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Its two days before Gabriel Richards twenty-fourth birthday. He will celebrate this ‘momentous occasion’, as deemed by his wife, with his wife Claire and his son Gavin. Gabriel doesn’t really care about his birthday, he never has. It has always been ‘just another day’ to him. His wife Claire feels that every birth date and every holiday needs to be celebrated with the ones you love. Gabriel would tend to groan and not care at his wife’s intentions, but since he became a father three years ago he is learning to embrace what life has given him. He’ll celebrate the birth dates and the holidays, because it’s what his wife wants. He’ll celebrate these occasions because it makes his son happy, and there is nothing in the world Gabriel wants more than to make his son happy. Gabriel and Claire grew up in harsh times, both raised in an orphanage they were ignored the love and compassion that parents shed on their children. Because of this the two of them have a cold sense about the world. Except when Claire had Gavin she completely lost that cold sense, she changed and lives every day to its fullest, she became truly happy when he was born. Gabriel changed to, but it’s been a slower process for him and his frigid sense still lingers. He doesn’t care for the outside world, only his family and if all he could do for the rest of his life is make his son happy, then Gabriel would feel content in knowing he has made his son a better person.

Gabriel walks into the front entrance of his apartment building, exhausted and bored. A hard days work has left him lifeless, each step he makes to the fifth floor is more brutal than the last. If he didn’t have his family to look forward to at the top of these flights, he’d probably give up. Gabriel’s heavy black boots stomp on each step as he slowly makes his way to the top, his heavy canvas military gear drapes on his shoulders like someone is pushing down on them. If there is anything in this world Gabriel hates more, it’s being a part of the military. When Claire became pregnant he needed a job quick to provide for his soon to be wife and child. The only resort was the military. As scary and unfulfilling as it was, he continued on because it was a job, it was income. Claire was relatively happy, and so was Gabriel, they fear the day a war breaks out. Gabriel would hate to have to defend his shitty country and leave the two most important people in his life. Luckily for him though, his shitty country isn’t on bad terms with anyone at the moment.

Gabriel reaches the top of the building, his floor, he walks past the doors leading into little worlds on his left and right until he stops in front of the door that leads into his little world. 508. He turns the knob and pushes the door open. Usually he has a small child run to his knees with a hug, but this time it was a scream and a, “Go away!” Gabriel stood there confused as he looks at his wife and son sitting at the kitchen table. Gavin hunched over and clutching something close to his chest and Claire trying to cover the remainder with her hands. “You’re not suppose to be home right now.” Says Claire. “They let me off early.” Gabriel tells his wife with an annoyed look on her face. “Well turn around.” Gabriel turns around and faces the hallway through his open door.

“I know! How dare he. Let me go straighten him out.” Gabriel smiles at the cuteness, he usually hates cute except when it involves the two of them. Claire comes up from behind him and firmly places her hand on his back and pushes him out the door. “Pushing me to the dog house are you?” Upon speaking these words the little voice still clutching the forbidden item to his chest asks, “We can get a puppy!?”

“No!” Claire says adamantly and with defiance. “We’re making you a surprise for your birthday.”

“You better not have seen. You just have to stay out in the hallway for a little while longer. We’re putting on the finishing touches.”

Gabriel wants to turn around and kiss his wife who speaks to the back of his head. He’s never loved another woman before and he’s grateful for that. Growing up Claire and Gabriel were always together no matter what. The caretakers at the orphanage called them the doves because when one was not in the others presence, they acted as if their soul mate had gone away forever and the whole world might as well just end. Even if the only time they were ever separated was for bathroom breaks. They shared their most intimate secrets with one another, always held hands and slept side by side, facing one another and still clutching their small hands. When they got older they got even closer and became even more intimate. It was no surprise these two would be a couple, they seemed to have been in love with one another since their first memory, which probably was of each other. To this day, they still sleep side by side clutching hands and they themselves call one another ‘my dove love’.

As Gabriel faces the doorway he’s pushed out even further and is in the dark yellow hallway. Claire steps out with him and closes the door behind her. Gabriel turns around and kisses her soft pink lips. She pushes him away and puts her finger in his face, he rather ignore the finger and just stare at her bright green eyes.

“No, no, no. None of that.”

