF 'THE EVILS OF THE WORLD'?" His father looked at her shocked. "How did you-" "You talk in your sleep, John. There is evil everywhere, you just have to learn to live with it."

He shook his head and grabbed his head in agony. Sam watched behind the door, worried about their argument. His father screamed, "NO! NO! I'LL PROTECT THEM!" His mother stared at him as if he had gone mad. He yelled once more and left the house in frustration mumbling things Sam couldn't understand.

He didn't come back. They found his dead body hanging from a tree. Carved into the tree were the words Family is Everything.

The Hendersons moved to a diffrent town after that, Sam not knwoing where his father had gone. Everything was oaky for a while. Wanda Henderson raised her happy children Sam, 7, and Mary, 12, Henderson.

Everything changed one morning when Sam woke up with a memory. A memory that was forgotten. The memory of a man yelling. His father. He asked his Mom where his father was, but she didn't have the heart to tell him he had committed suicide.

A couple of months later, Sam acted diffrently. He wouldn't play at school with other kids. Instead he'd follow Marry around. Everyone in school thought he was a little creepy. He'd stare at trees during recess and wrote all over his note book "Family Is Every thing."

When summer came, little Sam would sit on a chair and stare at this mother. "Sam why do you do that?" "Do what?" "WHy do you stare at me all day? Why don't you go outside or do something else?" He stared at her with innocent eyes and said, "Family is Everything." At that point, Wanda Henderson was done with her son. "WELL FAMILY ISNT EVERYTHING OKAY? DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? IM TIRED OF YOU SAYING THAT STUPID PHRASE OVER AND OVER AGAIN! GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!" The little boystared at his mother with confused eyes. "Family isn't everything?" She glared at him. "No." He smiled a big smile. "Okay ,Mommy." He walked outside and Wanda relaxed. After a while, she felt bad about yelling at him and went outside. He was no where to be found.

They reported him missing to the police and Wanda waited for news of her son. It was around midnight, when she heard her door open. "Sam?" She called out. No answer. She grabbed a knife frim the kitchen. She quietly walked to the living room and saw the door opened. She felt a shiver runndown her spine as she heard a wierd groan. "Mary?" The groan seemed only in her mind. Her eyes widened as she realized the groan was getting louder, but it sounded only in her mind. Sort of like when you're hearing music on earphones. "MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!" "FAMILY IS EVERYTHING! FAMILY IS EVERYTHING!" Sam yelled. The groans stopped but now seemed unreal. Wanda questioned if she even heard them.

She hugged her son. "Sam why did you leave?" He sniffed and said, "Family is everything." Wanda got pissed. "FAMILY ISNT EVERYTHING! STOP THIS NONSENSE, I AM TIRED OF THIS! " She sent him up to his room and called the police to tell them that her son was back. They said they wanted to talk to him ahd would be there by morning.

Wanda went to bed without thinking of Sam or Mary or John. In her dream, she stood in an empty white room. She turned and and the moaning started again. With every moan, she felt her sanity slip from her. Every moan brought pain to her. Every moan was like dieing, but right before you were put to rest, you suddenly had the power to survive a little more.

She woke up screaming, "MAKE IT STOP! MAKE IT STOP!" Sam ran into her room and said, "Family is . . . " Wanda felt like she was being saved somehiw with those two words. But the moans were still there, driving her to insanity. A voice rang in the room. It sounded like shreaking and screaming in a small whisper. "But remember, she said it. Family isn't everything. You are no longer their savoir. " Sam nodded and the moans consumed her.

Suddenly she felt like she wanted to destory herself. Like nothing would please her more, then to stop existing. She clawed at ther eyes until the only thing left in her sockets was blood. She found her nail cutter ajd cut at her tongue until it finally fell off. She twitched on the floor in a puddle of her own blood. "Now, your sister. We can do this the easy way, or my way. I'll give you the power to decide." Sam stared at his mother sadly and said, "Easy." "Wise choice." Sam stood up and walked to his sister's room where she stared at him with frightened eyes.

"What happened? I heard mom screaming." Sam said, "Family is everything." "What?" Mary felt a hand on her shoulder and suddenly felt tired. "I . . . Tired . . . Sam." She fell into an eternal sleep and Sam sighed. "Why did we have to do that?" He felt a hand in his shoulder and saw the person who'd done all of this.

She was a tall lady with dark black hair. She wore a dark wet dress that was torn by the bottom. She wore a small frown and had deep dark eyes. "Families are no longer caring. It's all greed now. But remember Family Is Everything." She patted his head and snapped his neck. She stared at her corpses. "I hope I made you proud, papa."

The next morning, the family's corpses were found hanging on the same tree, even though it was located 300 miles from the Henderson's residence. The whole family hung on the tree. John, Wanda, Mary, and Sam Henderson.