Antubis moved in front of Lona as Paul approached, the children
backing away as well, definately sensing that this boy was extremely
dangerous. The anteater growled, showing his own fangs, one claw slicing
through the air in Paul's direction making him back up a bit momentarily.
A moment later Paul moved forward once more, reassured by the thought that there was no way that Antubis would be able to protect everyone. The blasted creature couldn't be that powerful.
"So, still trying to protect the kiddies? Don't you ever get tired of being a giant, furry babysitter?" Paul said with a smirk as he fired a blast over their heads, grinning as he saw Lona twitch at the noise and then moan in pain. This was going to be fun. Suddenly he stopped when he realized that there was someone missing and looked around curiously. "So,
where's the loser? Did he finally get wise and decide to dump her and the brat?"
Antubis growled but didn't speak, moving to try to block Lona's view of Paul as the boy paced in front of them. He cautiously sniffed the air. The slight smell of smoke from the fire was starting to fade but the metalic smell of blood was increasing at the same time.
"Don't see what he sees in her anyway, just some washed up old hag," Paul said, laughing as he spoke. "The way he keeps following her around like some sort of little puppy with how she treats him, totally pathetic! And that baby, I'm doing him a favor by getting rid of the brat!"
Lona struggled to focus on what was going on. Everything seemed blurry and the sounds all far away but she could hear some of what Paul was saying, enough to confuse her. "I don't," Her voice was weak and it took all of her strength to speak. "I don't treat Elmer badly." Okay, she had rejected his attempts at seduction fairly firmly but that didn't mean she treated him badly. If she was treating him badly, Elmer wouldn't have continued to pursue her, would he?
"So what did you do when his mother died then, sweetie?" Paul said with a chuckle as he fired another blast over Lona and Antubis's head,
almost hitting them this time. This was fun but where in the world was the loser? Paul wanted him here to see when that brat to be and the woman died. Now seeing the expression on his face as he watched that would be priceless.
Elmer eased away from the wall, anger building with every word Paul was saying and at the sight of Lona's face as those words hit her. All he wanted was to rush to her, to comfort her and let her know that what that boy was saying wasn't true but he didn't dare reveal himself, not if there was a chance he could get the boy away from Lona long enough for the anteater to get her to safety. He felt himself starting to hyperventilate slightly at the sight of her pale face, the expression in her eyes at the boy's words. No, he wasn't letting that boy hurt her anymore!
"Leave her alone!" Elmer pushed his way clear of the children,
snagging Paul and throwing him up against the wall, his anger giving him strength that he didn't know that he had. He lost everyone he cared about and there had been nothing that he could do to help, to save his mother,
his brother. He wasn't letting this boy take Lona and their baby away from him, not while he was still alive to prevent it.
Paul growled as he felt a fist slam into his face, his hands going out and grabbing for Elmer's neck, trying to choke him to force him away long enough to generate a blast and finish this. He had intended to let him live, to let him suffer with yet another loss but now....
"Thought you got wise and dumped her and the brat," Paul forced out with a smirk as he shoved Elmer away, firing a blast of white energy that barely missed him and almost hit a couple of the children. "Should have known a loser like you wouldn't have the smarts to do that though.
You like the way she treats you, loser? You know she thinks that you're a...."
"Leave her alone!" Elmer lunged at the boy again, sending him smashing back into the wall once more, the memory of Lona lifeless in his arms washing over him as he hit Paul once more. "I love her!"
Love? It was getting hard to hear clearly, to see clearly, but that one word got through to Lona's adled brain. Did Elmer really say that he loved her? She shook her head slowly. How could he say that, could he really understand what it meant at his age, what true love was?
'Looks like he understands a little, doesn't it?' Antubis said gently as he looked down at Lona for a moment before growling at the nearby children. 'Go! Get out of here now!' Honestly, that dye really had to have killed off some brain cells if they didn't have enough sense to run while they could. As the children started to move once more, Antubis looked up for a moment at Elmer, struggling to pin Paul against the wall before turning to the matter of Lona Somehow, he didn't think dragging her like he dragged Peter was the best idea.
"Elmer?" Lona whispered as she felt something touching her. Her vision was almost gone now, a bright white light all that she could see.
Her hand twitched as se struggled to reach out for something, anything, as suddenly she felt the pains changing slightly, her body beginning to push involuntarily with the pain.
Lona's eyes widened as she realized what was happening, one hand moving to her stomach as she felt her body begin to push again and this time she had to push with it. "Elmer!!" No, this couldn't be happening,
not now! This baby couldn't be about to be born under a mill that burned over a hundred years ago!
Elmer turned at the sound of Lona's scream, a momentary distraction but just enough for Paul to take advantage of. He shoved the young doctor away from him once more, firing a blast of white energy at him that caught Elmer in the shoulder as he crashed to the ground, his head slamming back hard against the wall as he fell.
