Mine not yours

Date: 5/13/2019

Im sitting on the back patio with my three little brothers. Holly is my mom still along with another woman who doesnt like me around. The other woman is horribly deformed and cant hear, but i have a feeling that somehow she feeds off my younger siblings. My middle brother used to have good hearing, but it got worse after my second mom used tools from the garage to do something to his ears, and her hearing magically got better, though this is never mentioned at home. I think we’re too scared to talk about it. How she tore out his ear drums so that she could put them in herself. As we sit outside, we sit next to three metal tables. My baby brother is sitting at the base of one table, and my oldest little brother is touching the other table with his hands. I dont understand at first, but the base of the metal table is turning a bright red. So is the middle of the table top. I realize that it’s starting to melt, and the metal is just getting white hot. My baby brothers feet are about to touch the hot metal, so i pick him up just as he dips his toes into it, and his foot starts to melt into itself. I carry him, and i see that my older youngest brother still has his hands on the tabletop because its gotten so hot that his skin is sticky and being melted onto the table. I pull him away too, and i look for my middle brother. My baby brother cant walk anymore since his feet have melted into a shape so unhuman that im not even sure if he has any. My older one has only one melted hand, and he’s lost all his fingers, since his hand has melted into a fin shape. He uses his other hand to take a knife and scoop some of the hot waxy metal off the table. I realize too late that hes being a clueless kid, and he tells my middle brother to lick it. My real mom tells my middle brother that if he puts the hot metal in his mouth that she will literally blind him. He cares for a minute, but he puts it in his mouth anyway because his brother is forcing him. He’s mad that he hasnt been hurt by the metal yet. It hurts him, so i scoop my oldest back up, and tell the third brother to join all four of us in a group hug. While we’re hugging, im still holding my baby brother, and i notice his skin is rough, and i look to see that hes completely covered in blisters and oozing burn marks. My oldest brother is starting to look at my hands, and i know he’s jealous. I drop the older brother and try to push my baby brother away from me. I run away because i know whats going to happen, but i cant get my baby brother off my back. The older one puts his fingerless hand on my back and whispers, “you have such smooth skin.” I think about how my other mom used my brothers hearing to fix hers. I think about what my brothers will do now with my body parts to fix their own. I see my middle brother run up to me, and he stops me from escaping. He tries to talk, but i realize that he cant, and i think that its just because the metal burned his mouth too badly when he licked it. I say his name, asking if he’s alright, and he tries to open his mouth and talk to me, only to show me that his tongue has been melted and spread out, fusing his cheeks and tongue together, choking him and permanently shutting his mouth. He looks at my tongue, and he’s jealous. He would do anything to fix himself. I feel pairs of hands around my neck. They dont feel human. The last thing I remember is the middle brother attempting to speak one more time before i yell in real life and wake myself up.