Changing Perspective
Late update once more but it's comin along. The whole thing with John is pretty much done and soon I think I'm going to make this story end, but there will be one shots in the future and a possible 3rd installment. Please read and Review!
"Are you sure you have to go? There's enough room for you here and I know that you can pull your own weight-"
"No, Orella. Thank you so much but I need to do this, for myself. I just don't think it's best for me to stay in the area after all we've been through and I want to stay clear of that horde. But please...take care of yourself...all of you. This worlds had enough good people die."
Her words were weighted down with experience and sorrow, but they also had hope in them, hope that in the end we would prevail. And as I watched my friend from another life walk down the dirt path, leaving to begin a new life somewhere out there, I knew that she was going to make it. She was always the strongest out of us all, even John. "Do not be sad young one, she is making the best of what she has and knows that her place is not with us." "Yeah Orella, she'll be fine. Trust me." I smiled with glassy eyes as I watched her form until she finally disappeared around a bend, leaving me to wonder if I would ever see her again.
(Time skip)
Their breathing was heavy but synchronized as their bodies moved together, their love and souls melding together to become one. "I love you so much!" She was barely able to breath out those words as he rhythmically penetrated her being, not breaking the moment as he kissed her passionately and whispering sweet nothings into her ear. "You are always so beautiful, especially in the throws of passion. Just let go..." He thrust harder a few more times to prove his point and bit at her collar bone, making her body clench in pleasure and her voice cry out as she spilled over the edge of ecstasy.
"I never knew you could be so...vocal, my lovely little hunter." "Shut up...I'm not that loud." I buried my face deeper into my lovers chest as I felt my face grow hot from embarrassment, did he really have to point that out? "Oh do not be embarrassed my dear, your voice was as lovely as ever...and I plan to hear more of it. Much. More." As he said this he slowly lifted up my face so that I was looking at him he ran his hand slowly through my hair, stroking my scalp and making my eyes droop sleepily. "I'm tired...lets talk more tomorrow m'kay?" As my eyes slowly shut I heard him chuckle and continue to stroke my hair along with my back, the feeling simply heavenly and not more than a minute later I had slipped into the world of dreams.
(One month later)
"So...how'd your hunting go last night?" Charlie sighed and shrugged as she took another bite of her sandwich and chewed thoughtfully, contemplating her answer as if it were a test. "Well, one of our traps did manage to catch a deer but it looks like whatever was caught in the others was eaten by those dead bastards. Bongo was pretty angry." "Woof woof!" As if he agreed completely the hyper dog that was previously sleeping jumped up and barked a few times, his tail wagging furiously.
"Where's Slender? I haven't seen him all morning. Did you two have an argument?" "No, he's just been super protective since I've been back. He goes around and scopes out the area like, every other day to make sure no one dangerous is in the area. I think he's a bit protective." She laughed and crumpled up the napkin she had been using before standing up from the couch and heading towards her room, "You can't really blame him though can you? You're always seeming to get into some sort of trouble, but that's why we love ya Ella. Now if you don't mind I'm going to get some more shut eye before I go check the traps later, oh, and would you and Slender walk Bongo for me?"
"Yeah, sure. Go get some rest." She waved and gave a sleepy smile before she disappeared into her room, the door clicking shut behind her before Bongo could get in. He whined as he sat by the door but then perked right back up as I grabbed my weapons and put my boots on, "C'mon buddy, lets take a walk." "Ruf!"
As I walked along the edge of the road, Bongo a few feet ahead sniffing at a few bushes, I thought about my situation in life. Shortly after I had finally returned home Slender and I became...well...intimate, and he seemed to be as protective as ever. I sometimes thought if he ever wondered about having children or if he wanted any, but that was something I needed to discuss with him. I thought back to the day when I had gone to the doctor for a check up following the car accident and they had found something on my scans. (Flashback) "Miss Knight, have you been experiencing any discomfort lately?" "Umm, slight cramping. But I just assumed it was just my period."
She nodded somewhat to herself as she looked over my charts once more then asked me another question that confused me, "Is there any history of cancer with your family Orella." "Not that I know of. What's this about?" "I'm not going to make any assumptions before we have it tested but the scans have shown that there's a mass growing on your uterus. We need to have it tested immediately and surgically removed." (Present) I remember the fear in my heart almost as if it had just happened yesterday, but nothing was worse than finding out the test came back positive. But fortunately the tumor could be removed before the cancer actually spread through my body...but that also meant that my reproductive organs also had to be removed.
At the time I was devastated by the fact that I would never be able to bear any children of my own, but as time passed I eventually learned to get over it. Maybe it was just meant to be. "You know you're letting the dog wander off." "Huh?" I jumped slightly as a voice beside me disturbed my thoughts and brought me back to reality. I looked to see Slender standing to my right looking as casual as ever as he pointed out that I had been simply staring off into space, "Oh, sorry. I was just lost in thought I suppose. Bongo!"
