Stumbled! The kid stumbled through the dreary halls of the dark mansion, clutching onto the teddy bear in her small arms. There were screams and gunshots booming downstairs that grazed her hearing. The kid took small steps pressing the soft warm soles of her feet on the wooden floor feeling it tremble as if an earthquake came. The door was suddenly pushed ajar with a lady rushing inside. The kid peered forth at the hazy face of the woman and instantly leaped forth clinging to her legs.

"Mommy I'm scared" She whimpered stuffing her small face into the warm night robe on her mother's body with her calming scent titillating her nostrils.

The woman grabbed the kid and pulled her up securing one arm around her while keeping a hand on her swollen belly, she looked around the baby's room with tear-stained cheeks and hurried towards the small pink cupboard by the corner. Opening its doors ajar, she placed the small girl in her arms inside the space. The kid whimpered trying to crawl back into her mother's arms yet she pushed her back putting a finger to her lips and signaling the kid to stay quiet.

"Stay in the cupboard no matter what, you hear me?"

The air was thick with an oppressive silence and her mother's hushed tone. Soon punctuated by the creaking of the floorboards as someone ran over it.

The woman closed the doors of the cupboard hiding the children and turned around only to see the door being busted open. Men piled inside. Too many, they spread across the room circling like vultures around the woman who stumbled back instantly to keep her distance. The kid watched this scene with blurred vision from tears, a thin streak of light illuminated her teary hazel orbs.

Dusty chandeliers with turned-off lights glowed in the illuminance from the furnace casting eerie shadows on the bulky men making them look like beasts. The kid watched them barking at her mother while she stood her ground. The guy at the front raised his hand up while the anchor tattooed on the back of his neck flexed in the lights.

A slap echoed in the void and the kid watched the woman fall face first on the floor. A kick lugged forth to her swollen leaving her gasping for air. She whimpered in pain with blood that oozed out of her mouth. Clothes were torn off of her with hard hands gripping her. She was abused brutally, no matter how much she screamed or how she pleaded to spare the life inside her. The hazel-eyed kid only watched the bad men hit her mother while they laid on top of her one by one leaving her to cry and scream. Though she never stopped looking towards the little cupboard with a finger to her lips.

Stay in the cupboard no matter what!

It seemed to go on forever, spiraling down into the abyss.

A heavy feminine gasp rose in the air and Venom jolted woke from the nightmare. And, there it was again, the same nightmare, since childhood. It became hazy but the pain was still the same.

Stay in the cupboard no matter what! The words still echoed in her mind.

Holding her head in the cups of her hands, Venom breathed in and out shakily, forehead glistening with cold sweat beads while she felt her heart race painfully. Not a drop of tear escaped her eyes, not a small quiver kissed her lips and none pained expressions ruled her face. All she did was close her eyes and breathe in deeply to calm the pain in her heart.

It was a never-ending nightmare of her mother's death, that was chipping off of her memory slowly day by day driving her crazy to avenge her before she was forgotten forever. Venom sat back resting against the headboard while her eyes fell over a familiar picture placed on the table.

A slight frown kissed her features before she recognized him. Kim Taehyung! Of course, how can she forget him? Son of my mother's murderer makes him a culprit too. You will suffer it too Kim Taehyung just like me, I will make you see your ancestor's sins. She reached a hand to the picture forth grabbed a hold of it, she pulled it up. Cold eyes they were, even if they looked like warm sunsets, impassive that watched the boy in the picture nothing more than her prey.

The prey she was going to meet today!

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Seoul National University. An environment that was too bright for her liking with so many colors and certainly so many humans. Ugh, what an outland! Venom felt like puking watching the many smiling faces of the college students.

"The principal's office" She inquired to the receptionist feeling edgy in such a colorful environment.

"To the right ...first floor, second room here is a guide brochure of our department if you are interested in applying-... Hey, excuse me, wait-" The guy called after the girl who walked away leaving him in the middle of his sentence. Following the directions, she opened the door without a knock and walked in to see a few people in the room, they seemed as if they were in a meeting. Looking surprised and shocked at the small girl's disrespectful interference, they awaited an apology yet never received one.

"What's the meaning of this?"

"We need to talk" She converged her gaze solely on the old man seated at the principal's desk.

