"Vicki! Vicki! Snap out of it.."
"Henry?" Vicki whispered.
"Dammit, stop saying his name!! It's me, Mike!!" Vicki's eyes focused enough to see it was Mike, damn. She thought she had been dreaming or rather, having a nightmare.
"Mommy?" a little voice said, one she didn't recognize.
Vicki looked over to see a boy and a girl standing side by side, obviously these were the children Mike was referring to. They were not Abbie and Ward. They looked like her and Mike, blonde, blue-eyed and more than likely, nothing supernatural. Vicki gathered that by the way they acted. They looked about three and seemed to act age appropriate. Abbie and Ward did not.
"Mommy?" The little girl repeated, her eyes welling with tears. Vicki was lying on the couch and she sat up slowly, afraid she would vomit if she got up too quick.
"Yes.." Vicki didn't know their names.
"Jenny and Jacob? Did you forget your children's names too? " Mike was not only upset, he was pissed.
"Sorry, my head," Vicki said, grabbing her head hoping that would explain some of it away.
She decided she needed to comfort the children, even if she didn't know them they were apparently attached to her and she didn't want to frighten them.
"Mommy's okay," she said, touching each of them lightly on the arm. She looked at them and her heart skipped a beat wishing it was Abbie and Ward standing in front of her. She glanced over at Mike who had that familiar scowl, wishing it was Henry.
"Kids,' Mike said gently, "go to your room okay? Mommy needs to rest." They both nodded and skipped away.
Abbie and Ward would have kissed and hugged her first. This just couldn't be happening. She took stock of the house she was in.
It was Kate and Mike's house but it was furnished quite differently. The pictures on the mantle were her and Mike at their wedding, then the birth of the twins..of course twins..and then just random pictures. She did notice one of Mike shaking hands with the Mayor.
She thought of how to word the question before she said it.
"Since my mind is a little foggy, why are you shaking hands with the Mayor?" Vicki asked.
Mike sighed.
"That's when I got my promotion to captain remember? " Mike looked at her, "No you don't. Look, I think I should get you to the hospital. I think that bump is bigger than you thought."
He reached for her and she instinctively pulled away, Mike frowned.
"It always goes back to him doesn't it. No matter what, even though he's dead, we're married, we have kids which I thought was never going to happen.. it always goes bad to the bloodsucker. He's gone Vic, when are you gonna move on."
Mike left the room.
"Henry's dead!!" Vicki ran to find a bathroom..