“Because when you sweeten me up you get me to tell you things I shouldn’t. This is a surprise and it is staying that way.”

He leans in and kisses her again, then moves his hands into her short brown hair. She tries pushing him away. “Stop that!” but instead Claire moves to the side and Gabriel’s head leans in and hits the door with a mighty thump. “Ow! Dammit.” The little voice from inside the apartment shouts, “Language!” Gabriel rubs his head and Claire hides her smile behind her hands.

Claire smiles at his blue eyes and creeps back into the apartment, and locking the door behind her. Gabriel leans against the door and slides down it messing up his short black hair. He leans his back against the door and waits for those few more minutes to go by. He thinks to himself how he got so lucky with Claire and Gavin. He knew he’d always have Claire, but he never knew their life would become what it is, a family. As Gabriel sits against his door, hearing the little noises from inside of giggling, whispers and small feet running along the hall of his tiny apartment, Gabriel realizes he can wait outside and leaning against his door forever. The ones he waits for inside, the ones he anticipates to see everyday, they’re worth the wait. They’re worth all the time they need to welcome him home in open arms. Day in and day out, they’re all he looks forward to, they’re all that matters to him.

That night he and Claire lie in bed and stare out their bedroom window. His large arms wrapped around her tiny physique, they stare at the harsh rain pelting on their window. They just lie there and watch like they normally do, in silence. They don’t need to share words to keep one another company. Just to be in each others presence gives them a feeling of satisfaction. No conversations need to be upheld, or asking how each others day was. That talk is all discussed by the time he gets home to the time Gavin goes to bed, after that, the romancing quiet consumes their little world. Although they lie awake together for what seems to be ages, it’s the highlight of their evening. When they hug, when they kiss, when they cuddle, the feeling of eternity, It’s all either of them could ask for. But this night, this night will be different. Their time of love without words will be broken, as it occasionally happens sometimes. Claire turns herself in Gabriel’s arms and looks up at him as he towers over her. He looks at her eyes and can tell she has something serious to talk about. Gabriel breaks the silence first, “What is it?” Claire smiles at him and sits up to stare in his face, she reaches over to the side and turns on their bedside lamp and turns back to him smiling. Gabriel look at her curiously, as if she’s up to something, so he breaks the silence again, “What are you smiling about?” Claire takes a heavy breath, puckers her lips and scratches the back of her head moving her brown hair vigorously, “Well, I think we need to talk about something.” Gabriel begins to sit up, but Claire gently puts her hands on his shoulders and lays him on his back. “I need to get in my Bossy-Position.” She swings her left leg over Gabriel and sits on his torso straddling him and staring at his face with queer look on her face. “Your Bossy-Position. What are you up to?” Claire flutters her eyes and takes another heavy breath, “I’ve been thinking about this for a while now. I thought the urge would pass, but it’s not going away. So I’m going to have to get demanding.” Gabriel smirks at her, “You’re always demanding.”

Gabriel can’t say he’s surprised, can’t say he feels like he’s just been hit by a ton of bricks either. He figured this conversation would come up. Claire isn’t the type of person to stop at one of anything. “You think we’re ready for another one?”

“I don’t care if we’re ready.” She says with defiance. This girl wants a baby and she wants one now. Gabriel takes his turn at heavy breathing, he’s not against the idea of another child, but he can’t support another mouth. He disappointingly tells her, “Claire, we can’t afford it.”

“But Dove Love.” She says begging and whining, almost irritatingly. She lies on his chest bringing them face to face. “I want one.”

“I would love another kid, but we can’t support each other and two kids on this shitty income.” Gabriel’s heart breaks as he has to tell his wife no. Claire over exagurates her saddened expression and lays the side of her head on his bare chest. “I want one so bad though. I love too much Gabriel, I have a lot of love in me…if I don’t have another baby this extra loveyness I hold inside me will just go to waste.” Gabriel laughs at his wife, she’s persistant and cute, he knows that she’s not giving up. “Claire, look at me.”

Claire’s head oozes back to his face and their eyes meet. “We can’t afford it, unless I got a better job.” They both know how hard a job is to come by in these trying times. Claire can’t even get a job, and she’s educated. Claire won’t give up and she sits back up onto his torso. “What if…” Claire tries to come up with an idea but is lost for words. Gabriel has a plan, he himself has been thinking about something he wants. “I’m going to have to barter with you.” Claire’s eyes deadlocks into his, what could he possibly barter? “Barter?”

