Chap 8
The black truck had just become visible when Reba started to feel a slight pain in her abdomen. She looked down and saw that she was cut up worse the she thought. Scratches on her arms and face showed up brightly against her white skin and a cut going from just below to her ribs down to her hip was bleeding slightly but it wasn't even going to need stitches just a lot of gauze and Neosporin. Suddenly a wave of fatigue hit her as the adrenaline wore off. One of the men stood close to her, he knew that she would be wiped out soon. When she started to slow the officer gently put his hand on her shoulder. The red headed woman looked to him as he did so.
"Do you need anything? When we get to the car you can get some water and fruit." he said. Reba smiled softly. She opened her mouth to say thank you but she just couldn't get the words out. She was so tired. Once they got to the car Reba downed three water bottles and Henry two as they got the baby one and helped him drink it as Reba pulled a package of formula from her back pocket. Then they headed to the hospital as Reba fell into a deep sleep in the back seat of the armored car.
Reba awoke in the hospital a few hours later. She looked around and saw Henry on a bed next to her his right leg was cut off at his knee and tears sprang to Reba's eyes as she saw that he looked like a miniature version of his father. She then looked to the other side of the room and saw little Van in a bassinet. Both kids were sound asleep as Reba sat crying over the loss of her grandchild and Buzzard, as everything crashed down on her. Buzzard had once told her not to think and to focus on surviving but now she broke his rule as she counted the cost of the three to survive. It got harder to breath through the sobs as images of all the family members before and after the attack flashed behind her eyes like a projection. The doctor came after a minute as the machines had alerted his pager that she was awake and distressed. He walked into the room to find the red headed woman curled into a ball on her side tears just pouring out of her eyes. He walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to him as she sniffed trying to stop crying so she can pay attention to the doctor. He sat down on the bed next to her.
"Mrs. Hart... Can you hear me?" he asked. Reba nodded still trying to stem the tears, but the pain of loss still stung her heart and she just could not bring herself to stop crying over her loss. "I know you are grieving over your loss but I need you to calm down..." he said gently. He placed a calming hand on her shoulder and the look in his eye somehow managed to calm Reba down. "I can't give you any sleeping medication just yet..." he said as Reba laid on her back now calm but tears still shown in her eyes.
"What's wrong" Reba asked as she saw the concern in the white haired man's eyes.
"We believe that...you are about three months pregnant... The baby is ok as far as we know, but if you don't calm down you do have a risk of miscarriage..." the doctor said. Reba sucked in a sharp breath and the tears began to roll slowly down her face at the news. Joy, pain, and worry ripped through her heart as the news sunk in. 'what am I gonna do now?' she thought, 'Buzzard is gone, what am I gonna do!' she started to panic and the doctor saw it in her eyes. "Now calm down it's gonna be alright ok. Mrs. Hart. You'll be able to go back once they got your house cleaned up. They say you can go grab your things but they'll have to completely tear down the town and rebuild it from the ground up." the doctor explained. Reba nodded knowing that she would have to bring a truck to grab all her photos from hers and Brock's homes, along with personal items. But that would not be for a while and she would have to focus on Van Jr, Henry, and the baby on the way. Reba sighed as the doctor left her to rest, she lay down in the hospital bed and fell asleep listening to the monitors tell her the children's hearts were still beating.
Ok so I have one more chapter to the end I hope y'all are liken it so far, and this is in fact the end of the horror.
