It was a stormy night, as lightning flashed across the sky  

 

At the end of the street, there was a house, it was fairly run down, but it was a home.  

 

Inside, there was a man, counting the cash he had just made at the pawn shop  

 

The man chuckled to himself, it had been two days since he hit that house, and the stuff he had jacked had been worth a whole lot  

 

"Almost six thousand dollars!" Paul laughed getting up to put the money away  

 

He thought back to that night once more, to that woman that got in his way, and he smiled  

 

Most people would say that it was sick, the joy he got from killing, but he couldn't help it, it just made him so happy. And the fact that she had been pregnant... Well-  

 

"She going to be fine"  

 

Without even thinking Paul grabbed his gun and turned around, aiming it directly at the man that stood hiding in the shadows of his dark living room.  

 

"Come where I can see you" Paul growled  

 

Stuart stepped out of the shadows, allowing the moonlight that was filtering in through the windows to illuminate his face  

 

"My wife," Stuart began "the woman you shot the other night, she's going to be fine, just in case you were wondering"  

 

Paul's tightened his grip around his weapon  

 

"Did you bring the cops?" He growled  

 

Stuart shook his head  

 

"No, just you and me... I needed to talk with you personally"  

 

Paul looked at him confused  

 

"What?"  

 

Stuart looked down, trying not to let his nervousness show itself  

 

"You... Smiled" He said  

 

"Excuse me?" Paul asked, "What are you talking about?"  

 

"When you shot her, you smiled" Stuart repeated  

 

Paul aimed his gun at Stuart's head once more  

 

"Get on your knees" Paul demanded  

 

"Why?" Stuart continued  

 

"Why, what?!" Paul asked again  

 

"Why did you smile?!"" Stuart responded  

 

BANG! BANG!  

 

Paul fired two shots into the ceiling  

 

"Get on the ground!" He demanded once more  

 

But Stuart wasn't deterred  

 

"Did you smile!?!" He yelled  

 

"Yeah, I smiled!!" Paul responded angrily  

 

"Sue me"  

 

"She was pregnant!!" Stuart shot back, with shaking fists  

 

Paul didn't say anything, he didn't need to explain himself, he had the gun, he was in control  

 

Stuart clenched his fist even tighter  

 

"How could anyone find enjoyment from that?" Stuart whispered in disgust, feeling something dark starting to rise.  

 

Paul once more aimed the gun at Stuart's chest, giving him a smug smile  

 

"Yeah, I smiled, because I like to kill. Now, turn around, walk away, and I may let you live"  

 

Stuarts' heart raced like crazy, but the more it did, the more he suddenly felt... Ok.  

 

"Turn around, and walk away" Paul smiled  

 

But Stuart was barely listening, he could feel the darkness was rising.  

 

This man didn't deserve to live  

 

"Hey!" Paul yelled  

 

Stuarts' head snapped up  

 

"Walk away!" Paul demanded, "What are you deaf!?"  

 

"Will you kill others?" Stuart questioned  

 

"I said walk away!" Paul demanded again, turning his gun sideways  

 

Stuart looked into the man's eyes, then started to turn away  

 

"That's what I thought" Paul smiled,    

 

Stuart started to walk, but he knew the man was going to shoot him the minute he turned his back, that was just who he was, and he wasn't going to change.  

 

"Wrong move" Stuart growled  

 

"Wha-" Paul started, but he never finished  

 

In that second, Paul made the mistake of lowering his gun by a small amount, which was all that Stuart needed. 

 

In a surprisingly quick move Stuart spun around and booked it across the small living room as fast as he could  

 

Too late, Paul raised his gun and pulled the trigger, but the much faster Stuart had already grabbed it and aimed it upwards so that the bullet was embedded into the ceiling.  

 

Then Stuart twisted the man's hand, causing him to drop the gun, and shoved him into the wall, slamming his head into the drywall  

 

"Argh!" Paul yelled, throwing a blind punch at the skinny man, but Stuart easily dodged it, and drove his elbow into the man's nose, breaking it as Paul collapsed to the ground  

 

Stuart stepped back and picked up the gun, while Paul struggled to get on his feet  But it was too late, as Stuart was already aiming the gun at his head  

 

Paul looked up at him fear in his eyes  

 

"I've always hated people like you" Stuart spat, he sounded different "Those who hurt, and kill, because it's fun... Give me one good reason why I shouldn't treat you with the same disregard that you show to others"  

 

The man had tears in his eye's    

 

"Man, please! I'm sorry!" He begged "Please don't kill me! I'll give you back all of your-"  

 

BANG!!!!  

 

The man's body crumpled to the floor, with a bloody hole in his head  

 

Stuart dropped the gun, and stumbled backwards, shocked at what he had just done.  

 

But, he didn't regret it, not at all... that waist of life didn't deserve to live.  

 

Once more Stuart felt the darkness rise inside of him, as he stood there with a body in front of him...  

 

And, though he wouldn't truly grasp it until a couple of years later, that was the day, that Tech was truly born.