Chapter 18
The door creaked slowly open, and I paused my CD as I looked up at the figure in the doorway.
“Tom- you OK?”
“I... I dunno...” Tom stepped towards me, and for some reason I took a step back. “Bill?”
“Sorry... I... I dunno what happened there...” I let out a giggle, that sounded more nervous then I actually was. I knew perfectly well why I had stepped back- the knife in Tom’s hand that he was holding behind his back. I could see it in his shadow... And that was when I realised Gustav was right...
“Bill... Can you come here a sec? I... I need to tell you something...”
“I’m right here- how about you just say it?”
“No- it’s kind of a secret...” Tom almost sounded confused, as if he didn’t know what was going on.
“Tom? Are you alright?”
"Yeah...just come here so I can talk to you..."
"There's no-one going to be stood on a ladder outside my window! Why don you just... tell me, Tomi?"
"Like I said... It's a secret..."
"Are you sure you're alright? Tom? Tomi?” I let out a slight yelp as he pulled the knife slowly out from behind him, and Toms eyes opened as he stared at me coldly.
“I killed them...Every last one of them...And guess what..... You're next, Billy...”
“What’s gotten into you?!” I yelled, terrified. “First Veronica, then Gustav... Georg... Andreas... It was YOU?!” Tom nodded slowly at my words, and the next thing I knew he had thrown his head back and was laughing.
“You stupid naive twat- you didn’t once suspect me?” Tom stared straight at me, a maniacal smile decorating his face. “Of COURSE it was me! When the cops arrested you, I had thought about turning myself in... But I thought ‘no, fuck it- he can get out of it...’ And where do you think you’re going?” I stopped edging towards the door behind him, and gulped as Tom intentionally closed it. “You’re not going anywhere...” That was when I made a break for it, barging my brother to the ground as I flung open my bedroom door, slamming it shut behind me. I held the handle tightly as I heard Tom on the other side bashing at the wood, then I felt him trying the handle. I gripped it as tightly as I could as my brother yelled insults through the thick maple, causing tears to stream down my face as the handle moved more and more against me. I released the handle and charged down the stairs as I saw Tom leave, walking slowly and with purpose. Suddenly, I found myself flying head over heels down the staircase, the sharp stabbing pain in my ankle as I hit the floor making me realise it was either twisted or broken. Stupid fucking heels. I looked up at Tom, approaching menacingly, and began crawling along the floor, dragging myself towards the front door as I screamed, well aware of blood tirckling down the left side of my face...
“Nowhere to run, Billy...” Tom spoke slowly, and I whimpered as I clawed at the front door, one of my nails snapping as I tried to carve my way through it.
“Gott... HELP ME!” I screamed as my other hand managed to open the letter flap, the cold breeze that hit my face taunting me... I was so close to freedom.... That was when I felt it, the sharp steel driving into my flesh on my back, and I shrieked in agony. Tom simply laughed, and I tried desperately to fight him off, turning and batting the knife away with my bare hands.
“Tomi... Nein... bitte... HALTE!” I felt the knife pierce me once more as I desperately attempted to defend myself, well aware of my hands getting cut to ribbons. I screamed as my twin plunged the knife into my abdomen again, the caring brother I had known being replaced by this... monster. I punched him the face, and clutched at my wounds before he came snarling back at me, repeatedly just stabbing at me with the blade in his hands, his familiar face contorted with a look of rage and disgust. It was almost as if, in these few seconds, he hated my very existence...The knife went in again, and as the steel was withdrawn, I coughed painfully, blood spurting out of my lips and onto Tomi's white T-shirt. "Nein... Tomi..." I whispered, trying desperately to reach the brother I knew... Just as he laughed and drove the knife into me again, one of the windows smashed, and police officers charged in, knocking my twin to the floor...