"I did intend to let you live, you know," Paul said as he walked over casually, wiping blood away from his shattered nose as if it was nothing. His hands were glowing with energy now. "You just had to keep getting in my way though. Looks like you'll be going before your brat now!"
A moment later Paul moved forward once more, reassured by the thought that there was no way that Antubis would be able to protect everyone. The blasted creature couldn't be that powerful.
"So, still trying to protect the kiddies? Don't you ever get tired of being a giant, furry babysitter?" Paul said with a smirk as he fired a blast over their heads, grinning as he saw Lona twitch at the noise and then moan in pain. This was going to be fun. Suddenly he stopped when he realized that there was someone missing and looked around curiously. "So,
where's the loser? Did he finally get wise and decide to dump her and the brat?"
Antubis growled but didn't speak, moving to try to block Lona's view of Paul as the boy paced in front of them. He cautiously sniffed the air. The slight smell of smoke from the fire was starting to fade but the metalic smell of blood was increasing at the same time.
"Don't see what he sees in her anyway, just some washed up old hag," Paul said, laughing as he spoke. "The way he keeps following her around like some sort of little puppy with how she treats him, totally pathetic! And that baby, I'm doing him a favor by getting rid of the brat!"
Lona struggled to focus on what was going on. Everything seemed blurry and the sounds all far away but she could hear some of what Paul was saying, enough to confuse her. "I don't," Her voice was weak and it took all of her strength to speak. "I don't treat Elmer badly." Okay, she had rejected his attempts at seduction fairly firmly but that didn't mean she treated him badly. If she was treating him badly, Elmer wouldn't have continued to pursue her, would he?
"So what did you do when his mother died then, sweetie?" Paul said with a chuckle as he fired another blast over Lona and Antubis's head,
almost hitting them this time. This was fun but where in the world was the loser? Paul wanted him here to see when that brat to be and the woman died. Now seeing the expression on his face as he watched that would be priceless.
Elmer eased away from the wall, anger building with every word Paul was saying and at the sight of Lona's face as those words hit her. All he wanted was to rush to her, to comfort her and let her know that what that boy was saying wasn't true but he didn't dare reveal himself, not if there was a chance he could get the boy away from Lona long enough for the anteater to get her to safety. He felt himself starting to hyperventilate slightly at the sight of her pale face, the expression in her eyes at the boy's words. No, he wasn't letting that boy hurt her anymore!
"Leave her alone!" Elmer pushed his way clear of the children,
snagging Paul and throwing him up against the wall, his anger giving him strength that he didn't know that he had. He lost everyone he cared about and there had been nothing that he could do to help, to save his mother,
his brother. He wasn't letting this boy take Lona and their baby away from him, not while he was still alive to prevent it.
Paul growled as he felt a fist slam into his face, his hands going out and grabbing for Elmer's neck, trying to choke him to force him away long enough to generate a blast and finish this. He had intended to let him live, to let him suffer with yet another loss but now....
"Thought you got wise and dumped her and the brat," Paul forced out with a smirk as he shoved Elmer away, firing a blast of white energy that barely missed him and almost hit a couple of the children. "Should have known a loser like you wouldn't have the smarts to do that though.
You like the way she treats you, loser? You know she thinks that you're a...."
"Leave her alone!" Elmer lunged at the boy again, sending him smashing back into the wall once more, the memory of Lona lifeless in his arms washing over him as he hit Paul once more. "I love her!"
Love? It was getting hard to hear clearly, to see clearly, but that one word got through to Lona's adled brain. Did Elmer really say that he loved her? She shook her head slowly. How could he say that, could he really understand what it meant at his age, what true love was?
'Looks like he understands a little, doesn't it?' Antubis said gently as he looked down at Lona for a moment before growling at the nearby children. 'Go! Get out of here now!' Honestly, that dye really had to have killed off some brain cells if they didn't have enough sense to run while they could. As the children started to move once more, Antubis looked up for a moment at Elmer, struggling to pin Paul against the wall before turning to the matter of Lona Somehow, he didn't think dragging her like he dragged Peter was the best idea.
"Elmer?" Lona whispered as she felt something touching her. Her vision was almost gone now, a bright white light all that she could see.
Her hand twitched as se struggled to reach out for something, anything, as suddenly she felt the pains changing slightly, her body beginning to push involuntarily with the pain.
Lona's eyes widened as she realized what was happening, one hand moving to her stomach as she felt her body begin to push again and this time she had to push with it. "Elmer!!" No, this couldn't be happening,
not now! This baby couldn't be about to be born under a mill that burned over a hundred years ago!
Elmer turned at the sound of Lona's scream, a momentary distraction but just enough for Paul to take advantage of. He shoved the young doctor away from him once more, firing a blast of white energy at him that caught Elmer in the shoulder as he crashed to the ground, his head slamming back hard against the wall as he fell.
"I did intend to let you live, you know," Paul said as he walked over casually, wiping blood away from his shattered nose as if it was nothing. His hands were glowing with energy now. "You just had to keep getting in my way though. Looks like you'll be going before your brat now!"