I called the pooch back over and ruffled the fur on top of his head as he trotted over with his tongue lolling out, happy as can be. "Look ya big goof, don't try to go running off alright?" I'm never sure if the dog can ever really understand me but he stared at me for a moment before woofing and trotting back off to another tree. "So, how was your little patrol? Find any bad men?" As we walked I linked my arm with his and leaned against him, enjoying the close contact and company. "It was fine, and no. I did not find anything or anyone of danger. But...there is something I have been meaning to discuss with you."
I noticed the change in his voice as he continued and he almost seemed nervous in a sense, "Are you alright?" "Yes I am fine, I just am...unsure on how to approach this matter. I know it has only been a short time since we have become-well...intimate-but I have failed to heed the consequences of our activities." I was almost confused for a moment as I though about what he said, but then I realized what he was getting at and I grew quiet for a moment. "...does it even work like that since you're...well...you?" "I may be of a different humanoid species but am still, for all intensive purposes, a man. And as far as I am concerned my male reproductive organs are the same as that of a human male. So yes."
"Oh." Again we both grew quiet, only Bongo's quiet panting was heard as he sat beside our now stilled forms. I felt his body tense up as I let the information sink in, but because of my situation I wasn't concerned about pregnancy, I was concerned about how Slender would react to me telling him I would never be able to conceive. "Well actually Slender, I have something to tell you about that-" "Are you pregnant Orella?! Oh no I promise I will take care of this-" "Slender stop!" I cut him off before he could start to go on an hour long rant about how it's all his fault and what we were going to do about a baby. "Just calm down okay? And no, I'm not pregnant...it's something else. Back when I was done recovering from the accident I had to go for a check up at my doctors, but while I was there a scan of my body revealed a tumor that was growing on my uterus. Unfortunately it tested positive for cancerous cells but they hadn't spread any farther than my reproductive organs...so I had them removed."
"Orella..." I hadn't realized that my voice was cracking and tears were falling down my face, why would I be crying now? "I went through some treatment and not more than a year later I was completely cancer free. So you don't have to worry about anything like pregnancy." I wiped away the few tears that had fallen down my face and gave him a reassuring smile that didn't reach my eyes. "I...I don't know what I can say to console you my love. No words can fix what you've been through, but I will be here whenever you need me." I had thought that he would sound relieved after my confession but I actually detected sadness in his voice. "You're upset?" "Of course I am, why wouldn't I be?"
I wrung my hands as he pulled me against his side and stroked my hair, "I figured that you would be happy that you wouldn't have to worry about us having a child, and that you may have just seen it as a weakness." "Orella." He made me look up at him as he spoke to me in a voice that was stern yet soft and understanding voice, "Just because we may now live in a world that is incredibly dangerous doesn't mean I would regret bringing a child into it, especially if it was a child conceived by you and myself. But I would only be worried if it ended up hurting you in the end, we have to face facts that I am a monster. I was made to kill, how do I know that a child I created wouldn't do the same to you while it grew inside of you?"
His voice sounded heartbroken as he confessed how he felt about our situation, he wasn't disgusted with the idea of a baby...he was afraid. Realizing how alike we were in not only body but in mind made me realize that no matter what we would love each other. "Well...maybe one day having a baby can be possible, if the world goes back to normal that is. There are always kids that need to be adopted." "Are you sure that would be wise? I'm not sure that I would be the fatherly type..." His uncertainty made me smile and I kissed him on the cheek reassuringly, "It doesn't matter whether you think you are or not, when it happens it will all work out. We'll get through it together."
He was about to open his mouth to reply but Bongo began to bark loudly and spin in circles, he had been quiet up until this point so something must be wrong. "What's wrong Bongo?" "Woof Woof! Rrrrgh ruff!" He started to run down the road and looked back for a moment so we would follow, "C'mon he's tryin to show us something!" I took off at a sprint after the agitated animal and followed him as he took me on a wild chase through a few paths that I've never been down before he stopped ny what seemed to be a run down camp. "How the hell did he find this?" Slender appeared beside me and looked around for a moment before looking down to a now sitting Bongo, his ears perked and his eye attentive, watching for any signs of danger.
"He must've been off exploring while we we're talking about our situation but there doesn't appear to be anyone, or anything, of interest here." I took one last look around before nodding in agreeance with Slender and we made to leave, but the sound of a woman crying stopped us dead in our tracks. "Is that...crying?" I continued to listen as the crying continued and then was followed by a womans voice, cracked and sore sounding but strong enough to carry to my ears. "Someone...please help me."