The Babysitter - Garycato (Final Space Fanfic)

Chapter 7

CRASH

The sound of broken glass.
His mom had thrown another bottle towards the wall as she gripped his father's uniform tight.
Her face was stained with mascara and tears but her eyes remained as cold as ever once she say the boy.

Slamming the door on the boy's face, she went back to mourning her ex-husband's death.

"Mom?" He called for her as he heard more crashing within his father's old room.
He waited.
After all he had nothing else to do.

His father was gone, all that was left was his mother.

As night drew closer, the boy finally heard the door open, reavealing his swaying mother- showing an expression other than her usual cold stare

"I wish you were never born"

Hate

SLAM

Gary woke up with a start. His back and neck hurting from sleeping on the floor, his gaze still blurry from just waking up.

Stomp

Stomp

Stomp

Gary froze. He heard heavy footsteps stop in front of his door. He hadn't yet opened the shop yet there was someone here.

Oh no...did he have to pay rent? ALREADY

Knock knock knock

Gary thought about pretending to sleep. He took a glance at his bed, seeing Little Cato stirring in his sleep.

KNOCK   KNOCK   KNOCK

This time Little Cato woke up, mumbling a "what's going on" with his eyes still closed.

Gary waited, staring at the door.

There was silence and Gary felt himself sigh in relief, laying back down before

SLAM!

Little Cato's hair stood up as he jumped high in the air from the sudden sound. Gary sat up, seeing the door open and a a shadow zooming straight for him.

"Ugh-" Gary grunted as he felt a weigh on his throat, his head slamming back onto the pillow.
Above him, was the Ventraxian from last night, strangling him in his own home. Gary tried to grab his hand, feeling his lungs about to burst

"Don't. Move." The Ventraxian ordered letting go of Gary's beck to flex his hand revaling sharp claws inches away from the man's neck.
Gary obeyed, throwing his hands beside his head as he felt some blood tickle down. His body shivered from the sudden shock- for someone who didn't want to be alive a few months ago he sure was afraid of dying.

"Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you right now" The cat man's grip tighten slightly, piercing through the first layer of skin in Gary's neck.
Gary flinched at the sudden pain, he wanted to move- to push him off but he knew he would die if he tried.

"STOP!" A voice screamed.
Little Cato was shivering on the other side of the room as he stared at his father about to kill his first friend
"Don't do it dad" Little Cato's voice cracked

Both men stared at the boy, the Ventraxian'd grip loose around the humans neck

"Wait- Dad?" Gary repated in disbelief

"You have a problem with that, primey?" Little Cato's dad turned back to the human

"Woah- Little Cato why didn't you tell me?" Gary simply pushed the Ventraxian's hand away and sat up, now ignoring his existence