Author's Note: I don't want to make his mom insane, but I want to make her a little off-kilter, just so it's not so ridiculous how insane this guy becomes. I'm thinking three-shot...?


Happenings

Part One: Prologue to Madness

"I see it in you

the monster that can't be stopped"

He was born on a rainy day.

Not really raining, actually. More like a tropical storm, with the wind blowing so hard it seemed the walls around the hospital shook in defiance. The moment seemed as downcast as the murky clouds.

But still, I was happy, and I saw no reason not to be. I had my child, the one I'd always knew I'd have, and I was thrilled about it. They gave him to me, and I looked at the man beside me. Not his father, though, because his father was still out getting a pack of cigarettes, so this man would have to do until he got back. I really couldn't remember his name at that moment, but it really didn't matter. All that mattered was this little blob of pink and red, squirming like a bug and pumping his little fist in the air.

"Jack..." I whispered to him, "Jack...Napier...." His father's name. Perfect.

The doctor's look on beside me, smiling with me, and they file out, one by one, but I can hardly bring myself to notice.

It's only a few minutes before he opens his eyes. They're the deepest brown I've seen, almost black. I feel myself drowning in them, and I see him smiling. It was an unsettling bend of muscles that seemed unnatural, almost unholy, on his little face. It's the toothless, off kilter grin of a madman. I said nothing about it, though. They might take him away. Take away my baby.

Guess one, clue to what was, and what would occur. I let it pass.


Author's Note: I can't see this getting more then three shot. I'd say that it was a character study, but that would give you the idea that I give a crap.