My Sacrifice
Originally written by Villains' Bad Girl
Adopted and edited by LDEJRuff
Chapter 14 - Barbara's Guilt
Chapter written by Villains' Bad Girl
Original Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait. School and work is keeping me busy. Thanks for being so patient
"Barbara", Brian said patting her face. "Come on, wake up."
Barbara laid in his arms, passed out from the shock of losing Jair. Everyone knew it had to have been hard on her to watch her youngest son die like that. Matt sighed and shook his head. There would be time to mourn Jair later. They had to keep moving.
"Mom, wake up", he said. "We have no time for this."
"Jair…"
Barbara opened her eyes and looked up at Brian and the puppies. She had hoped what happened was only a dream.
"Jair?" Barbara said looking around for him. "Brian, where's Jair? Where's our baby?"
Brian looked at her with sad eyes and looked down. She looked at him and sobbed hard, holding onto him tightly. Brian sighed as he wrapped his arms around her. He understood it was hard on her, but now was not the time for this.
"Barbara get up", he said. "Come on, we're almost there."
"Where?" she cried forgetting about Marcus and Jenny for the moment.
"We're at level four", Ollie answered. "Just one more to go."
"Mom, we'll worry about Jair later. We have to go now."
Barbara looked at Matt and hugged him tightly. She didn't know if she could go any further. She lost three of her children to this place. She couldn't lose anymore of her family.
"Come on", Brian said taking her hand. "We're almost there. Keep going."
"I can't", Barbara said.
"Oh, for God's sake!" Lois said. "Jair was already dead. Get over it so we can get out of here!"
The Griffins turned and walked into the fourth level of hell leaving the dogs to themselves. Ollie sighed as he got up.
"Mom, come on. Can we please just get out of here?" he asked. "I want to go home."
"Mom, you can think about Jair later. Now let's go."
Ollie and Briana turned away to join the Griffins. Brian kept his arm around her shoulders as he walked with her to catch up with everyone else.
"I'm a horrible mother", Barbara said. "Worse than Lois."
"You're not a horrible mother."
"I am. Lois never got any of her kids killed. Here I am with three kids gone. I'm just terrible."
She covered her face and cried. Brian sighed as he just walked with her. They would have time to talk later. Right now they had to catch up with everyone else.