Mars POV

The next day I woke up and excitedly awaited for mom, dad, and uncle josh to come get me.

Once they arrived we headed home singing whatever was playing on the radio. I opened the front door and got tackled by Jim, who slobbered all over the floor. But I did miss him. I went to my room and changed into clothes that didn't smell like a hospital.

Josh was cooking lunch and Jenna was gardening, so I went looking for Tyler. I walked into the kitchen to greet Josh.

"Hey Uncle Josh, where's Dad?"

"He's in the living room I think. Wanna try some of these cheesy scrambled eggs? I think I did pretty good!"
I walked over to the island and sat down as a plate is presented in front of me. It was a hard boiled egg, smashed up with a fork, with un-melted cheese sprinkled on top. I looked up at Josh.

"Dude, these aren't scrambled eggs."
He looked at me, offended.

"It's eggs, it's scrambled. Therefore, it is scrambled eggs. You may not like it but I think my egg-making skills are egg-cellent."
He smirked at me as I walked away, knowing a pun war was beginning.

"Dude, is your brain scrambled? Because your cooking is not the best."
I retorted.

"My cooking makes peoples day go sunny-side-up!"

"You know what? Omlettin' you have your moment of pride, wouldn't want to put a crack in your dignity. Just know that you will never beat me, the best egg comedi-hen. That's just what it boils down to."
As I slowly excited the room I hear a faint slow clap and smiled to myself.

I then entered the living room to see Tyler messing behind the TV.

"Hey Dad."
He looked over at me and smiled.

"Hey sweetie! What's up?"

"Oh nothing, just bored. What are you doing?"

"Trying to fix the TV. I wanted to watch a movie with you tonight so I gotta get it fixed."
He sighed and paused for a moment, looking around.

"Hey, look at the coffee table."
I look over and my blood ran cold.

"You see those pliers? Could you hand them to me?"
I looked away from the pliers, feeling sick and disgusted as the sounds of my own bones crunching and breaking replayed in my head. I stepped back, holding my hand over my mouth.

"Sweetie?"
A ringing in my ears started to occur and I placed my hands over them, shutting my eyes. Once the ringing stopped I looked over at where Tyler was supposed to be, only to find my birth father taking his place. He quickly started to walk over to me and I was terrified.

"NO!! NO!! STAY AWAY!! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!! P-PLEASE D-DON'T I'LL DO ANYTH-"
I was screaming at the top of my lungs as I buried my face in my knees, fearing for my life knowing that my birth dad was about torture me to death.
But then I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I quickly pulled away, shaking. I felt it again and realized there was no escape from him.

The ringing in my ear returned and Tyler's voice slowly got louder until I could hear what he was saying.

"Mars? Mars? Can you hear me? Angel are you there?"
I opened my eyes to see that my father was no longer there and Tyler was sitting in front of me, with Jenna standing behind him. I began to sob even harder.

"Come here baby. It's okay princess. You're safe, he can't get you. I'm so sorry, It didn't even cross my mind that a set of pliers could cause an episode. I should've been more careful. But I'm here, I got ya. You're safe."
Tyler and Jenna cradled me for a moment, until I had cried so much that I wore myself out. They carried me to my room and turned on the light.

"Hey kiddo, I know it has been a rough day, but there's one more thing I need you to power through for me, okay?"
I groggily agreed.
Tyler went to the bathroom and came back, sitting next to me on the bed.

"You're gonna wanna look away, I'm changing your bandages. It'll upset you if you see it right now. I'm gonna clean it, put the burn cream we got on it, then give it a fresh bandage. Then you can sleep sweetie."
He kissed my forehead and I turned my head to look away from my arm. I could feel the bandage coming off and it felt so nice and cool on my skin. Dad then cleaned it, put the cream on, and re-bandaged it.

I immediately snuggled in the covers with Jim and fell asleep before my parents even left the room.

A/N:
Sorry if the chapter sucks, just whipped something up bc I havent updated in FOREVER!