Guass and his fatherly duties

Guass walked into the living room of Carmen's dwelling. He thought to himself as he looked at all the stuff they had. The hell would anyone pay this much for a fucking house anyway? Perfectly good dwellings out there with big enough garages for work or hell I can make a lean too in the woods. Fine by me...catch a rabbit, make a fire, dig up some forest veggies and make a stew under the stars with a bottle of whiskey...bliss.

"You just go into someone's house and not knock?" Carmen asked. Guass looked at her and laughed

"When have I ever?"

"Hmph...sit down. We need to talk about your...our daughter." She replied with a stern look on her face. He's always loved that look, but her eyes told a different tale. One that said he fucked up and not in the usual playful way they usually go about.

"So, what? She beat the shit out of another kid? Fine, I'll go steal some normal clothes and I'll talk to her teacher. I'll have th..."He started out before Carmen interjected.

"It's more serious than that. She's getting out of hand now and I know it's...well look." Carmen handed Guass a picture. A picture that quickly filled him with dread and then something he thought he couldn't feel at her: rage.

"She did...our little girl did...why hell...WHO THE FUCK..." He let out a long sigh. "When did this happen?"He asked, stumbling upon his word while trying to get a grip on his emotions.

"Last night. What are you gonna do?"She asked with slight concern. The only time Carmen had ever seen him that mad was at transmissions with his old "buddies" from his old job...whatever it was.

"I don't quite know yet...guess she'll be just as surprised as me. Where is she?"

"Out with Ciro...again, what are you going to do?" She asked with more volume to her voice.

"If you're asking if I'm going to kill her, don't worry. She'll wish she was dead...heh, but no I won't hurt her. Now Ciro..."He paused as he cocked his Desert Eagle"...is another story completely."

Ciro and Lailah were sitting outside the house, going over the details from the other night. Ciro nodded with morbid fascination and smiled with glee at hearing Lailah's dirty deed. The two's psychotic enjoyment was soon disrupted and replaced with dread as the crack of thunder could be hear followed by a lightning bolt which slammed into a nearby tree and completely obliterated it. The two ducked their heads at the sudden noise. Lailah looked up to see her father stomping towards her.
She tried not to show it, but a bit of childlike fear welled in her as she saw Guass display something she's never seen directed at her before. She's seen it at random scum he kills for profit, but never at her. He looks fucking pissed.

"Oh...hey old man...you, uh...never knew you could do that. That's neat." She said while trying to hide the fear she felt.

"SHUT IT! THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING PULLING A BLOODY STUNT LIKE THIS!?" Guass fumed at her, holding up the picture of her bloody schoolmate.

"She did something fucking awesome is what that i..." Ciro's statement was interrupted when Guass's Desert Eagle shoved into his mouth.
He looked right at him, his eyes glowing with a mix of EMP energy and rage "You say one FUCKING WORD and I blow off your goddamned head!!!"

"Oh yeah? I don't think Carmen would like that very much..."

"I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT YOU THINK YOU PSYCHOTIC GREMLIN SHIT. NOT.A.WORD OR IT'S BYE BYE TO MISTER HEAD AND HELLO TO MISTER .50 CAL SLUG!" Guass turned his attention to his surprised daughter, "EXPLAIN.NOW."

"Well sh-"she began before Guass exploded with more anger.

"I DON'T NEED A GODDAMNED EXPLANATION CAUSE I ALREADY KNOW. YOUR MOTHER ALREADY EXPLAINED AND YOU'VE GONE TO BLOODY FAR THIS TIME. THE FIGHTS AT SCHOOL I COULD LIVE WITH CAUSE HELL I WAS BIT PROUD, BUT THIS...OOOOH BABY THIS IS...FUCK I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN."

"Father-unit, you've..."

"IT'S DAD...OKAY? IT'S DAD OR FATHER OR DADDY. CALLING ME DAD MAKES ME SOUND LIKE I BUILT YOU IN A LAB LIKE FUCKING HANNIBAL...nevermind that last part."

"Okay...'Dad'. You've never gotten like this before. What's the big deal? You kill all the time." Lailah tried to retort. Her usual calm and snappy responses all but vanish at the look of her father's furious face. Was her father being for real? This guy was never around and when he was, he did the fun joking dad thing than a father.

