AN: Well here's chapter 7. I'll be uploading chapter 8 in a little while. There is a bit more cursing in this chapter, I think than the rest so just a head's up on that.
Beast within 07
"SONIC! AMY OPEN THIS DAMN DOOR!"
Sonic yawned when he heard Jessie banging on the door, for the 5th time. He opened his eyes to find Amy cuddled up to his side. He stroked her cheek. Amy looked at her fiancé. "What's wrong?" "Not sure. Jessie's been at it for an hour now. Her and Mighty are taking turns."
"DAMNIT SONIC! OPEN UP!"
Amy sighed and climbed out of bed. Sonic got up himself. "That's weird." Sonic turned to face his lover. "What's up?" "My pajama shirt. It fit fine last night. Now my belly's hanging out." Sonic walked around to Amy's side of the bed. She was right. Her pink, silk shirt was now over her belly button. Where as last night it fit perfectly. At least as perfect with a huge belly underneath it. Amy tried to pull her shirt down but it stayed firmly in place. But Jessie didn't give the happy couple time to think about Amy's enlarged stomach. Her knocking became more pronounced as she grew impatient. "Hurry go get the door. Before she breaks it down." Sonic nodded then went off to open the door for his adopted older sister. He opened the door to two very pissed off Anthroes. Both Mighty and Jessie were waiting for him. "What's up?" "Where's Amy. We need to see her." Sonic led his foster siblings to the living room to where Amy was lounging on the couch. "Hey Jessie, Mighty. What's wrong?" "Amy we need to talk." Amy blinked up at Jessie. "What about?" Mighty stared at Amy's enlarged stomach. "You weren't that big yesterday. What happened?" Amy rubbed her belly. "I-I don't know. I kinda woke up like this." Jessie frowned. "So you don't know that you and Sonic raided all the farm houses to the south of here." Amy looked over at Sonic. "No we didn't." Jessie tapped her foot impatiently. Maybe Sonics' impatience is a learned habit. Amy thought absently. "We set up patrols last night to watch you two. Just in case you know? And we saw you two run out of here like two bats straight out of hell." Mighty looked between the two hedgehogs.; looking for any sign of guilt.
All he saw was confusion.
Both him and Jessie frowned. "You got to be kidding me. Neither of you remember?" Both of them shook their heads. "We were here all night sis." Jessie sighed. She looked at Amy. "Has anything been ...off?" "How should I know? I never been pregnant before and I don't think anyone else has ever carried a mutant before." Jessie moved to crouch in front of Amy's huge belly. Her metallic claws resting lightly on Amy's belly. She tapped it softly; getting a fine 'thump' /'thump' back. Jessie face brightening with surprise as Stefan kicked back the same rhythm. Jessie tried it out a few more times, playing a game of 'Simon' with the mutant hedgehog in Amy's womb. Amy smiled softly as she felt her baby keep up perfectly with Jessie. "Little guy's smart. Must get that from you Amy." Jessie smiled up at Amy despite herself. Sonic snorted in response. "Very funny."
Mighty shook his head. "This is madness. The brat's not even 'done' yet and he's already got everyone wrapped around his little finger." Sonic smiled. "Another thing he gets from Amy. I'm not sure if this kid is mine." Amy chuckled. "Oh he's yours alright. I swear if I have to look at another chili dog I may get that abortion." (Besides meat, Amy also craved pickles, peanut butter, ice cream, and jalapeño chili dogs. Sonics' favorite.) Sonic laughed. "Kid's got good taste. That's all." Sonic rested his hand on Amy's stomach. "He also has his dad's skill. He loves it when I play the guitar. Starts doing back flips in her stomach." Amy glared at Sonic. "That's why it's locked in the basement." Jessie laughed. "You two are gonna make some hell of a parents."
