Author's Note
Hey everyone :D Sorry it's been like FOREVER since i updated, but alot of things have been going on lately and i've been extremely busy. School also started August 30th and let me tell you, sophomore year of high school is way harder than freshman year, Ugh!
Anyway, Thank you everyone who has read and reviewed my story. Im glad you all like it, and hope you like the new chapter :)
Disclaimer: I, 3dgLover, Do not own -man... damn -_-
Chapter 3
"Close your eyes little boy
Your a prince now, you own this world
Swirling in this crazy mess
You're the loveliest far above the rest
You build your castle in the skies
Stars reflecting off your eyes
And angels sing on silver clouds
And no one cries, screams, or shouts
Oh, set apart this dream
Oh, set apart this dream for me
Set apart this dream for me"
Lily sat in her chair, in her arms laid a now sleeping baby. The fire crackled in front of her, and the whole house was dark and silent. After the hectic day, it felt amazing to finally just relax and enjoy the time with her baby.
"Heh, guess you liked my lullaby little guy." Lily whispered to the slumbering Allen, and smiled as she listened to his soft breathing. As she looked him over, Lily was softly brushing her thumb over his soft head where the slightest amount of chestnut brown hair laid. "You really are our son, hair like your fathers and eyes like your mothers. You are definitely my sweet baby."
Lily was constantly saying 'our baby' or 'my baby' or 'our little boy'. Even though it would soon be a full day since Allen has been born, she still couldn't believe she was a mother. But still, she had so much love for Allen, no matter what his arm looked like or what people thought of him, she loved him dearly. She loved her baby.
The young mother was slowly starting to nod off when she heard foot steps. The foot steps startled her and she quickly turned her head to where the sound came from. The fire had started to flicker out so it was hard to see, but Lily could see a figure standing in the rooms doorway. She swiftly stood up, tightening her grip on Allen, and stared down whoever it was in the room.
Fortunately it was nothing to worry about. "Lily, it's just me. You okay?"
Lily quickly recognized her husbands voice and let out a big sigh of relief. "Huff. You scared me." Lily whispered but it was no use, Allen had already woken up by the sudden movement from earlier. He was now whining and crying as Lily tried to sooth him.
"Oh sorry. I didn't mean to scare you or wake him, i had just woken up myself and thought i should check up on you two." Adam walked over to them and took the crying Allen from her arms. He began rocking the baby and trying to hush him just as Lily had. Soon Allen was calm, and Adam took the chance to look up and see Lily as she yawn and rubbed her eyes.
"Dear, you look just as tired as Allen. We should all head to bed for the night." Lily sleepily nodded, as Adam put his free arm around her shoulders and lead the whole family to the bedroom. Once inside, the three laid down on the bed, Allen in the middle and the two parents to his left and right.
Allen started to whine again, but Adam was quick to start soothing him and softly rubbing his forehead. Lily smiled at the sight of the new father and son, and wished that these moments would never end.
"Earlier i sang a lullaby to Allen, he really liked it and it quickly put him to sleep. Maybe you should try singing one." Adam looked up from the baby and smiled at the thought.
"Sounds like a good idea but it's embarrassing when i sing."
"Oh stop it. You know i love to hear you sing and your amazing." Lily gave Adam a little nudge and a pouty face. "Come on. Please, for me," She then scooted very close to Allen and looked up at Adam. "and for our little guy."
Adam chuckled and looked back and forth between Allen and Lily who were now both staring at him. "Okay okay, but if he starts crying again instead of falling asleep..."
"Oh hush up, Allen will love it." Adam chuckled and smiled at Lily before closing his eyes and readying himself to sing.
"I believe in nothing
Not the end and not the start
I believe in nothing
Not the earth and not the stars
I believe in nothing
Not the day and not the dark
I believe in nothing
But the beating of our hearts
I believe in nothing
100 Suns until we part
I believe in nothing
Not in Satan and not in God
I believe in nothing
Not in peace and not in war
I believe in nothing
But the truth and who we are"
Adam finished the song, and grinned when he saw that Allen hadn't been the only one that had fallen asleep. With a happy sigh, Adam laid his head down on the pillow near his baby, and slowly started to drift off not realizing this would be the last night the family would be together.
1:30 A.M...
