Who's There?
Family / Terror
Kagome / Shippou
Summary: Yet, the terrifying revelation of this all was that whatever was haunting this house, my home, is after my son.
AN: A powerful emotion that transformed into this…
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha
Word Count: 262
Title: God Help Us
"Don't let it in, Mama! Don't let it in!" He kept screaming it. His voice was high in the pitch of terror as he coward in the corner of the room.
I had no time to waste to look behind me to see him. It was just mother's intuition that I knew where he was. I knew my baby was shaking, tears streaming down those precious chubby cheeks, and eyes wide in expectation of something I dare not imagine.
There was no more denying it. There is something in our house. Something filled with malice and so much hate it had suffocated me at times. Yet, the terrifying revelation of this all was that whatever was haunting this house, my home, is after my son.
I could hear myself screaming with Shippou. The sound of mindless curses and pleads echoed off of Shippou's bedroom walls. The purchase that my feet found on the sides of his bedroom room door started to give. No, my feet started to make indents. Whatever was on the other side of the door wasn't giving up and I pleaded to whomever to give me the strength to outlast whatever it was. I prayed. I prayed that my sweat slickening grip wouldn't give away to the tug of the other force.
It was all in vain though. Because the doorknob grew hot and it continued till I felt my palms begin to blister. And then it happened, it stopped tugging and it just kicked in the door…