Mighty reclaimed the moment. He was determined to remain the only sane person in the room. "They can be parents after Sonics' cured and there is no more Malach in his veins. And after that baby is aborted and spends the rest of it's life in a test tube somewhere. And then you two can fuck each other till you faint. And spend the rest of your days populating the base with little Sonics' and Amy's."
Jessie chuckled. Amy glared at Mighty. "I'm not getting an abortion. Even if I wanted to I couldn't. I'm too far along. I can't get an abortion without there being any complications in the produce." Mighty frowned. Well that's a bust, he thought bitterly. Amy smiled proudly. Her son will see the light of day after all. "What is it? Why do you want to give birth to a little mutant brat anyway?" "It's my baby. Mutant or not." Mighty shook his head, defeated.
"Females! You're all insane!"
Amy smiled up proudly at Mighty. She groaned slightly as Stefan shifted inside of her. She rubbed her belly. "Poor little guy. He's getting so big, doesn't have enough room in there." Mighty lifted an eye ridge. "Speaking of big. What happened to you? No offense but your huge." Amy rubbed her belly again. "I'm not sure. I woke up like this."
"It's growing."
Amy looked up startled. Jessy had stood up again now she was staring at Amy's belly. "What?" "The baby; it's growing; remember how every time Sonic ate he grew bigger. I think the same thing's happening to you. I've been researching the Malach virus. Your situation is rare; it hasn't happened in centuries. You said that Sonic kept trying to rape you when he held you hostage right?"
"I wouldn't call it rape; but yeah I guess."
"It's a side effect of the virus. It forces its host to seek a mate – in most cases a bunch of mates- to impregnate before the host dies off. If the host is female, she mates with as many men as possible before giving birth and/or dying."
"I'm going to die!?"
"Not you Amy. The host -or in this case Sonic- if we hadn't gotten to him in time. I think he would have mounted you until he was certain you were pregnant. Anyway, once impregnated the mother is compelled to protect the fetus even if the woman was just kidnapped off the street and was raped. In most cases the mother goes insane and starts killing the people who try to take the fetus before it has fully matured. The sick thing is that all the victims are eaten to give the fetus nourishment. In a lot of ways the mother is more dangerous than the infected father, because their never really infected and can't pass on the virus more people feel sorry for them and try to help. The more people that help, the more victims there are to feed the fetus. Once the fetus is born and is old enough to survive on its own it leaves the mother and starts the cycle all over again. Expect this time the fetus will not die off like its parent."
"What happens to the mother?"
"Back then they killed the mother because her body was contaminated and any future children would come out infected. In some cases the male children would come back to impregnate their mother to keep the cycle unbroken. This virus is straight out of a horror flick. It's like it wants to infect the whole planet. The mothers become sex slaves and incubators for future specimens. And the cycle keeps repeating itself until it forces uninfected people to massacre all the infected people."
"What? You guys are going to kill me because I'm pregnant?"
"Of course not! Sonic would never let us do that." Amy stared horrified at Mighty. The armadillo cracked a smile. "I'm joking. We wouldn't kill you. That baby on the other hand, that we might kill." Amy groaned again as she shifted on the couch. Sonic leaned closer to his fiancé. "Amy are you okay?" She flashed him a smile. "I'm fine. He's just stretching, no big deal."
"If you say so babe; I'm gonna make some breakfast okay? Just sit tight." Sonic pushed off the couch and walked into the kitchen. Jessie sat down in Sonics' now vacant seat. "You're not fine are you? You're just saying that so he doesn't worry." Amy glared up into Jessie's ice-blue eyes. "Leave me and my family alone. You have no right being here."
"Amy?"
"Get out before you get hurt. I am fine. And so is Sonic."
"Amy this isn't you. It's that thing talking through you. Don't let it control you."
Amy cracked a smile that revealed her growing canines. The look in her eyes was so evil and disturbed it made both Jessie and Mighty freeze. "Oh my god Jessie; she's possessed." Amy smiled at Mighty. "What are you talking about Mighty? I told you I'm fine."