"God dammit. He told me to meet him here at one o'clock a.m. and i've been here since, so where the hell is that damn priest!" The middle aged doctor waited at a snowy tree by Adam and Lily's house. It was freezing out and the doctor was pissed that he was waiting, when he didn't even want to be there.
'I really think there is something wrong with that child but i don't think it's right to kill him.' The doctor had been thinking this all day. He had known Lily and Adam for a long time and knew this would hurt them greatly. "Maybe i should just leave."
"Your not going anywhere until we get this done."
The doctor jumped at the voice of the priest, and he quickly turned around to face the tardy man. "Where the hell have you been? I've been waiting for more than a half an hour."
"Oh shut up. I was grabbing some things before i came." The priest then dropped some things and the doctor bent down to identify it all. In the snow laid two long pieces of rope, some cloth, a bottle of chloroform, and a small dagger.
The doctor instantly stood up and glared at the priest. "What the hell do we need any of that for! I thought we were just going to sneak in the house and grab the baby. Adam and Lily better not get hurt!"
"Would you be quiet! Your going to wake them up if you keep yelling." The priest was up in the doctor's face now. "You need to just shut up and listen to me. The parents of that monster are not going to get hurt, i just brought that stuff so if they were to wake up, we can easily restrain them."
The doctor shoved the priest away and gave him a nasty scowl. "Oh really? Then what is that for!" The priest looked down to see he was pointing at the dagger.
Bending down and picking everything up, the priest stood back up with a evil grin and held out the dagger to the doctor. "This, heh heh, this is for you. After we get inside, i will give you the little devil and you will go somewhere to 'take care of it'."
The doctors eye's widened when he realized that the wicked priest wanted HIM to kill Allen. He didn't want to do it, and thought he was going to be sick at the thought, but there was no way he could back away from the priest now.
'Oh god, please forgive me, because tonight i will sin.'
Back inside the house, Lily and Allen laid fast asleep while Adam started to get restless. He had been laying awake for quite some time, and really wanted to go back to sleep but something just felt off. Finally deciding to get up for a while, Adam sat up on the bed and looked back to his wife and child. He smiled at the scene and stood up with a sigh.
Groggily, Adam walked to the kitchen area and decided to boil up some water. Everything had been set up and all he had to do was wait, so he took a seat and laid his head on the table. "Sigh... What is this bad feeling i have. Everything is fine, so why wont it go away?"
His question was soon to be answered when he heard some noises coming from his room. Adam's head shot up and looked in the direction of the noise which suddenly stopped. He sat and listened for a minute, waiting to hear something again, and when he didn't, Adam relaxed thinking it was probable just Lily moving around in her sleep.
Just as Adam relaxed back in the chair, he looked at the boiling pot of water and noticed it was over flowing. Jumping out of the seat, he rushed over to it and quickly took the pot away from the hot fire, burning himself in the processes.
"Ouch! Damn that hurt." Adam was concentrating on his burnt hand when a shadowy figure came up behind him and with a swift swing, hit Adam in the back of his head with something hard. Adam fell to the floor with a thud and he started to black out. Before falling unconsececs he swore he heard someone say "Please forgive me."
Adam's eyes started to crack open, it was dark and the only light he could see was the little coming from a window. He couldn't remember how he got there and was confused about what was going on. Suddenly his head started to ache horribly and when he tried to move his hands, he was surprised to feel them tired up behind him.
Now fully awake, Adam remembered what happen before he passed out and began thrashing around on the dark room's floor. He soon learned that not only were his hands tied but his feet too. Adam tried to yell out to make sure Lily was okay, but his mouth had been gagged by a rag.
He continued throwing him self around trying to make it to what he was sure was the door. On his way to the door he made a lot of noise and broke quite a few things, but he didn't care, he was more worried about Lillian and Allen. Just as he was about to reach the door, it swung open and a man walked in. The mysterious man looked down to him with a saddened expression and sorrowful eyes.
"Adam stop, your breaking your things." The man spoke and Adam quickly recognized the voice.
'The doctor! What the fuck is he doing! Where is my wife, my baby!' Adam began thrashing around again as he scream the unspoken words in his head.
"Please stop! Your going to hurt yourself." The doctor bent down to stop Adam and take off his gag. "Is that better? I'm sorry about hitting you but-" Adam spit in his face and glared at the doctor.
"Shut up! Don't say your sorry when you've already gone this far!" The doctor was mad that Adam had spit in his face, but he knew Adam was right. The doctor watched as Adam finally stopped glaring at him to take a better look outside the rooms door to try and find Allen and Lily. When there was no sign of them, Adam glared back up at the doctor. "Where's my family!"
