To really get this story, listen to My Immortal by Evanescence. Fic is named after it. I wrote this thing in like five minutes, so pardon the mistakes.

She bit back a scream at the thump, dragging furniture in front of the door and trying not to think about what the thump meant.

No, no no!

He was coming, up the stairs laughing. Laughing even though he'd just killed someone.

He killed him…

The door blew apart, breaking the furniture. She raced to the crib, throwing her arms wide, tears streaming down her face, screaming desperately, praying that she wouldn't lose her husband for nothing.

There was a blaze of green light and she closed her eyes as she fell, wishing that somehow her precious son wouldn't die, somehow…

Everything went white.