“No.” Claire says no like a reflex, she didn’t even think of the word, it was just there and it was cemented into the room. Good thing Gabriel has a chisel. “Claire, I can’t live here anymore. I can’t be a part of defending this shitty country. There have been talks of a war with Cadia. Claire interrupts with her cast knowledge of news media, “Stop right there, Cadia is in talks with warring with Jordania. Not us, not here. Trust me Gabriel, I am a news conniseur I can tell you of every major event going on, on the East side of the continent. I can tell you what’s going on a completely different continent…even the East side of that one.” Gabriel, being one with the military knows more about wars than media crazed Claire. “Claire, as news privy as you may be. Take it from someone on the inside.” Claire rolls her eyes as Gabriel says that out loud and seriously. Gabriel catches her rolling eyes, “Stop that.” He brings her attention back to him by turning her head gently with his massive hands, “If Cadia invades Jordania, Jordania is calling in favors from three other countries…including this one. I don’t want to be a part of this war. I don’t want to defend this country, or any other country. I don’t want to be a military man.” Claire knows Gabriel would never lie to her, what he speaks is the truth and she can’t have him going off to war. If he died, her very essence would shatter and she would not be able to take care of their son by herself.

“So where do we go? We can’t travel far, and it sounds like the whole West of the continent is going to be up in arms. Plus your brother, we can’t leave your brother.” Claire’s massive wall of no is breaking, but she throws in Gabriel’s brother as an excuse for not leaving. But Gabriel’s brother is the least of his worries.

“My brother will be fine, he’s a grown man. This whole West continent isn’t going to be completely at each others throats. There’s one place that won’t be affected by this war at all.” Claire thinks in her head of all the countries near by and on the west side, but nothing comes to mind, “Where?” She says, “No Haven.” Says Gabriel, calmly but confident, as if he said it with a for sale sign on it. Claire closes her eyes and repeats that name again, “No Haven?”

“I know it’s not the most desirable place, but it’s affordable, their employment rate is massively declining.”

“Claire, I know this is a lot to take in. Seriously though, if we want a better life, if we want another baby.”

“Then we need to move to No Haven.” Claire and Gabriel look at one another as they expect all the answers to fall into place. Claire knows Gabriel is right, she knows that everything he says is true. She sits on him deeply thinking about his proposal, her statuesque pose not twitching once. She just sits there and thinks for a good ten minutes, Gabriel watching her the whole time, he feels he should say something but will let his wife have her moment, she finally breaks her pose, breaks the silence and says, “Ok, we’ll move to No Haven.” Gabriel gently grabs the back of his wife’s head, leans forward and kisses her on the forehead. Gabriel lies back down and Claire returns to his chest with her head tucked under his chin.

From watching the rain on the window to starting whole new lives, Claire has never been more scared, yet happy. But she won’t ever let Gabriel know that she is secretly happy. Gabriel isn’t completely thrilled with this decision as Claire might expect him to be, he’s scared shitless of what they just decided, but he has to be strong for her, Gavin and himself.

No Haven is one of the most dangerous places on the West side of the continent, the population of ‘those things’ that run amok, wreak havoc and kill the innocent is astounding, but if you’re smart, you can survive and live a ‘normal’ life, as normal a life as possible.

When their silence has returned, Gabriel decides to break it again and taps on Claire’s arm, “You want to practice making that baby?” Claire smiles and kisses Gabriel on the lips, “Dove Love. I don’t practice.” They laugh and end their evening before bed on a high note…or higher note.

The day of Gabriel’s birthday arrives and Gabriel and Claire lie in their bed almost awake. Gabriel rubs his eyes and Claire rubs her face on the pillow, she turns her head to the window and sighs, “Happy Birthday Dove Love.” She says with a grin on her face. She brings herself to her knees and kisses Gabriel on the lips.

“Thank you, Dove Love.” They both smile at one another and kiss again. Claire lies back on the bed and Gabriel wraps his arms around her and kisses her ear, when he looks at the foot of the bed he sees two small eyes peering back at him. “Appy Birfday!” Says Gavin as he throws his arms in the air. Gabriel crawls to the foot of the bed and pulls his son up to join him and Claire.