"WHEN I FUCKING KILL IT'S THE FUCKING SCUM OF THE EARTH. IT'S SHITS THAT LIKE TO SET OFF A BOMB IN A CROWDED PLACE BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A RAT HOLE. IT'S MANIACS THAT THINK HOLDING CHILDREN FOR RANSOM IS AN EASY WAY TO BECOME A MILLIONAIRE. IT'S MONSTERS THAT THINK THEY CAN GO AROUND" He held the picture close to Lailah's face "AND DO SHIT LIKE THIS IN INNOCENT PEOPLE'S SLEEP. AND BABY DOLL YOU ARE DAMN CLOSE TO BECOMING LIKE THEM."

Ciro smirked."Hell I do that all the time! I don't see a problem here."

Guass raised his free hand and blasted out another bolt of lightning which obliterated three more trees."AND YOU CAN BET YOU ARE DAMN LUCKY I HAVEN'T DONE THAT TOO YOU YET THANKS TO YOUR SISTER! BUT I'M STARTING TO RETHINK THAT NOW...AND WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT WORDS FROM YOU?"

"Shutting it..."

Lailah crossed her arms and let out a frustrated grunt. Her mind raced with thoughts of contempt for her father: Who the hell does he think he is? I did good last night! Why should he get to kill and I don't? He wouldn't do anything to me....would he?
"Oh, yeah? What are you going to do? Kill me? Kill me like one of your terrorists?"

Guass removed his mask, A devilish grin stretchef across his face as he chuckled at her, "Oh no! No, no, no, no, noooooo......you're going to WISH I had killed you once I get done with you. First thing first is anything that relates to your little 'adventure' is gonna be BURNED. TOASTED. FRIED."

Lailah jumped up with a furious look, directed right at Guass."YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!"

"Oh no? I can't?WATCH." He dropped a box filled with her pictures of last night, the necklace, her photos of kids she's beaten up and various other things. He pulled out a can of spray with a lighter and burned it to a crisp. "And that's only step one! Guess what step two is? BOOT CAMP WITH OL' DAD. It's time for quality bonding with your loving father so you don't end up like that asshole over there!" He said as he pointed at Ciro.

Ciro forgetting what Guass told him yells "EH! Fuck you!"

Guass sighed with annoyance and knocked Ciro out with a high voltage blast from his fist, "I warned you asshole...hmmm, but for good measure..." Guass stomped on Ciro's arms, the sound of cracking bones reached everyone's ears. "NEVER TEACH MY LITTLE GIRL ANYTHING YOU PSYCHOPATH."

Lailah's own fury took over her better judgment and she snatched Guass' own pistol and pointed it at him, "YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR OLD MAN. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE???"

Guass turned to her and opens his fatigues, revealing a scared chest with plates imbedded in him. "Go ahead. Shoot me. Not the first time. Shoot me...SHOOT YOUR DAD AND THEN YOU'LL BE JUST LIKE HIM AND HANNIBAL: A MONSTER. FUCKING DO IT IF YOU GOT THE GUTS."

Lailah trembled with the pistol, but kept it pointed at her own father. "Oh I'll do it! It's not like you're ever around! You're never there! All you do is go off and play soldier all day! You don't even care about me! My own false father is there more than my real dad!"

Guass looked straight her eyes."THEN DO IT. I FUCKING WELCOME IT."

Her eyes filled up with tears, clouding her angry eyes. She droped the gun and sobbed, hanging her head. "I...I can't."

Guass lunged forward, quicker than she can see and grabbed the gun, unloading it, unchambering the round and holsters it. Towering over her he could see the sadness in her eyes. He sighed and tried to gather his thoughts. Shit...this is my fault. I did this. She's right. She's like this cause she's gotta hang out with this fucking lunatic rather than her own dad...dammit I suck.


She looked up at him as he kneeled down to hug her. She returned his hug and sniffled. "I wasn't going to kill you."

Guass held her tight and chuckled. "I know...you may be a handful, but I know you wouldn't do that. You know I love you and hell I know I ain't around much. I know the soldier life is hard on the family the most. Believe me. I've gone through that."

Lailah looked up at him, "You were going to shoot your dad too?"

"Well no, but I've fought my old man. Still I'm worried about you. That shit you pulled...I'm serious. I make a living off killing scum like that. I used to work with scum like that. You're better than that and I'm going to help you. Starting with more time with me and training. I can't promise you I'm going to be there forever, but I'm going to be there as much as fucking possible. Okay?"

She smiled, a rare thing. "Okay...". She looked at her Uncle Ciro, still unconscious. "Can I still hang with Uncle Ciro?"

"Unless your mother or I'm with you, you can forget that." Guass picked up his daughter. "Come on. Let's get you some ice cream."

"Can we get coffee with it?"

"Ugh...sure, but let me get my whiskey. Bloody hate that stuff you drink."

"You know that stuff will kill you."

"Not unless this family does it first."