Previously on the Golden Screw................
Jonothan and Martha followed the strange instructions of a mysterious witch doctor which were scribed on a leaf in a foreign language which made no logical sense in order to conceive a child. Despite doubts that pounded at every cloud of their soul they had nothing to lose and followed the instructions to a tee. Miraculously....Martha fell pregnant.......
Mandatorily magical months were indulged before an angelic baby boy with crystal blue eyes made his debut into this world. The new lovestruck parents basked in the glory of their cupid twin...yet the one thing unusual was that in the place of a belly button. The little baby boy had a smooth metallic object hexagonal in shape and a perfect shade of gold.
Martha and Jonathon had concerned, yet they were distracted by their love and joy at the sight of the baby they named Kal. Doctors quickly insisted on examining this strange phenomena. A quick X-ray was taken and this strange object had a shaft that extended through this baby's abdomen and into the spine just 2 mm shy of touching the spinal chord. It was determined that to remove this was to risk paralysis for this new born.
Horror briefly made an appearance on the faces of Jonothan and Martha at the thought of such a risk and wash briskly washed away by their love for little Kal and their acceptance and gratitude of being granted such a gift from above. They commit to raising this boy as normal and give their best in dousing him in all the love that is humanly available.
Kal was a wonderful little boy as he grew through the years of being at home with his parents. His ocean crisp blue eyes and locks of brown hair both lit up and encased his angelic smile that would catch the attention of all who passed him on the street. He grew to love people as they all loved him. He was often caught saying hi to all the people in a restaurant and receiving gifts of smiles and cuddles as his proud parents dined.
Inevitably a time came when Kal had to leave his mom for a few hours a day and go to pre school. His love of people heightened as he was adored by teachers and other children. He is a true delight.......... Swimming season came for him for the first time. And as Kal stood in front of unfamiliar people for the first time. He was second to notice something. By the time he noticed that the belly buttons of the other children are different to his. Everybody in his little world were already staring in a messy mixture of curiosity. Nobody made a noise until a big kid who played the role of the bully pointed and laughed. From then on all other children did the same whether they liked him, pitied him, feared him, or just wanted to know him. His angelic world of solidarity and love was mechanically morphed into one of solitude. He had no friends and other families stayed away as anomalies quickly amounted to ungodly........
Desperation and naivety are quick to find each other in the mind of desperate parents that think that it'll all be ok when he gets to high school and the kids are older and more mature...............................ummmmm no.........
Kal was branded with multiple handles like cyborg, tin man, metallo doodle, robocock, and many names that stretch as far as a teenager's imagination can go when it came to being insensitive and funny at the expense of an easy target. By now a 16 year old Kal was not able to attend school. After years of counseling of all sorts Jonothan and Martha had given up and did not know what to do.
One night a strange wind with a faint unfamiliar scent was dancing around the house and a strange presence was felt. Jonothan intuitively tended to the silent knocking at his front door. There was noone there..........
Accept a large envelope that was meticulously crafted out of dried brown leaves.........
It was contact from the mysterious witch doctor...............................
To be continued.............