“Presents?” Asks Gavin as he looks at his Mom knowing she’s going to say no.

“Not yet, we still have to have breakfast, then presents.” Claire kisses her son on the cheek and gets out of bed, “I should be starting that breakfast right now.”

“Ugh, it’s a surprise.” Claire says in her valley girl tone as she puts on her home made morning robe. “Do you know what it is Gavin?”

“What is it?” Gabriel asks as he looks at Claire in the corner of his eyes, waiting for her protest.

“No, no, no, no, no. Do not be asking him to spoil these surprises for you.” Gabriel rolls his eyes and speaks to his son again, “Come on, you can spoil at least one surprise for me.”

Claire coldly stares at Gabriel as he avoids eye contact with her. “Does she look angry?” asks Gabriel, “I don’t want to look.” Gavin says as keeps his frightened eyes on his Dad. Gabriel laughs at the poor boy, “You’re a smart man Gavin.” Gabriel kisses his son on the face and lifts him off the bed and starts to walk out of the bedroom, when he passes Claire she punches him in the arm. “I think a fly just flew into my arm, Gavin.”

Gabriel bursts into laughter and Claire can’t help but laugh herself. “You boys are bad.” Claire follows behind them down the hallway and into the kitchen. Gabriel puts down his son and walks over to the coffee table with a gift lying on top of it. “Is this for me?” Gabriel picks it up and shakes it to his ear.

“Put that down!” Says Claire, as she opens the fridge and pulls out a small carton of eggs. “Presents are after we eat.” Gabriel just shakes his head at his wife as she’s in full bossy force this morning. “Not even one present?” Gabriel desperately asks his wife. This whole morning is all an act for the both of them, Claire shows off her disciplinary skills for Gavin, and Gabriel counters it by acting desperate and childish just to excite his son.

“That is your only gift.” Claire looks at the counter in guilt that she was only able to get him the one gift. Gabriel doesn’t care about gifts, he’s thankful just to have his wife and son. “One gift? I think I’m getting spoiled this year Gavin. I think you two are too good to me.” Gabriel puts down the gift on the coffee table and lifts his son up from the ground.

“You don’t want more?” Gavin asks as he is flung over his father’s shoulders.

“Nope, one is more than enough.” Gabriel looks at his wife and reassures that’s it ok there is only gift on the table, she smiles and feels better that she didn’t disappoint. The countering discipline and childish ways takes a turn for the better, reassuring Gavin that it’s ok to only receive one gift. What Gabriel and Claire don’t realize is that Gavin could care less what these two numb skulls are secretly teaching him, he just wants to eat and watch a present being opened.

After their meal, they sit around the living room with full stomachs and Gavin grabs the gift off the table and gives it to his Dad. “Now can he open it?” Claire looks at Gabriel, then at Gavin, “Yes, he can finally open it.”

“Hooray” says Gabriel as he shakes the gift in his hand, “Alright, you ready?”

“Ready!” Screams Gavin, “Go ahead” says Claire. As Gabriel is about to open it the phone on their wall rings, “Stop! Wait, don’t open it yet.” Claire halts the event and walks to the phone. Gabriel, ready to tear at the paper stares at the phone like it should be crushed. Claire picks it up and elegantly flips her hair and speaks into the receiver.

She hangs up the phone and looks at Gabriel, “There is a package for you at the front of the building.” Gabriel’s eyes roll back into his head, “Do we have to grab it now?”

“Yes, the courier is waiting. Put a shirt on and go get it.” Gabriel stands to his feet and Claire tosses him a shirt hanging from a laundry hamper with ‘DIRTY’ written on it in black felt. Gabriel throws it over his head and slips his shoes on. “Who is sending me a package?”

“It’s probably from your brother.” Claire suspects, “He’s coming over later, why not just bring it with him?”

“Maybe he ordered it in, I don’t know, just go get it.” Claire impatiently rushes him, “I’ll be back.” As Gabriel opens the door.