Jessie gripped Amy's arm, careful of her metal claws. "No Amy you are not fine. You're being controlled by the thing that's growing inside of you. You need help." Amy faced Jessie fully. Her pupils were dilated and looked like cat eyes. "My mother and I don't need any help Jessica. So get your shit and leave us alone." Jessie was off the couch instantly. Amy's voice had gotten deeper as she got to the end of her sentence.
Jessie stared at Amy's belly horrified as it bubbled, making the fetus' movement obvious. Mighty pulled on Jessie's arm. "Did your research say anything about THAT? Amy's possessed by that thing and Sonic doesn't know this is happening to her. If he did she would be in the fucking hospital right now strapped to a goddamn bed. We have to tell him he's helping his fiancé turn into a monster."
"Father won't believe you."
Both Anthroes stared back at the possessed hedgehog. A hedgehog who was grinning like it was completely normal for an evil, infected baby to be talking from the womb. Jessie took a nervous step back. "Why won't Sonic believe us? We can show him the evidence right here and now." "While I grow inside of mommy. She controls daddy and he protects us. He feeds us. He helps us grow stronger."
Mighty crouched down in front of Amy so he was level with her and her mutant spawn. "Listen to me, you are a damn baby. You should not be cursing and talking to us from out of there." He poked Amy's swollen belly. "Now how about you be a good little demon and let us get you out of there and into a nice, safe, comfortable test tube." Amy looked at Mighty completely innocent. "But mommy and daddy already love me. They want be to become big and strong like you Mr. Mighty. You wouldn't take me away from my parents before I even get to see them would you?"
"Very cute. I might have been moved if you weren't talking to me through your mother, you little demon child."
Amy's smile became evil again as a frenzied look came into her eyes. She shrugged. "I had to give it a shot didn't I? I think it's time for you two to leave." Amy wrapped one arm around her stomach and held up her other arm as if to protect her face. Her loud girl scream brought Sonic out of the kitchen in the form of a blue blur.
"Amy what's wrong?"
Amy looked up into her lover's face with tears streaking down her face. "Sonic, Mighty's trying to get me to have an abortion by force. Please don't let him touch our baby."
"WHAT!?"
The look Sonic turned on his adopted siblings sent shivers down their spines. "Out! Both of you get out." He pushed Mighty towards the door, though the powerhouse barely stumbled. "Mighty I told you and the others about this already. You're not going to force her to do something she doesn't want to do." Jessie pulled on Sonics' arm. "Sonic he didn't do anything. It's her. Sonic something's wrong with Amy. She's being controlled by the fetus." Sonic looked at his sister then looked at Amy confused. He knew Jessie better than anyone; she wouldn't lie like that just to get Amy to have an abortion. "But she's acted normally this whole time. I would have noticed something if she was possessed. Jessie are you sure you're not paranoid?"
"I'm positive. Sonic, Amy needs help. She needs to get that thing out of her."
"See? Sonic that's all they care about. Their trying to take our baby away before he evens gets a chance at life. It isn't fair to him. Sonic please, don't let them take our baby." Sonic was torn for about 5 minutes. Seeing the love of his life in tears, hugging her stomach made Sonics' decision an easy one. He turned to his siblings. "Amy doesn't want to have an abortion and you can't force that on her. We'll deal with any other problems after our son is born. But for now, can both of you leave? We can talk more later after Amy's calmed down."
Mighty grumbled a few inappropriate things about mutant spawns and walked out the house. Jessie left slower; taking time to look over Sonics' shoulder as he walked her to the front door. Evil Amy was back as she waved goodbye as Jessie left. A sick, twisted smile on her face the whole time. Amy was possessed by an evil baby and Sonic was oblivious to it all. Jessie now knew why the mothers we're killed back when the Malach virus was an epidemic.
When they were pregnant, the mothers became insane prostitutes who manipulated their husbands.