Before the doctor could answer, someone spoke form down the hall. "What is taking you so long! Is he awake?"
Adam's eyes widen when he heard the priest voice, and quickly looked at the doctor as if to say 'You bastard!' The doctor was too ashamed to look at Adam because he knew the new father had already guessed what they were doing there. In a unhappy and almost meek voice the doctor answered the priest. "Yeah, he's awake."
"Then bring him here so we can get on with it all already!" With a heavy sigh, the doctor grabbed Adam and started to drag him into the other room. Adam wanted to protest, but he needed to know where Lily was. Once inside the room with the fire, Adam was able to clearly see everything.
The first thing he started searching for was Lily and he quickly found her next to the fire place. She was sitting in a chair, her mouth gagged with a rag, and in her arms was Allen. Adam could see that she was shaking and crying. He wondered why she didn't try to run away because he didn't see any rope tired around her, but then he looked up further to see that bastard of a priest holding on to her shoulders.
Adam began trembling with fury and he just wanted to punch that ass hole. "What the hell do you think you're doing! Get away from my wife and baby!"
The nasty priest just smiled a wicked grin and tightened his grip on her shoulder. "Oh dear boy, there is no need to worry. I'm a priest i would never hurt a fair young lady like this, Hehe." The priest began rubbing Lily's upper arm and leaning in close to her ear.
Adam wanted to kill him at that very moment and wished more than anything that he was untied. "Get the fuck away from my wife you bastard!"
The priest quickly stood straight again at the insult. "Shut up! You have no right speaking to me like this after helping create a spawn of Satan!"
"My son is not a demon! His arm is a little different but he is not some monster so don't you dare touch him or Lily!" The priest and Adam glared at each other for a long time, but then a evil smile began to spread across the horrible man's face.
"Heh Heh, don't worry, I wont do a single thing to harm your son. I can't go around besmirching my role as a priest." Adam's glare turned into confusion but then back to an angered expression.
"Then why the hell are you in my house?"
The priest grin became even more foul as he motioned for the doctor to come over to him. "Your mistaken young man. I said 'I' would do no harm to your son, i never said anything about the doctor now did i?" The doctor then regretfully took Allen from Lily's hands. The priest had to hold Lily down who was struggling to keep her hold on her son. She was sobbing and trying to scream through the gag as they ripped Allen from her arms.
"Allen! Lillian! Get away from my family right now! You bastards!" Adam was now crying as he thrashed about and yelled at the two men. The priest was still struggling with Lily who refused to give up.
"God dammit! These two wont let up! Doctor, knock him out with the chloroform before you leave." The doctor looked at the priest with sorrowful eyes before laying, the now crying Allen, down on a chair and walking over to Adam with a chloroform covered rag.
Adam stopped thrashing around when he saw the doctor walking over, but quickly started up again when he saw the rag. The doctor just about sat on Adam to get him to stop moving, and finally he was able to get the rag in front of Adam's mouth and nose. Adam tried not to inhale any of the fumes, but they started to take effect anyway. Slowly his eyes began to force shut and he was loosing conciseness. Before passing out he looked up to the doctor, who looked terribly sorry for what he was doing, and pleaded with him.
"Please... Don't h... hurt my family... please..." Adam's head went limp to the floor and the doctor quickly got off him. He was almost in shock, he couldn't believe what he was doing. This poor family just wanted to live happy, but now that the priest is involved, he'll never leave them alone until the baby is dead. The doctor was in deep thought when he heard a scream from the other side of the room.
"NO! Adam!" The doctor looked up from the ground to see Lily still fighting the priest and the gag hanging around her neck. He saw the horror in her eyes as everything fell apart right in front of her. She was crying and screaming for her husband and baby. He felt sick to his stomach as he realized all this pain that was being caused to the family was because he couldn't just stop the priest.
The doctor then walked over to Allen and carefully picked him. He looked up to the priest and bid him a farewell as he began walking for the door. Behind him he could hear the desperate and pained cried of Lily as he took away her son.
"NOOO! GIVE ME BACK MY SON! NOO! LET GO OF ME! ALLEN! ALLEN! ALLEN!" Lily cried and scream for him, but was soon smothered by a rag covered in chloroform. The doctor could hear her screams out side of the house as they got softer and softer until she too was passed out.