“And don’t open that present!” Claire yells to him as he closes the door. Gabriel still holds the one gift in his hand and decides to take it with him as he walks down the hallway. Gabriel hurries to the front of the building as quickly as possible, but sometimes even if you run to the front door it seems like forever. It’s a very old, very big and very long building. Each floor is identical to the one below it or above it and seems to go on for miles when trekking across them. The anticipation to spend this day with his family is overwhelming, he’s a bit pissed off he has to go receive a package when all he wants to do is open his damn present. Although Gabriel knows what the gift is, he still can’t wait to open it in front of his wife and son. The birthday gift was planned months before his birthday and Gabriel caught on, he knew what rested inside the home made wrapping paper and excitement consumes him now to see the final product.

As Gabriel approaches the front door he sees a big truck and a man standing in front of it and looking up into the sky. Gabriel opens the door and pokes his head out. The man does not notice Gabriel and still looks up into the sky. “Hey!” the man, startled, looks at the front to see Gabriel, “Oh um, Mr. Richards?”

The man picks up a hefty sized box that sits by his feet and walks toward Gabriel with it under his arm. Gabriel opens the door to let the man inside. “It’s not safe standing out there all by yourself, those things will get you.” Gabriel informs the man, “I don’t fear those things, Its the fear that gets people killed by them you know. And I am not afeard” The man says with bragging confidence. Gabriel doesn’t care if this man is scared or not, can he hurry this up? “You need ID or anything?”

The man hands Gabriel a clip board and a pen, Gabriel quickly scribbles on it and passes it back to the man. “Thanks” says the delivery man. He tucks the clipboard under his arm, salutes Gabriel and exits the lobby. Gabriel grabs the hefty package and starts heading back up to his apartment. The delivery man walks outside and looks up again, except he’s not looking at the sky, he is looking at the only opened window out of the mass wall of apartment windows. “Hurry up you fucker.” His eyes sinister eyes linger at the window and he waits, a bead of sweat rolls down the side of his face, what ever is going on is taking longer than this delivery man had expected. As Gabriel makes the long journey back to his little world the anticipation rises, he feels as if his stomach is about to come out his throat…the anticipation turns into uneasiness, but Gabriel can’t figure out why. When he gets to his floor, his pace quickens as he gets to his door, no more interruptions, no more dawdling, it’s time to spend some quality time with his family. Gabriel turns the door knob and swings open the door and his whole world falls apart before his eyes. Gavin will never greet him again with welcoming arms. Gabriel drops the hefty box, his bottom jaw quivers, his eyes don’t blink they open wide and start to swell. He tries to say ‘What the fuck?’ but nothing comes out, all he can make is a tragic noise. He feels as if he’s been stabbed or shot, but no, this is much worse. Gabriel astonishingly gazes at his wife and son sprawled out on the living room floor, dead and bloody. Gabriel looks at their bodies, he doesn’t know what to do, he doesn’t know what’s going on, all he knows is that they’re dead, no question about it. As Gabriel still stands and stares in his state of shock he soon realizes he’s not alone, Gabriel slightly lifts his head and stares at his open window and before him a man with one foot hanging out of it stares at Gabriel. They meet eye to eye, both expressionless. Their eyes study one another for what seems to be ages until Gabriel studies the rest of the man, he looks like some gothic punk, completely dressed in tight black garments, his skin powder white and his hair the blackest Gabriel has ever seen…and at the man’s side he holds a long blade covered in blood. No words are exchanged, nothing can be comprehended on Gabriel’s end, the man calmly moves the rest of his body out the window, he doesn’t take a second glance at Gabriel he just drops from view and is gone. Tears stream down Gabriel’s face as he stands in utter confusion not knowing what to do or what the hell just happened. He left his home for what now seems to be a split second and his family was alive, but now everything is shattered and he stands in his doorway of eternal dismay, his family lay dead before him. Claire’s no longer bossy, and Gavin no longer waits in anticipation. They’re just dead.

Gabriel never knew what to do when he found his family slain, after being cemented in that moment Gabriel turned around and left the apartment. This time, leaving the building seemed a lot quicker. He wandered into the streets and never looked back, he wandered hoping one of those havoc causing ominous things would find him and end his life. Gabriel had no such luck. Everything he did from that moment on was a spur of the moment, he was incoherent, he couldn’t make any sense of anything, the current Gabriel had gone and died and all that remained was the empty shell of a man. Gabriel sobbed and cried as he walked around in darkness. After time passed him by he still had no clue what he had to do, the emptiness consumed him, his sanity and state of mind was gone. The remainder was a broken man whose world was ripped from him in a moment. This was his Birthday, this was suppose to be a day to celebrate with Claire and Gavin. But now he wanders and cries like a lost child in the dangerous world. And ever since then Gabriel has been lost, his empty shell lead him away from that place. Gabriel never stepped foot into that building again, or that country for that matter, his empty shell took control and made his decisions for him in his feeble state. He doesn’t know how it happened but not long after his family’s death, Gabriel ended up in No Haven.

