A/N: another long absence I know, I'm extremely sorry but I'm on spring break now! In brighter news, I started a new fic; it's called Guarding Ally and is for Friday the Thirteenth, so if you like Jason Voorhees check it out. Also check out two fics that my friend wrote—they are great and good for pulling people out of ruts—The Blood of Michael Myers (for Halloween) and Aw, Sugar (for Nightmare on Elm St.) by

Chapter 10:

I rubbed my eyes, surely, I was seeing things, Andromeda was dead, we all saw him die. However, he was still staring once I finished, I felt my jaw drop in disbelief, "Andromeda," I whispered softly, confused. He wasn't looking at me, but at the beautiful, dying young woman in my arms.

"She hasn't got much time left," he said, staring sadly at her, I lowered my head as I nodded at the fact, I could do nothing but sit and watch my love lay slowly dying in my arms. "But there is a way to save her, but you have to be willing to do something," I looked up quickly; if there was something I could do I would do it.

"Name it; you know I'd do anything for her," I said quickly, gripping Lynn tighter; I wasn't going to lose her if I had a choice.

"Kill," he replied, shuddering upon the word. Andromeda was never one for harming others unless it was totally necessary. "Kill Aaron,"

"I'd do that anyway!" I cut in.

"-you also would have to kill his family." Andromeda's spirit said sadly, "Some are innocent,"

"I have no cares for any families, only for Lynn and our infants," I replied coldly.

"If you say so," he muttered, placing a hand on Lynn, then, he removed it. "And one more thing, watch your back around Kari, you'll find out why later on," he said before he walked out of the room and vanished. I stared at Lynn as she began to stir; as her eyes opened, a small smile began to play about her lips.

"I can't believe it. I'm a mom." She said, smiling at me the whole time. "They're so beautiful,"

"Must take after their mama," I said before setting her down and retrieving our two small bundles, then I handed little Jason to Lynn, she never got to hold him. She smiled down and him as he stared back with wide eyes. But then Lynn's smile faded and a worried expression as she turned to me.

"How can we support them? Neither of us have jobs. I think I could get a job as a waitress or something," she suggested.

"No, I handle it, I can figure this out, don't worry about it baby," I said, she seemed unsure for a moment but then he smile returned, she accepted it.
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After a few days spent in the hospital, Lynn and the tiny twins were well enough to be taken home. The nurse had given us some formula, blankets, diapers, and everything else these kids could need. I put Melanie in the Mustang while Lynn strapped little Jason in on the other side before we got in ourselves and drove off. The rest of the day, everything went really well…Then nightfall came…

Lynn and I had the twin's bassinet in our bedroom for the time being. A shrill little cry rang out, followed by another identical to it. I rolled over to look at the clock. It was two thirty in the morning, I was tired so I lazily flopped my hand over to tap Lynn, but when I rolled over to look at her, she looked so peaceful and angelic that it brought back memories of back in Smith's Grove when we played hostage and I would watch her sleep when I awoke before she did. After that memory, and the current sight of my sleeping angel, I sat up and fetched two bottles from the kitchen, but when I came back up, Lynn was already trying to soothe them, noting how I had gone to get the bottles.

"I got this, you can go back to sleep," she said, looking up at me with a small, tired, grin.

"Why don't you go back to sleep, you must be tired," I insisted. She wrinkled her nose and passed one of them to me and we fed the little squealers. I was surprised to hear the thunk of footfalls on the stairs, and soon Kari walked in.

"Aw, Michael you look like the perfect daddy," she laughed as I held and fed my tiny newborn son. Her eyes acknowledged Lynn, but she said nothing. What was going on? After she left, Lynn had managed to coax Melanie back into sleeping but Jason just wouldn't stop crying. No matter what I tried, it didn't work. Lynn said something that I couldn't comprehend because of Jason's loud wailing, but then I understood when she put Melanie back in the bassinette and reached out fro Jason. Desperate to try anything, I handed him over, after all, as long as he was crying; neither of us would get any sleep. Lynn held him close to her and hummed a soft lullaby while gently rocking him back and forth, Jason stopped crying and relaxed, after a few minutes he drifted into a peaceful sleep.

She placed him gently into the bassinette before crawling in bed with me and falling back asleep. By now, I was fully awake due to my thoughts, the main was worry, with Lynn and I being new parents and the twins being so young and time-consuming, how was I going to go after Aaron? Lynn needed me to help with the kids, I couldn't just walk out. Maybe Kari could help, but she'd been acting so strangely lately…I was going to have to leave, the only one who would know where I was truly going would be Kari. As for Lynn, I could say I was going to look for work, or that I had found a job that required a few days of work but allowed a lot of time off due to a family-oriented background and the current status of our family. It would kill me to lie to her, just as it had before; but again, it had to be done to keep my Lynn safe. At least this time I know I'll be able to see her again instead of thinking that I would never see her again, that pain was unbearable.

Seeing that Lynn had fallen into a deep sleep, I quietly rolled off the bed, stood up, changed into a fresh outfit—a mechanic's outfit, to help with my worker appearance, since Lynn would see it missing from the closet. Then I stalked out of the room and down the stairs. When I reached the bottom step, my footfalls became less cautious, I turned and ventured down the hall to what was the downstairs gust bedroom, and then was Kari and Andromeda's bedroom, which was now only inhabited by Kari. I knocked quietly, recognizing that she could have fallen asleep due to the early hour.

"Just a sec," she said, a few seconds later she opened the door, and when she did, I felt my eyes widen in surprise and my stomach doing flips, but not in the good way like it did with Lynn. Kari was in skimpy lingerie and she stepped forward, placing her hands on me in an attempt to be seductive.

"Kari, I-," I tried to protest before she placed her finger to my lips.

"I know you don't want Lynn to know, I can keep a secret," she muttered, advancing. I felt myself freeze. I didn't want to kill her, so I had to be perfectly still and clear my mind. But, she reminded me so much of Judith! Oh how I hated Judith. I managed to put myself in a catatonic state to where Kari was just a blur in the background. However, that was until I felt myself being shoved back into the wall, the loud 'Thump!' from the impact of my back hitting the wall snapped me back to my senses. Kari was pressed as close as she could physically get herself to my body, her fingers working on unfastening the buttons of my shirt. I went to shove her, but the withdrew my hand, I couldn't harm her; this cause my hand to brush against her neck as I pulled it back and she moaned in delight.

Then I heard footsteps on the stairs, as soon as they stopped I realized something—the door was wide open. I reached for the door, an open escape when Kari suddenly said "Where you going baby? We were just getting started!" a little too loudly. I heard the soft patter of footsteps coming closer, then they turned, I sighed in relief, Lynn was getting the kids' bottles. I noticed then Kari had managed to pull down the top half of my uniform. I again went into my catatonic state while I held the loose fabric on of the half-on mechanic suit to prevent it from going farther down, before I was completely oblivious, I heard Kari gasp and she froze and back away several inches.

At first, I thought she realized what she was doing, but the as I turned, fear struck me. In the doorway stood Lynn, her mouth agape and tears streaming down her face. "Michael, h-how could you?"

A/N: I know, waaaaaaaay overdue. But maybe if I get lots of reviews, I'll be pulled out of this rut? In other words…*drops down on knees* I'M BEGGING YOU TO REVIEW!