[ WP ] `` Have I ever told you the definition of insanity ? ''

`` Uhh, I think the saying goes'doing the same thing over and over but respecting different results?''... I figured that answering his question seriously would a subtle way of letting him know I was n't in the mood for his bullshit; to be honest he was scaring me a little bit. Apparently he did n't catch the hint... 
 
 My dad's eyes opened extra wide as he let out a cackle of manic laughter:'**HAHAHEHEHEHEUUUHUHUUUHAAHUUUHARRRHARR**'. The unnatural syllables combined with his deep baritone was as unsettling as the chaos that was obviously stirring behind his eyes. 
 
 His face suddenly grew serious, angry even, `` WRONG!'' he shouted as his head jerked towards me and spit erupted from his sloppy speech, `` INSANITY IS WHAT YOUR MOM IS, SHE THINKS THAT YOU LOVE HER MORE THAN ME I THINK!'' 
 
 Uh oh.. whenever he brought up Mom it was an obvious sign that he had gone over the edge; she had put out a restraining order against him over 2 years ago, he had beat her so bad she had fallen into a week long coma. He had never struck me though, and my mom was n't even on Earth anymore, she had moved to the Mars settlement Cygnus x-1 after the restraining order went through. 
 
 `` Dad, no, I love you both equally, you know that,'' I lied. 
 
 `` Good joke buddy! You sure are silly! I'm silly to!'' he responded in a lighthearted tone as he twirled circles whilst flapping his arms, `` Check out my penguin impression, i try so hard to fly but never leave the ground!'' He started twirling faster and faster as he flapped his arms more and more aggressively, `` Ground control to Major Tom, countdown to take off!'' 
 
 `` Dad, chill out, you're going to get sick if you keep spinning like that.'' He ignored my warning and began counting down from 10 as if he was speaking through a fuzzy microphone. 
 
 `` Ten... Nine... Eight...'' He continued accelerating and flapping his arms with increased levels of aggression, `` Three.. Two.. ONE!'' Right when he said one, fire shot out from beneath his feet and he shot off into the air, breaking through the glass ceiling that contained the artificial environment; Earth's unfiltered and grossly-polluted air filtered into the room as my father blasted off into the skies. 
 
 `` Dad! Come back! They'll throw you in jail if you break your restraining order!'' It was too late, he was already in the upper atmosphere, surely on the way to Cygnus x-1. I instantly pulled out my I-phone-69 and dialed my mother. 
 
 `` Mom!? Dad's coming for you! You've got to get out of there!...'' Silence on the other end. 
 
 Finally she spoke, `` No. I ca n't run anymore, this ends here.'' 
 
 `` Mom you ca n't! He's too powerful! You'll die!'' 
 
 She took a deep breath before responding, `` That may be, but it may be not. I've been training hard, my new sensei says my abilities have tripled since I arrived.'' 
 
 `` It does n't matter if you power has increased ten-fold! Dad is a monster! You ca n't fight that kind of crazy!'' I spat back, my heart racing. If she tried to fight, she would die, she had to know that. 
 
 I heard a knock a knock on the door from her side of the transmission, `` HONEY, I'M HOME!!!'' 
 
 `` Come in sweetie!'' she said sweetly. I heard the door swing open and crash into the wall. 
 
 My heart was racing so fast, it was becoming hard to breath. I needed my medicine. I ran to my room and pulled open the drawer where I kept my prescription; it was empty. *What the fuck? * I thought to myself, I had just gotten it filled two days ago.. I was in trouble, my heart was racing faster and faster and my air passage was growing more and more narrow. I stuck my finger down my throat and tried to puke in a desperate attempt to keep my esophagus open but it was no use, it was completely sealed shut. My vision was going blurry, I collapsed into a black unconscious. 
 
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 *I saw my parents fighting, exchanging heavy blows. My mom hit dad with a hard knee to the chin and sent a tooth flying; Dad countered with a roundhouse kick to her face, she flew through the room and crashed into the wall. * 
 
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 I woke up. I sighed in relief, it was a miracle, I should be dead. I walked downstairs to where my mom was setting the table. My dad was sitting on his lazy-boy and staring at the TV. 
 
 `` Damn Patriots! I swear, Football is going to be as one sided as baseball if this payroll bullshit keeps going the way it is!'' 
 
 I do n't know why there were pretending to get along, maybe they wanted to hide the fact they fight from me? I did n't like secrets. 
 
 `` Mom, have I ever told you the definition of insanity?'' I said to my mom as i smiled a big smile to reassure her I knew what was going on. 
 
 `` Honey, he just talked!'' my mom shouted to my father who instantly sat up and ran over to me. 
 
 `` What!? What did he say?'' he shouted with a hopeful expression. 
 
 `` He, uhm, he asked me what the definition of insanity was..'' 
 
 My father looked puzzled, `` Strange. Well, it's better than nothing! This is great! Come on buddy, what else are you thinking?'' 
 
 Fools, acting as if I did n't know. They wer n't ready, they wer n't worthy of my presence. I walked backwards, retracing my steps back to my room, fooling my father into thinking he had pressed rewind on the remote. Once inside my room I locked the door, logged onto my computer and answered a few writing prompts.