It’s been a year and a half since Gabriel’s life ended, the life where he was happy. He now resides in No Haven. A completely changed person, if you can call him that, he certainly doesn’t. Gabriel is still lost, slightly more coherent but none the less missing. His vacant mind has taken over him and he’s became a quiet, self hating and hidden human being. He now abides his time by having sex with prostitutes, one in particular named Lena. He tends to care too much for her, he invests all of what he is left into her…she thinks it’s love but Gabriel considers himself a pity fuck every time they have sex. Lena is all Gabriel has, she’s the only one he talks to and he keeps her close to him, to protect her, so she isn’t taken away from him. Yet all he feels when he is with her is guilt and disgust for him self. Too much confliction in character consumes his mind, but when he has sex it all goes away and his mind is clear, it just builds up again though and the process becomes a never ending circle. For a while Gabriel wished his life had ended, but now he just wishes he could serve a purpose.

At this moment Gabriel’s life is about to change once again, he and Lena are in The Market Square, the safest place in No Haven where ‘those things’ that lurk in the dark are kept at bay. The Market Square is protected, so citizens of No Haven can purchase their goods and keep the economy up. Gabriel being the careless man that he is has decided to bring Lena here, he plans to have sex with her somewhere in this Market Square, to any other client Lena would object…but she thinks this is love, she thinks this is fun and a thing that couples do. Gabriel holds her hand and walks her through the crowd, dragging her along and dead set on a quiet location. Lena allows her self to be pulled by him and laughs when they bump into people, for her this is fun, but for Gabriel, this is therapy. He needs sex and he needs it with Lena now, his head is taking its toll on his sanity and he needs to release this pent up energy. He doesn’t even try to find a secure spot and drags Lena in between an alley way and behind a few shops. He throws Lena up against a wall and Lena begins to his kiss his lips and giggle into his mouth. They grab each other, continue to kiss, they get prepared. Lena throws down Gabriel’s pants and kisses him again until two bright flashes shine on the two of them. “I don’t fuckin think so folks.” Gabriel and Lena stare into the flashes with squinted eyes, behind the bright flashes stand two No Haven Police Officers. Gabriel steps away from Lena and falls backwards as his pants are down to his ankles, his bare ass hits the pavement and he exudes a noise as if he’d just had an ice cube thrown down his shirt. One of the NHPO’s laughs and puts his foot on Gabriel’s chest, “You dumb ass, get up against the wall and put your hands behind your back.”

The man presses down with his heavy boot on Gabriel’s chest then removes it, Gabriel slightly winces in pain then stands and starts to bring his pants up until the officer puts his boot right between Gabriel’s legs stopping him from covering himself, “No, no. I think we’re going to take you out of here embarrassing the fuck out of yourself.”

“If that’s what you want, I’m not exactly embarrassed though.”

Gabriel faces the wall and puts his hands behind his back, the officer straps some cuffs to him and holds his head against the wall. “Sir, you’re under arrest for indecent exposure in a public area.” He pulls Gabriel away from the wall. “No wait! Please! This is my fault, he’s my client!” Lena protests the arrest.

“No, please! I’ll take the blame for this, he is my client! I’m the irresponsible one.”

“Lena, get out of here. I’ll see you in a few days.”

The Police officer stands before the other officer who holds his baton in his hand. The Police officer holding Gabriel lets go and steps away, “Go for it.” Says the police officer.

“Go for what?” Gabriel’s asks in suspicion, the other officer raises his baton and slams it down on Gabriel’s head, the last thing Gabriel hears before going into unconsciousness is Lena shrieking “No!” Gabriel is carried out of The Market Square and loaded into a van full of other delinquents, the doors close and Gabriel is off to spend a few nights in prison. Little do these people know, an unforeseen event is about to occur and Gabriel will only be in prison for 8 hours.