When the house fell silent, the doctor started to search for the carriage that the priest said he had left for him. Once he found it, he hopped in and began ordering the horses to go. The doctor got on the road that the priest had ordered him to take but instead of stopping where he should have gone, he kept going.
Looking down at the small baby in his lap, the doctor sorrowfully looked at him and cover him with his jacket. "Don't worry, i won't kill you, but you can't stay there. Please forgive me Adam, Lily." Tears started to run down his face as he thought about the life he had just ruined for them.
"Lily. Lilian. Honey wake up." Lily could hear the soft sweet voice of her husband as she started to gain conciseness.
"Would you like me to get her some water or something?"
"You shut up and stay over there! You've done enough already." Lily could hear the anger in Adam's voice as he yelled at someone.
'Who is he yelling at? Especially so early in the morning. It kind of sounds like the doctor. Wait why is he in my house? Yesterday we kicked him and the priest out, so why would-' Lily's eyes shot open as she finally woke up all the way and sat up.
"Allen! Where's Allen?" Lily began looking around for any sign of her son but only came up with two very sad looking men. Her heart sank as she remembered all the horrible things that had happen the night before. Tears started to fall down her face as Adam hugged her and tried to comfort her. "Adam, please tell me I'm wrong. Tell me that was all a bad dream!"
"I'm sorry Lily it wasn't." The voice didn't come from Adam but from the doctor behind him. Lily pulled away from Adam to look at the doctor and the first thing she noticed was the apologetic look in his eyes. 'That's right, this is the man who took my baby away!' Pushing further away from Adam, Lily quickly stood up and stormed over to the doctor. With a swift swing of her hand she slapped him in the face causing his lip to start bleeding.
"You! You took away my baby! Where is he! What did you do to him!" Adam was holding Lily back as she wept and struggled to get free so she could slap the doctor again. "You called my baby a monster but he never did anything wrong! Your and that fucking priest are the monsters! Bring back my baby! Give me Allen back!"
Lily fell to the floor sobbing and calling out for Allen. Adam quickly kneeled next to her, rubbing her back and trying to calm the woman. The doctor hated himself so much, and wished he could just leave the family so they could grieve in peace, but he still had something important to tell them.
"Adam, Lily." Adam glanced at him for a seconds before totally ignoring him and trying to comfort his wife again. The doctor didn't want to bother them anymore but he had to tell them. "Please, i know you hate me and i don't blame you, but-"
"Shut up! You've done nothing but destroy our family! What the hell could you possibly be trying to say to us now." Lily was now glaring at him, and getting the huge urge to hit him again. "Just get out!"
"Your son is not dead!"
The two parents froze. Slowly they looked up at the doctor and wondered what the hell he was talking about. "What do you mean our son is not dead. Then where is he?"
The doctor watched as Adam asked the question and started helping Lily to her feet. "Just as i said he is not dead, but i can not take you to him."
"And why the hell not!" Lily lashed out at him, pissed that this man was playing with them. "If you didn't kill him then where did you take Allen and why can't we go to him? If he's out there we will find him!"
"I do not know where Allen is heading and even if i did i would not tell you. I understand that you want him back, but that priest thinks he is dead and if he were to ever find out Allen is alive, he will do the job that i couldn't." The doctor spoke in a somber tone and would not look them in the eyes. He just wanted to get this over with so he could leave and atone for what he had done.
"This isn't making any sense! If your the one who took him somewhere, then why don't you know where Allen is?" Adam was really starting to get agitated. This man took away his child and was now beating around the bush to the baby's whereabouts.
"I was told to kill the child, but i just couldn't do it. So instead i took him to someone i could trust very much. She is a part of a traveling circus, and luckily they were in town this week, so i took Allen to her. I explained the situation and showed her Allen's arm. She was very shocked but it didn't really bother her since the people in the circus weren't all that normal either. But anyway, i left Allen in her care."
Lily and Adam's faces started to lighten up a little knowing their baby was okay and not far away. "Well then take us to this circus! We will get Allen back and move so the priest will never know about him." Lily was already trying to plan everything as she got her hopes up, but they were soon crushed.
"I can't take you to them." Lily, who had already been putting on her jacket and getting ready to head outside, stopped in her tracks and looked at the doctor. "Like i said before, i don't know where he is now. The circus was only in town for a week, and today is the day they left."