"Don't you have any ethics, Young Lady? Did anyone teach you to knock before entering?" Spoke one of the aged men with annoyance evident in his eyes. Venom didn't even spare a glance at him and strolled towards the one seated behind the table. She held her phone in front of his face, watching utter confusion kiss his wrinkled face now turning a light shade of red, his brows dropped and so did his attitude. The red old face turned pale, now looking like a stale wrinkled radish, He forced a gulp down his throat and handed her back her cell phone.

"We will continue this from here next time... Meeting dismissed" He spoke making the other people start to leave their seats. The door was closed down to leave the two alone now.

"Which class do you want to get admitted to?" Asked the principal converging his focus on the girl who walked around the room staring through the showcase of many medals.

"Kim Taehyung" She muttered.

"Pardon?"

"A student named Kim Taehyung studies here in your college" She turned her head to glance at the old guy.

"Oh Kim Taehyung, Yes, he is one of the best students we got here, a very brilliant student indeed." The principal couldn't help but feel a little proud, he spoke with a proud smile.

"Nerd" Venom mumbled clearly not surprised. Of course, an heir to a Mafia Group would always do anything to look the best, regardless of what place it is.

"Pardon?"

"Put me in the same class as his" Venom spoke while tossing a caramel stick in her mouth enclosing her lips around.

"He's in the second year, I cannot allow you to skip a whole year like this. You need to-"

"I didn't ask for your sincere opinions, I said I want it and you will do it, without a question or delay, I don't like to be denied or kept waiting, it drives me mad, so mad, and you have no right to question me or should I tell father, his dog is being bothersome"

A thick gulp ran down his throat watching the girl walk to him and shove the wrapper of the candy into the pockets of his blazer. She gave a pat on his shoulder.

"Yes, of course, I'll make sure to do it all by myself, just need to input your name" The principal spoke.

"Name, I don't have one that you'll like and what I have you won't want to know" She told with a light smirk crooking the corner of her lips.

"But if you really want then- Oh Ji Ahn, how's that? It was the name of the woman I roasted last week in her own oven, let me tell you, she smelled horrible" The said leaving the old man with wide eyes and a pale face while the girl cackled at the memory.

"Y-yes sure, your admit card and the rest of the documents will be posted to your place"

"Very well then I guess we are done for now, also, one thing for your secure future, try not to meddle in my business, you must know I'm not here to study the pathetic lessons you give, rather-" She could see she didn't have to complete the sentence, his face spoke well how he already got the meaning.

"If you do I will make sure to leave you choking on your insides, Fair well Sire" With a wide smile she left the room while the man sighed in relief wiping the sweat off of his forehead. The girl walked out of the corridor pulling the car keys out of her pocket until she heard some pained whimpers from down the hallway.

Okay! That's like music to her ears, she has always loved it when someone expresses how the pain feels. Halting her steps from going forth she turned them in the opposite direction toward the direction of whimpers.

The dull empty corridor seemed much better to her compared to the rest of the environment, hearing some muffled voices in the rear end, she walked in that direction. Her gaze traveled forth to the bunch of boys beside the lockers with one pinning a boy against the locker door.

"Hmm, bullying, eh? Finally, something interesting to watch" Venom rested on the wall watching the boys until her gaze landed on the one being bullied.

Brown locks fell in his big brown eyes that were covered with glasses, a roman nose, and smeared lips that were quivering in fear. Venom squeezed her eyes thinking as to why he looked familiar, and then it clicked into her mind, the boy in the picture, the one why she came here, the one she was going to destroy, Kim Taehyung.

She crossed her arms over her chest and watched amused by the scenes unfolding in front of her. The bullies started beating the boy throwing kicks at his curled figure on the floor. She felt a satisfying feeling in her heart seeing the boy bruised and whimpering in pain. A nasty smirk crawled up her lips until a voice spoke in her mind.

Isn't that what you should be doing?

Her brow raised with a crook at the thought.

That's your property...only you should be the one to bring him pain.

Oh, shut up...stop destroying the fun. Another voice spoke.

But if they kill him, you won't be able to have your share.

Share? What the fuck, I never share, I always get the whole to myself.

Then what are you waiting for? Go and take what's yours.

Go and claim it.

The thought left the girl to groan and lug forth toward the bunch of boys. Moving her mask back in place, she ran towards the boys charging at them one by one and hurling them flat to the ground, With each attack she felt like feeding the inner beast leaving them all nearly knocked out on the floor. A pained whimper earned her attention yet again, she craned her head back to the one and watched him writhing over the floor.

Pathetic

She thought to herself with an eye roll and strolled towards him opening the door in his life.

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