Both Lily and Adam got closer to the doctor, hope broken and depression coming back. "When are they leaving? Don't we have time?"
"They already left early this morning, and i made sure that i didn't get told where they were heading. I'm sorry, but your baby is gone." The doctor finally stood up and headed for the door. Before leaving he looked back at Adam and Lily who were standing in their same spots, expressionless and almost lifeless.
"I'm so sorry for what i've done. My friend told me she is going to give Allen to an orphanage in one of the next town she stops in, so hopefully he finds a loving family. I'm sorry. Goodbye." With that the doctor walked out the door and began his trek home.
After the doctor was gone Lily and Adam slowly walked to their couch and sat next to each other. No one said anything or made any sound. Adam, with a tear stained face, finally looked at Lily who laid her head on his shoulder and began to weep.
A year and a half later...
A tired Adam walked into his new house of 6 months. His work day had been unusually hard today, and he just wanted to come home and relax in front of the fire with Lily. To his surprise, Lily was nowhere in sight. "Lily?"
Adam started searching around and could not find her in any of the rooms. He started to panic and yell out her name over and over again. Finally he heard a weak reply coming from the back yard. Running through the house, Adam made it to the back door and burst outside. "Lily!"
In the middle of the long green grass sat a sullen and tired looking Lily. She turned her head to look at Adam and gave him a weak smile. Adam swiftly went to Lily's side and sat next to her. After looking her over to make sure she was okay, he put his arm around her and pulled her close.
"What's on your mind? You look like your really thinking about something."
Lily leaned in closer to him and stared at his big hands that held onto her. "Adam, you loved Allen right? Even with his arm?"
Adam was taken aback by the question, but quickly answered her, not even have to think about it. "Of course i loved him and i still do, no matter what his arm looks like. Were ever he is, i hope our baby is happy."
"Me too." Lily smiled at his answered and felt a little more sure about what she had to tell him. "I went to the doctor today... I'm... again."
Adam's eye's widen at what he thought he had heard. Briskly he let go of her a little so he could look her in the face. "Wait, please say that again."
"I'm pregnant again."
Adam felt like he was going to faint. He didn't know what to do, he had loved Allen so much and after everything that had happened, he wasn't sure if they were ready for another baby just yet.
"After a lot of thinking, i realized this is a blessing." Adam snapped out of his thoughts to look at Lily as she stared at the darkening sky. "I miss Allen terribly and wish we could somehow find him, but for now that is not something we can do. So why not start up this family again so when we do find Allen, he has a happy family to come home to." Lily turned to the shocked Adam and smiled a hopeful smile.
Adam was still a little surprised but smiled and nodded. He held her again and sang a song as the sun went down.
I hate to see you fall down
I'll pick you up off of the ground.
I've watched the weight of your world come down
And now it's your chance to move on
Change the way you've lived for so long
You find the strength you've had inside all along.
Cause life start now.
You've done all the things that could kill you somehow and you're so far down
but you will survive it somehow because life starts now.
All this pain
Take this life and make it yours.
All this sorrow take your heart and let it love again.
You will survive it some how.
'Allen one day we will find you.'
14 Years later... (present)
"Rose! get your butt down here!" A beautiful woman in her 30's stood in the kitchen as she cooked breakfast and yelled for her daughter to get come down stairs.
Some one started to come down the stairs but it wasn't the tardy 13 year old, but the woman's handsome husband. "Good morning honey." He walked over to her and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She giggled and swatted him away playfully with her cooking utensil.
"Jeez, you guys act like such little kids." The parents looked at the bottom of the stairs where Rose stood giving them a teasing smile.
Lily and Adam couldn't help but smile even more at the sight of their teenage daughter. If only Allen could be there to see her.
Author's Note
Im crazy tired... i wanna... go to ...be...d. Zzzzzzzzzzz *snaps awake*
Oh! Anyway, i really hope you like this chapter and would love to hear what you think :D
I really wanna start working on the new chapter because i have so many ideas in my head... but i'm just too tired to start it now.
But dont worry, i'll get on that right after a nap :D
Btw, the lullabies at the begin are parts from two songs i like. The first one is called Set Apart This Dream by Flyleaf and the seconds one is called 100 Suns by 30 Seconds to Mars, so if you like the lyrics you should check out the song :)
So thank you for reading... and hope... you... re...view... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz *dead*